Looking Back Looking Back from THE OSCEOLA RECORD
Five decades of Osceola history recapped with 1913 marriages rail farming moves and a poisoned stallion incident. It notes Julia Peterson and Chas E Jones weddings in Osceola Verona and Clear Creek, property purchases, and a shift to the Soldiers Home for Mr Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Peterson
Claus A. Peterson
Chas. E. Jones
Verona
Clay County
Wm. Dunn
Nels Anderson
Anderson
Osceola
Rose A. Augustine
Henry Augustine
Maurice F. Branigan
Clear Creek
Shelby Church
Prince Proctor
Joe Gubser
Silver Creek
Oberg
I. D. Reed
Night Watch
Mrs. Reed
Grand Island
Soldiers Home
Second prize conservation essay by Kathleen McKeag
A Shelby student recounts a Polk County farm tour and explains soil and water conservation as vital to the community. The piece links erosion prevention to national impact, notes wheat harvests, land ownership, and ongoing irrigation and soil care programs. It urges daily conservation and cooperation among communities, states, and federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen McKeag
Shelby
Polk County
United States
Congress
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
Farmers Home Administration
District 54 Visitors at Frank Frizzell Home
District 54 visitors visited the Frank Frizzell home during the past week including Nellie Benson Polly Newcome Will Dake Clara Frizzell Gilbert Hinkle Mark Hendrickson Joe Immse and others from Kearney and nearby. Roy Wyman and his wife left for Compton California after a two weeks visit. their two daughters Linda and Sandy remained here for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Frizzell
Nellie Benson
Polly Newcome
Will Dake
Clara Frizzell
Gilbert Hinkle
Mark Hendrickson
Joe Imm
Eberly
Bruce Pickett
Pickett
Kearney
Elmer Benson
Eva Hennings
Joe Schott
Addie Wieseman
Harriet Fischer
Cedric Fineey
Roy Wyman
Compton
Calif
Linda
Sandy
Beth Imhoff
Omaha
Charles Cole
Dale Frizzell
Jane
Susan Buffington
Floyd Frizzell
Roy Nelson
Ted Wyman
Janea
Souliere
Massachusetts
Catherine Calder
Ronnie Souliere
Lincoln
Calder
Gehring
Fremont
Myron Barker
C. S. Duracinski
Barker
Bill Imhoff
Beth
Grand Island
Darrell Atkinson
Kensington
Merle Schott
Kenneth Swanson
Sandy Wyman
Relatives Visit Families Across Town This Week
The article lists numerous local visits and homecomings. Beth Imhoff returns from Omaha, Jane and siblings spend time with grandparents, and extended family from Lincoln Fremont Osceola Columbus attend gatherings. Several trips to Grand Island and Kansas are noted alongside 4 H meetings and hospital return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bers
Treasury
Andrew Monson
Omaha
Workman
Timm Field
Harold Long
H. C. Duncan
Sarah Jane
Osceola
David City
Genoa
Gresham
York
Columbus
Shelby
M. R. Anderson
A. A. Wurtz
Elmer Anderson
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Chautauqua
R. G. Douglas
A. F. Nuquist
George Craven
Sec’y Treas
Geo. Carson
Chm
Anna Oberg
Jr. Chautauqua
Frank Chauner
O. W. Steever
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Church
Dorothy Anderson
Arvid Anderson
Howard McKeag
James McKeag Sr
A. W. Lapthorne
Elm Creek Methodist
J. P. Johnson
Edward Bonne
John Herrmann
Max Anderson
Martin Anderson
Verlie Johnston
Clifford Johnston
Geo. H. Kumpf
Linda Jo
Lutheran Hospital
Huberta
Hubert Bernt
Bernard Schaf
Edward Schaf
St. Andrew Church
Mrs
Union Pacific
AREA
Union Pacific Office
Union Pacific Railroad
Paign
Osceola Record
Janea Wyman
Dale Buchta
Bertha Berck
Vern McCormick
Marilyn Saalfeld
Phyllis Gondringer
Bruce Frizzell
Kansas
John Wyman
Osceola Hospital
Petrus C. Nelson
Stromsburg
Neb
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Greg
Gene
Andreasen
Br Implement CO
Shelby, Neer
Ares
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