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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1881
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR from a 1681 page shows scattered pieces including names like AY MARCH and references to RAILROAD and DIRECTORY entries. The legible items hint at a period directory listing with month and page cues but lack coherent context or complete names and places to form a full incident.
Local items recount visitors and residents returning home, retirements, marriages, and a 40th wedding anniversary. Sheriff and Mrs. Pheasant visit Omaha. Nellie Marsh leaves for Warsaw, Ill. J. N. Abbot arrives from Boston. Welpton starts a new Emerson Iowa venture. snow drift delays a train. March gatherings include a quarterly meeting led by Hitler Miller.
Wanted items include 150 bushels of oats and 250 bushels of good seed wheat. Also offering a five year old jack for sale. Address C. E. Douck Clayksville Nebraska.
An agricultural property is offered for sale or rent, with inquiry directed to Osceola Bank. Ayer's Pills are advertised noting they contain no croton oil calomel or mineral and are made from pure vegetable extracts that ensure cures where possible.
A day book item records a note given to Hl A Scott by A Seger with an endorsement of 12 dollars. Anyone returning the document to the undersigned or leaving it at the proper office will be liberally rewarded. 22 tf . 8. Snell.
Individual traveling to Europe with 225 dollars intends to purchase a good office building with three rooms and a stable. For further information contact the Recorp office.
John H Abbot offers Pi go's Cure for Consumption as a guaranteed cough medicine. He promises a full refund if no improvement. Price 25 cents and one dollar for a 20-ly order.
A roadside notice states that chrome items near a house are available from the owner, L. A. Gushee, for payment at this office.
Regular meeting of J F Reynolds Post No 26 G A R will be at the Congregational church Osceola on Saturday March 5 at seven oclock p m Full attendance desired due to important business HFE Benge Com J B Mitcheil Adjt
Notice from Platte Precinct dated Feb. 28 1881 announces a private telegraph line between J A Powers and W T Dodges residences in Platte Valley to aid learning telegraphy for Powers and Dodge. Also reports two men found frozen to death in Niobrara country with wolves feeding on heads. David Shanks wife injured, recovering with left hand. Observer debate question mis stated for Friday February 14 at High Prairie Lyceum.
The item notes the Recorp change back to former owners, a hardy winter, snowbound fields, a recent school closing and a well attended spelling school, and a teacher praised by neighbors. It mentions corn husking, a Willow Hedge United Brethren meeting with thirty converts, a death of infant Ryström, coal famine prompting use of cornstalks, Al Hodgkinson’s frost injury, a planned railroad, and a paused singing school with plans to resume.
Friends of Woman Suffrage in Polk county invite a mass meeting at the M E church Osceola on Saturday March 12 at 1 oclock p m to organize a county Woman Suffrage Association Several speakers will address the convention Manny Frriends
Notice from Osceola Nebraska announces the Polk County Agricultural Association annual meeting on Saturday March 5 1881 at 1 pm for officer elections and other business. Secretary is Mrs H C Birrenpenpen.
The undersigned offers at public sale on his Stromsburg farm Wednesday March 16 1881 at 9 o clock a m the following property ten ton hay three colts one wagon set new double harness one sulky hay rake one breaking plow six head of work horses five milch cows one buckeye over one cultivator one stirring plow double ghovel plow one drag one singer sewing machine two heating stoves one cook stove and other household goods Credit of 12 months with approved security for sums over 5.00 If stormy sale postponed to Saturday J C Sillith
A short classified notice announces an office space for rent with inquiry directed to SN Reichenbach and Brothers. The item provides no location or dates beyond the firms name.
The Thigh Prairie Alliance has received its charter and held a well attended called meeting on Monday Heb. 21. A 16 member charter roster and 10 applicants indicate strong early growth. A committee to draft by laws was named with J B Lewis J Wright and H Willits on finance committee. Next meeting set for Monday Feb 28 with discussion on science in farming versus hard labor. The issue notes bad weather delaying school exhibitions and lyceum closure, rough roads, and telegraph progress.
Union Stromsburg Precinct notes the Nebraska Farmers Alliance gains strong local support with weekly gatherings, new members, and a charter list led by Perry McLaughlin and Z Seymour. The first regular meeting featured a president's address and debates on equal rights for women, with the affirmative winning. Snow delays news from the area but promises early spring farming benefits.
Harp Scrape writes from Furnas Nebraska describing a severe winter with sixteen inches of snow and widespread hardship. Crop failures include corn at one third, no wheat, destroyed potatoes, scarce weed and seed, and destitution among settlers. He urges eastern friends to send money rather than food and calls for support for needy homesteaders.
Farm for rent covering 100 acres with a coach house four miles south of Silver Creek in the Platte Precinct. Inquiries may be made to C. Buchholtz or at the office.
The Victor school records show top premiums awarded to Edgar LaRue and Charles Newcomer with multiple honors across arithmetic spelling grammar and geography. Attendance averaged 244 with notable visitors including Miss Jennie Ogden Rev Rodgers and Mr. Wendling among others.
Osceola February 26 1881 The County Farmers Alliance convened with D Foy presiding C C Humphrey elected secretary pro tem The committee on Constitution and By laws reported that a county alliance could not be formed as a unit The group debated merging into The Anti Monopoly League of Polk County The motion to table passed and the meeting adjourned to March 5.
Clarksville notes celebrate Mr and Mrs Stanford's fifty years of marriage. Rev Dr Lemon led a quarterly meeting and Rev Turner filled the vacancy left by Elder Fairchild. Local reports mention a famed cancer doctor and hopeful town prosperity ahead.
Advert reads that Brown's Pepsin Tonic relieves dyspepsia indiges tion and sick headache by supplying pepsin rhubarb mandrake and Gentain. Testimonies from Mrs Mira Jones in Fairmont Kansas and A O Butler in Rockville Missouri praise dramatic relief after multiple doses. Demand noted from RK B Raza Hijattyile Kansas and Osceola Nebraska merchants.
A dated pricing table lists flour fruits dairy and meats with per unit costs. Items include butter eggs cheese lard beef turkey and poultry with varied rates. cattle hogs and steers priced per hundredweight and by item. The list cites vendors and measurements typical of a mid century market recap.
Seed grass wheat with fins quality for vale by 201 Wi E Loring. Readable fragments describe a horticultural seed item and attribution to E Loring.
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