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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
8
Correspondence reports Bobby Leard’s shift to large scale dairying and a boastful account of a Jersey cow that supposedly provides year round milk with extraordinary quality. The narrative blends humorous verse and local advertisements, noting community figures, a temperance address, and a rash of deaths from typhoid and other maladies in the period.
Mrs J T Bonner entertained sisters from Seward and Mr C H Koch with son visiting. Dr Allenberger operated on Tom Cockson for appendicitis last week and he is improving. Howser mourns Old Mollie the first team horse, age about 32, mate still living. J T Bonner overhauled Clear Creek mill and offers grinding or exchange. Grandfather Lenty dies in Chehalis at 84, longtime friend to the community. O Woods farmers attend E Halloween party in Columbus, Hoboes noted among attendees.
Wayland The Y P 8 C BE directed Rollin Jones for Sunday eve services. John Skinner sprained ankle from a fall at the corn crib and led the Christian Endeavor Service to a large crowd. Locomotive arrival is eagerly awaited as talk of the new rail road dominates conversation. Joel Bowser recently suffered a run away incident and was shaken up.
Stromsburg residents and visitors make commutes and trips this week. Mrs E E Stanton went to Lincoln on Tuesday. D F Leger of Osceola visited over the weekend. Newton Nordstrom traveled to Lincoln for an indefinite stay. B P Lust of Malmo attended a Mission church convention in Stromsburg. Miss Maud Larson left for Peoria Illinois to visit relatives. Mr C Gustafson of Mead and Miss Selma Olson wed last Friday and plan to settle in Mead. Mrs L Q Boostroom arrived from Bertrand en route to Osceola. Mr Boostroom joined her later. Christopher Gustafson of Mead visited friends before returning home. Olof Sandine secured work as a roustabout and soon will handle instruments and sell excursion tickets. Oliver T Reedy left for Eagle New Mexico to oversee topographical work on a government irrigation project. his wife remains. C H Morrill and family departed for Hot Springs Arkansas after prolonged rheumatism necessitated travel by special car.
Voting contest in Johnson County for dressmaking with Lilian Shelmadine named. Local items mention Star Brand Shoes at Johnson Co and various passengers and arrivals, bread ads for Ideal Bakery, and community notices including a missing rifle find, sheriff actions, and farm and business promotions. Also references to hog remedies, Luther Academy meeting, and King's Dyspepsia Tablets with local sellers G T Ray & Co.
The notice lists a site at Office one door north of First National Bank in Osceola Nebraska. It records the location for a forthcoming transaction or filing and names no other participants or dates.
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