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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1914
Page
1
The column records deaths, family notices, and community updates from Polk and surrounding areas. It mentions funerals for Mr and Mrs Harley Graves, party travels, physician visits, hog cholera vaccination updates by Dr Oberg, and residents visiting relatives in Osceola Seward and Omaha.
Osceola precincts vote by apportionment for delegates to the Lincoln Nebraska state convention. Meetings set July 15 16 17 1914 with chairmen Gilbert Johnson and C V Nelson. Also notes on party figures and local political commentary.
Late week greetings from Adolf Grossnicklaus and friends as they thresh fields and stack crop. Miss Leona Nantkes returns to Kearney after a short visit with her parents Mr and Mrs George Bond and Mrs A A Eklund of Gresham. John Runge travels to Cairo for a few days with friends while Herman Rathman and Walter Schwartz join a Grand Island trip for the Fourth celebration and return Sunday. Florence Dyan of Platte Center Nebraska visits friends here and Charlie Spiehn makes a Grand Island trip and returns Sunday.
Fragmentary OCR indicates a marriage licenses notice listing parties and a judge, with scattered names such as Campbell and Lowell. The readable fragments imply a county court record of marriages issued or filed, awaiting clarity on full names and dates.
Names such as Mrs. Harrison Lybarger and Miss Agnes Kunkel visit Gresham and Crete while Mr. and Mrs. Teach plan California studies. Ailing Mrs. Johnson receives care and neighbors report improvements in Mr. Davis after treatment. Prices and sales at a local shop highlight regional commerce.
Read ers will note Mrs Pankhurst appears in a four part political drama What Righty Million Women Want at the Gem theatre. The feature plays Wednesday July 15 with admittance 10 and 20 cents. Also mentioned are a family visit from Lebanon Kansas by J H Beneautter and family and a six hour auto trip to stay with Mr Bonecutter’s sister Mrs George Mace and family.
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