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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
1
The author recalls John Carlson as a central figure amid tales of small town life in Coon Holler. The piece blends humor about Carlson’s quirks with reflections on neighbors, local tumult, and a court incident involving a wagon dispute and a knife episode.
Monday July 26 at 8 p.m. the old school building at the school house will be sold by District No. 31. District reserves right to hold the old building until the new one is completed. Chas R Timm, Director.
Central Meat Market seeks settlement of old meat accounts. H P Claus offers sale or rent on a four room house with cellar in Osceola south part. OC E Clark advertises a 240 acre farm six miles northwest of Osceola known as Albert Pierson farm. Inquiries to Leche for terms.
Mr and Mrs Fred Oesterreicher visited Geneva by Ford route. Bela May Gondringer three months died after whooping cough. Remains laid to rest in Shelby cemetery. Sympathy extended to the Gondringer family. Dr Manning of David City and Judge Ball of Osceola were seen locally. Anton Heimer bought a Studebaker from McCoy Auto Co. Miles Ransom and family visited relatives. Geo Irland went to David City and returned with two team of mules and flashy ribbons. Several horses lost in the heat around the area.
A silver medal contest begins in Osceola on Friday July 23 in the Auditorium with a strong student program and four reels of pictures. Miss Flor rie Weeden hosted an enthusiastic meeting, with Miss Madge Moore delivering Old John's Last Play. A campaign fund plan, a mile of dimes, was adopted to support state wide prohibition, raising 725 dollars in Osceola for the first month and prompting questions about other Polk County unions.
Fly chaser at Barber's. Watch for the big doings at Barber's Pharmacy next week. Come and see childhood friends Little Boy Blue Old Mother Hubbard and others at the Auditorium July 30. For sale: six room residence near Baptist church Osceola. Sold by Charles Hansen.
A local theater night features a 2 reel K B feature His Brothers Keeper a 1 reel Beauty drama The Final Stone and a Keystone Comedy Hattys Faithful Dog. An audience program includes a Lost House side event at 8 30 p m with oratorical labet by young ladies for Silver Aleda and a Silver Medal Contest Friday night followed by four reels The Problem Bethels Deadly Alarm Clock The Light In The Window Weekly Topics.
The piece contrasts William Jennings Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt as the era’s dominant figures shaping opinion on pacifism versus militarism. It notes Roosevelt’s bellicose rhetoric, Bryan’s pacifism, and places Wilson and other leaders in a middle ground as the 1916 political scene centers on war policy and party realignments.
The message urges eastern and Nebraska business leaders to support National Guard members in their employ by allowing and encouraging them to attend state encampments and training. It argues youth should learn military skills through service, sighting benefits to emergency readiness and national defense. It calls Osceola to wake similar support.
Notice that the partnership between George R. McCoy and E D Fillman under The Mc Coy Auto Company is dissolved by mutual consent. The business will continue at the current location under sole ownership and management of George R. McCoy.
Automobile wax promises to restore a car’s look. A for sale Epworth organ can be seen at the German M. E. church on the Valley. Notice: E. J. Howland offers three teams and wagons for excavation or dirt hauling work with contact info.
Closing out at cost all our Brown Earthen cooking ware. Chas. I. Hansen announces the sale of earthen ware inventory with discounts to clear stock.
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