Fort Osceola items note births trains and power outage
In a 1898 column the Osceola paper records a patriot born May 19 at the Shoemaker home, a rumor of a new two train per day service, Jeffrey leaving for Omanz to work at a drug store, signs of a Kansas cyclone, a legal suit with Mills and Marquis, a local power outage after sunset, May rainfall of 3.68 inches, a runaway at Ryan and Everetts barn bruising several, and six girls with one boy graduating from Osceola High School at the M E church.
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America
Fred Shoemaker
Shaw
Jesse Jeffrey
Omanz
Kansas
South Dakota
M. A. Mills
H. M. Marquis
David City
Ryan
Local News Highlights From May 28 1914
Reports from Osceola include a fine baby for Mr. and Mrs. E Sandell and a 373 enrollment in the recent school year. Thomas Dornan dies at 51 in David City Hospital leaving a wife and two daughters. A Studebaker is stolen from McCoy Auto Co. and traced to Dallas SD by two Osceola youths. A child sprains a arm after a porch fall. Walter Chauner to teach summer school at Bozeman MT. Florence Dunn heads to Chicago to prepare for Europe trip with sister Ethel. Baptist minister C A Spalding and wife transferred to Ansley. Freda Monson to Denver for future home after reception.【26 chars】
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Osceola
Dallas
South Dakota
Hollis Dolan
Walter Chauner
Manuel
Bozeman
Mont
Florence Dunn
Chicago
Ethel
Europe
C. A. Spalding
The
Baptist Church
Ansley
Freda Monson
Denver
Ten Years Ago May 31 1922 Miscellany
Marriage notes from Stromsburg and Osceola include Miss Bernice Peterson wed to Theo dore Johnson at the Baptist parsonage. The Swanson child’s drowning occurred near Stromsburg. Other items report a Smith Young wedding in Semeta Kansas in 1928, Polk County eighth graders, hatchery expansion at Florence Hatchery, local auditorium acts, and residents planning moves to Oregon and California.
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Bernice Peterson
Theodore Johnson
Baptist Parsonage
Stromsburg
Gunnard Peterson
Fred Thompson
Jesse James
Leatrice Joy
Broadway
Earl Tyler
Oregon
Nina Johnson
Midland College
Fremont
Blanche Koehler
Lincoln
Oakland
California
Used Light Plants Wanted in Stromsburg Nebraska
Revel Sward advertised in Stromsburg Nebraska seeking used light plants, offering highest prices for batteries and appliances.
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Revel Sward
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Appendicitis Facts And Treatment Overview
This article explains appendicitis as inflammation of the vermiform appendix, its normal location, and the evolution of safe surgical treatment. It notes that delays in treatment and self treatment with laxatives raise risk of perforation and peritonitis, and emphasizes early diagnosis and operation.
Caution on Diagnosing Abdominal Pain and Appendicitis
The passage warns patients against self diagnosis by family doctors and notes chronic appendicitis is harder to diagnose than acute. It explains that pressure in the lower right abdomen often causes pain and cautions that some dishonest doctors might seek another operation, though such physicians are rare.
Dogs and Cats in Nebraska Law and Local Life
The Fairbury Journal notes Nebraska treats dogs as property and allows owner suits for damages, while cats are not property and face no tax. It contrasts dog depredations and car chases with cats crossing roads, praising dogs as faithful guardians and noting cats’ nuisance as occasional.
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Nebraska
Fairbury Journal
Lutheran Church Notes for Pentecost 1938
Whit Sunday service schedule lists Sunday School at 10:00 AM and Morning Service at 11:00 AM with Vespers at 8:00 PM under Luther League. Ladies Aid meets Friday with hostesses Mrs Olson and Mrs Deeter, program leader Mrs Oscar Jones. note day change from Thursday to Friday. Mrs Morgan to read a paper as special program number.
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Lutheran Church
Luther League
Ladies Aid
Chas. Olson
Arthur Deeter
Oscar Jones
Morgan
Jenny Ling's Grave Jenny Lind Buried in Malvern
In Malvern England Jenny Lind known as the Swedish nightingale is buried. A record wants notice of any local memorials or tributes for her gravesite or related historical events.
