Osceola News Snapshot from November 1901
Local notes include S W Gushee named District Deputy Grand Master for the 13th District of the S O O F Nebraska with Osceola and nearby lodges. Rebekahs elect officers. Odd Fellows appointments. town census attempt. Osceola highs beat Stromsburg 28 to 0. multiple births marriages and deaths. rail freight and local industry updates. progress at Osceola Mill. Remington typing certificates. November subscription renewals.
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S. W. Gushee
Nebraska
Osceola
David City
Brainard
Ulysses
Rebekahs
E. A. Walrath
Noble Grand
John Miller
Oliver Westberg
F. M. Fox
Noble
Wm. Brandt
W. A. Cornish
Is. A. Snider
Ss. W. Gushee
W. E. Snider
Osceola High School
Stromsburg
Kansas
Missouri
Remington Typewriter Company
Nina Peters
Mildred Deeter
Arlene Steeple
Marian Hulquest
Oscar Hedburg
McCool
Reuben Swanson
August R. Swanson
Luther College
Wahoo
Swanson
Jay ‘Buchta
Minneapolis
Minn
Helen Aivera
Three Polk County Farms Sell at Public Auction
Ten years ago on November 28 1929 three Stull farms totaling 320 acres in Polk County sold at public auction. Bids ranged from 154 50 to 158 50 per acre with the third quarter at 134 50. Osceola and Keith tied 0 0 in a Leighs gridiron game with Jey Rogers Long and Irland noted as Osceola highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stull
Polk County
Keith
Osceola
Community Highlights From Local News and Events
Mr and Mrs Ralph Hassel bach and children attended the funeral of Rosalee Hasselbach in Cheyenne Wyoming last Tuesday and returned Sunday. Agnes Branigan vacationing with parents while Eileen Branigan oversees her work in Council Bluffs. Mr and Mrs William Kosch and family visited Anton Micek home. A wedding dance for Edward Shemek and Barbara Lagsek drew friends at Fagles Hall Columbus. Cleo Bernt and Arthur Mayberger wed at St Bonaventure's Columbus on Wednesday November 29 and were honored at Ellers Hall shower and dance. The couple will live on a Columbus area farm.
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Ralph Hasselbach
Betty
Neal
Cheyenne
Wyo
Edward Shemek
Fagles’ Hall
Columbus
Barbara Lagsek
Duncan
Harmon Augustin
Near
Shelby
Wilhelm Kosch
E. E. Gable
Glenn Augustin
Alfred Gondringer
Cleo Bernt
Arthur Mayberger
St. Bonaventure’s
Ellers’ Hall
Splint Them Where They Lie First Aid Message
The Polk County Medical Association promotes splinting injuries on site to prevent further harm. It urges careful handling of broken bones, using improvised splints if needed, and establishing first aid stations and classes taught by doctors or Red Cross nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Medical Association
United States
Nebraska
Red Cross
Beulah Cemetery Society Meets for December 8 Luncheon
Fairview news notes a December 8 meeting of the Beulah Cemetery Society with Mrs. Mable Hoy and a covered dish luncheon. Also listed is an oyster supper December 15 at the Community Hall with all invited amid a flurry of local visits and gatherings.
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Fairview News Beulah Cemetery Society
Mable Hoy
Ladies Aid
Harvey Hopking
Joyce
Papillion
Mont Mustard
W. O. Clark
Gothenburg
Denver
Colo
Fern Dake
Santa Monica
Calif
Wm. Dake
Roy Frizzel
Cedric Fineey
Ray Graham
Nance Co
Hilbert Buchta
Jennie Lou
Glenn
Floyd Frizzel
Grover Maurer
Silver Creek
Card of Thanks for Friends and Neighbors
The Hastings family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and after the death of their husband and father. They thank ministers, pallbearers, singers, and those who sent flowers, letters, and cards. Mrs. Jay Hastings and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hastings.
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Jay Hastings
Chas. Hastings
Blow Me Down Meaning According to Dictionary of American Slang
The Dictionary of American Slang notes that the phrase blow me down is used to express surprise or astonishment. It documents the exclamatory sense rather than a literal action.
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Dictionary of American Slang
Oftimes a farmer’s mix up of hogs and mislaid fowl
A farmer near Blencoe Iowa misidentifies three pigs as missing and delivers neighbors pork from a hit and run incident. He later discovers all his hogs were present and neighborly confusion resolves into a humorous case of mistaken livestock. A Nebraska woman reports two chickens producing a roosterlike bird with hen tail and crowing, leaving her unsure if it is a hen, a rooster, or a whatsit.
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Earl Carlson
Blencoe
Iowa
Carlson
Albert Otties
Mitchell
Nebraska
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Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
N. F. Carlson
Herman Sarow
L. Ray Preasant
Pol
Mr. Wailiams
Wtcckberry
E. D. Buckner
Eastceola
Frank Schaal
Norh
Osceola I
Gunnard Peterson
T. A. Reece
Joel Hanson
Corn Palace Cafe
Carl Cederberg
A. F. Nyquist
Ernest Nyquist
Leonard Wieseman
Roy Morgan
Agnes Gustafson
Walter Anderson
Leonard ‘Nelson
Florence Nebosis
Chas. Red
George Inness
Chris ‘Timm
V. A
Merk Timm
A. Fred Johnson
John Inness
H. E. Newton
E.S. Hanshew
Rosland E. McKeeman
A. FE. Johnson
Stewart Paul Timm
State ‘Highway Dept
Dewey Anderson
George Locke
Florence Miller
Wm. Heitzman
A. J. Herrman
Henning Jacobson
Hesler
Ned
Board of County Commissioners
Lillian ‘Timm
SOPOT
T. A. Reece Clk Dist
Theodore Presser ‘Co. Music Etc
LeRoy M. Smith Co. Treas
Carleton Anderson
Ruth ‘Stewart
Naomi Pearson
Fred W. ‘Schuman
John DeLand Isungry
Lincoln Tel & Tel Co
Victor Anderson Co
C. Ou. Eee
J.N. Steeple
Arthur S. Nelson
Anderson Mercantile Co. Eooghs
Dou Beacon UN
Frye Mfg. Co
K-B Printing Company
Gunnard
A. C. Twarling
Lifton
E. Johnson
Ooe
J. B. ‘Myers
R. T. Rudeen
R. D. No
Orstrom Grocery Groceries
Toustas
Arthur’ 'C
The
Polk County Medical Association
Fashion Cleaners
Dupont
DUCO
TS Ade
By Joseph W. la Bine
Europe
Havens, Nebraska
Havens
Lincoln Highway
Clarks
Silvercreek
Nat Towles
Nick ST. Marie
His
Royal Fillipino Orchestra
American Magazine
American Turkey
Popular Science Monthly
Poultry Tribune
Redbook
Science & Discovery Science & Mechanic
Sam Guard
On the Farmers’ Forum
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