In Days Gone By March 12 1896
In days gone by notes from Osceola Nebraska recount visitors Miss Rose Hartman from Omaha visiting her mother at the Deaconess Home and plans for a life of service. Local events describe church campaigns, duck hunting trips, and a rail line fire delaying night service between Osceola and Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Hartman
Omaha
Sypherd
Osceola
Lincoln
Seige
Co. E. Mickey
Dearborn
Platte
Prairie Creek
Turnpike
Nebraska
Valley
Shelby
Mary Lane
Princeton
Henry Kumph
Atchison
Kansas
Fred
James Dunning
Raymond
Harry Crossant
Hobart Duncan
Butler County
Red Feather Products
Polk
Butler
Polk County
WOAW
Benj. Keck
Herman Headstrom
Stromsburg
Headstrom
Oscar Bodine
York Hospital
C. F. Egelhoff
Nels Nelson
Silver Creek
Fire destroys Shank Bros livery and horses perish
Twenty five years ago on March 16 1911 the Shank Bros livery stable burned down killing three horses and destroying five buggies a carriage thirteen sets of double and seven sets of single harness plus robes whips blankets and about 300 bushels of grain and twenty five tons of hay. The origin remains unknown but the blaze started in a tied horse stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank Bros
Frederick Mills
R. A. Mills
Alys Cook
Kathryn Ludden
David City
School Notes Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade Report
Kindergarten notes report Dottie Brown’s return after six weeks. First graders honor roll includes several students. Dutch studies and windmill craft noted. Second and third grades praise sunny weather, flu absence of June Hartson, and new pupil Gordon Francis. many students named to honor roll. Fourth grade visitors and Marybeth Schnasse birthday. spelling contest leaders named. Fifth grade honor roll list and art exhibit voting. nature notes with birds observed. Sixth to eighth grades list honor roll, honorable mention, and spring art wall reminders. Homer Francis moves to sixth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Kepner
John Mills
Mary Gaile Sigler
Jack Tex
Jewell Morgan
Marcia Lee Pratt
June Hartson
Gordon Francis
Willa Jean Bryant
JoAnn Eklund
Walter Umshler
Jimmy Malek
Robert Scholz
Pauline Melin
Deloris McCormick
Lois Pierson
Donna Pratt
Sandra Schumann
Shirley Rogers
Clayton Rystrom
Aileen Kelly
Twyla Thompson
Darlene Wisely
Umshler
Buchholz
McKeeman
Marybeth Schnasse
Blue Racers
Elaine
Opal
Marilyn
Marybeth
Crawford
Gene
Billy
Danese
Bobby
Bonnie
Patsy
Shirley
Darlene
Marvin
Stanley
Howard
Richard
Marvin Anderson
Ruth Bintz
Billy Butz
Sam Byers
Elmo Danskin
Margaret Ann Hansen
Wesley Kennedy
Dick Mills
Patty Lu Rogers
James Johnston
Shepherds of Happiness
Marilyn Brown
Carl Moore
Donald Malek
Arlene Pearson
Bob Hansen
Logan Manskin
Robert Bottum
Loren Scholz
Burdette Backlund
Kathryn Huston
Richard Malek
Bob Mills
Glenna Magnuson
Jack ‘Hastings
Dale Ogden
Dean de Land
Swede Home Women’s Club Meeting and Community Notes
The Swede Home Women’s Club plans a Tuesday afternoon gathering on March 17 with Mrs. J A Oberg. Numerous local residents visit relatives in Polk Stromburg Clarks and other nearby towns. The Youth’s Bible Conference runs March 12 to 15 at Wahoo Nebraska with local attendees. Mrs Clarence Carlson and Mrs C A Sward attend Women’s Society Board meeting in Omaha at the Augusta tana Lutheran Women’s Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Oberg
Wallace Sherwood
Stromeburg
August Swanson
Oliver Johnson
Donald Johnson
Polk
York
Ansel Fredrickson
Dale
Morris Fredrickson
Clarks
Carrol Woodman
Central City
Milford Johnson
Lyle Ostberg
Raymond Meisinger
Seward
Albert Jones
Petrus Nelson
Meisinger
Sander Peterson
Laura
Stanton
Iowa
Leonard Smith
Willard Adelson
Near Polk
John Johnson
Joe Monson
Ivar Osterman
Dorcas
LaVina
Eunice Swanson
Marion Johnson
Bob Carlson
Myron Jones
Kansas City
Fred Youngdahl
LaVerne Otto
Leland Harless
Raymond
Nebraska
Frank Bolton
Ralph Philes
Benedict
Atchiel Akstrom
Clarence Carlson
Osceola
Henry Smith
Rear Stromsburg
Herbert Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Smith
Henry Peterson
Ong
Nebr
Margaret
Wahoo
C. A. Sward
Omaha
Women’s Society Board
Augustana Lutheran Women’s Home
Reliable men wished for refrigeration installation experts
Utilities Engineering Institute seeks trained men with foresight fair education and mechanical aptitude who are currently employed to train in spare time or evenings at home for installation and service of electric refrigeration and air conditioning. Apply with age and present occupation. 404 N Wells St Chicago IN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utilities Engineering Institute
N. Wells St
Chicago
Fairview Valley Churches Resume Services After Snow
Both Fairview and Valley churches held regular services again last Sunday after being off air due to snow and bad roads. The Valley Aid meets March 17 and Fairview Aid plans to meet March 18 at the Hall. Men are invited to bring wood cutting tools for a workday and a church dinner. Several families relocated, with Meade Westman, J A McCormick, and E L McCormick moving away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Valley
Moses
Valley Aid
Fairview Aid
Meade Westman
Schuyler
J. A. McCormick
Osceola
E. L. McCormick
Rocksland
Ilinois
Private sale items offered by Homer E. Hartson
The notice lists items for private sale including a Wilton seamless rug a dining room suite a two piece mohair sofa a Thor vacuum cleaner a copper tub a Voss electric washer and rinse tubs a 3 foot 6 inch office desk an Underwood No 3 typewriter a porch chair fruit jars and stone jars all stated to be in excellent condition and priced right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thor
Voss
Homer E. Hartson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter J. Herbes
Keene
Ludden
Charles Ludden
New Mexico
Arizona
C. H. Parkis
C. H. Chase
Mr. Chase
W. O. Mickey
Rogers Bros
John Ireland
Keith Hanna
Molly Hennings
Aurora Hospital
Gust Johnson
Grand Island
Rich
Helen
Fred Croisant
Mary Rumph
Electrolux
Wickseas
Ita Finest
Dottie Brown
West ‘Side
Dames To Farmers Grain CO
Aera Pert Osceola, Nebr
Kellogg’s
Kellogg’s Whole Wheat
Swede Home Store
Garden Book
Jonathan Apple
Beatrice, Nebraska
Goodrich
Goodrich Super Traction
Silvertown
Silvertowns
Reed Bros. Motor Co
Jayne
Crouse lT’ex Drug Co
Osceola, Nebraska
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