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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
11
Attorney King visited Omaha Saturday and many locals mingled with distant guests. The North Side Market buys poultry cash and a hotel renovation advances in town. Drs Shaw and LeMar attended the state Medical Association in Lincoln while August Zang seeks eye treatment and Beile Cottrell returns from Omaha.
Mrs John Tarbie of Shelby Nebr died after weeks of suffering with doctors exhausted. The notice lists passersby and local color including appointments and sales ads and short notes on residents such as J Pulver from Creighton Medical College, Omaha and local businesses.
Offer of water color and china painting lessons in Shelby Nebraska. Orders taken for finished work. Interested persons may call or write to L Madge Moore Route 1 Shelby Nebr phone 12.
160 acre farm two miles northeast of Oconee in Platte County Nebraska, ten miles northwest of Columbus. Good house and stable. For rent on shares to a man well recommended. For sale at forty dollars per acre. Land belongs to a current resident and can be bought at a bargain. Apply to L. N. Hitchcock Oconee Nebraska or Leonard Everett Council Bluffs Iowa.
A quirky old advertisement promises barber services with patterns named lipsticklers fantails billygoats and peachernies. It touts haircuts from wooley willies to ring around rosey and offers ear washing free, noting the current fashion is to remove the strainer entirely and the ears may follow to avoid washing.
Miss Bertha Behle daughter of Mr and Mrs Chris Beale of Osceola will appear with the Wesleyan Concert Co at the auditorium Saturday night. She is a Osceola high school valedictorian who pursued music at Wesleyan in Lincoln and will perform alongside Rowdon the vocalist and Foerster the violinist.
Sheriff Eb ers received a report from A. O. Talbot that his team of horses were stolen. A $25 reward was posted, and a $50 reward for arrest was offered. The Grafton marshal located the horses, and Talbot paid the reward, grateful to recover his team.
Lawrence Ludden received a playful tin shower at his home on Saturday night. Friends decorated with tinware and a blue ribbon label noting a corkscrew gift though he never uses corkscrews. The piece ends with a playful boast he may soon become a top chef in South Dakota.
Gilbert Johnson offers White Plymouth Rock eggs for sale at 1 dollar per setting of 15 eggs. High scoring birds provide these eggs.
The Polk County Boys Agricultural Club executive committee chaired by Deputy Superintendent Bishop plans a county corn growing contest. About one hundred contestants will receive five hundred kernels of seed corn free of charge, with applications open to all boys enrolled in 1906. Submit name age address and school district number before May 10 to County Superintendent Wilhelmina Rydberg, who will distribute seed.
Shelby and David City residents travel today while a local farm outlook notes low interest rates. Classifieds list housework position and dental services. business ads promote ice rates by Amos Elledge, tailoring, and Rogers Bros. pump and plumbing offerings. Community updates include visits by the Jarmins and Tunney in the Mackey building.
list of letters and postal cards remaining uncalled for at the Osceola Nebraska post office for week ending April 26 1906 includes names Paul Filzen Samuel G Pheasant and P M among others for this period.
Eyewitness authentic account edited by Charles Morris includes scientific explanations of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Features 100 illustrations. Orders accepted through Miss Henderson at Glt Ray's residence or drug store.
Eighth grade examinations are scheduled for Saturday May 12 at Stromsburg Osczola and Shilby high school buildings. Students may take only completed subjects and may re write on May 26 if needed. The schedule lists arithmetic grammar mental arithmetic English composition orthography history physiology geography and reading with specific times.
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