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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1916
Page
1
Summer Sunday services will be held on the Court House lawn with local pastors preaching and the orchestra and choir leading the singing. Services begin at 8 o'clock each week with a rain location at the M E church. Everybody welcome.
Osceola reports the 4th Regiment of the Nebraska National Guard including Company KX will entrain for the border by Friday morning. The orders come from the War Department and affect a quick move within six hours. Despite brighter U S Mexico relations there is no return date and no war.
A fire at 1:30 AM destroyed the Central meat market, with stock and fixtures, after firemen fought flames for over an hour and a half. Night watchman John Ludlow sounded the alarm as dense smoke hindered water access. Owners Bocksrecker and Schwartzlander carried $2,000 insurance, while builder Jack Rathbun plans a quick one story reconstruction in Shelby.
The building burned down on July 1 totaling a total loss with little salvage. The Hen Henderson block suffered water damage along with the Osceola Produce Company. Mr Rathbun later reported carrying $1,000 insurance on the building.
Miss Hortense Inks and Mr. Frank Lehmer unite in marriage at 2 o'clock today at Dr and Mrs J A Inks home in Shelby. The couple will reside in North Bend after a wedding trip to Iowa with several Osceola guests attending.
A fragment lists Edwin Johnson aged 27 in Devel county Olga Anderson 24 Osceola Frank Lehmere 23 North Bend Hortense Inks 23 Shelby. The partial text records names and ages with county and town hints.
The owners Bockstocker and Schwartzlander express gratitude to Osceola Fire Department for their efficient untiring efforts to save the stock of goods in Tuesday morning’s fire.
Charles E. Hansen announces a complete stock of galvanized and wood tanks and all sizes of iron pipes and pipe fittings now available.
A list of 21 books on rural community life and its problems and solutions was prepared by the College of Agriculture for pastors teachers and rural life workers at the Rural Life Conference at the University of Nebraska. The list may be obtained by writing to the Extension Service College of Agriculture Lincoln.
A large Osceola crowd, estimated near six to seven thousand, thronged streets and fair grounds for the Independence Day celebration. The parade started at 12:30 after muddy roads delayed it from 10:30, and business houses closed for the event. Local bands, speakers including H. P. Shumway and Judge A. L. Sutton, races, a ball game, and a band concert with fireworks followed. The day featured raffles for premiums, a large crowd in attendance, and a strong display of patriotism with remarks on liberty and national unity. Funeral notices and community notices cap the long report of local happenings and arrivals.
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