Osceola Considers Natural Gas Service Proposal
The Osceola city council held a special session on natural gas from Iowa Nebraska Light and Power. The firm promises abundant supply from Kansas Oklahoma Texas fields with 24 inch transmission lines and no freezing risk, offering low rates and free meter installation to customers as the project proceeds toward Osceola.
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Osceola
Iowa-Nebr. Light & Foxer Company
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company
United States
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Denver
Colorado
York
Aurora
Fairmont
Exeter
Bradshaw
Hampton
Ilowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company
Toowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company
Shelby Social News Mixed Visits and Local Events
Lois Ball visits at Helen Lucas home in Shelby. Numerous locals spend time with relatives in Rockport Missouri and Lincoln. News notes include birthdays births hospital surgeries and a Stromsburg Shelby game won by Stromsburg 9 to 7.
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Lois Ball
Helen Lucas
Roy Johnson
James Fasbender
Rockport
Lost Elgin Wrist Watch Reward Notice
Finder please leave at Record Office. Five dollar reward and no questions asked. FOR SALE One used 22 by 36 Case Threshing Machine complete with feeder weigher and wind stacker. Stromsburg Machine Company. Phone 21.
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Elgin
Stromsburg Machine Company
Obituary of James F. Farris in Nebraska
James F Farris born August 10 1855 in Harlan County Ohio grew up in Iowa and moved to Shelby Nebraska at age 22. He married Phoebe Jane Bull on June 24 1879 and lived in Osceola Nebraska where he died July 10 at Hastings aged 74 years 11 months. He leaves a wife six children and a sister and was buried in Osceola cemetery after a Methodist church service led by Rev Han del Collier.
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James F.farris
Harlan County
Ohio
Iowa
Shelby
Nebraska
Phoebe Jane Bull
Osceola
Robert Melville
Omaha
Etta May Burney
Chicago
Alice Zimmerman
Stephen Benjamin
Sidney
Susie Bauer
Lincoln
James Thomas
Stromsburg
Steward Barr
Farris
Hastings
Nebr
Methodist
Handel Collier
Nebraska Highways Are State's High Powered Salesmen
Nebraska highways act as powerful salesmen for state growth citing 5000 miles paved or gravel and 209,949.22 gallons of gasoline sold in 1929. Nebraskans traveled about 2,089,495,220 miles, spending $35,521,418.74 on gasoline at 17 cents a gallon, equating to $25.62 per person. Local notices follow with community updates and a ball game result: Osceola 10 Stoner 27, plus illness news about Mrs. Chas Sharritt.
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Nebraska
Silas
Cook
David City
Ruth Hastings
Wesleyan
Charles Otte
Robert Paine
Merle Watts
John Braithewaite
Dickhate
Shelby
Seth Hastings
Kenneth Mitchell
Genoa
Osceola
Stoner
Chas. Sharritt
Westside News from July highlights community visitors and harvest activity
Mrs. Clair Willits and Mrs. Charles Hoffer left for Idaho to reach their ill father. Central City visitors included Mrs. Alex Adelson, Mrs. Oliver Adelson, and Miss Hazel Flodman. The column notes many local visits, picnics, farm work, and club efforts to fund Seward week, with harvests underway and several families entertaining or traveling.
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Clair Willits
Charles Hoffer
Idaho
Alex Adelson
Oliver Adelson
Hazel Flodman
Central City
Clara
Lavinia Holm
Mauritz Swanson
Donald
Valette Fredrickson
Paul Stevens
Lloyd Croger
Lincoln
Herbert Flodman
August Swanson
Reuben
Glenn Bush
Clarks
George Bush
Merle Vincent
Willard Bush
Alvin Anderson
William Larson
Frank Bolton
York
Sam Cook
Platte River
Columbus
Curtis Flodman
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Evangeline Johnson
Opal Fredrickson
Thelma
Gladys Willits
Kearney
Two Houses for Rent Near the Square
Two houses for rent within two blocks of the square are available. Contact Jay Hastings for details on prices and viewing times.
