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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
12
Osceola merchants decide to close all day Saturday July 4 with evening hours Friday July 3 to allow holiday shopping. The plan, meant to let patrons know in advance, follows a meeting Friday morning. Osceola and nearby towns plan separate celebrations and a big Legion event at Lincoln fairgrounds.
The fifty third annual York Baptist Association convention meets in Surprise with June 28 program days and both afternoon and evening sessions. County Supt I D Huston chairs a committee including Oma L Cady David City O C Reichwein Surprise Mrs Thos Snee David City and Rev A W Lyons Stromsburg. Churches from David City Palestine Stromsburg Albion Cedar Rapids Grand Island York Octavia Platte Center Bellwood Columbus and Lincoln attend. A Wednesday night band concert is advertised on the square.
The article argues putting is the key swing, nearly equal to all others, with the overspin putt favored for straight rolling toward the hole. It cites stars like Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones, explains grip and finish at right angles, and suggests practicing the straight-back-and-forward stroke on a rug to refine alignment.
Ralph Heald drove in from Marysville Kansas Sunday morning to visit relatives and old friends in Osceola. Heald teaches voice in Kansas with headquarters at Marysville and conducts classes in nearby towns.
A summer educational campaign to warn youth about narcotics will run through 1926. Captain Hobson and Congressman Walter F. Lineberger push a world narcotic education conference in Philadelphia during June 1926, with U S participation and possible congressional funding.
The 66th annual convention of the Lutheran Augustana Synod in DeKalb Illinois closed with plans for a 1938 tercentenary of Swedish colonists and a 1926 sesquicentennial in Philadelphia. Officials aim to gather in Philadelphia for the 1926 convention to honor Swedish aid in the Revolutionary War. The body approved a 670 hymn, new worship book using the American Bible and Common Service, and a shift toward English in services. The synod restored the Apostles Creed wording, allowing divorce for desertion, and backed Nine schools under a general board of education study. The group endorsed the eighteenth amendment and reported a near million-dollar ministerial pension fund and 26 ordinations. A banquet for 1,000 laymen highlighted convention activities.
Omaha becomes the headquarters of the American League of Good Will, an organization for the betterment of humanity. The group aims to unite religious and political factions, with a 100 prominent Omaha endorsers and a board of control led by Judge A. L. Sutton. Rev T E Barr notes the aim to foster civic devotion and banish Bolshevism without party politics or secrecy.
Nebraska enacts a no-fund check law detailing penalties for issuing checks without sufficient funds or credit. It sets fines from 5 to 100 dollars for amounts up to 35 dollars and 100 to 5000 dollars plus possible prison terms for larger sums. The act also defines presumptive evidence of intent to defraud and repeals earlier chapters and statutes.
The Ku Klux Klan in the Stromsburg district schedules a June 25 event with an afternoon show at 2 o’clock featuring music and a lecture on Americanism, a 3:45 York versus Stromsburg baseball game, a 6:00 basket supper at Buckley Park, and a 8:30 fireworks display at the Stromsburg country club grounds, described as a major regional showcase.
The program lists performances including Waldmere Losey selection Prince Charming The Gascoader Vandercook Fox trot Dear One Fisher March 136th Field Artillery Fillwere Paraphrase Silver Threads Among The Gold Memories of Stephen Foster Medley Selection Vanguard of Democracy King Chilean Dance Manana Missud Foxtrot Feather Edge Eisenburg and Star Spangled Banner.
The Nebraska State Legion rejects Congressman John Philip Hill of Baltimore as a speaker at the Columbus state convention July 27 28 and 29 due to his stance on prohibition and a disputed hard cider party. Adjutant Frank B. OConnell from Lincoln orders the local committee to withhold the invitation.
Road boosters gather at York on Wednesday June 24 with sessions in the Commercial Club rooms in the forenoon and afternoon. A luncheon at noon honors outside visitors as prominent boosters from across the state are expected to attend and participate in the program.
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