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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
4
Two row John Deere shucker offered by Chas W Carlson of Stromsburg. Item described as in good running order and ready for use.
Bharl Watts expresses sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for help with feeding wheat and to those who sent ecards and flowers during the hospital stay.
James C. Olson recounts the career of Doc Middleton a notable outlaw of western Nebraska from the 1870s to the 1890s. His gang roamed from the Niobrara to Sidney and Ogallala with famed poker prowess and alleged generosity to friends while evading law until a Lincoln penitentiary term. He later ran saloons aided by the Wild West show era and died in a Wyoming jail while serving a liquor selling sentence.
Earl Watts returned home after a hospital visit. Neighbors seeded 9 acres of wheat with nine drills and 12 tractors in three hours. Several local families from California to Shelby shared visits and gatherings, including the Lockards, Dawes, Albers, and From families. Multiple Sunday socials and a road construction project in progress near Omaha linked residents across Stromsburg, Madison, Bellwood, and Kearney.
In Osceola a lighthearted note pokes fun at a two fisted coffee drinker as editors surrender the idea of being coffee lovers. A Pacific jungle scene unfolds with two sailors including a Seabee on a hike seeking protection from snake bites. The Seabee jokes about a box containing snakes.
Landlord Jack Steeple brought a three bass string, the largest four pounds two ounces, with two smaller ones. The head of a ten pound catfish was shown by Mr and Mrs L A Isreal on a fishing trip. Butch Mills was struck on the face by a stray bullet from nearby boys target practice, leaving a small skin wound.
Safety Trend and regular tires at Gambles with the lowest prices. Mr and Mrs Maurice Lenoig and Billy left last Wednesday for a month long California visit with relatives including Carl Scholz and Donald Miller. Henman Bobi and family hosted Mrs Bobi's parents and relatives in Grand Island. Available shingles roofing felt paper and building supplies offered at low Gambles prices.
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