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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
5
Miss Charlotte Hanson arrives from Stromsburg. W F Kepner and Dr Smith travel for business. Itineraries include Hartson Ayres and others in Lincoln Omaha Shelby and Elkhorn with shop visits and farm sales noted. Barbers Pharmacy notes exclusive Santox agents and Brunswick phonographs sold.
A big patriotic meeting is planned in Shelby for an evening next week with Rev. Jensen as speaker. C R Collis and Philip Sack returned from Polk Wednesday with registration returns from Pleasant Home precinct. Various local notes mention visits, adoptions, and ongoing community events.
The I O O F and Rebekah lodges plan memorial day services in the I O O F hall on Sunday June 10 at 2 30 p m All friends are invited. Mrs Fred L Johnson Mrs Gertrude Boehm and their daughter were Omaha visitors Tuessay. Mrs Boehm left her daughter at the M E hospital there for two weeks treatment. Miss Margaret Hansen, who studied here this year, returned to Upland Saturday, with her sister Miss Martha who was here for graduation.
Miss Mamie Chauner leaves this morning for Bozeman Montana to spend the summer with her brother Walter. If she lies it will teach school near there the coming year is not supported as a definite fact. the note implies a plan for the coming year.
Farmers needing workers or knowing someone seeking farm labor should contact Albert Ryan or C O Johnson. These men have been appointed by the Commercial Club to oversee farm labor needs and match workers with farms.
Mr and Mrs Ernest G Johnson and daughter Mary voyageed from Omaha for a visit with relatives. Mr Johnson returned home while Mrs Johnson and Mary stay into the week s end. W E Kinney delivered Canada precinct registration returns. Kinney notes he has three sons serving in various U S military branches. An ad promotes Hollister s Rocky Mountain Tea for constipation and related symptoms.
The annual school meeting for school district No. 19 will be held at the Osceola school building next Monday, June 11 at 2 30 p m. Officials August P. Anderson and Arthur N. Johnson preside as ruling members.
The Polk county eighth grade graduation exercises will be held in the Osceola auditorium on the afternoon of June 1. Dr. Huntington of Columbus will deliver the address to the graduates. He is a chautauqua lecturer and a skilled speaker, secured by the county superintendent.
Ade Josephine Lindquist born April 1916 in Stromsburg Polk county Nebraska died June 3 1917 at a hospital in Omaha after bronchial trouble and an operation. She leaves father and mother two brothers and two sisters. Funeral June 6 Stromsburg cemetery with services by A Jensen Baptist Osceola.
Osceola band and Polk volunteers enliven noon with tunes. Rev Jensen of Osceola delivers a careful oration praising duty and country service. he denounces those who refuse to fund defense and lauds registration and patriotism amid the world wide struggle for liberty.
Joseph Malm of Stromsburg and Edna Gladys Kidder of this city wed Wednesday afternoon in the county judge’s office with relatives and a few friends present. Judge F H Bail officiated. The groom is a young farmer near Stromsburg. The couple will reside on a farm near Stromsburg. The Record extends congratulations and best wishes.
At the home of the brides parents in Hackberry precinct the marriage of Buhrman Miller and Miss Elizabeth R Spaulding was solemnized by Rev Nelson of Wayland. In attendance were about fifty guests with Miss Ada Jones as bridesmaid and Mr Hill as groomsman. The couple will reside on the old home place in Hackberry.
Osceola residents, despite muddy roads and threatening weather, gathered in eleven autos for polling day. The crowd marched seven blocks from the G A R hall to the square, with Red Cross nurses and veterans in the parade. Major Douglas and Hon. Richard Metcalfe of Omaha spoke to a vast audience before the weather forced an early adjournment.
Notice to members of the workmen’s group that Tuesday night’s meeting is adjourned to next Monday at 5 p.m. at Bitner’s office. Delegate Jensen will report on a significant movement to implement the rate action from the recent grand lodge. Highly important, attend.
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