Post Office Listing at Osceola March 1919
Entry recorded at the Osceola Nebraska Post Office on March 13 1919 as second class mail matter under the 1879 act.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
4
Entry recorded at the Osceola Nebraska Post Office on March 13 1919 as second class mail matter under the 1879 act.
Navy freshman Tra McKey from Pittsburgh earns a spot as backfield and forward on the Navy team. He may win three stars by achieving three victories over West Point, a feat never before reached by an Annapolis freshman.
Norman MacMillan, a rookie from the South who played short for Greenville last summer, hit three home runs in recent games with the Yankees. Miller Huggins, in early reports from Shreveport, has again secured a powerful homerun hitter for the team.
The editor criticizes a character for not cutting the newspaper price while charging higher than twenty five years ago. Sinclair gasoline remains the sole brand sold from a Stromsburg pump at 28 cents. Rystrom's.
The Davis cup, emblematic of world tennis, has arrived from Australia as competition expands. Japan becomes the eleventh nation to challenge for the trophy while other sports notes mention hockey overtime draws and track meet plans between West Point and Tufts.
A list of stop dates and locations including North Randall Massachusetts Toledo Ohio Kalamazoo Michigan Columbus Ohio and Philadelphia Pennsylvania with schedules from July through October. The itinerary also notes Poughkeepsie Pennsylvania Rendville Massachusetts Hartford Connecticut Syracuse New York Columbus Kentucky Lexington and Atlanta Georgia with specific July to October timeframes.
Baseball managers compare shifts to football tactics while Omaha buys Frank Griffin from the New York Americans. Reassignments include Alfred Rothwell to Mobile, Everett Scott named Red Sox captain, and Henry Janda sent to Winnipeg for seasoning. Buck Herzog joins Columbus, Erwin Krehmeyer transfers to Pittsburgh, and Jimmy Dykes belts a spring homer as Connie Mack hopes for a repeat of past seasons.
The Sunny School reports fair attendance last Sunday amid rain but looks for better days ahead. Regular worship at 11, Epworth League at 7 with Dr Shick address, district superintendent sermon at 8 followed by quarterly conference. Clara Axie Dyer, reader and impersonator, graduates from Nebraska Wesleyan to appear May 19 under Epworth League.
Grace and Valley churches hold Sunday Schools in the Valley at 10:00 a m. The annual missionary program starts at 11:00 a m. with readings recitations a pantomime by seven young ladies and special music. No town services in the forenoon. Evening services in town led by Pastor J A Klein.
For sale pumpkin seeds at 10c per pint and 50 tomato or cabbage plants for 50 cents with postage paid. Contact Donald Miller in Osceola Nebraska or AYRES The Florist in David City Nebraska for orders.
Market notes show wheat around 1.22 per bushel with corn and oats muddy in the report. Hog prices sit near 6.50 per hundredweight as butter and other dairy items appear with varied quotes. Record subscription price noted.
Belmont Park in New York will switch from left handed to right handed racing next year, adopting the American standard. The move aligns with RE Y English courses and ends the long practice of forcing horses to run left.
The International Olympic Committee at its recent meeting laid groundwork for a unified world athletic body. It invited representatives from the Indian Empire Games Far Eastern Games and the South American International Federation Games to attend its conference next June.
Harvard aims to make basketball a premier sport at Cambridge. Several notes indicate rising interest across colleges with coaches, captains, and prospects shaping the winter season.
Fine individuals with size and quality offered by Steve Georgeou in Osceola. Contact 201 for details.
Two Brown Swiss bulls for sale one is two years old the other four months old. Nelson Bros. contact phone 1822.
Two registered Percheron stallions, a 1200 lb mammoth jack and a 1900 lb stallion foaled May 1911, stand for the 1921 season near Silver Creek Havens and Beulah store in Osceola Nebraska. Prices and insurance terms apply. Sunday breeding banned. contact Elmer Lyons, R F D 2 Osceola.
Bobby Byrne former NL third baseman with Pittsburgh and St Louis signs as manager of the Miami Oklahoma team in the new Southwestern league and will also serve as captain, guiding the club in its inaugural season.
Fred Walker, longtime assistant football coach at the University of Chicago, signed a three year contract to become athletic director at DePauw. He will assume his duties next fall.
Myrtle Johnson has fallen ill with typhoid fever, prompting household and local medical attention as health authorities monitor the case and advise rest and care.
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