ByStander Tales Bees Pigs and Barrels in a Rugged Town
The ByStander reports trouble at Pete Nelson's flour mill over a pig mishap with John Albin and impending costs. Carl Volbrecht seeks return of his stolen rain barrel while bees swarm and attract attention from locals including Harmon Bense and Grand Island visitors. John Carlson defends his long friendship and hints at local unrest as power and shoe pranks ripple through the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Nelson
Flour Milling Institute
Montana
Pete
John Albin
John
Enny
Someboddy
Carl Volbrecht
Carl
Haint
Annyone
Oast
Fairge
Henry Randell
Roy Sargent
Doc LeMar
Harmon Bense
Grand Island
Charlie Howland
John Carlson
Power Company
Rogan
Ben McCormick
Ben
Coll Beeby
Billy Brandt
Greese
Bill
Willin
Harvest Club Fears Panic Over Busy Farm Season
In Sargentville the bystander club fears a harvest rush will drain members for shock-wheat and oats work. Fishermen John Irland and John Holt draw others, while Ed Swobody and Ben discuss sorghum plans. The nonpartisan league draws ire for farm labor and eighteen dollar memberships, risking attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Irland
John
John Holt
Jim
Ran
Sam Gushee
Silas Miller
Harry Biggs
Mike Hoffer
Rutter
Joe Williams
Joe
Polk County Farm Bureau Urges Harvest Labor Action
Polk County Farm Bureau calls threshing firms to a July 7 meeting at the Farm Bureau office to discuss labor, supplies, and labor prices. It notes harvest is near with plenty of workers projected at 50 to 60 cents per hour and announces a July 3 open air program with Elmer E. Youngs and N. W. Gaines featuring music and ice cream to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Farm Bureau
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
John Duren
Shelby
Sack Lumber & Coal Co
Polk
O. A. Rystrom
Implement Co
Stromsburg
Osceola
Labor Bureau
Service Free. Co
Polk County Farm Bureau
Elmer E. Youngs
State Farm Bureau Federation
N. W. Gaines
Polk County, Farm Bureau
State
National Farm Bureau Federation
Polk County Farm Bureau Board
Womens Executive Committee
Commissioners Proceedings Osceola June 1920 Hearings and Appointments
Osceola Nebraska county proceedings document hearings on real estate assessments, including requests to lower values for multiple parcels. The board adjourned to June 23 and June 30 for returns and claims, then resumed in regular session noting tax protests, a road overseer vacancy in District No. 8, liability insurance, and approved bills across general, bridge, and road funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Nebraska
County Board of Equalization
Aug. W. Johnson
Julius A. Johansen
Joel Hanson
Alfred J. Erickson
Peter Widga
G. H. Zipper
Frisby L. Rasp
Smith
John Sjoblom
Nebr
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
S. W. Ball
Tarble
Shelby
Branting
D. A. Hurd
General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd
Osceola Lumber Co
Farmers’ Union Co-op. Assn
E. Ericson & Son
Searle & Chapin Lumber Co
Standard Oil Co
Adolph Carlson
John Burg
Asceola
E. M. Watts
S& SW
Martin Schelz
Railway Train No 1 Runs on High Speed
A Ford One Ton truck on the Elkin and Allegheny Line between Elkin and Coughton North Carolina was converted into a four wheel front truck with a enclosed body carrying nineteen passengers plus driver and a trailer for mail express and baggage. The railroad plans a second train next spring after success of the first on a steep grade carrying twenty nine passengers and about six thousand two hundred pounds total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkin
Allegheny
Coughton
N. C
Blue Mountains
Number One
Also Mentioned on This Page
Notis
Joe Hartman
Sargentville
Charlie
Fred Braitthwaite
Fred
Ceck
Farm Bureau Notes
A, Rasmussen
Oliver Westberg
Sheri
Med
H. L. Bond
H. Bense
Orr
Bates
J. Ayres
C. G Nelson
E. A
Walrath
K-B Printing Co
State Journal Co
Hammond & Stephans Co
Klopp Printing Co
Paul Hahn
H. E. Ouderkirk
Carson Auto Co
Gers
Paris
P. C. Timm
John Mannhalter
Ford
Osceola, Nebr
Buick
F. O. B. Flint, Mish
Meridian
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