Osceola News Roundup June 3 1897 Local Notices
A village roundup noting A N Nelson hosts a new daughter, H G Lowe dies, Dr Shaw treats a renter after a horse kick, and promising crops. Local obituaries for Mrs Arch Long and Mrs Samuel Elwood, marriage of Leola Funkhouser and John Ditter Jr, funeral details, firewood theater program, markets, and Rebekah lodge officers announced. Includes Odd Fellows officers and several farm incidents near Osceola.
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A. N. Nelson
Osceola
H. G. Lowe
Stromsburg
Dr. Shaw
Erick Peterson
Carlson
J. G. Mickey
Mickey
Shelby
Jack Rathbun
Jack
Fredrick Anderson
Ernest Howland
Leeds
South Dakota
Odd Fellows
C. G. Gylling
N. G. J. E. Holt
W. G. David Foy
S. W. Gushee
Grand Lodge
Lincoln
Leola Funkhouser
John Ditter, Jr
Columbus
Monroe
Nebraska
Arch Long
Belle
Missouri
Samuel H. Elwood
Omaha
Albert Ryan
Elmer Nelson
Fred Thompson
Silver King
Viola Dana
Rebekah Lodge
Hattie Newcomer
N. G
Pearl VanHoosen
V. G
Bernice Brown
Rilma Johnston
Local Standard Oil campaign promotes mileage and dealer ads
The Standard Oil Company of Nebraska launches a large localized advertising drive in Nebraska with dealer pictures and names in every community. The campaign cites the World's Greatest Mileage Test showing many motorists could save miles per gallon and dollars, aiming to attract new customers to Standard Dealers.
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Standard Oil CO
Nebraska
Standard Oil Company of
Standard
America
Standard Oil
Wesley Chapel Club Hosts May Meeting and Flags
The Wesley Chapel Club met May 20 at Mrs. Tom Schmoker’s home with good attendance. Next gathering is June 3 at Mrs. Dawes’ home, lesson on The History and Use of the Flag led by Mrs. Goldie Schmoker. American Legion boys aided in grave decorations for soldiers at the chapel.
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Wesley Chapel Club
Tom Schmoker
Succulent Sausage Through the Ages History of a Banished Food
A Chicago American writer notes sausage politics from early Christian bans to repeal. The story traces sausage’s role from ancient Greece and Homer to medieval guild kitchens in Italy and German preservation, highlighting its cultural and artistic evolution.
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Chicago American
Tiber
Helen of Troy
Illium
Ulysses
Homer
Fairview Cemetery group to hold Friday meeting with officer election
Fairview Members of the Cemetery association notify a Friday meeting on June 11 at the Community Hall. Hostesses are Mesdames Mina Buchta Flora Seward and Minnie Cadwell. Officers will be elected at this gathering. Several local social notes follow, including visits and family travels in Osceola and surrounding towns.
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Cemetery Association
Mesdames
Mina Buchta
Flora Seward
Minnie Cadwell
Beth Hallenbeck
Mason City
George Heinemeyer
Paul Wisely
Wm. Nuebel
Rising City
Osceola Park
Wm. Love
Silver Creek
George Reed
Draw McCormick
Riverside Club
Marion Treadway
Valley Church
Fairview
Valley Leagues
LeRoy Rhodes
Osceola
Reckmeyer
Wm. McCormick
Blue Rapids
Kansas
H. A. McCormick
Petty McCormick
Lester McCormick
Dean McCormick
Virgil
Clair McCormick
Stromsburg
John McCormick
Henry Strickland
Baby
Lincoln
Heitzman
L. R. Meacham
Dexter Haws
Donald
Don Byers and Son Sam Enjoy Lake Ericson Weekend
Don Byers and his son Sam spent the weekend at Lake Ericson, relaxing by the water and taking in the scenic surroundings. The pair reported clear skies and peaceful days during their lodge stay.
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Don Byers
Sam
Lake Ericson
Beliefs Behind Superstitions Across Ages
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer traces roots of knocking on wood breaking mirrors and other so called omens. It links magic of protection to old pagan or druidic rites and notes how costs of mirrors influenced dread of breaking them. It also explains black cats thirteen and spilled salt as medieval to ancient fears.
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England
Europe
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Peregrina Pearls a Tale of Two Missing Gems
The article contrasts La Peregrina and La Pellegrina pearls, tracing their history from 1574 Spain to Russia and their disputed ownership. It notes differing shapes, sizes, and legends, including a claim by Princess Youssoupoff and the claim that one of the two pearls remains missing.
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Spain
Russia
Youssoupoff
Geography Sketch of the Sahara Region
The central and southern Sahara show mountains and table lands from 500 to 7000 feet. The northern belt hosts a salt lagoon plain 50 to 100 feet below sea level. Once connected to the Mediterranean via the Gulf of Gabes, it became an inland lake that dried as inlets ceased to feed it.
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Sahara
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Gabes
The Best in Life for Youth
The piece argues youths should seek the best in life through appreciation of music art literature and personal growth. It cautions that many miss the finest things by chasing lesser aims and urges embracing higher achievements in culture and character.
Health Note on Travel Vaccines and Controlling Syphilis
A Polk County Medical Society message urges travelers to get typhoid and paratyphoid vaccines before vacations. It stresses syphilis as a major, controllable threat and outlines public health steps for locating cases, tracing contacts, and preventing tuberculosis through early detection, testing, and follow up. It notes dust exposure in mining can cause pneumoconiosis but not necessarily lung cancer here.
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England
Sewing Machine Repairing and Used Machines For Sale
R J Nine offers sewing machine repair services and used machines for sale in Polk. Leave orders at Kepners.
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R. J. Nine, Polk
Kepners
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Osceola, Neb
Grant A. Akerman
M. Louise Magaw
Topeka
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F. H. Oberg
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RED Crown
L. H. Fellows
Reeb Bros Motor Co
Standard Oil Company
Nesnasna
Wesley Chapel
American Legion
Claude McPeak
Santa Barbara
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McPeak
Florence Bartlett
Joe Mick
Mick
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Koehler
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Stamford
Connecticut
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Elmer Horst
Harold Cockson
Leo Albers
Albert Anderson
Anderson
Herman Anderson
Oscar Anderson
Norfolk
Alfred Kuehnal
Frank Hewitt
Fullerton
George Hewitt
Paul Timm
Arthur Herrmn
McCook
Martha Davis
A. J
Germany
Polk County Medical Society
MUSE
George Murphy
Doris Nolan
Thur.Fri
Gene Autry and
Smiley Burnette
Wallace Beery
Rochelle Hudson
Victor McLaglen
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P Streets
W. A. Roserns
Lincoln School OF Commerce
Goodrich Safety
Silvertowns
Goodrich
Goodrich Silvertowns
Silvertown
Reeb Bros. Motor CO
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