Freight Trains Move with Passenger Service Note
Express at 4.25 P.M. Freight 1-80 P.M. immigrant, 12 40 A.M. all other freight trains are extra and griggular with AT trains carrying passengers.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1877
Page
3
Express at 4.25 P.M. Freight 1-80 P.M. immigrant, 12 40 A.M. all other freight trains are extra and griggular with AT trains carrying passengers.
Time and departure of passenger trains from Omaha to Chicago and the East in 1877. The schedule notes a 4:05 p.m. departure and lists train routes and destinations.
Bleary rains sweep the area as Rye nears ripening and corn grows. Osceola schools close for the season. Miss Johnson resigns due to ill health. A Swedes Baptist conference meets in Stromsburg. grasshoppers decline after rains. Baseball match favors Lallahooolies. local shops advertise cider, tea, and croquet sets. Persistent storms damage crops. a county fair debate stirs residents about timing and location.
A committee has chosen young ladies to represent the States on the Fourth. They are asked to meet in Osceola next Saturday afternoon to arrange details. The list includes Eliza Gorham, Annie Mackie, Mary Mackie, Maggie Mackie, Nettie Bramer, Eva Bowed, Phoebe J Bull, Sarah Bull, and others.
Nebraska farmers learn by trial in a Polk county example where 25 acres of Grass wheat seeded while harvested ripe later produced a viable pasture. The voluntary wheat stands well and may yield when fully developed, suggesting a winter hardy fall wheat that could benefit the state’s agriculture. Reverdy Brooks anecdote referenced.
An old fashioned celebration is planned in Arborville on the fourth of July. All residents and their spouses are invited to attend for a general good time.
The fragment hints at a discussion of merit in goods and the value of combining two qualities. It suggests an expectation of response or communication about the combined merits, but lacks concrete details.
The county clerk reports no levies have been received from Districts 3, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 23, 26, 30, 35, 38, 41, 43 and 52. Action must be taken by July 1 to avoid delays.
A Polk County notice thanks residents for past support and invites buyers to view a stock of farm implements including McCormick Harvester, Improved Prize Mower, Mower and Dropper, Mower and Reaper, Hodge’s Haines Header, and threshing machines. The ad promises first class work and favorable cash terms with large discounts.
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