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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
5
Osceola locals report a big show at the Auditorium Saturday night November 17 featuring The Silken Romance and nine reels of entertainment. Also noted are upcoming band benefit dances and local visits, with various ads and community updates across town.
Belding Bros presents The Silken Romance a $50,000 reel shown at the auditorium Saturday night November 17. The film features scenes from Japan and America and displays the latest Paris and New York styles.
Local items describe holiday shopping at C. N. G. crochet cot ton and ribbons, plus a slate of visits and travel. Numerous residents including Mr. and Mrs. Adams, the Johnsons, the Smiths, and the Burgesses share recent guests and trips to York, Omaha, Lincoln, and Kearney.
Osceola residents report medical trips to Omaha for eye treatment and a Florida move for work. Local visits include Lester Seeley from Ashton and W. A. Newcomer’s boyhood friends. Jerry and Lloyd Crouse plan winter stay in town with a Montana homestead ahead. Auctioneer Clyde Hayhurst foresees many sales this fall and winter. Arthur Carson returns from Camp Funston to nurse his ill wife, while J. W. Davis assumes Osceola Butter and Egg Store ownership. The Strand showcases Mary Pickford in The Little American with Cecil B. De Mille’s direction, a patriotic wartime drama airing Friday and Saturday. Funeral services held for Mrs. John J. Johnson of Stromsburg after heart failure, leaving husband and two children.
Mary Pickford's Artcraft production The Little American directed by Cecil B. DeMille features a torpedoed liner Veritania during a ball as dancers plunge into the sea. The big scenes were shot on the Lusitania sinking's second anniversary and the film opens at the Strand this Friday.
The Polk column reports illnesses and health notes, travels to Camp Funston for service training, a new eleven pound baby, and community events. It notes multiple family moves, a farm partnership formed near Central City, and minor injuries from accidents including a broken arm and a finger injury. Visitors travel to Arcadia and Loup City, with remarks on a cornhusker born at Ostland’s home.
Mrs Fred Brigham attended a Missionary meeting in Shelby last Thursday. Miss Ella Olson visited her sister Mrs Joe Moore. Rogers Brothers did pump work in the vicinity last week. Many people lack water. Mrs Charles Olson attended the Lutheran aid society in Osceola Thursday. Alex Whitehead was at his farm Thursday. Edmund Gabel hauled lumber from Osceola Thursday. Fred Merrick held a hog sale last week that drew a good crowd.
Nineteen high school boys enrolled for corn husking. Supt Duncan attends State Teachers association in Omaha. Music instruments found by department students include hornet wind-bag band joe mag-pipe and kattar. melodious wind-pipe pending. Kearney Normal sent Blue and Gold 1917 and a panorama of summer students. largest attendance in state last summer.
The Domestic science classes teach meat substitutes using corn meal and other foods. A luncheon dish recipe, Peanut loaf, blends chopped peanuts boiled rice and a white sauce, baked with bread crumbs for a meatless meal.
The Osceola football team delivered a dominant 44 to 0 win at Aurora Field. Captain Rasch shone with 12 of 14 passes for 200 plus yards, Chas Rogers at halfback added 100 plus yards and three interceptions, John Rogers scored twice, while Swede Anderson and Dutch Scholz led the line.
The Lutheran church advertises communion and services next Sunday at 10 30 with no Sunday school and evening service at 7 30 Both services will be in Swedish A Harmony society meeting is set for Wednesday at 2 30 at the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson A cordial welcome is extended to all to attend services and social gatherings
The Little American gathers top authorities on conditions across the ocean to craft a flawless production. Mary Pickford and Cecil DeMille again collaborate, promising a motion picture of historic art and powerful appeal according to advance reports.
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