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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
4
Osceola Nebraska old line records show Polk County's oldest newspaper, The Osceola Record, listed as entered at the post office under the 1879 act.
Notable items include the death of Fred Timm of Eustice and burial details, a Republican county attorney nomination for H C Beebe, and a note on Mary I Temple’s death in Clear Creek. Osceola orchard owner George W Gregg tends 55 acres with 6000 trees. Charles O Norton dies at 86, leaving three children. Local housing, education, and business updates cover Wesley Snider’s Lincoln college plan, Lloyd Callender’s resignation, E B Elford buying Campbell Hardware, and Lillian Sjogren selected for Luther College chorus.
In 1915 Osceola High School defeated David City by 19 to 6 with Rasch Timm and Reed starring. John I Anderson bought stock in People’s Grocery while new births and farm yields pepper local notes. Market items show wheat 95 cents, corn 50, oats 27, hogs 7, butter 25, eggs 18.
Ten years ago on October 3 1929 the Clark eleven arrived in Osceola to play a football bid. The report notes their visit and captures the local excitement surrounding the match.
A visitor recalls researching Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the Bitter Root Valley around 1909. He notes tick transmission, regional fatality rates, and the fever’s progression from onset to recovery, including a case of a local death and historical public health confirmation.
An article describes a tick derived vaccine at a Montana Public Health laboratory offering protection to workers and notes limited use in government service with no broad commercial medical provision. It urges tick precautions and proper removal methods. It also recounts Morse and his electro magnet telegraph demo for President Van Buren and early Washington exhibitions.
In medieval times a feudal lord used a castle as home and fortress to endure sieges. The term castle traces to earthworks and ditches then to citadels, with siting often on hills or rocks for security amid ongoing feuds.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Waverly, Central Valley, Chicago, and Kimball. Several travelers headed for new homes, employment, or returns from trips, with social gatherings and church and legion events mentioned.
Carlsbad Caverns, the world s largest natural caverns, lie in New Mexico s Guadalupe Mountains. Discovered 1901 by Jim White, they became a national monument in 1923 and a national park in 1930. Notable formations include Rock of Ages, giant stalagmites, replicas of totem poles, lily pads, frozen waterfalls, and Big Room measuring about three quarters of a mile long and 1000 feet wide. Temperature stays constant year round.
On May 10 1869 the first trans continental railroad connected Atlantic and Pacific coasts as engines met at Promontory Point Utah. The last spike ceremony triggered an electric telegraph signal reading One two three done and marked rapid mail service nationwide.
The article cites United States Code 3583 stating no person shall issue any note or check for less than one dollar intended to circulate US money. Penalty includes a fine up to $500 or six months imprisonment or both at court discretion.
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