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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
4
The Osceola Record published in Osceola Nebraska is listed as Polk County’s oldest newspaper with official post office entry under the 1879 act. It notes the paper’s longstanding local service and townwide readership.
In days gone by notes recount a 1895 Osceola heat wave with shade readings from 105 to 106, a horse nearly hanged, and community ties as Hon. E. L. King travels to Aurora. Summer events include a Rebekah anniversary, Odd Fellows election, and local ice cream bursts.
This clipping notes the May 28 1925 wedding of Esther Lees to Harry Pratt in Osceola and their planned two week honeymoon to the Black Hills. It also mentions a high school building conversion and a political column debating federal payroll funding for Sunday school teachers as a path to funding through lobby pressure.
Joe MorrIson and Dixie Lee star in Love in Bloom as the featured romance in the cinemas program. Also shown is Tailspin Tommy Chapter 1 with the weekly bank night showcase on Wednesday June 5.
The Kentucky Derby winner Omaha is expected to race at Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha during a May 30 to July 4 meeting. Owner William Woodward offers cooperation, with plans tied to Omaha’s eastern engagements. The meet features top stables, over two hundred horses from Texas and near fifty from the west coast, plus new race innovations and seven races daily at 2 p.m.
Nebraska 4-H Club Week at College of Agriculture Lincoln runs June 3 8 with tours educational and recreational periods banquets picnics and a special train trip to Omaha. Polk County youths Neil Dawes Osceola Dale McMeekin Shelby Audrey Swan Shelby attend. Speakers include Father Osdick Judge Bayard H Paine Dr Paul Calhoun and G L Noble. Ogden Riddle feted for national award. University of Nebraska 4-H entertainment banquet and Lincoln Chamber events scheduled with Omaha visits Friday.
Sealed bids are invited for sand gravel surface course work on State Road Osceola Fair Mont Patrol No. 292 in Osceola and York counties Nebraska. Bids due June 20 1935 at 10 00 A M and opened publicly. Plans and specs available at Osceola York county clerks and Lincoln. Bond required 100 percent. Certified check of 300 dollars with bid. University labor wage scales apply and supervision by State Director of Reemployment. Right to reject any or all bids reserved.
The Osceola and Lincoln offices invite bids for resurfacing 6.0 miles of Graveled State Road 283. Estimated sand and gravel needs total 1 080 cubic yards with a bid amount not less than fifty dollars. Bids open to Osceola or Roads and Irrigation in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Rains caused two Sundays without services at the Fairview and Valley churches. Both congregations prepare extra services for Children’s Day. Mrs. Wilcox hosted the Valley Ladies Aid. Mrs. McCormick hosted the Fairview Aid. The Valley Church aims to finish concrete work after corn planting.
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