Polk County Board Proceedings and Financial Claims 1917
Polk County Nebraska commissioners met June 4 and June 11 1917 noting adjourned sessions and a bridge viewing by Assistant State Engineer Cochran. Claims audited include pensions and various county expenses. payments listed to numerous individuals and firms. Regional film industry notes follow, detailing personnel changes at Lasky and Morosco, actors studios, and movement toward better film standards.
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Osceola, Neb
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Neb
Johnson
Osceola
Board of County Commission
Nebraska
Cochran
Shelby
Havens Bridge
Schepler
J. Lheard
Uncalled Letters at Osceola Post Office 1917
The list shows uncalled mail for the Osceola Nebraska post office for the week ending June 14, 1917. Names include Ruth Adams and Joe Shanahan among others, with various initials and partial identifiers, reflecting a period-era dead letter routine.
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Osceola Neb
Ruth Adams
Fle Enyart
Eyes Enmett
Floyd Stalnaker
Keene Ludden
Liberty bond drive eyed in Osceola countywide effort
A Commercial club meeting in Osceola Nebraska outlined a countywide push to subscribe the county share of 250000 dollars in Liberty bonds. J E Murphy of Omaha urged rapid canvassing, with Osceola precincts covering Osceola Platte clear Creek Shelby Canada Island Stromsburg Stromsburg Hackberry Valley Polk Pleasant Home. Officials expect full subscription by Friday morning and touted wartime economic optimism from J Ogden Armour.
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County General Fund
Cassie Sweenie
Hattie Dixon
Nettie Burley
Py McCumber
Freeburg
Cooh
Yeltman
Canada
Se A. Johansen
Arc Creek
T Fickel
Island Pecinet
Oose
I. Ware
Osceola
Pearce
T. Samuelson
W. A. Carnine
Ric Forslund
Stromsbug
Nla Hardware Co
Ayres
Lur N. Johnson
Ernest G. Johnson
Ilammond & Stephens Co
Albert Blevins
Odielke
A. OS. van Vlack
R. M. Leshee
W. Fillman
Todd Protectograph Co
Peewee
Remington Typewriters Co
State Journal
Joseph Scholz
Clark
Vinele Bertha
Commercial Club
J. E. Murphy
Omaha
Guaranty Life’ Insurance Company
Platte
Clear Creek
Shelby
Island
Stromsburg
Hackberry
Valley Polk
Pleasant Home
Statewide labor bureau system forms rapidly in Nebraska
Lincoln reports the Agricultural Extension service directs a state labor bureau program with local and county bureaus forming to match labor supply and demand. Local bureaus will list labor, fill calls locally, and shift workers between counties if needed. The plan emphasizes self sufficiency and voluntary farm work, not importing labor.
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Labor Bureaus
Lincoln
Neb
Agricultural Extension Service
State Labor Bureau
State House
State
Rhoades
Fairmont
Sunday services and classes schedule note
Sunday school and Bible classes are set for next Sunday at 10 o'clock A M with services at 11 o'clock. The Harmony society meets on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Oscar Bodin.
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The
Harmony Society
Oacar. Bodin
Richards Forsythe wedding at Grand Island Methodist parsonage
Neva Richards of Osceola and Milford Forsythe of Kearney were married at the Grand Island Methodist parsonage in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Thompson. The couple, guests and wedding party noted, plan to live in Ashland while Forsythe teaches and later attend Berkeley summer school.
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Kearney
Forssythe
Berekely
Calif
Ashland
T. R. Richards
Osceola Osceola Osceola community notes and ordinance
Rural Notices and school reports fill a granular Osceola column with events ranging from Missionary Society activities to district teaching appointments. The piece also prints Ordinance No. B of 1917 setting property tax levies for library street lights water parks and other city services, plus appropriation details and the mayoral signature.
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Osceola
Nebraska
State of
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Widow of Albert Grossnicklaus Dies at 25
Mrs. Albert Grossnicklaus died at her Valley home on Saturday June 9 after a brief illness following shopping in Columbus. She leaves her husband and two young children, plus two prior infant losses, and is survived by her father Mr. Drake a sister and two brothers. Funeral services were held June 10 at the German M E church with interment in the German M E cemetery. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
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Fritzi Brunette
Lasky Company
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue
Myrtle Stedman
Morosco
Miss Stedman
Bosworth
Inec
Paramount
Wallace Reid
Geraldine Farrar
Hollywood
Lou Tellegen
Lasky Compan
Los Angeles
Miss Farrar
J. C
Jack Pickford
Pickford
Smith
Kid
Florence Rockwell
Forrest Stanley
Charles Olson
Chapel Missionary Society
Marie Fleming
Farmers’ Union
District 63
I. KE. Merrick
Jean Brigham
Kearney Normal
Floyd
West
Whitman Olson
Dan Long
Sam
Nelson
John
Maggie Becker
Rising City
Andrew Nelgon
Leon Merrick
Lincoln
Roy [Ler
Elmer Webster
Alf Jacobson
Omaha
Osceola
Chell Crozier
Lula Olson
Anna Carlson
Arthur van Hoosen
Iler
Albert Grossnicklaus
Alfred Grossnicklays
Mr. Drake
M.'E
M. FE
Notice to Creditors in Andrew Akeson Estate
In Polk County Nebraska creditors must file claims by January 14, 1918 and debts paid by July 18, 1918. County Judge F H Ball will convene sessions July 13 1917 at 10 am October 13 1917 at 10 am and January 14 1918 at 10 am to receive examine hear and adjust claims.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Andrew Akeson
Said County
F. H. Ball
Farm Help Sought by Relief Council Appointees
Farmers needing farm labor should contact Albert Ryan or C O Johnson, appointed by the County Defense council to arrange help and support for farm work.
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Labor Bureau
Albert Ryan
C. O. Johnson
County Defense Council
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Schuyler
FR. M. Swanson, Seco
Broken Bow, Nebraska
Potatoes
U.S
Caloris Fide Delasuit
Commissioner's Proceedings
Joel Hanson
W. I. Alexander
Geo. B. Potter
OL Alexander
Dorogthy
Dorothy Dearborn
Dorots
Auitorium
Osceola Record
Oscola
England
France
J. Ogden Armour
Lutheran Church
Wesley Chapel
M. A. Mills, Jr
W. E. Snider
Racine, Wis
Huntington
Pathe Records
Brunswick
Brunswick Phonograph
Barber’s Pharmacy
Autre A
Wen
Fere
Osceola Lumber CO
Frank H. Anderson
Mgr
Sjerl
Saturday Evening Post
Electric Light, Heat& Power
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