Twenty Five Years Ago Notes From Osceola and Stromsburg
Dr L R Pheasant moved to Fierce Nebraska to practice medicine and will be a capable physician for Pierce. Hon J H Mickey and wife traveled to Mt Veruca to attend Evan Sneray’s wedding, the first Oscelola birth, Henry Campbell reports selling eggs worth $309. Stromsburg News notes a new hand at the creamery and a baby boy born to Guy Klum. The county earned honors by nominating Fon B L King for governor’s chair atBeatrice, praised for integrity and impartiality. El Karrer visited Kansas as an agent for the Stromsburg Musical Co. Ed quit, leaving others uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Pheasant
Fierce
Nebr
Pheasant
Pierce
J.H. Mickey
Mt. Veruca
Evan S_neray
Evan
Govenor
Beatrice
Fon. B.L. King
el Karrer
Kansas
Stromsburg Musical Co
Osceola News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Local items report S A Snider in Lincoln on business and social notes from Osceola. Events include the Merry Workers meeting, golf district tournament trip to Central City, Grocers Convention in Omaha, family visits, Camp Crete outings, a Swede Home Church wedding, and an Osceola to Stromsburg car collision with no injuries. Also notes about bridge luncheon, Fordson tractor bargain, and electric range demonstrations with giveaways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Detweiler
Omaha
D. H Kunkel
O. E. Mickey
Grand Island
Axel Olson
Burlington
Iowa
Shelby
Wilbur Olson
Norfolk
John I. Anderson
Hannah E. Nelson
Peter Nelson
Edwin Munson
Madison
Wisconsin
Sward
Annabelle Barger
Richard Larson
Stromsburg
Three Mile
Osceola
Shelley and the £50 Note Paper Boat Tale
The essay recalls Samuel Taylor Coleridge and great English poet Lord Byron on waterborne paper boats. It tells how Shelley, lacking paper, abandoned a £50 note to craft a paper boat on the Serpentine and watch its voyage, ending with the note reaching the opposite shore to a waiting owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley
Serpentine
Kensington Gardens
Modern Hymn Writers Fail to Take Hold
The New York Evening Post laments that hymn writing has become a lost art since the jazz era. It notes that earlier composers like Fanny Crosby and Ira Sankey shaped enduring hymns, while newer secular influences faded quickly, and it suggests future sacred music writers may revive the old tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Fanny Crosby
Ira D. Sankey
Western Kansas Town Rome Faded Into Memory
A Detroit News note recalls Rome Kansas, once the western region’s pioneer railroad hub in 1867 with hundreds of residents and bustle. A cholera outbreak and rail embankment ended the town, leaving sunflowers where a metropolis once stood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Kansas
Buffalo Bill
W. EB. Cody
Nays City
Detroit News
Notice to Creditors in Harden Estate Polk County
Notice to creditors of Sarah Alice Harden deceased in Polk County Nebraska. Claims must be presented by October 8 1927 and debts paid by July 9 1928. Hearings to receive and adjust claims set for July 8 August 8 and October 8 1927 at 10 AM in County Court. Dated June 38 1927. W W Norton county judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Sarah Alice Harden
State of
Said
W. W. Norton
Apna Kropatsch
Norwvon
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York-Osceola Maytag CO
Miles
Dr. Miles
Miles Medical Co
Nice
Milas
Goodrich Silvertowns
Goodrich
Goodr Tete
Aretaidi
Resas
Anderson Chevrolet Co
Osceola, Nebraska
Clyde Lamoree
The
Aha Markets
Carson Auto Co
Guy Klum
Merry Workers
Ira Irland
Central City
Matt Anderson
Grocers
J. W. Davis
D. B. Hultquist
Crete
Camp Crete
Robert Taddiken
Walter Buchholz
Dale Whiteh
Columbus
Osceola Odd Fellows
Benedict
Conrad Ossian
Stantontown
L. E. Swanson
Mildred Malek
Elkhorn
Guy Ball
Clifford Weaver
Lincoln
Mrs
Chas. Rosland
Minnesota
J. A. Jones
Serenius
Lutheran Church
Nye
Will Pike
Cunningham
Colorado
Wyoming
L. M. Shaw
Miss Inma
Marion Shaw
David City
Lake Ericson
Lara Cook
Clyde
Denver
Wm. Query
Beatrice Linkin
Lloyd Timm
Violette Anderson
Mildred Brooke
Norma Zanverkolk
Carmelita Johnson
Albert J. Johnson
Leonard Mentirk
C.J. Mentink
Swedish Baptist Parsonage
Florence Johnson
Byron Johnson
Baldwin
Nebraska Gas & Electric Co
Harry Musselman
George Bond
Great Port
Ls A
Neb
Graham Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Detroit
Rystrom Co
Stromsburg, Nebr
Sabin
Osceola, Nebr
Hotel Norfolk
Eppley Room
Duncan
Conant
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