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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1916
Page
5
The column lists Ford parts at Meridian Garage, Hazeline cream at Barber's, various county visitors or passengers from Lincoln and Shelby, many small personal notices, road trips, and local sales. Also mentions a Holstein show, a Poland China sale, and barber shop promotions.
A new film titled The End of the World brings a worldwide disaster story to the city. The program features a dramatic spectacle with fire rain meteors volcanoes and tidal waves as humanity panics. Showings are Saturday at the Auditorium with matinee and evening performances priced 15c and 25c.
Nebraska farmers especially in the western half rally to the federal farm loan act offering cheap long term funds. Western farmers may access loans on par with eastern peers once the system starts. Applicants must apply in writing to the district federal land bank and form a local loan association with at least ten applicants and twenty thousand dollars in total loans.
Notice seeks reporters across Polk County. Address the editor of the Record to join the newspaper staff and supply information from local communities.
Advertises dress cleaning and pressing for children and adults. Claims careful work at moderate charges with quick return. Provides phone number 341 and a name ISMATT, The Taller Rec ene.
Wayland notes urge all babies and parents to attend the cradle roll program Sunday at 10 30. Rosemary Bond and families, Roy Bond and fam ily visited R O Stephensons. School was held Saturday to make up election days. Several locals attend events and visits span Osceola Lincoln Omaha and Stromsburg with weather cutting church attendance.
Miss Martha Brazee visits with family. Miss Marjorie Ellsworth guests Osceola friends. Birth of a Nation attendees from Shelby listed. U B Ladies Aid hosts pound social. Miss Anne Scholtz visits. Jack German undergoes surgery, passes away. Theo dore German and Iowa sister at bedside. Burial in Iowa. 41 years old. Mrs. Goetz to California winter. Lot Bull ships car for Louisiana. met by Grant Arnold party. Miss Florence Miller visits Osceola. Girls Kensington meet. Edith Burritt wins prize. Edith Stonacker wins booby prize.
The text notes storms on the 7th and 18th kept many from church with 470 people present across two services. It describes a plan of nightly meetings to help attendees find their best self and social life, inviting participation in devotionals, sermons, and music, with a message to be at home with them if not elsewhere.
A fragmented religious notice urges church members to reflect on personal devotion and civic duty. It invites attendance and worship, promising support to attendees while highlighting a Sunday evening and morning service at Holy City.
A red cow with small white on the belly and notch on the right ear is missing from four and a half miles south and two miles west of Silver Creek. Weighs about 1000 pounds. A $100 reward is offered for evidence leading to the conviction of the thief and return of the animal. Notify C E Norris Silver Creek route 2 phone 320 F 13 or Sheriff Potter Osceola.
The Rexall Druggists Association, with D. F. Barber among members, conducted a national straw poll of 961 396 customers through 8 000 stores. Daily bulletins from Boston tracked Wilson and Hughes, ending November 6 with 554 500 to 896 896 votes and 229 to 232 electoral votes, in a non-partisan tally.
In the county court of Polk county the estate of Adolf Wilhelm Flodin known as Adolph W. Flodin formerly of Galesburg Illinois is presented. Creditors must file claims by June 16 1917 and debts paid by December 15 1917. The court will sit December 15 1916 at 10 am February 15 1917 at 10 am and June 16 1917 at 10 am to receive examine hear allow or disallow all claims. County Judge F H Ball dated November 16 1916.
The Swedish Lutheran church lists Sunday school and Bible classes next Sunday at 10:00 a m with services at 11:00 a m and 7:30 p m in Swedish. The Ladies Aid plans a package sale in the basement Thursday evening Nov 23 at 8 o’clock. Remember the date.
A well described stock farm in Polk county five miles from town is offered for ten thousand dollars. The property includes 80 acres cultivated and 80 acres pasture with hard soil, sand free, and fair improvements. The listing is by The Surety Investment Company.
In a statement the candidate expresses appreciation for the voters and courteous treatment in Rae County after losing. He predicts another run in four years.
Review praises the film The Ends of the World for size and importance with spectacular scenes. It highlights a perilous journey motif and a dramatic, non-serial storyline woven through the action.
A sensational motion picture depicts the predicted end of the world shown at the Auditorium theatre on Saturday night. Tickets cost 10 and 2 and the film promises a swift, dramatic finale with a mad race for safety as destruction surrounds the helpless multitude.
Property listing offers 4acre site in southwest Osceola. Contact Jay Hastings or Almer A'Dolan for details. phone number Si2i provided. Listing appears in Stromabural area. inquire locally for exact location and terms.
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