Osceola Area Notes Busy with Visits and Commerce
A collage of local notices reports farm sales near Osceola, visitors to Stromsburg and Shelby, theater plans, and business updates. People like Ernest Nyquist, Mickey, Gladys Lindholm, Jay Hastings, and families of Beebe, Olson, and Farris are noted among many short trips and social events across surrounding towns.
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Bethne
Shelby
Halle
Pot Campbell
Ya Midis Jr
Polk
Gladys Lindholm
Stromsburg
Jay Hastings
Kramard
Heitzman
Beatrice
Yesperda
Llvald
Ravenna
Loup City
Byers
Broken Bow
M. Monson
Livestock Prices at South Omaha July Livestock Prices
Cattle receipts light at Union Stock Yards South Omaha on July 14 with light cattle arrivals about 2 400. Cattle prices steady with good to choice fed cattle in demand. best beeves at 10.00. higher grade heifers and yearlings varied. veal calves unchanged. Hog demand steady with $6.90 to 7.35 direct purchases. lamb and sheep receipts 10 500 with lambs slipping to 8.75 8.85 and steady sheep trade.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
County Board Reimburses Taxes and Clerical Expenses
The Board of County Commissioners met with all members present. Claims were audited and allowed on various funds. Refund of 29.40 for 1872 taxes on government land approved. Several payments approved including salaries, repairs, lumber, and road work. Meeting adjourned to July 20, 1915. Joel Hanson, Co. Clerk.
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Board of County Commissioners
F. H. Ball
W.M. Stewart
Andrew G. Johnson
Smith
Osceola
Nebr
County General Fund
H. J. van Vlack
John A. Carlson
W. F. Miller
Osceola Water Works
H. L. Bond
Osceola Precinct
Geo. O. Erickson
Stromsburg
H.H. Olson
As. Co
A. Rasmussen
W. A. Cornish
State Journal Co
Alex Scott
Chas. E. Shhrader
Alex .Scott
H. J. van Vinck
Oberg Bros
Searle
Chapin Lbr. Co
Ibr
N. J. van Vinck
Chas. E.shrader
A. Vance
H. A. Eyestone
Irl Hoffer
R. Walker
Joel Hanson
Wedding anniversaries mapped to precious stones and radium
In 1975 a narrator quips about arranging anniversaries. The Bride lists the sequence gold for year three diamonds for five and radium for ten suggesting a playful twist on traditional milestone gifts.
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Gilver
Radium
Call on Mrs. C. H. Parkis for plain and fancy dressmaking
Advertises dressmaking services by Mrs. C. H. Parkis offering plain and fancy garments. A brief notice inviting customers to call for fittings and design work.
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C.H. Parkis
Calf slaughter cited as threat to beef supply
The Philadelphia Telegraph argues that slaughter of very young heifers harms the beef supply. It contrasts legal protections for fawns seals and small game with widespread slaughter of calf heifers and notes experts warn this reduces future beef production.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Evangelist Pastor Uses Phonograph Disks for Salvation
Pastor Simon Stephanoff of Moscow, a wealthy former merchant, abandons business life to evangelize by recording a simple salvation address on phonograph disks. The disks are sold as outreach tools and are used in hotels and private settings to reach typically inaccessible audiences.
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Simon Stephanoff
Moscow
Knights of the Road Aid Widow on Dreary Train Ride
Drummers on a train in Pittsburg devised a plan to help a widow with three children who had spent her last dollar on tickets. The conductor coordinated the rescue by telegraphing to New York to change the tickets, easing the family’s dire situation.
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Knights of the Road
New York
Song of the Nightingale in Suburban England
An American naturalist travels through Surrey and Hampshire seeking the nightingale. In London outskirts and Wimbledon Common, the bird sings in daylight, contrary to common belief, and is oddly unrecognized by many listeners.
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England
Surrey
Hampshire
London
Wimbledon Common
The Small Boy Outsmarts a Circus Clown on Broadway
A clown from the Hippodrome Circus chased by a swarm of youngsters after stopping for a drink finds himself outpaced. A sharp young boy guides the mob, profits from the misdirection, and ultimately helps the clown be transported back to the Hippodrome by an express wagon.
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Kinker
Hippodrome
Upper Broadway
New York
Pronunciation Debates Stir Elocutionary Rhetoric
A professor argues for using nonstandard forms like of'n over often in pronunciation. The piece notes experts and dictionaries disagree on the t in middle words such as Christmas mistletoe hustler chestnut and references elocutionary authorities and actors who cite authority on spoken forms.
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Geraldine Lancaster
Raedit
Martha Herrmann
RV. Goble
York
Theate
I. C. Beebe
Mother Goose
The
Baptist Church
E. Crouse
J. F Bense
Stomshore
E. J. Lindqust
Hortense Inks
Silly
Sturdevant
Olson
Barney Tobiason
Geneva
Lydia Tobiasen
Union Pacif
Wm. Zimmerman
Duzhiers
Florener
Marene
Wahoo
Linten
Mary
Clara Endeli
Laville, Wis
W. . Kepner
Ladies Aid of the
M. E. Church
Audibrim
Furth
George Wiltshire
Lew
Omaha
Cori
Trelen Snyder
George McCoy
Arber Pharmacy
Barber Pharmacy
Monson
Mr. Barber
Barber’s
Albert Pierson
Mills & Leebe
E. J. Anderson
C. W. Anderson
Wausa
Durant
H. C. Elfors
Harry Biggs
V. A. Newcomer
Helen
Irma
David City
Newcomer
Falk
Stomsburg
John Falk
Dakota
Jos
Pete’ S. James Chapman
Lena Froth
Ilumiston
Iowa
George Chapman
Dix
Has
Thelander
Arcadia
Oscar
Illinois
Judge Ball
George
Henning
Frank Johnson
Gardner
Johson Gardens
Orceo
Geralyn Walrath
Ruth Smith
Katherine Brooke
Flossie Startman
Faith Bradford Urschel Schmoker
Mildred Crisp
Helen Crow
Norma
Helen Shafer
Ruth Grassmaeck
Uni
Ben Elledge
Ezra Timm
Fred Timm
I. B. LeMar
Harold
Jarold Wil
Rapid City
D. I
Kunkel
Omeha
Mr. Kunkel
J. D. Corey
Juleburg
Colo
Corey
Alma Toline
Des Moines
Rumford
Yau TY
Thomas
Elmore Lucey
Humbrigt
Commissioners Proceedings
C. G Gylling
F. O. B. Flint
Delco
Buick Co
E. D. Fillman
C. Arthur Macleod
Paree
Paris
Joe
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