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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
1
A rustic exhortation urges farmers to shuck corn and work hard to buy coal and warm clothes before winter. The column also recalls a river accident, local election chatter, and Thanksgiving reflections praising industry, reform figures, and national prosperity.
An editorial reflects on how Lincoln newspapers fair mindedly covered William Jennings Bryan, noting subscribers shifted due to political stance. It compares Lincoln and capital press fairness, discusses impact on Nebraska voters and Polk County results, and questions whether fair coverage influenced election outcomes.
Polk County voted against the statewide Bryan drift, aligning with loyal northern states. Despite Bryan carrying Polk County, if county margins mirrored 1900 results, the state would show a defeat of over 25,000 votes for him. The article notes a general slump and contrasts county trends with broader state outcomes.
Notice of an executor sale in Osceola Polk County for the estate of Stephen Leatherbury deceased. The sale by public auction at the court house south front door on a Saturday in December 1908 at 2 pm. The purchaser takes subject to a $2000 mortgage to Francis Colton with 65 percent interest from 1908 and must assume part of the purchase price for the south half of the southwest quarter of section 5 township 13 range 1 West. The sale stays open one hour. O. E. Mickey Executor.
University of Nebraska Osceola Farmers Institute announces two day program December 2 and 3 with sessions on building and using silos, domestic science, sheep farming, corn growing, and horse draft and harness uses. Speakers include Andrew Elliot Gertrude Roway and E P Brown Prof Montgomery Kingsley. Free to all.
The notice proclaims stock purchases at the stock yards west of the track with highest price by G. L. Emminger and advertises two Perkins gasoline engines for sale at a greatly reduced price, to be viewed at the Osceola light plant by Clarence Miller.
To the man looking for a home we present fine bargains in Polk County Nebraska. We offer to show lands by auto mobile and invite you to arrange a convenient time to view them.
Several farm tracts near Clarks and York County Nebraska offered for sale. Properties include 5 to 320 acres with cultivation, pastures, improvements, and fenced land. Prices range from 21 000 dollars to 90 dollars per acre with terms and encumbrances noted.
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