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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
3
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A lively recap of wartime sentiment and entertainment notes from Dorothy’s Photoplay column. Includes food pledge humor, patriotic calls, social updates, and film star chatter with arrivals, marriages, and local installations.
Charles Krumbach born May 5 1852 in Eitorf Germany died November 8 1917 at his Shelby Nebraska home aged 65 years 6 months and 3 days. He settled near Shelby in 1879 and later engaged in business for fifteen years. He married Mary Ingalls on October 13 1880 and six children were born four surviving with mother. He leaves two brothers in Shelby three siblings in Germany. Active in public service as school board member village trustees state senator and bank director vice president of First National Bank Shelby. Funeral services were held from his home Saturday.
Social Center 0 School resumed Monday after a two week break. Miss Allen visited the school. Amacher and Schmoker bought a corn shelter in town. Lula Burns to Green Gables Sanitarium for health. Fred Miller and Son harvested 110 bushels of corn in a day. Koehler brothers dispute corn husker price. Paul Price visits from Wyoming to work for Will Dunn. Mariel Hermann visited Cortland grandparents. Bates and children spending week at Ross Richards. Koehler brothers traveled to Lincoln. Herrmanns autoed to Lincoln. Bells stayed with Mariel. Dunn and Burns families traveled to Madison.
Joseph Cotton, meat director, announced Saturday that prices for cattle and sheep will not be fixed now. A minimum price of 16.00 per hundred for hogs farrowed next spring was set, based on a 13 to 1 ratio with corn as the price basis. E. L. Burke, chairman of the Nebraska Live Stock Committee, urged producers to boost output, citing patriotism and fair profits.
The notice outlines new probationary electric rates effective December 1 1917 with charges by month based on kilowatt hours per month ranging from 1.00 to 5.00 per month for higher usage. Also includes community notices about church services school classes and Thanksgiving observances with local announcements and a Burdock's Blood Bitters advertisement.
A list forwarded to headquarters in Chicago itemizes wartime aid donations from the Polk county American Red Cross chapter including 65 knitted mufflers 32 sweaters 4 helmets 47 pairs socks 60 shoulder wraps 102 pajama pairs 84 bed shirts 57 bath robes 10 fracture pillows 21 sponges 60 bed socks and 5 dozen washcloths.
St Louis unveils a 150 by 78 foot flag with 17 stripes, carried by 200 in parades. The piece highlights flag handling rules and a record-size banner used in public events.
The notice outlines a December 3 start for a special term for students finishing the eighth grade, with an early March close, and a parallel university term opening in April for students with high school education. General courses align with the regular year, with farm management, dairying, and horticulture among offerings in agriculture.
Dr IV An N Carr is named successor to the late Dr H J McBeth in Osceola with practice at Monson Block. This notice records a professional transition in dentistry and marks the new practitioner’s location.
The notice lists courses such as husbandry diseases of farm animals livestock judging soils and fertilizers blacksmithing and carpentry. It also requests those planning to attend to notify the registrar or school principal. An additional remedy promotion for Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil is included with prices 26c and 60c.
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