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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
4
Local Osceola Record highlights a flurry of social visits, travel for work and family affairs, and town happenings. Moving between Stromsburg Lincoln and Omaha connections, residents attend visits, sales, and community events while noting military assignments and distant relatives.
The Record prints the first three hundred young men drawn for military service with Polk County quota set at 104. Extra numbers beyond 104 may be deferred to a later call. An official Washington list may adjust figures and a full list appears inside. Once the official list arrives, local exemption board notices will summon men for examination likely early next week.
A Shelby Friday night meeting formed the County Red Cross auxiliary with officers led by Chairman Mrs. C. Oscar Olson and Vice Chairman Mrs. May Inness. Secretary is Mrs. Roy Hartson and Treasurer Lee Scott.
The regular July Teachers Examinations will be held in the County Court Room on Thursday the 26th and Friday the 27th of 1917. All subjects for county and State certification appear on the program. Reading Circle exams are scheduled for Friday. This may be the last opportunity to qualify for the coming school year, so all teachers who have not completed their credits must attend.
Osceola Grove No. 183 Woodmen Circle expresses heartfelt sympathy to Leona Dawes after the death of her husband and son. The resolution records the acknowledgment, commits a copy to the records, and sends notices to the family and local newspapers.
The Shelby inventor W. From proposes incorporating a company to manufacture his corn husking machine. He asks Polk County citizens who value improved agriculture to own stock supporting the venture.
Thomas Kulo, 8, son of Joseph Kulo, died instantly when the family auto turned turtle three miles south of Genoa. The father was knocked unconscious but expected to recover. Other family members suffered serious but non fatal injuries. The Kulo family were former Polk county residents living near the Valley.
The Red Cross outlines appointments for military relief Civilian relief Membership and other committees led by Mrs J P Heald and named volunteers. Headquarters are in the Presbyterian church basement with by laws and instructions ready for work to begin at week’s start.
Mrs Houtz of Osceola recounts a prior endorsement from 1910 and a 1916 reaffirmation praising Deans Kidney Pills for kidney relief. The ad notes a price of 60 cents, urges readers to request the same product, and credits Foster-Mil Co. with distribution.
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