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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
1
Polk County farmer leaders plan a Saturday night gathering at Osceola Court House to discuss a plan to curb the falling wheat market. They will invoke cooperation among farmers to show they can unite for mutual protection amid widespread selling pressure.
Polk County Farm Bureau and Farmers Cooperative Association leaders invite all interested to a July 21 meeting in the Polk County Courthouse lobby Osceola Nebr to discuss actions to aid farmers facing 15 to 30 cent losses per bushel from the wheat price slump. Mark Timm urges practical relief plans and outlines recent price declines and market factors affecting local growers.
E J Howland and his men finished seven bridges in Stromsburg and Pleasant Home precincts last week and left Monday to build five more bridges on the south channel of the Platte in Clear Creek precinct. The crew will work for several weeks on the 190 ft 110 ft and three 64 ft structures damaged by June rains as they move their caravan of trucks machines mules and workers toward Clear Creek.
Local detachment of Boy Scouts returns from Camp Sheldon in Columbus praising their treatment and activities. Milton Lindquist won first prize in fire by friction with a time of one minute five seconds and earned a medal. Keith Snider placed third in backstroke swimming and Lloyd Lindquist second in diving. John LeMar earned a Camp Sheldon pin for high average in tests. ribbons were not received due to early departure.
Two library board members searched homes where the last owners were charged with missing books. Some volumes were found during routine checks. The effort was to recover books believed neglected, not stolen, and readers are asked to return any found volumes listed: The Cross Pull Slippy McGee Lookout Man Her Father's Daughter Daddy Long Legs Adventures of Arnold Adair Poor Little Rich Girl.
Dr. Gregg and wife with two daughters from Chicago arrived in Osceola Monday for a brief visit with relatives and old friends. They plan to meet Mrs. Ross Burns of Garrison North Dakota and tour the western states, staying away from Chisago for several weeks.
A fragmentary notice offers a $25 reward for conviction of bicycle part thieves. It promises return of two marbles and a ball bearing, states the owner has no use for them, and appeals for information leading to recovery and location of the stolen parts. The message ends with a call for detectives and mentions burying kids and earning a bicycle at Bex College.
An illustrated lecture next Sunday at Grace and Valley Church will explore the Panama Canal as the world’s greatest engineering feat. The program includes an introduction, discussion of many phases of interest, and the morning sermon titled Christian Motives and the Major Lasceratives of Modern Life by Pastor J A Klein.
Describes gratitude to friends neighbors and helpers during Mrs Propst illness including thanks to K P and Merry Workers and those who brought flowers for Carl Propst.
Nebraska Gas and Electric Co begins erection of a new all steel substation west of the power plant. The Delta Star plant will be roofed and houses extensive transforming apparatus. Workmen arrived last night to complete the installation.
Lieut W R McKay and soldiers from the ith Inf at Ft Crook are in the city recruiting for a Citizens Training Camp at Ft Des Moines Iowa in August. Major General George B Duncan backs the effort with an expected good turnout from Nebraska and Polk county youths. R G Douglas NLt Colonel of the 134th Inf NN G oversees enlistments. applications include Herbert Fillman Glenn Lovell and Harold Nelson.
Word has reached relatives of Grace Hennings a nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Remus Hennings of Star City Canada who died on July 4. She was the youngest child in a family of four with two brothers and a sister and was born in Canada. Polk county friends extend sympathy.
Oscar Deputy aged 61 died at his home in Council Bluffs last Thursday. The body was moved to Osceola for burial from the Presbyterian church where Rev. Thos E Barr preached the funeral sermon. Interment was in Osceola Cemetery. He had lived in Council Bluffs the past two years, previously residing in Osceola and Silver Creek. Mrs Deputy is daughter of Mrs E A Ennis. He left a widow and two daughters Lucy Walker and Mary Howard and a son David Deputy.
The marriage of Harry W. Pike of Lincoln and Edna Hubbell of York was held at Edna's home at 8:00 AM on Monday July 16. Rev. DeWolff officiated. The couple plans a brief honeymoon in Denver and Colorado Springs before settling in Lincoln.
Local items include births, travels, and visits among Polk County residents. Notable notes mention marriages, farm activity, bank savings contests, livestock sales, and equipment transactions in Stromsburg and surrounding communities.
Osceola hosts the Chautauqua from July 27 to August 1 and the Polk County Fair on September 265 to 28. The Annual Anniversary Celebration at Polk is planned for September with events announced.
Osceola Chautauqua opens Friday at the usual school grounds site. Over 900 seats will be provided in a new comfortable tent with fine acoustics. The company abandoned family tickets and ticket sellers will visit communities to sell season passes.
Local leaders announce steps to organize the American League of Good Will of Osceola Nebraska with plans for a large membership. Article II of the constitution and the pledge outline the group's civic aim and distinct field.
Article II outlines the group's object to unite royal Americans to foster intelligent devotion to America and its ideals, banish Bolshevism, and restore respect for law and fellow citizens, while avoiding party politics and sectarian religion and prohibiting secret activities.
The text declares commitment to deal with fellow citizens fairly at all times and under all circumstances, uphold laws, seek redress lawfully, and expel bolshevism while teaching true Americanism. It ends with a vow to protect the Republic, pledging life fortune and sacred honor.
Miss Thelma Johnson spent the weekend at the home of Chester Johnson after visiting Du rant. Miss Laura Schmoker joined her parents for summer vacation and studies nursing at the university in Ames. The Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society plans an ice cream social at the D H Kunkel lawn Friday with basement option if rain.
The church will hold morning services only at First Presbyterian while hot weather lasts or until further notice. Rev. Thos. E Barr leads.
The First M. E. Church invites members to a picnic in the city park on Monday evening. The annual Sunday School picnic is planned for Buckley Park next Friday. Church meets at 10 o'clock and asks members to bring extra seats for guests. Dist Supt Howe preaches Sunday at 11 and leads the quarterly conference after the service. W W Hull, Pastor.
A notice explains how to read the name label on the front page showing the payment deadline. It details how the month day and year figures indicate expiry and renewal amounts, and urges readers to report any mismatches or mistakes in the records for correction.
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