Osceola News Tells Local Births and Happenings July 1899
Born to Mr and Mrs Charles E Detweilier a baby girl in Omaha on July 3 1899 Osceola celebrates quiet Fourth as crops flourish Judge Getts issues marriage license Chas Shaw and Zoa Blevins Alumni elected officers Mills family hosts annual meeting Market prices fall in Nebraska Osceola to review liquor license decision New and used farm equipment deliveries Polk County farm tour attendance 85 240 acres sold for 153 per acre Bobby Mills injured with elbow dislocation plus more local notes
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Charles E. Detweilier
Omaha
Osceola
Nebraska
Judge Getts
Chas. Shaw
Zoa Blevins
The
Osceola High School
M. A. Mills
Tom Mills
O. E Mickey
Daisy Kunkel
Henry H. Campbell
E. Burrit
Shelby
Fred J. Timm
Supreme Court
State Guaranty Fund
S. A. Snider
Jarvin Dale
Perry L. Hedlund
Esther R. Hedlund
Central City
Polk County
Laura la Plante
Pola Negri
John Ingalls
Cargon Auto Company
Harvest Festival and Wheat Train to Osceola August 17
Driver Shepherd of the Interstate bus line says the Wa hoo Omaha terminal will move west after highway No 16 between Osceola and Clarks opens. Osceola plans a Harvest Festival on August 17 with a Wheat Harvest Special Train prepared by the Nebraska College of Agriculture in cooperation with Union Pacific.
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Shepherd
Interstate Bus Line
Wahhoo-Omaha
Wahoo
Union Pacific Railway Co
Osceola
Valley and Fairview Methodist Churches News
The Valley Ladies plan a meeting this Wednesday with Mrs. Joe Wieseman of Osceola. Muddy roads caused last Sunday’s Valley Church services to be called off. Sunday School will be next Sunday at 10 30, with Mr. Hamilton preaching at 11 20. Rev M E Gilbert district superintendent will preach at Valley Church on July 31 and hold the year’s last meeting at Fairview at 3 pm. Mr Hamilton preaches at Fairview next Sunday at 10 00 with Sunday School at 11 00. W D Hamilton pastor.
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Valley Ladies
Joe Wieseman
Osceola
Valley Church
Hamilton
M. E. Gilbert
Fairview Church
Residents and visitors in Shelby area share news and travel notes
Shelby community sees Mr. and Mrs. Miller and Arjay in Omaha, S. W. Ballenger visits from Oskaloosa for residence matters, Tulsa relatives tour Shelby, Fleet from David City helps care for new baby in the Krebsbach home, and families travel to Maryville, Gresham, and the Black Hills. The Langhamer Produce Co buys a new Ford truck. Plus a brief educational note about Prince Chin and the early Chinese empire.
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R. J. Miller
Arjay
Omaha
S. W. Ballenger
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Shelby
West Shelby
Henry Nedom
Tulsa
Olahoma
Beatrice
Miss Fleet
David City
Arthur Krebsbach
Krebsbach
Roy Johnson
Shirley
Lou Jane
Jerre
Perry Davis
Maryville
Allan Barker
Lavina Rasp
Gresham
F. L. Rasp
Wilhelm Kosch
Shelby High ‘School
Pierson
A. J. Berkhimer
Malvern
P. R. Berkhimer
Lucille McKeag
Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance Company
Lincoln
Wm. McKeag
Langhamer Produce Company
Frank Langhamer, Jr
Language Treats Dog Phrases in Britain and Their Origins
A London Answers Magazine writer examines common English idioms about dogs. The piece traces expressions like a dog's life, go to the dogs, and die a dog's death to social views and moral judgments. It notes sailors dislike dog-dags and mentions dog-fennel also known as Stinking Camomile.
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Britain
London Answers
Langage
Jade and its valued texture in Chinese culture
Jade is described as the most precious stone to Westerners and anciently worn as bats and storks carvings for longevity. In China the value rests on texture rather than color, with hues from Kingfisher blue to white.
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China
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Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
TFN Years AG
Fairview and
Valley Methodist Churches
Ammermil
Hill Heads
Prince Chin
Shi Huang Ti
Goodrich
Silvertown
Zen” Goodrich
Golder
Reed Bros. Motor Co
Jay
Clay
Polk
Republican
Nels A. Torstenson
McCormick - Deering
Arthur Anderson
McCormick-Deering
Polk County Implement Company
Osceola and Stromsburg
Reuel Sward
Stromsburg, Nebraska
Stromsburg and Vicinity
Frigidaire
General Motors
Yesus
Ceneral Motors
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