Dandelion Drill Emphasized For Osceola May Fete Cleanup
A local urging suggests a May drill to eradicate dandelions in Osceola lawns. Residents like Charlie Thelander and Gus John are noted for leading efforts. Alex Whitehead, Frank Ware, and Mike Hoffer are highlighted as skilled in the method. The piece urges homeowners to attack dandelions now to prevent seeding and reduce next year’s work, proposing city hires if needed.
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Osceola
Charlie Thelander
Gus John
Alex Whitehead
Frank Ware
Mike Hoffer
Osceola Light Franchise Issues and Proposed Power Plans
The Osceola community faces questions about the Nebraska Gas & Electric Co. franchise expiration in coming months, future rate reductions, and timing. A plan to supply power from Lincoln via a north route and competition from Blue River Power Co. are discussed, with calls to obtain and study formal proposals for reliable service and fair pricing.
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Osceola
Nebraska Gas & Electric Co
Lincoln
Iight
Blue River Power Company
City voters back survey contract talks with engineers
The council notes overwhelming public support for a regional survey and anticipates entering into a contract with cavern engineers for a survey in the near future. Citizens are urged to back officials at upcoming occasions to ensure visible progress.
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Iignt
Ford Trucks Set New Sales High in March
March Ford Truck sales rose to 158 717, besting the first quarter total from 992 by over 1000 and surpassing February figures by 59 percent. The trucks gain in use across agriculture and commerce, delivering quicker, cheaper transport from farms to cities.
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Nolo Eply
Wore
Offbeat Observations Sparkling from a 19th Century Page
A collage of wry quips and aphorisms hits on wealth, work, honesty, humor, and human foibles. Jokes touch on grape fruit prices, lifting, smutty tales, chautauqua wisdom, and social foibles while poking at automobiles, record breakers, and old fashioned boyhood.
Mothers Day program praises, church painted white
The Mothers Day program ran Sunday afternoon to 103 percent with children giving honors to whom honor is Mina. Recitations choir duets solos and storytelling were well performed. The church received a fresh coat of white paint enhancing its appearance. Celia Kresha visited her brother Leo this week and several local families hosted guests Sunday evening.
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Celia Kresha
Leo
Minnie Weeden
Mildred
Lynn Snider
Ervin Grossnicklaus
The
Missionary Society
Henry Schmoker
Nelson Brown
Roy Cottrell
Omaha
Topeka
D. K. Pearce
James Logan
Ossian Samuelson
Durant
Hanshew
Alvin Weeden
Song of the Upper Pecos River
The poem portrays the Upper Pecos River as a living force singing through canyons and bowers, calming with gentle streams and roaring like a giant during storms, highlighting its crown of white water and crystal garment as a natural marvel. The page also notes a man named Valentine Karl Merlin Henry Kurz traveling to Grand Island for a short visit with friends.
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Valentine Karl Merlin
Senator Wiltie Assures Cider Supply If Editors Visit
Senator Wiltie agrees to provide hard cider to Nebraska editors if they visit his town next summer, a plan that now appears likely as summer approaches.
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Wiltie
Nebraska
Candid Quotes on Love Advice and Personal Discretion
A collection of pithy one liners about marriage hats proverbs and personal business. The speaker notes marriage as a test of choosing spouses like hats and jokes about advice and tunes. The quip ends with a call to mind one’s own affairs over others.
Barbed Observations From A Hastings Column
A Hastings note parodies social quirks with lines about a thoughtful husband who spoils his wife with money, a dancer who overestimates his stamina, barbers charging for bald heads, and a cautious woman who never lights a stove without safety watches. The speaker admits personal bad luck stems from ignorance or laziness.
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Hastings
Nuquist Family Moves Through Omaha Visit
Mrs Augusta Nuquist travels from Stromsburg to visit her son A F Nuquist as daughter Mrs Jennie Burton arrives from Omaha. The Nuquist plans to remain with relatives and then go to Omaha for an extended stay with her daughters.
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Augusta Nuquist
Stromsburg
Hame
A. F. Nuquist
Jennie Burton
Omaha
Local Society Notes Include Wedding Anniversary and Church Confirmation
Society gatherings prevail with Mrs H Branting meeting Wednesday. The St Pauls Lutheran church plans a May 24 sale at 8 PM. Zelda Fentress hosts a miscellaneous shower for Dorathy Garber. Neela Boatright hosts a farewell for Dorothy Pottey and Lynn Potter heading to Overton. Mr and Mrs W O Johnson celebrate thirtieth wedding anniversary with visitors from Lincoln and Mrs Winnie Creeden. No Sunday school next week. several class members confirmed at 10 AM in English.
