09 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1914
Page
1
The speaker likens fleeting projects to mushrooms that sprout overnight and vanish with the dawn. He critiques quick fame efforts that fail to endure or contribute lasting value, contrasting them with men who take risks to move the world forward, who endure like durable wood rather than fragile toadstools.
Republicans won the county ticket while Democrats carried the coroner and county attorney posts. Numerous local residents attended weekend visits and social gatherings from York and David City to Stromsburg and Aurora, with several trips to Colorado and South Omaha noted.
Farmers attention breeding season nears with twenty Duroc March boars for sale. All stock cholera immune and one fall yearling. Priced to sell. Phone 081. Route 3. G W Price
Silver Creek notes weekend visits and travel include Gus Zipper Sr on business in Central City and Miss Margaret Davis visiting her sister Mrs. P. C. Himebaugh. C T Moore aided in selecting cattle for Kent and Burke Nebraska ranches while Mrs. Fred Shumaker returned home from St Paul. County election results list Theo Oster man as representative and W E Riggs as treasurer with others named.
Wanted: sound 5 to 8 year old horses 59 to 63 inches tall and 900 to 1100 pounds. Any solid color except light gray buckskin or roan. If you have such horses to sell bring them to Osceola or send a card. Joe Gubser.
Property owner Mrs J C Fridenstine posts a notice banning hunting on her premises. The alert states no hunting is allowed on the property and replaces prior access with a warning.
Polk and neighboring counties will welcome Evan Williams America's Greatest Tenor for a concert at the Osceola Auditorium on Tuesday evening December 8. Williams ranks among the world's top singers and delivers velvety tones clear diction and refined interpretation. A local committee has taken on the financial burden and urges audience support for this rare home showing.
A red cow with white face and HB branding is missing from pasture west of Beulah. notify G. He. Kidder Osceola Neb. if seen. The Osceola football team lost to Norfolk 28 to 0, with Shelly and Lucas scoring for Norfolk and a rough, penalty-filled game overall.
Tom Klessy shows a Jacksonville paper detailing two Civil War relics owned by W. J. Taylor: a 1777 Georgia six dollar bill once in Confederate Richmond treasury and Grant’s final assault order to Maj. Gen. Weitzel written on white paper and found at a telegraph office. Both artifacts have rested with Taylor for forty nine years.
A descriptive notice details land for sale in Polk County near Osceola and Shelby with eighties era references, several miles from nearest towns, noting cultivated fields, a 4% mile marker, and fences described as woven wire. It mentions good improvements and proximity to a school as part of the sale context.
Advertisements note J. P. Heald in Lincoln on business and multiple locals traveling to Lincoln and Omaha. Mentioned are Alvin Camp Jr and Minnie Danielson, M A Mills Jr, Johnson, Miss Urban and Daisy Sheppard visiting relatives, and others. Purchases include hats at Monson's and horse blankets. A lost grey wool shawl offers reward.
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