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Jay Hastings
Electric Wiring and Fixtures by W A Cummings at Crouse Tex
W A Cummings offers electric wiring and fixtures of all kinds at Crouse Tex with phone contact 1.
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W. A. Cummings
Crouse-Tex
Men and Nature Creating Nebraska Fishing Lakes
In Antelope County a dry inland lake is regaining depth from two to six feet as seven wells and eight windmills pump fifty five gallons per minute. Aquatic plants and fish return, water fowl seek refuge, and locals plant 8000 sago bulbs to aid reclamation. The Goose Lake area aims to become a premier fishing and recreation site.
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Nebraska
Antelope County
State Game Commission
Nature
Clearwater
Ewing
Tilden
Neligh
Goose Lake
Local residents and visitors in Stromsburg area gossip
Milan Snodgrass visits grandparents in Stromsburg as many townspeople share visits, illnesses, and social events. Families travel between Grand Island York Hastings Seward and Beatrice while church and community activities like a park service and a Baptist missionary meeting unfold.
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Will Garling
The
Baptist Church
Sam Taylor
Walter Taylor
Hastings
Karl Dethloff
Dave Dornburg
Seward
Alice Lindburg
Grand Island
Chas. Lindburg
McNeely
Loma
Robert
Protest Filed Over Higher Polk County Farm Valuation
County Clerk John W Fillman met with State Tax Commissioner Scott in Lincoln to protest Polk County farm valuations he says are higher than adjacent counties. He cites York County comparisons showing farms north of the line valued about $18 more per acre than those just south. Scott promised a hearing before the state equalization board soon. relief via reduction is uncertain though possible.
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John W. Fillman
Lincoln
Scott
Polk County
Fillman
York County
State Equalization Board
Election Officials List For Multiple Districts
A scanned roster lists election officials across numerous districts. Each district includes judges and clerks with names such as Ed Shaw and M. J. Arner, covering Hackberry through Platte and nearby areas. The compilation names multiple precincts and officials for administrative voting duties.
Will of Joseph Carney Leaves Hundred to Perry in 1914
The Geneva Signal reports probate records show Joseph Carney of West Blue Township left 250 to William Perry from his estate, to be paid instead of Margaret Carney. Perry, once cared for by Carney, vanished and was never found, with the estate tied up for years. Margaret Carney is now Mrs S J Canavan of California.
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Landgren
William Perry
West Blue Township
Joseph Carney
Mr. Carney
Carney
Margaret Carney
S. J. Canavan
California
Geneva Signal
Wesley Chapel Notes Sermon and Arrivals
Wesley Chapel notes list a 9 45 a m sermon on Unemployment in Harvest with Sunday School at 10 45 a m. Rev Herrmann Mrs Herrmann and daughter Esther return to Shelby Friday evening from a Pacific northwest vacation. Also mentions Dr Howard Yates chiropractor Osceola Nebraska phone 83.
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C. W. Moon
Helen
Genoa
Platte
Irvin Grossnicklaus
Russell Hasting
York
Leroy Brown
Howard Adams
Ulysses
Chester
Charlotte Adams
Isabella Weber
Esther Huggler
Althea Zang
Two Milk Drinks From Simple Home Recipes
Two milk drinks prepared at home include a strawberry milk shake made by mixing two tablespoons of strawberry syrup with each cup of chilled milk and a strawberry syrup strained from cooked strawberries. The chocolate malted milk combines milk water chocolate and malted milk with hot water and egg beating before finishing with cold milk. See us for culling BACKLUND'S.
Methodist Church to Hold Union Service With Youth Oration
Next Sunday services include 10 AM worship 11 AM church school followed by a prize winning oration by Miss Margaret McBeth of Utah. Sponsored by the Epworth League the event promotes church union and reflects on recent interdenominational mergers in Canada and abroad.
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Methodist Church
Margaret McBeth
Utah
Church Union
Congregational Church of
South Africa
Presbyterian
Methodist
England
United Church of Canada
The
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