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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
1
Osceola marks a notable Fourth of July with a street parade, local speeches by Rev. Embree and Pete Peterson, and juvenile shows by Rodgers and Swift brothers. The day sees orderly festivities, a basketball game, and a large Polk County turnout, despite fireworks lagging behind expectations.
An excursion train will run to Beatrice next Sunday. The Osceola departure is at 6 11 A M and the return from Beatrice is at 7 P M. The round trip fare is one dollar. A T Runyan, Agent.
A letter to the editor from July 1903 thanks Osceola merchants and residents for a well executed Fourth celebration. The writer praises the sunny day, the program, and especially Mr. Peterson for an splendid oration, noting few found fault and urging others to enjoy events without complaint.
Miss Ida Blau daughter of C G Blau a noted Bronaugh merchant died last Saturday at Bronaugh aged twenty one years and seventeen days. Her death followed the loss of her mother two years earlier and she suffered nervous prostration from the shock. Survived by father three sisters and a brother the family has the communitys sympathy Services were held. Polk County grains for St Louis World Fair exhibit urged farmers to contribute and help with a county display. C D Stoner solicits timely grain contributions saying wheat timothy and other grasses should be cut and delivered for proper bundling with credits at St Louis.
Carnegie establishes a private library at Ski bo castle with work on selection led by Lord Acton of Oxford. The project is expected to result in about 8,000 volumes.
War Office orders allow officers and soldiers to wear glasses on and off duty. This guidance broadens personal equipment rules within the British armed forces and signals relaxed eyewear policy for service members.
A jumble of phrases notes private companies forming to work coal mines in Belgium. Mentions Campinas and a stray line about working and mines without clear narrative or dates.
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