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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
3
An old advertisement proclaims a government approved cure aiding animals including sheep, cattle, horses, poultry and hogs. It promises lice elimination and wool preservation with guaranteed effectiveness.
Fragments describe Wayland life with notes on binders and threshing. References to Sunday School, Rev Johnson preaching, and regular evening services appear among scattered items.
Real estate transfers recorded include Joseph X. Wochner to ie Wieseman 44 percent with a price of 1125 and Ernest A. Wieseman to Anna M. Wochner for 1195 on 414 acres in S W 21-13-4. Leonidas G Garretson to Josephine Johnson 2144 acres in NW NW 28-14-3 for 3000. PCB sci lausH Anderson and Pehr Nelson noted with 600. Raymond L Cox to Richard H Thesing Lot 1 Block 3 Stunkels Add Polk for 385. Stromsburg Cem Assn to Mary J Hendrickson W D S %E . KE. side for 30. Andrew G Frederickson to Henry T Seymour W D N % SE 14 33-13-3 for 9200.
Rev. J. D. Collins led a well attended Bible Conference at the Baptist church and a large crowd gathered in the Court house yard for the Sunday afternoon meeting. Fathers and mothers were urged to hear the Boy Problem address. Sunday services included Sunday School at 10 and preaching at 11, with a Young People’s meeting at 6.
Osceola paper quotes a character describing a man as a “wrong kind of genius” who wastes talent. The dialogue notes he has a “positive genius for wresting defeat from the jaws of victory” as Miss Cayenne responds.
The quote urges seeking the silver lining in every cloud and continuing to look for positivity, guiding through hard times with a hopeful mindset.
A long list of brief items covers passenger notes, visits, sales offers, births, marriages, and property for sale around Osceola and Shelby. Names include George Rhodes, J. L. Heald, Miss Yazel Johnson, Oscar Johnson, and others with occasional towns like Stromsburg and Lincoln. A legal notice advertises a referee sale of Isaac Hill farm and nearby Shelby town properties in Polk County.
Services next Sunday as usual with Sunday school at 100 AM and preaching at 11 AM, evening services at PM. Luther League will meet at the home of Mr Arthur Johnson Thursday evening July 31 with a program including songs and readings by Arthur Oberg Otelia Johnson Linda Ormander and others.
The 1913 Polk County Fair premium list will be ready by August and the fair will run September 23 to 26. Improvements planned include new stock sheds for cattle and a potential educational building on the fair grounds, with several new features promised to boost appeal and instruction.
Mr and Mrs Roy Carter visited with Mr and Mrs J R Rosenberry on Sunday. Oscar Adamson seen on our streets while Tierman Richter’s coat buttons loosen due to his daughter’s arrival at home Sunday. Telander Peterson was on the Omaha market with hogs recently. Cr Hotchkiss was in these parts Wednesday.
Mrs Bradford reports English sisters press for enfranchisement through persuasion petitions and parades. Demonstrations in Washington New York Baltimore Buffalo Portland and other cities aim to show voters women want the ballot. Two large parades planned in New Orleans and Washington DC with a July 30 petition to the Senate. A national speaker from Butte drives the campaign while Chicago suspends saloons and widens police matrons in response.
Dr. Potter of the Boston Electro Medical Institute will tour Nebraska on Saturday August 2 1913 at the Pratt Hotel Osceola until 5 pm and Friday in Shelby. He offers free consultations examinations and medicines for deafness cates all listed diseases and claims cures by Liquefaction for cancers and other ailments. Married ladies must be accompanied by husbands and no charge for medicine.
In York County Nebraska Montreville Cummings sues Peter Matter and Annie Matter to compel a quit claim deed for Lot ten in Block one original town of Shelby Polk County. The petition seeks substitution of a lost warranty deed dated May 21 1881 to perfect title and quiet claim, with answer due by August 25 1913.
Three silver medal contests are set in Wesley Chapel on July 28 and at Shelby M E Church on July 29 and Osceola M E Church on July 1. Program starts 8 p.m. readings include A Little Child Shall Lead Them and The Converted Rumseller with other titles by Lalia Heinemeyer Myrthe Shore and more. No admission, silver offering collected. songs will be performed in addition to the program.
The next regular meeting will be with Mrs Lester Shore at 2 30 Saturday July 26 By order of the Oracle and the Royal Neighbors organization.
Ryan's Barber Shop at Ind. Phone 156 offers Bath in connection and is listed as agent for Globe Laundry. Basket leaves Wednesday working.
The Sheriff of Polk County Nebraska will sell at Osceola courthouse on August 25 1913 at 2 PM the southwest quarter of section 2 township 14 north range 1 west. The sale follows a June 16 1913 order of sale in Shelby Auto Co vs Susie M Paisley Arends for 50.26 plus costs. David S Potter Sheriff. Milla Beebe attorneys for plaintiff.
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