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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
5
Community notes and assorted briefs from Osceola and nearby towns list visitors and travels. Names include Nathan Wilson E J Anderson Mrs E P Sturdevant and editors McGuffin Shafer from Polk, with various trips to Stromsburg Lincoln Omaha Grand Island and Fort Creek. A baby girl born May 18 at Polk County signals local family news.
Repair shop guarantee and sale notice appear beside several local items. Mrs Anderson returns from Lincoln visit, Clyde Milks visits, Mrs Cunningham ill but improving, Mr Meanser in Lincoln for business, Mrs Boehm seeks treatment for daughter, Dr Eclectic Oil advertised, Miss Dolan returns from Fairfield, ball team suits arrive at Barber’s Pharmacy.
George Whodles travels Tuesday morning to Omaha where he expects to establish his home. He has secured a position with Crane and Company.
Guy Ball returned Friday from Omaha and departed Sunday for Fort Crook after enlisting in the Fourth Regiment. He will be stationed at Fort Crook.
Harold Ware, home from Wol beach every Sunday, sold his interest in the sanatorium at that place to partner Roy Hartson and has secured other employment.
An advertisement touts Doans Regulets as a simple bowel remedy claiming gentle action and easy operation with availability at all stores. The copy warns that the reaction weakens the bowels and may lead to chronic constipation.
George W. Cathron employed at Beal garage in Shelby was fatally injured Monday while attempting to solder a faucet in a gasoline tank with an acetylene torch. The heavy iron Derrel tank, outdoors for some time and previously brought in for repairs, exploded, blowing off the top and injuring his legs. He died the next day after medical aid failed to save him. He leaves a wife and one child. witnesses include Hartsh Hewirct and others.
EB L King and wife return from Missouri. Marion Shaw at Fort Snelling expects transfer. School pupils urged to meet for patriotic parade. L E Swanson builds a seven room cottage. Miss Mamie Chauner visits district No. 25 then Bozeman for summer. Masons from York attend master degree event. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised for impure blood with health tips.
The piece honors the boys of 81 and 61, their sacrifice and future heirs, with flowers and tears at a decoration day ceremony. Dr. G H Schlieh delivered a notable address at the auditorium while the cemetery program proceeded despite rain.
Mise Allie Milla has been confined to her home on account of illness the past week. Verne Gobe and family of York visited here Decoration day, the guests of H. C. Beebe and family. Shady Lake, a real summer resort at Columbus, opens its season this Friday June 1st. Bathing, fishing, camping, boating, dancing, tennis, etc.
Mrs Lou Myers and Miss Kathryn Brooke plan to leave Saturday morning for New Mexico. Kathryn will live with her aunt Mrs Robert Vor Houzen for the summer.
Oswald Horst of the Pratt hotel made two Beaver Crossing runs this week delivering merchandise for W. O. Johnson company. He carried 92 150 Monday and 2,500 lb Tuesday, covering about 45 miles in four hours.
A quirky local advertisement from Barber's Pharmacy in Oscena Neb promotes Pag Fellows and Roz, claiming the shop offers linseed oil real oil of turpentine and other paint products as the best in the paint trade.
The Enamel Auction afternoon honored Mrs. Wilson who departs for Lincoln. Miss Ora Hamilton graduates from the Methodist hospital nurses school in Omaha and will join the eye department as assistant superintendent. District 23 Polk County closes with a picnic and a 3 to 7 ball game as James Conway is re-elected with a higher salary. Clarks Enterprise reports commencement and high school promotions, with twenty five seniors graduating and many teachers honored for four years of service.
The 1927 graduating class and faculty filled the church for belated baccalaureate services with Dr. Scurdevant singing and Rev. Jensen delivering a sermon on Will you be missed. The high school auditorium hosted class day exercises with a chorus, solos, readings, and a valedictory, as Mary Anderson, Katherine Brooke, Don Ray Byers and others were named in the class. A large crowd attended the Friday evening program by the 7th and 7th grades, praised for their merit and entertaining performances.
Articles discuss Dorors questions and casting, marriages, and screen stars including Asa Penminezea and Eliott Dexter. A U S army recruiting station is established at Universal KY near the Los Angeles studio, with Sergeant L Lee aiding applications. The piece also notes Mary Pickford’s new film with Dexter and House Peters leaving Morosco. It promotes a Boys Camp at the Nebraska State Fair with Julius Pool named and details about eligibility and travel paid by the State Board.
A Town Board petition to retain the ordinance banning billiard and pool rooms in Osceola is enrolling women and girls over 16, with only two declines to sign. Woman's Committee reports strong support.
Sunday schedule lists morning and evening worship led by Rev. Theo Jesus at the Presbyterian church.
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