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ByS bystander ruminations on citizenship and local politics in 1919
The Osceola Nebraska record reveals a bystander column critiquing eligibility and citizenship for local office seekers, naming August and Mistah Johnson, plus community figures like Fred Timms and Joe Williams. It also covers Polk Merrick County State Aid Bridge plans, board actions, and a long list of 1919 county expenditures and staff appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mistah Johnson
Mr. Johnson
August
Polk County
Frederick Timm
Fred
Thedad
Timms
Hims
Lincoln
Joe Williams
Joe
Earl Hassler’s
Frank Anderson
Stahl
Eatle
Ron “Ware
Jim
Dunn
Ware
Ran
Gilead
Gotham
John Holt
Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Supervisors
Merrick County
Platte River
Clarks
Johanson
Branting
Polk
August W.johanson Julius A. Johanson
O.F .Branting
John Sjoblom
D.r.leard
Shelby
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
B.F. Pointer