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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
5
Rev Asmus visits Polk on business. Miss Pearl Burchfield visits Pen der to see a brother. Mrs A P Nyquist from Osceola. Mrs O Netsell of Stromsburg visits. Decoration Day activities noted with bank closings on May 30. A Masonic officers elected W O Hansen master and others. Numerous social calls, sales ads, and garage notices from Trotter's and Meridian Garage.
R. Danielson and his family traveled from Lincoln to the farm for a weekend stay. Danielson, serving as secretary of the state board of agriculture, says he enjoys the work and the visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs Frank Munson wife of Surety State bank cashier arrived in the city Saturday evening and the couple have moved into the Clark residence just vacated by the W Q Mickey family. No sess
Good oven fixtures and equipment offered in two adjacent businesses in Silver Creek Nebraska a bakery and lunch room plus a variety store both open now. Property and cash offers by P H Bell seeking quick sale while awaiting investigation.
Mrs C L LeMar visits Lincoln with niece and oversees better babies department duties. Gustaf Rydberg, longtime Polk County resident, dies in Stromsburg leaving six children and widow. Osceola teams beat Rising City 6 2 and Stromsburg 8 5 in baseball. Extension service to run canning schools statewide, Columbus session June 6 7. Local efforts push for a new Osceola baseball team and a municipal flagpole project. Community notices cover visits, travels, church events, and upcoming registration activities.
George Rhodes announces a public sale on the square in Osceola this Saturday May 26 featuring teams harness wagons lumber and household goods plus dishes and kitchen items. Sale to include miscellaneous items from the estate of George Rhodes.
Newport News Virginia March 9 Victor Carlstrom a leading aviation instructor and Cary B Epes a Newport News flight student were killed when their airplane collapsed at about 3500 feet The machine broke apart and crashed to the earth witnesses reported the right wing gave way causing the fatal descent The crash ended Carlstrom's and Epes first flight together and shocked spectators including schoolchildren.
Regular services are planned for Sunday morning and evening. Children day preparations are under way. Teacher training class has its first exam June 1 with review June 4 by Alice Campbell. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Geo Bond in Osceola and Mrs. A T Peterson visiting Shelby. Several picnics mark school closings and community gatherings with neighbors in Gresham and Shelby.
May 19 Osceola event honors winning seniors from several schools. The AE A Ayres Efficiencies Association forms with Polk County officials to award a medal annually to the most efficient senior, aiming to raise standards of achievement and character.
Frank Adolfsen, formerly of Ciuras, was arrested by Sheriff Clark for not removing a saloon sign from his building under the new prohibition law. He paid a $100 fine plus costs after appearing before Judge Jeffreys. The case marks the first offense in the county since the May 1 1917 sign removal deadline. Adolfsen did not run the saloon but owned the building. he is a farmer near Polk.
Public notice of a sheriff's sale issued after a 1917 Polk County Nebraska district court judgment in favor of C J Augustin against Etta Minkler J D Minkler and M R Scott. Property to be sold is the south half of the southwest quarter in section 29 township 16 north range 1 west. Sale set for June 28, 1917 at 2 pm at the south door of the Polk County Courthouse in Osceola. David S Potter sheriff. Mills Beebe Mills Attorneys.
Osceola readers are urged to verify endorsements linked to local figures while an advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills. The snippet mentions kidney pain relief and a testimonial about recurring issues with kidney secretions, noting Foster Milburn Co. as the Buffalo supplier and a 50 cent price. Lieut. Hamilton visited Fort Crook over Sunday.
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