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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
1
A rallying call urging Polk county residents to fund and complete permanent highways. The piece argues hard roads will boost property values and growth, frames paving as a communal obligation, and warns of opportunistic critics while urging timely action and vigilance against delays. It references dandelion control as a civic metaphor. It also lists local names and nearby civic updates.
Word says George Dunning’s merchandise store was entered last night with a south side door used by thieves possessing a key. About $150 in cash and $450 in silk dress goods and silk hose taken. Sheriff Potter investigated this morning in Shelby. No clues at present.
District 40 has given up the program and basket supper due to rushed farming work. Mrs. C. E. Brigham visited relatives locally this week. Mrs. L. E. West departed for Moscoow Kansas to summer with her daughter Mrs. Ord Pearce. Harry Hare purchased an auto. Three miles of roads near Jarmin school are being graded. District 40 closed last Friday with a picnic dinner and some patrons joined in. Miss Alverson ended a successful term of school.
Osceola aims for one of its largest classes with twenty eight graduates eighteen seniors and ten juniors. The commencement is set for Wednesday evening May twenty eighth at eight o clock in the auditorium. The class includes Brusher Oleva Schmoker Martha Hanson Maud Gooden Thelma Leibee Fern Bartlett Beulah Epes Delmer Richmond Gordon McKenzie Bess Israel Anna Albin Anna Oberg John Rogerg Ralph Tschauner Mary Heald Gladys Walgren Waldo Rasch Elmer Anderson Velma Burgess Evelyn Roper Will Berck David Nelson Walter Berck Zelda Fentress Ruth Hermann Margaret Curtis Blanche Koehler and others.
Memorial services will be held Sunday May 25 at 11 a m in the First Methodist church with Civil War Spanish American and World War veterans as special guests. Choir readings hymns sermons and prayers will be led by Rev Kline Rev Taylor Rev Stansberry Rev Shultz with the service concluding after a closing prayer.
The program on May 30 1919 includes invocations readings and addresses by Rev J A Klein Mrs R Inness Maj Robert G Douglas and Rev McKenzie. The event features the America High School Chorus performing Zelda Wentress Reading and the Star Spangled Banner with a benediction by Rev J A Klein.
Osceola scored 12 runs to Shelby 3 as the Osceola high school baseball team won a road game in Shelby yesterday afternoon. Osceola led throughout and will travel to Utica for the next contest tomorrow.
Alvin Toppings was in the city from Shelby on Friday, spotted by locals. The visit drew small crowds and chatter about his appearance in downtown venues.
The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co requests rate hikes after reporting losses on several Nebraska lines and a $25 000 deficit last year. A public hearing is scheduled for June 2 1919 at the commission office in Lincoln, inviting all interested parties to attend. The plan raises rates for all Polk County towns.
In Osceola the Masonic Lodge elected C. E. Hansen as W M George Campbell as S W Joel Hansen as J W J L Heald as Sec and Carl Frahm as Treas The Osceola chautauqua dates for August 2025 were announced and described as bigger and better than last year The community notes paving by E L King and new store openings by W O Johnson Company plus veterans returning from Camp Dodge and Camp Cody are reported along with cemetery plans and various local engagements.
The poem reflects on Memorial Day, urging readers to consider the meaning of sacrifice. It contrasts bold veterans who die for country with a public that applauds, challenging fathers to teach their sons the value of courage, duty, and the cost of liberty. S. E. Kiser’s reflective verse questions how society honors those who gave their lives.
The Osceola David City Schuyler road contract let last week in David City is moving fast. Edward Peterson Contract Co will handle the grading end with six carloads of horses tools bunk houses and kitchens arriving yesterday. The section is owned by H Nicholson and W P Brome of Omaha directs the work. Twenty men nineteen teams and full grading equipment prepared. Work to start east from the cemetery today or tomorrow with other sections starting simultaneously and the project to move through promptly.
In county court last Friday Er rol Douglas pled guilty to raising a check and was bound over to district court under one thousand dollar bonds. In county court Tuesday the county attorney filed assault charge against C A Larson of Stromsburg on John A Johnson. hearing set for June 20 with personal recognizance of five hundred dollars.
An eight man team under a visiting foreman works this week on country line upgrades. They will locate new poles replace old ones, install a full metallic circuit, and group phones to eight per line. A secret signaling system to the central office will prevent unintended rings.
Adah Clare Beadelle was born in Dubuque Iowa on February 6 1868 and died May 17 1919 at her Polk County Nebraska home aged 51 years 3 months 11 days She married Warren E Brown in Omaha on April 30 1906 and resided in Polk County until her death Funeral sermons by Dr Taylor of the Presbyterian church were held at 3 pm at her home before burial in Osceola Cemetery Their only child from a prior marriage could not reach the service in time.
A Wooster, Nebraska author honors the 89th Division, praising Midwestern troops trained at Camp Funston under General Wood. The piece recalls their courage in World War I, their steadfast service, and pledge to defend the U S flag, even after victory and moving westward toward home.
Instructions on drying asparagus rhubarb and greens for winter, including prep, blanching times, and storage tips. Notes on flavor control, juicing rhubarb for punches, and using dried greens. Mentions community diners, new bulletins, and Lucy Sprague's programs and clubs in Shelby.
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