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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
5
Loyal Epes visited Shelby for quad watch repairs at G T Rays. Miss Grace Bodine and Mrs A J Hillburg visited Stromsburg. W A R club hosted by Miss Mary McBeth. Rentals offered by Alma A Dolan. Several residents traveled to Lincoln Hastings York Omsha Central City and Stromsburg for business or visiting. Disinfection supplies available at G T Rays Drug Store.
Community updates include notes on school grades with repairs by Meridian Garage, travel to Omaha and Columbus on business, visits among neighbors in Osceola, Platte Center, and David City, plus sale adverts for farm properties, threshing outfits, and harness sets. Names include Vera Snider, Mrs Marquis, Mary Holm, C B Peterson, Frank Mills, M A Mills Jr, Jack Morgan, Jay Hastings, Albert Pearson, Anna Fisher, C J Augustin, Ed Randall, Walt Hernbloom, Albert Johnson, A B Gelwick, John Albin, Dana Deeds, J O Pearson, John Jacobs, Maude Palm, Lillie Palm, Ada Vanderhill, Henry Herrman, G T Ray, Dosa ointment, Julius Ludden, Julia Behle, Gladys Miller, Vida Reckmieyer.
G. and Bryast of Surety Investment Co visited from David City on Tuesday. Mrs. H. W. Hamiston of Shelby visited her daughter Mrs. Sam Crouse on Thursday. Mrs. Peterson returned to Chicago after a short visit. Free gold fish offered at Barber's Drug Store Saturday with a 25 cent purchase. Mrs. B. F. Pointer and Mrs. G. Zedicher returned to Shelby Tuesday after visiting relatives. Mrs. Chas. Hanson traveled to Stapleburnt Saturday for a visit with her parents.
Mss White returns to Tremé after visiting John Ireland while Mrs Hart comes home to Shelby after visiting her niece Mrs Lambert. Sam Stoner returns to Seward as townsfolk note a death in the family. Admisson prices listed and other brief updates appear in this regional column.
Osceola updates include residents visiting relatives in Shelby and Monroe. Funeral returnees from Angola attend service for C. D. Stoner. Travel to Lincoln and David City noted. economy, real estate ad offering 10 percent yield. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised. school plans resume after scarlet fever. Cemetery association meeting slated March 31. remarks from L. L. Snider and W. F. Kepner.
In Shelby Monday Polk-Butler Mutual Insurance Company directors filled the secretary vacancy after C. D. Stoner's death with D. H. Kunkel. Mrs. Ray Leibee and her mother Mrs. Susan Miller visited relatives in Shelby this week. Eastman Kodak ads promote Autographic film and exclusive agency status with Barber's Pharmacy.
Mr and Mrs J W Edgerton arrived Tuesday morning from Oregon to visit their daughter Mrs A F Nuquist and family. After a week here they will travel to Washington DC for a visit with another daughter Mrs J A Edgerton. Former Polk county residents they enjoy renewing old acquaintances.
Secretary Cese of the state board of health traveled from Lincoln to Osceola to assist local doctors with an outbreak. He determined the cases are scarlet fever in a light form and ordered quarantine for a minor as a precaution. Most cases are very mild except for two listed patients.
The article notes that the precautions being taken are aimed at breaking up the epidemic soon. It implies measures will have an effect within a short period and stresses the communal effort to curb spread.
School opens next Monday March 26 after fumigation and deep cleaning. Out of town teachers stay home this week. The Normal training class recital scheduled for Thursday is moved to Thursday, March 29 with free admission. The senior class will present their play at Polk Friday evening.
Dr George W Little is praised for introducing a substitute for ether that allows dangerous operations to proceed with anesthesia. The Popular Science Monthly notes his method uses nitrous oxide and oxygen in a two cylinder system at the Animal Hospital in New York City run by the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A nose mouthpiece delivers regulated gas through connected bags and tubes.
The author argues that true art thrives on ideal detachment from reality. He cites painting, novels, and especially music as supreme when they transcend literal representation. Beethoven’s symphonies exemplify music’s state as pure sound, where thought feeling and action are expressed as elements rather than real phenomena.
James Jones was lightly wounded when a hunter fired at a rabbit along a Pennsylvania line switch track near Hartford City. The rabbit fled and Jones fell backward shocked but unhurt. the shooter apologized saying he did not see Jones until after the shot.
Two fathers trade claims about their infants age and milestones in a playful contest. Jones boasted his baby talks freely while Browns child, though younger, supposedly walks later, prompting more taunts as the talk turns to shaving razors and routines.
A dealer tests a bric-a-brac applicant with a trick about handling a valuable porcelain vase. The man admits no experience yet boasts he can do it, proposing to place the vase where a wealthy customer would knock it over again. The dealer hires him.
A neighborhood girl Léttie Anne shows trust by giving her savings to a befriended old man in a movie, who promises to return tenfold. Anne asks her mother about the foil on screen as the scene ends.
The piece notes how "God Save the King" and "Heil dir im Siegerkranz" appear in many nations. It cites Samuel Smith’s "My Country, ’Tis of Thee" sung in Boston in 1832, once called the republic’s anthem though now often eclipsed by The Star Spangled Banner. It lists Bavaria Denmark Norway Switzerland and various German states as sharing similar melodies.
Richard Le Gal Henne describes Bahamas mangroves from a creek mouth to inland swamps. He traces a transformation from tender juvenile leaves to eerie, sprawling roots and menacing, horned formations, portraying a dreamlike, haunting landscape.
The article describes Milton's reference to the cormorant as a Satanic figure and notes the bird’s drying posture after diving. It explains a Japanese night fishing method using braziers of burning wood to attract fish and mentions a government pension and forest access for traditional fishers.
A chattering old man in a Swiss hotel led a large party bound with a rope onto a glacier. He swung an ice axe and boasted of mountain exploits before slipping into a crevasse and was saved by a porter who had tagged along to carry midday provisions.
The Commercial club executive committee decided to lease the Barber Pharmacy basement for a permanent club home and to host a commercial club dinner each Thursday at 12 30. The first dinner today drew a large crowd with good food and satisfaction. Next Thursday an out of town speaker will address local citizens.
For the week ending March 15 1917 the following letters remain uncalled: Mr. J F Anderson J B E Ellis John Linder Company Nelson Maclkfrang Ad Reed Keene Ludden P 21.
Mrs. Catherine Hennings born in Germany in 1854 came to America at eighteen and settled in Omaha. She married Nicholas Salterback in 1873, who died ten years later, and later married Henry Hennings in 1880. Her children include A Hennings, Mrs Emma Radloff, Mrs Dora Mooney, and several others. The family moved to a farm near Osceola thirty-three years ago, where she lived until illness ended her life.
Taxpayers are invited to a mass meeting in the district court room Friday evening March 23 where the engineer will be present. M A Mills Jr mayor.
State Board of Equalization and Assessment instructs Polk County taxpayers to list chattel mortgages of record as of April 1 1917. If mortgages have been paid off, ensure they are shown as assets or taxed. Early attention requested by Fr M Leibeer County Assessor.
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