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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1906
Page
4
Correspondence reports a sick list with Peter Weiser and recent recon near Bellwood. Osceola residents and visitors include Fred Smith of Oklahoma, Mrs. Leard visiting, and Jay Hastings moving to town. Local events feature a cow weighing prank, revival meetings, fairs, and several residents traveling to Lincoln York Holdrege Council Bluffs and Marshall North Carolina.
Miss Belle Brian returns from Omaha after ten days visiting. Miss Mildred Davis leaves for Columbus to join the Journal. Ernest Bonner’s arm injuries from x rays indicate slow healing and limited use. Vivian Brian breaks a rib and pulls onto a wagon tongue. He plans to attend Fremont Business College. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howser host the card club. Lydia Howser owns three white Holland turkeys bought from Mrs. Ivan Long. J. Holse moves to Columbus for new work. Mrs. Amanda Watkins returns from Carolina. Mrs. Hahn improves. Farmers south of Columbus oppose a deputy sheriff on Platte bridge to curb fast driving, risking trade losses.
Polk County Nebraska votes in Platte precinct on December 22, 1906 to decide issuing six bonds of $1000 each to aid the Omaha and Nebraska Central Railway. The plan includes a 20 year term with 4 percent interest and a tax levy to cover interest and principal, contingent on full completion from Omaha to Hastings by 1910. The ballot presents For or Against bonds to fund the railway project and the election process is outlined by County Clerk J N Norton.
Miss Nellie Smelser who has been nursing sick people in the W. B. Jones household left for Lincoln last Friday morning as the Jones family nears recovery from diphtheria. Mrs Maxwell also departed for Clay Center Kansas Friday morning. L. W. Roberts, staying with his cousin Morris Underhill and family, plans to go to Parker.
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Wayland residents report events including Jerry Roseberry losing a good cow last Sunday morning and N S Michener traveling to Osceola Tuesday to visit his sons Oliver and Walter. Richard Moomey hosted visitors from Surprise last Sunday while Maud Dabler led the Christian Endeavor service Sunday evening. A temperance sermon by Rev Pittman is scheduled for Sunday evening December 19 at 7 30. Additionally Fred Richter discovered one of his cows dead last week.
Commissioners convened in an evening session and postponed final reports on two petitions to establish roads into Polk. A culvert west of Stromsburg was also postponed to allow remonstrances. Board adjourned to Nov. 16 1906 after auditing county general fund claims and other routine business.
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