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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
3
Osceola Nebraska newspaper notes Walter J Herbes as editor and publisher for The Osceola Record. Includes post office filing statement and historical reference to March 3 1879 act. Public record style note reflects early 20th century paper masthead details.
A.P. Mickey of Lincoln sold eleven acres on Osceola east side to Mrs. Emily Howland. Dr. Buckner plans a 50 by 60 iron veneer building for the east side. Mrs. J. H. Hartman of Medicine Bow Wyoming was buried at Beulah. Joe Williams visits town and heads to Oklahoma. Birth reported for Fred Merrick and wife a son born Nov 10. County Superintendent George Horst moves to Valley precinct. Local real estate rises with Webster selling a quarter for 8000 dollars and Cottrell selling 200 acres for 9000 dollars then buying the old Iter quarter for 7800. F M Stone, who helped drive Osceola’s first nail, leaves for California.
Parkers Bulldogs beat Stromsburg 20 to 2 on Armistice Day with Osceola scoring 20 points in the fourth quarter. Roy David Richards, born in 1878, died November 10 at his Polk County home aged 51, leaving a wife and five sons. Sheriff VanHoosen captured a robber after a crash with a car driven by M. Gustafson. the thief admitted last week’s shoe store theft in Grand Island.
The Bond family near Osceola welcomes a daughter born Monday. Elsewhere in Lincoln to Omaha driving records were shattered as Charles D. Dawley covered the distance in 1 hour 35 minutes from O Street to the Henshaw Hotel. Thepland values rise with a new country home four miles south of Osceola by Thelander Peterson costing over 6000 and a nearby Rosdahl residence at about 4000. The Ayres jewelry store now
A crew of Union Pacific workers with a piledriver is installing a new railroad bridge just north of the Cement works. The text also notes an optical department and lists theater programs at Gem and Auditorium theatres including The Plot Against the Throne, The Broken Coin, and The Wrath of The Gods.
Newspaper promotion touts year rate four dollars or seven with Sunday edition, claiming under twenty dollars for a year if subscribed now.
President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23, a change observed in parts of the country but not constituting a universal precedent.
President Andrew Johnson, shown in a 19th century scene, delayed issuing a proclamation in 1865 until a church delegation urged him. He then designated December 7 as Thanksgiving Day for the nation.
Clarence Creemen returns from Oregon and Grace Norris comes home from Missouri. Mina Buchta hosts Owen Horst on his birthday with the Buchta and Dunn families present. L R Meacham visits Exter Haws in Lincoln for the Nebraska Kansas game. Gerald Bryan celebrates his 6th birthday with School District No. 7 children. Ladies Aid banquet honors their husbands with about fifty attending. Mrs Charles Davis of Los Angeles and Mrs Earl Hoffer visit Elmer Dittmer. O Carlson has a well drilled for irrigation near Gates farm by Ragner Carlson.
The Luther League meets Thursday at 8 pm. Next Sunday is the 24th Sunday after Trinity with Sunday School at 10 am, Morning Worship at 11 am, and Evening Service at 7:30 pm. Sermon: The Resurrection of the Dead. Evening study on Hebrews. A church rally is set for Tuesday Nov 21 at 7:30 pm with lunch. Harmony Society meets Nov 23 at Mrs Arthur Anderson. John Oberg, Pastor.
Sunday November 19 schedule includes 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship with sermon The King and His Kingdom and an 8:15 p m meeting of the new Board of Education and Sunday School Teachers and Officers Friday November 17 Ladies Aid Bazaar and dinner and Friday November 24 Ladies Aid Society regular meeting Visitors are invited to attend if no church home A W Lapthorne Pastor
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