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Jenny Ling
Jenny Lind
Nightingale
Malvern
England
Stromsburg Reunion and Family Visits Highlight Weekend
A large Stromsburg area gathering of 85 relatives marked the annual Stromberg reunion on Sunday. Throughout the weekend, residents hosted and visited many relatives and friends from Lincoln, Des Moines, York, Hayes Center, Loup City, Benedict, and Denver, with social events, dinners, and a Slumber party at the Mission Camp grounds.
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Stromsburg
Stromberg
Ted Fitch
Lincoln
Walter Bush
Frank Adelson
Willard Adelson
Orlie Adelson
Roy Nelson
Clarks
Geneva Green
Everett Green
Dan Wright
Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Green
York
Walter Green
Hayes Center
W. A. Green
Vivian Anderson
Torrington
Wyoming
Margaret Anderson
F. E. Eno
Gordon
Clarence Rahrs
Mission Camp Grounds
Harold Yohe
Filley
Floyd Morris
Lorraine Widga
A. C. Jones
Geo. Anderson
Martin Baack
Paul Wurtz
Milford Johnson
W. L. Lindburg
Lawrence Jones
Hampton
Gladys McCoy
C. J. McCoy
Doris
Kenneth Samuels
Hordville
Harvey Hahn
Henry Horstman
Loup City
Merle Simpson
Omaha
Warren Fightmaster
Mervin Shenk
Albert Sundberg
Doyle
Ella Shenk
John Preston
Benedict
C. S. McGinnis
Nellie Nelson
Hennie Seymour
Peggy McGinnis
Axel Renquist
Lake Erickson
Clara Colby
Near Clarks
E. W. Hahn
Marjorie
M. G. Lindburg
Robert Cummings
Denver
Colo
Maurice Lindburg
Lloyd Montzingo
Kearney
Nebraska
Lloyd Kroger
Forrest Hecht
North Platte
Bernice Larson
Gothenburg
Frank Larson
Larson
Wayne Stevens
Dean
Floyd Larson
Donald
Mary Larson
Leonard Larson
Brown
Marquette
Arthur Nilson
W. A. Lindburg
Robert Oliver
Lillian Andresen
Ed Coover
Jeffersons Birthday Reflections on His Government View
National Chairman Sentinels of the Republic recalls Thomas Jefferson on his birthday. He valued popular sovereignty, balanced powers, and citizen vigilance. Jefferson argued government should arise from and be checked by the people, with Congress representing the will of the nation.
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Sentinels of the Republic
Jefferson
Congress
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Stock Yards 1938
Receipts of cattle at Omaha Tuesday were 9 000 head with steady prices from last week. Best steers 10 00, stockers and feeders active and firm. Cornfed steers 9 00 to 10 25, yearlings 8 75 to 9 60, heifers 8 25 to 9 00, cows 6 25 to 7 00, feeders 8 00 to 8 50, stock cattle 7 75 to 8 60, and calves 5 00 to 9 00.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Hog prices decline as receipts hit Omaha for Tuesday
Receipts of hogs at Omaha reached 6 500 head with light weights selling 8 40 to 8 55, mixed hogs 8 00 to 8 40, and packers 7 75 to 8 00. Demand was not urgent and bids and sales ran 10 to 15 cents lower than last Friday. Sows sold from 7 25 to 7 60.
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Omaha
Lambs Strong to 25 Cents Up at Omaha Market
Receipts of sheep and lambs at Omaha Tuesday reached 6 500 head. Native lambs sold readily at 25 cents higher than last week's close while other grades stayed largely steady. Feeder lambs sold for 7.40 dollars and shorn ewes for 3.25. Fat lambs ranged from 8.00 to 9.25 for spring, 7.00 to 7.75 for fed wooled, and 6.25 to 7.00 for fed shorn. Cull ewes brought 5.50 to 6.75, aged stock included yearlings 5.75 to 6.50 and shorn good ch. ewes 2.25 to 3.25.
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Omaha
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Raymond Pitcairn
Thomas Jefferson
South Omaha
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McCormick-Deering
Polk County Implement CO
Larry Lambe
Bob Davis
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Carter Field
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Muse Theatre
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Jane Withers
Stuart Erwin
John Barrymore
Lynne Overman
Chas. Bickford
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