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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
8
Dodge Brothers Motor Car touted for owner safety with large 14 inch drums and 2% inch linings, claiming extra surface yields greater friction for effective stopping. County notes list local events from Stromsburg booster trip plans to family reunions and town news across Polk and surrounding areas with births, travels, weddings, and visits.
Kosch family visitors stop at Arnold before heading home. Shelby defeated Schuyler 3 to 0 on Schuyler grounds with Walter Ballenger pitching thirteen strikeouts and three hits allowed. Barn fire near Butler County claimed one horse. insurance covered loss. Funeral of Mrs. D. R. Leard held at M. E. church with Shelby attendees. Howard Collins repaired Matt Fasbender’s Buick, test drive ended in a water hole accident. he jokes about sails and Jamaica ports.
The buyer must send a quarter of the purchase price with the order and may pay the remaining balance in ten monthly installments.
City officials advance a plan to implement business practices on the west side as in prior years, outlining steps for development, funding, and stakeholder involvement to revive commerce.
Clouds gather over Fairview as forecasts point to another downpour. Farmers report despair over crops with some total failures. Local movements include M. E. Daniel and Dale visiting York, and Lester McCormick moving into Mrs. Peterson's house. Mrs. Frances Hutt and Thel ma Sirene visit kin. Paul Wiseley hosted heavy work on a house shingle project. A crew rededicates work at Buelah Cemetery with a lunch served by local women.
Mrs Peter Hans on receives family guests Mrs W O Johnson Miss Ida Hanson and Joel Hanson from Stroms burg who spend the day with the celebrant. The city pump plunger broke and the 8 inch well is out of service awaiting repair. Workers seek the lower end of the 90 foot well. John Thomas returns Tuesday from a short visit with family at David City.
June marks historic anniversaries from Bunker Hill to Waterloo and West Virginia’s statehood. The piece notes battles and events on June 17 to 21, then mentions upcoming summer services, a Synod report, and a Harmony Society meeting set for June 27 at 2 39 PM with Mrs. Grant Walgren.
Grace and Valley churches announce Sunday school and preaching at the usual hour next Sunday morning. An 8:00 P.M. stereopticon lecture with free will offering to cover expenses. World tour planned, starting in Chicago, “The Gateway of the West,” Sunday evening, showing world conditions and moral forces in Europe and the Orient.
iT Pauls Lutheran Church Luther League will be entertained Friday evening at 8 p.m. as some very important business is to be discussed.
Osceola Nebraska Mayor and Council adopt the 1923 24 fiscal plan outlining expenditures for water works street lighting library park and amusement funds sewer maintenance and debt service including bonds and interest. The total proposed appropriation is shown with dates for public notice and the June 23 1923 council meeting to pass the annual appropriation bill. Kenneth A Cornish certifies the document.
A Nebraska notice announces an order from the District Court to sell part of the estate of Lawson Shaw, deceased. The sale of Lots 1 and 2, Block 7, Smith's 65th Addition, Osceola Polk County, is set for June 30, 1923 at 3 PM at the South Door of the Court House, to run one hour, with the exact farm site to be announced at sale. Marion M Shaw is administrator.
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