County Board Minutes Show Road Funds and Contracts Approved
The board approved GENERAL ROAD FUND items including Lincoln Road Equipment Co Eiseman Magnite explosives and various labor payments to Merritt Johnson R A Peterson Robert Thomazin Theophil Stachura John Stachura and others. It also authorised ROAD DRAGGING FUND payments and SPECIAL BRIDGE FUND materials from Circle Lamoree and Interstate Machinery & Supply Co. for road districts 3 5 7 8 and a graveling project contract bond for Abel Construction Company and Lee Sokol. The meeting adjourned to June 4 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Borowiak
M D Sack
Hackberry
General Road Fund
Lincoln Road Equipment Co
Eiseman Magnite
I DuPont DeNemours Explosives
H Christenson Moise
Einer Swanson Oil
Merritt Johnson
R A Peterson Same
Robert Thomazin Same
Theophil Stachura Same
John Stachura Same
R J Stephenson Same
Leonard Steever Same
John Lind Same
Special Bridge Fund Circle Lamoree
Interstate Machinery & Supply Company Impeller
Robert Thamazin
Oscar Hill Same
Bill Thompson Same
Jim Gonka Same
Ooo
Frank Bernt Same
Swa Cederburg
Clarence Anderson Same
H T Anderson Same
George Bradbury Same
W B Welch Same
A P Anderson Same
Clyde Courtney Same
Davis Jones Same
Harold Johnson Same
Earl Wagzoner
Alvin Dahlin Same
Abel Construction Company
Lee Sokol
Stromsburg
Osceola
Lee Campbell
J. W. Fillman
Omaha Grain Exchange offers free half hour market reports
The Omaha Grain Exchange provides free radio market reports within 500 miles of Omaha including Chicago Minneapolis St Louis Kansas City and St Joe. The service started in 1922 giving farmers access to the central west markets to secure best prices. Members invite farmers and families to visit during 9:30 to 1:00 to see grain inspection testing and sales in a competitive market.
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Omaha Grain Exchange
Omaha
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joe
Central West
Omaha Grain F Exchange
Union Service at Lutheran Church Sunday Evening
A union service will be held at the Lutheran church next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev Theodore Hanson of Colorado will address the audience on The Moral Crisis in America. Dr Hanson is noted as a convincing speaker with a timely message.
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Lutheran Church
Theodore Hanson
Colorado
America
Hanson
In Days Gone By Twenty Four Years Ago
Brick walk planned from First National Bank corner west to the railroad track with cement paths to follow by E A Walrath and G W West. A marriage license issued in York to Roy O Bond and Mamie L Bristol of Gresham. Eighth grade exams: 112 pupils, 37 passed, 75 failed. 15 of the passers from Osceola, Miss Flo Detweiler teacher. 4 of the 42 failures from the local eighth grade. George Marker injured falling from a scaffold. no broken bones. Marriage at Omaha of Miss Mildrid Gyling to Will C Becavand on May 19. Harry Anderson hired as time keeper for Union Pacific workmen on the new steel project. will spend summer at the site.
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First National Bank
E. A. Walrath
Detweiler
E. B. Rogers
George Marker
George
Nety
Omaha
Harry
Rising City
Nebraska author Mari Sandoz writes of the Kincaiders
Nebraska writer Mari Sandoz discusses her father Jules Sandoz and the Kincaid act era in the sandhills from the Niobrara to the Platte. The piece notes pioneer life, homesteaders, cattlemen tensions, fraudulent land filings, covered wagon arrivals, and ongoing Nebraska literary development.
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Nebraska
Mari Sandoz
Jules Sandoz
Niobrara River
Platte
Miss Sandoz
University of Nebraska
Dr E D Davis Opens Ground Floor Swan Theatre
Dr E D Davis advertises offices on the ground floor of the Swan Theatre Building in Columbus Nebraska inviting patrons to visit or contact for professional services.
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Swan Theatre Bldg
Stromsburg Notes and Local This Week
Mrs Raabe of Stanton visits her sister in Stromsburg. Jonas Anderson and Eva Anderson wed by County Judge Norton in Osceola. couple heads to California for a month. First Baptist revival led by Rev Anton Cederholm draws large crowds and plans for united church meetings. Farmers Grain Co buys Wright Leet Elevator and may add feed grinder. Blue river bridge washout on highway 66 costly due to weak foundations. Eighth annual May Festival showcases inter class events. Queen Doris Ericson crowned. Senior Class wins overall. Many local visits, purchases, and travel plans, including European tour prep and several residents moving between Stromsburg and Lincoln/Oakland. New meat market opens. Roy Sam Johnson proprietor.
