Temperance and Red Ribbon Club Meet in Osceola
Perseverance Lodge No. 206 I C G T Osceola Neb holds regular Wednesday 7:30 pm meetings Rev L P Norcross is W C T C A Wilber serves as secretary Red Ribbon Club Osceola Neb meets Fridays at 7:30 pm in M E Church with L A Beltzer president and Lena Washburn nec.
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N. G. W. W. Logan
V. G. . L. Johnson
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Knights of Honor
May Lodge
H. Osceola
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H. L. Bond
Perseverance Lodge No
Osceola Neb
L. P. Norcross
A. Wilber
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Red Ribbon Club
Osceola
M. E. Church
L. A. Beltzer
Lena Washburn
Nec
John B Finch a Leader in Nebraska Prohibition Efforts
Biographical sketch of John B Finch born 1852 in New York. Details his rise in the Good Templar movement, tireless lectures, and the Red Ribbon pledge drive that reached over 100000 signers. Notes his Nebraska work starting 1878, legislative attention, and praise from Wisconsin and Lincoln supporters.
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Lincoln, Neb
Government Salaries and Pension Notice with Local Notes
The document lists salaries for state officers including the Governor Auditor and State Treasurer at 2500 per year and other officials at 2000. It also notes pension applications must be filed by July first to have pensions issued from their grant date. A fragment mentions C McCune and a quote from the David City Republican about horticulture and a remark on July.
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David City
Republican
Monstrous Lincoln Pig Rumor Sparks County Jest
The Blue Valley Blade laments Lincoln as a two headed pig with four ears and two tails, joking about two pigs in one. It recalls the creature’s supposed health and rations and challenges Seward County to produce a tribble dog or twelve legged calf to outdo Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Seward County
Blue Valley Blade
Wildlife season limits and trespass penalties explained
The law bans killing or trapping wild grouse February to August fifteenth, and quail or wild turkey December to October following year, with no hunting on private property without owner consent. Penalties include 16 dollars per wild turkey, five dollars per grouse or quail, and five to fifty dollars for trespassing on private land.
Relief of Purchaser of School Land Provisions
Any person who bought school lands in Nebraska and wishes to surrender portions may retain at least forty acres. By signing a written release to the state for surrendered lands, the county treasurer credits the retained portion with the excess above six percent per year of the unpaid purchase price. This summarizes the law from Laws of Neb 19.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Usury Laws From 1879 Reflect Rates and Penalties
The act outlines interest rates up to ten percent per year on loans one hundred dollars, with seven percent for general money loans, and caps on bonds and warrants. It details consequences for illegal rates, relief for usurious loans, and interest accrual on decrees and unsettled accounts.
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PBS Ens la Ie
Timber cultivation incentive in Nebraska five year trees program
The text describes a state plan where a person planting and maintaining six rows of trees eight feet apart and four feet between trees along a north section or half section line may receive a yearly warrant of three dollars and thirty three cents per acre for up to five years, limited to three acres.
Nebraska Night-Time Livestock Prohibition
The law forbids cattle horses mules swine or sheep from running at large from sunset to sunrise in Nebraska. Owners are liable for damages. damages are assessed by notice to owners, arbitrators selected, stock sold, and judgment awarded. Estrays follow General Statutes Sections 40 to 46, Chapter 2.
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Nebraska
Neighbor’s Son Recounts An Offhand Remark
A boy playing with his neighbor’s son asks if his father is a fool. The other boy denies it, saying no one said it of his father. He recalls his mother saying he lives next door to a fool and he is unsure who was meant, father or Nat Smith.
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Nat Smith
Brown's Pepsin Tonic Cures Dyspepsia
An old advertisement claims Brown's Pepsin Tonic cures dyspepsia and restores appetite. It urges readers to try the remedy and asserts it cures.
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Brown’s Pepsin Tonic
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