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Neela Boatright
Dorothy Pottey
Lynn Potter
Overton
W. O. Johnson
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Clarence Raymond Branting
Philip Ruthford Johnson
Whermith
Edward Monson
Rolland
Chester Eckstrom
Ford Harold Johnson
Ruby Edle Carlsen
Elisabeth Theolina Anderson
Evelyn Philomina Johnson
Hellen Mavie Johnson
Florence Ethel Johnson
Office Boy's Whistling Proves No Job for Him
A Burlington Hawk-Eye item recalls a boy whose career starts with a tense exchange. The employer rebukes him for whistling while working, and the boy replies that he is indeed working, only whistling. The tale hints at a lifelong pattern of conflict between truth and missteps.
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Burlington Hawk-Eye
Reed couple returns to Grand Island home after visit
Mr and Mrs Frank Reed return to their Grand Island home after staying with Mr I D Reed during Mrs Reed's absence. The condition of Mr Reed has shown considerable improvement in the past week or two.
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Frank Reed
Grand Island Suturay
Timber crop gains ground for New England farms
State forestry experts from 11 Northeastern states and the U S Department of Agriculture urged immediate woodlot extension work. They noted timber as a growing cash crop and asked for farmer advisory programs, citing 1919 census data: 95,000 New England farmers harvested forest products totaling 31.35 million dollars, about 330 dollars per farm, while average farm income ranged 600 to 1000 dollars.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New Haven
New England
Sweet clover prized as hardiest legume crop
Sweet clover is described as the hardiest legume, capable of growing on poor street soil, restoring washed fields, loosening and inoculating soil, and providing good feed when cut young. It enhances soil fertility and is recommended for farmers aiming to improve soil with legume crops.
Prize Junior Pageant Winner Named for Summer Show
Miss Ethel Dunn of San Francisco wins the $150 prize from chautauqua managers for the best pageant submitted for presentation this summer. Dunn, formerly with the Standard Chautauqua System of Lincoln Nebraska, trained under Mrs. C O Bruce. Her entry titled Her Family on Display adapts The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe with Scouts Vamp ire Girls Junior Townsmen and other children parading before Uncle Sam. The pageant will be shown in a wary town visited by the system this summer.
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Ethel Dunn
San Francisco
Chautauqua
Miss Dunn
Lincoln
Nebraska
C. O. Bruce
Uncle Sam
Poultry Raising Tips From College Poultry Men
College poultry experts outline chick care from birth to ten weeks. Feed sour milk first 18 hours, then scratch and bread or eggs, switch to dry mash, greens, and a mixed home mash. Maintain clean water, steady temperature, and gradual weaning. separate cockerels and provide outdoor time.
For Sale A Big and Profitable Polk County Farm
A 320 acre Platte Valley farm near Havens Silver Creek and Osceola offers rich black loamy soil sub irrigated land with 50 to 60 bushels corn per acre 5 to 6 tons alfalfa per year 11 ½ to 1 ½ tons prairie hay and livestock carrying capacity. Improvements include a new six room house barn hoghouse and a full basement and cedar fenced perimeters with seven wires.
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Platte Valley
Havens
Silver Creek
Osceola
Farm for grain and stock promising steady year round profits
A combined grain and stock farm offers unsurpassed potential with a 33 year loan of 22000 and a price of 45.00 to lure quick cash. The seller claims the investment yields handsome annual profits and invites immediate inquiry to verify value and secure a fast sale.
Central City Nebraska Owner M A Larson
M A Larson is identified as the owner of a business in Central City Nebraska. The fragment notes the name with no additional context or actions.
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M. A. Larson
Central City
Nebraska
Fine Percales and Gingham Fabrics at Olson's
Vendor promotes new 36 inch wide percales in attractive designs ideal for aprons or house dresses. Olson's offers these fabrics at one price per yard, 24 cents for ginghams.
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Olson
Amoskeag
Asceceeenees
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Saesaread Avery Thursday Polk Co., Nebr
Oscur
the Light Survey
Ole Buck
W. J. Bryan
Adam
Charley Bryan
Dan Garber
Wesley Chapel
Pecos River
Henry Kurz
Grand Island
Mark Twain
Signe Samuelson
North Side
Osceola, Nebr
Qsceola Produce Co
Tarmony Society
H. Branting
Ladies Aid of the
St. Pauls -U'Heran
Piesse
Zelda Fentress
Tme
Dorathy Garber
Esther Lees
Martha Silverstrand
Chautauqua Managers
Polk County
Percales
Stevens
Men’s Athletic Union
Ecru
Oise
Peters Speer
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