This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
4
Rates for advertising appear with prices for regular locals and professional cards while a long column buries notices on suffrage debates, temperance, school notes, and community events. Osceola items include school happenings, faculty dinners, student achievements, and upcoming high school sports plans.
The Clarks Enterprise reflects on Polk County politics and a shift after a local election. It notes a hibition amendment majority and a regional vote for A. B. Hed bloom for state senate, while warning against rising hysteria and discussing price pressures and the impact on workers and coal trade amid wartime fears.
A. L. Sutton, Omaha judge and Republican candidate for Nebraska governor, concedes defeat in a letter to Keith Neville and to Nebraskans. He cites the Wilson landslide and Omaha influence, expresses goodwill toward Neville, and hopes Nebraska will become dry in practice as well as theory.
Shelby residents share updates on illness travels and visits. Miss Minnie Berger returns to teaching after a sick spell. the W C T U hosted coffee and doughnuts to celebrate Nebraska going dry. Mrs Babcock arrives from Stromsburg with her daughter and grandchild. Several residents visit family and attend parties, with travel and neighborhood happenings including a birthday at Miss Pelmenta Reece’s home and new safes installed at the Shelby Grain Company.
Osceola Bank of Osceola Nebraska charter 718 reports assets of 426 087 16 including loans 310 824 02 and cash 97 986 38. Liabilities show capital 37 500 00 surplus 7 500 00 and deposits 269 281 50 with depositor guaranty fund 2 920 62. Directors James H Mickey O E Mickey and BE Thelander certify the accuracy sworn November 22 1916 before notary J Heald.
A passerby advertised Olga and a mysterious Smith company performing at the Auditorium on Friday and Saturday December 1 and 2. The act promises fortune telling and locating missing items and relatives with the claim of aiding those in trouble and repeating the feat for others after initial success. Also reported is the death of the six weeks old son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Pearson near town after an illness and abdominal obstruction, who died at St Marys Hospital in Columbus after an emergency operation.
Services at 11 00 a m and 730 p m the estro es in the evening will be conducted in the English language Kushgran Church Notes
The article lists precinct officers elected on November 7 across areas including Hackberry Clear Creek Island Pleasant Home Platte and more. It names positions such as justice of the peace police magistrate assessor and road overseer with individual names for each precinct.
A sensational silent feature titled The End of The World promises vast skies and a comet’s approach with a meteor shower and volcanic storms. The program includes a dramatic love story and social turmoil leading to catastrophe, shown at the Auditorium on Saturday November 21 with matinee and evening showings.
An old classified notice promotes the New Home Sewing Machine brand offered by Hasan for sale. The item highlights basic stitching capabilities and a compact home model suitable for domestic use.
A sensational new drama titled The End of the World is coming to this city for a Saturday show at the Auditorium with matinee and evening performances. Tickets are ibc and 25c. The film depicts a global catastrophe with meteors fire rain volcanoes tidal waves and panicked humanity, presenting a vivid vision of the world’s end.
The Surety Investment Company offers a 160 acre stock farm in Polk County five miles from town. Included are 80 cultivated and 890 pasture acres with all hard soil, no sand, and fair improvements. Asking price ten thousand dollars.
An eastern Nebraska farmer reports mass hen die off after feeding moldy grain. University poultry staff found 75 hens died in summer as livers enlarged and birds grew overfat. Mold from flood-submerged wheat and moldy corn beneath dry-looking surfaces caused the losses. The owner noted birds died when kept open and exposed to moldy feed.
A red cow with little white on the belly and a notch in the right ear was reported stolen from near Silver Creek Nebraska. A $100 reward is offered for evidence leading to conviction and return. Notify C E Norris Route 2 Silver Creek or Sheriff Potter Osceola. Also notices creditors for Adolf Wilhelm Flodin estate with claims due by June 16 1917 and debts by December 15 1917 with court hearings on specified dates.
F T Bennett & Son of Shelby Nebraska offers several Poland China spring pigs and one yearling eligible for registration. Also available is a Holstein bull calf ten months old.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.