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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1923
Page
5
Community notices include a Chautauqua ticket promotion from Anderson Mercantile and a Saturday special on smoked meat. Social items report wives of club members hosting a city park picnic and several residents visiting relatives in Albion for a Standard Chautauqua tour.
Rystrom Company of Stromsburg Nebraska advertises used machinery including 25 hp Baker steam engine for 1000, 20 hp Case steam engine 450, 16 hp Reeves cross compound 350, 20 35 Avery tractor 650, 25 hp S H C Mogul 250, separators Rumley 350 Reeves 250 36x60 Reeves late model 250, 18 hp Buffalo Pitts steam engine 450.
A jumble of local items notes King Bittner Campbell work on title abstracts, a fell behind by a comic line about Hank Leggett ripping his pants, and remarks on books and literature, plus a city council tension over reporting council proceedings and future expectations.
Auditorium announces Friday and Saturday showings of Bill Hart in The Cradle of Courage with war drama and comical news. It notes this will be the last Hart film for a year or more and urges attendance. Also listed are Dorothy Dalton and Buster Keaton appearances on August 3 and 4 with a note of a chautauqua causing a brief dark house.
A sweep of short items lists visitors from Stromsburg and Plattville to Shelby Nebraska. Residents and travelers include Miss Irma Heald, Miss Nellie Peterson, Miss Effie Nelson, Gordon Danielson, Josephine Douglas, and others visiting relatives, with several men moving about from Omaha, Lincoln, Holdrege, and Kansas. The Carson Auto Co. reports local car sales. A staff change at Farmers Union ends as W. S. Smith is named to replace S. B. Anderson.
E H Thelander and A N Johnson arrived back yesterday after an auto trip through the western part of the state and eastern Colorado. Mrs H A Hansen and Mrs Herman Frahm with her son visited at the homes of W O Hansen and Carl Frahm, mothers of the South Side Meat Market proprietors. Try a beef roast from City Market, cheaper and better than steak.
One 8x cylinder Buick car offered by H. C. Beebe for sale in first class condition with terms desired. See H. C. Beebe for details.
Classified ads list a close in 80 acre Osceola Nebraska farm, level cultivated and well improved, owner in California selling within a month, cut price and flexible terms, legal land details noted, inquiry to King Bittner Campbell. Also ad for farm land buyers and rent notices including a 6 room house on Gos pel Ridge and a 1924 NW quarter lease in Polk County.
The County Court of Polk County Nebraska announces a petition to appoint Hannah E Monson as Executrix of the estate of Andrew M Monson deceased. Hearing set for August 17 1923 at 10:00 AM. Dated July 21 1923. Seal F H Ball County Judge. July 26 Aug 2 9.
In Polk County Nebraska the estate of Carl G Johnson deceased requires creditors to present claims by November 24 1923 and payment of debts by August 24 1924. The county court will sit on August 24 1923 October 24 1923 and November 24 1923 at 10 00 A M to receive examine hear and adjust all filed claims. Dated July 20 1923 F H Ball Seal July 26 Aug 2 9 16
Wm Merrick travels to the state capitol on business. Lincoln’s C E Giwits returns from city business. Miss Leong Nantkes visits Kearney with Miss Leon Porter. James Mickey and family tour from Topeka for a few days. Susie Tilley arrives from Omaha to visit her mother. Wheat storage ramps up as farmers prep. Branting & Sons sold two grain bins to W F Brandt and O Gustafson. Automatic hog waterer advertised. Dr Ira Landrith to lecture at First M E Church Osceola on Monday Sept 10. Violet Rodine of Polk visits, with Miss Myrtle Sundberg of Cambridge. Lee Snider arrives from Faulkton for visits. Mrs C H Young travels to Ansley for sister Mrs James Anderson’s funeral. J S Johnson and wife of Portland visit Mrs L E Swanson. they’ve been east on a tour. Mrs J A Edgerton of Washington DC visits with Nuquist family and relatives in Stromsburg and Ohio.
Citizens Bank of Stuart Nebraska files a foreclosure petition in Polk County District Court on June 18 1923 seeking payment of 6018 dollars plus interest on a note dated December 2 1922 and secured by a mortgage on property in Polk and Keya Paha Counties. Defendants include Harley Sixberry Dave Sixberry Ralph Sixberry Ira Woolhiser and Mrs Ira Woolhiser. Answer due by August 13 1923.
Advertisement notes farm produce and threshing meat at City Market and offers mail order. Message mentions inability to keep up payments on a plane, seeks equity buyer with small payment and full terms by writing to Lock Box 716 Or Nebr 45-4.
A nostalgic collection of quips on tobacco tags, Larkin clubs, and country wit. The piece lampoons timid suitors, credit habits, and the dangers of driving, urging horse sense over government while condemning indecency and reckless acts behind the wheel.
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