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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
1
Osceola sketches a town change from smithy forges to auto shops and airfields. A veteran blacksmith laments fewer forges as cars rise, while locals note budding aviation interest and a Beaver City doctor who travels by plane outrunning the stork.
Local social and travel items across Shelby include Edith Burritt hosting the L A S club, U B Aid meeting with Mrs Henry Burritt, and numerous visits and trips. Residents attend Decoration Day events, farm movements, building at Peabody and Blair, and travel to Lincoln Omaha Columbus York and Wes leyan.
Mrs. M. E. Wishard of Seattle claims three hours of sleep in 24 is enough and credits her health to avoiding coffee, one cup of tea daily, and sound slumber. She runs a downtown hotel a boarding house a restaurant and a grocery store and built the halibut schooner Silha which paid for itself in a year before selling after another year's operation.
An unidentified man was struck and killed by a westbound train west of Polk this morning after stepping onto the tracks. Trainmen report the victim died before reaching Central City. The man’s identity is unknown.
Community gossip includes visits by Arnold Lindquist and Daniel Magnuson with Ed Anderson and John Burke. Farmers report light corn stands due to adverse conditions while rain brings rest and work ahead. Property sales announced: A A Carlson sells 160 acres to Gable at 300 per acre. Adolph Kuhnel sells 120 acres to Bahr at 220 per acre.
The National Catholic War Council reports 10 000 active workers in its re employment forces. Through 50 field agents and 40 offices in major cities the drive covers the United States with canvassing, registration, and placement of demobilized fighters in good positions at home. Knights of Columbus assist nationwide as the program scales from overseas camps to civilian jobs.
Osceola residents plan activities to mark Junior Red Cross Day on June 14 also recognizing Flag Day. Organizers urge schools and clubs to participate with service projects and community events highlighting youth civic involvement.
Word reaches here of Mrs. Fred Monson's death at noon Monday at her daughter Mrs. John Schwab's home in Fort Collins Colorado. Obituary to follow next week. Finney Hotchkiss and family arrived from Los Angeles and visit local kin. Logan Van Hoosen returns from discharge with the 341st MG Battalion of the 89th division, the first Osceola member back, with a full account of the unit's fortunes.
Ed Herrmann reports to Omaha as Mrs. Herrmann remains in the hospital awaiting an operation on one eye today. The procedure marks the first of the week for the patient.
Polk County commissioners meet with Branting presiding in absence of the chair. Tax refunds approved for a protest and two petitions on road drainage and a bridge, with numerous county payrolls and services listed. Memorial Day program held with Osceola Commercial Club in charge, parade, prayers, speeches, and cemetery ceremonies.
Miss Hannah Sundberg daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Sundberg wed Mr Clarence Rodine son of Chas Rodine at the bride’s Polk home. Rev Andrewson of the Mission church officiated. Guests included relatives teachers and servicemen with out of town attendees listed. A four course dinner followed and congratulations poured in for the couple starting their life together.
Minnie Dittmer of Clarks had been working at the home of Albert J. Anderson and went home yesterday.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by Supt. John I. Anderson. Morning service at 11 a.m. with the Joy of the Cross. Evening service at 8 p.m. on the Law of the Harvest. Prayer meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. A welcome for you at the Baptist church.
Osceola Real Estate Co. offers 160 acres in Polk County for 95 dollars per acre. Mostly fenced with 50 acres cultivated and the rest pasture, level terrain suitable for pasture or breakout. Owner not local. inquiry welcome at the Osceola Bank office, phone 37, South room.
Miss Eleanor Miller travels to Lincoln on Tuesday and remains in the city for the week seeking social engagements and local sightseeing.
Wilford G. Oakes of Patten Maine recently returned to Bangor after wartime service with a Canadian artillery unit. He saw his own grave marked with his name, photographed it, and survived severe wounds through British hospital surgery. He enlisted at seventeen by raising his age and was cited for bravery with a medal of honor.
Professor O'Hara of the State School of Mines reports a survey showing at least 1,000,000 tons of coal in South Dakota. He says vast soft coal near the surface can be stripped and mined profitably using methods from Illinois fields.
Farm Bureau notes urge better bull and calf quality for profits. A Midwest pig club winner from School district No. 1 had expenses paid to a future congress. County agents from eleven counties met at Norfolk for talks on cooperative sales and club work with a social dinner and factory tours.
G. N. Lackey, seventy nine, of Lorain Ohio, fought four pickpockets and toppled one to recover his watch and chain. He beat off the others and held two suspects until police arrived.
George C. Wine of Hartford City Indiana convinced by advertisements found a wife. He advertised for a housekeeper and married Elisha Fierce in a clerk’s office. The bride, Mrs Martha J. Jones from Montpelier, said she barely knew him before agreeing. Wine is active in Salvation Army work.
Miss Doris Heller a student nurse fell from the twentieth story of the Daniels and Fisher building observation tower in Denver and landed on a ledge at the seventeenth story. She was found 48 hours after the accident and probably will recover.
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