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Raabe of
Stanton
L. Vance Sharp
Jonas
Anderson
Eva Anderson
Norton
Osceola
Stromsburg
California
First Baptist Church
Anton Cederholm
Cederholm
Farmers Grain Company
Arthur Nordberg
Frank Johnson
Lincoln
Farmers Company
Blue River Bridge
Highway No. 66
Meridian
Buckley Park
Doris Ericson
Alex Scott
I. T. Samuelson
Polk
Stromsurg
J. T. Stanton
Arthur Morrill, Jr
Robert Anderson
Ralph Mills
A. C. Morrill
Edwin Anderson
Anderson Furniture
Oakland
Mr. Anderson
J. L. Hedbloom
C. B. Millen
Keith
Olaf Alfred
Swedish Baptist Church
Wm. Schafers
Betty Lou
Pittsburgh
Penn
E. Lunner
Schafers
Vernon Anderson
Columbus
Robert Lunner
York
Ira Banta
Nebraskas Deep Water Source Supports Irrigation Boom
University of Nebraska geologists report vast underground reservoirs provide abundant deep water for well irrigation especially in eastern Nebraska. The Platte valley near Kearney shows hundreds of farms thriving as pump irrigation expands, suggesting reliable crops with sufficient rainfall.
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University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Platte River
Nebras Skia
Platte Valley
Kearney
Seniors Stage The Youngest At Osceola Auditorium
The Senior class presented The Youngest to a large Osceola audience on Wednesday May 14 at the Osceola Auditorium. The cast included Donald Anderson as Oliver Winslow and Dorothy Shermadine as Martha Winslow with Arlene Steeple and Ray Rogers in key roles. The play centers on a domineering eldest son and a reforming younger brother aided by friend Nancy Blake, while Miss Leis Rasp directed the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Auditorium
Miss Leis Rasp
Mildred Craven
Winslow
Oliver
Donald Anderson
Mark Winslow
Bill Rickly
Mark
Augusta Winslow Martin
Arlene Steeple
Alan Martin
Ray Rogers
Martha Winslow
Dorothy Shermadine
Kenneth Johnson P
Richard
Nancy Blake
Marian Hulquest
Martha’s
Richar
Katies
Mildred Peterson
Ethyl Anderson
Memorial Service Unites Churches in Grateful Remembrance
The Methodist Church hosts an annual Memorial Service on Sunday at eleven, uniting all churches for a grateful remembrance and renewed dedication to national ideals. An 8 P M union service at the Lutheran church features Rev Theodore Hanson of the Ten Million Prohibition Club speaking on the eighteenth amendment. Mrs Ellen Moore leads the Ladies Aid Friday, and Mrs John Hansen hosts the Kensington meeting Tuesday evening with officer elections planned. W F M S meets Tuesday afternoon led by Mrs S A Snider with Mrs Mark Timm assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church
Theodore Hanson
Prohibition Club
Ladies Aid Society
Ellen Moore
Young Woman’s Missionary
Kensington
John Hansen
D. B. Hulquest
Mark Timm
S A Snider
Two houses for rent near the square
Two houses for rent both close in within two blocks of the square. Contact Jay Hastings for details and showing times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Hastings
Rexall Orderlie Provides Quick Constipation Relief
A Battle Creek physician says constipation causes great misery and Rexall Orderlie tablets have been found to attract water to soften and loosen dry waste in the colon. They promote a natural, gentle movement without habit or dose increase. Chew at night for next day relief. 24 for 25 cents at Rexall Store via Crouse Tex Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Rexall Orderlies
Rexall
Crouse- Tex Drug Co
Piety and Wisdom Quotes Lead Off New England Edge
A brief newspaper-voiced item presents a pair of aphorisms. Fenelon speaks of true piety as simple and free, while a wittier line notes a wife’s pretended belief in a husband’s words, reflecting social humor of the era.
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Fenelon
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Walter J. Herbes
Official Commissioners
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Board of County Commissioners
County General Fund
Omaha Printing Company
Thomas Law Book Company
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Harriet Smith
Hiner Swanson
Mumphy, Nebr
Chester Cole
Walter Wieseman
Assea Munata
Sing Valley
Tar Creek
Union Services
E. D. Davis
Columbus, Nebraska
Baldwin
the Methodist Church
L. E. Lindquist
Osceola Plumbing & Heating CO
Titiena’Feed Milla Inc
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Hanees City, Kans
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Phaeton
Tudor
F. O. B. Detroit
Ford Motor Company
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