Looking Back at Osceola Happenings Across Decades
Selections from The Osceola Record recall events from 50 40 30 and 20 years ago. Highlights include a Wieseman wedding reception in 50 years past and courthouse petition drives in Stromsburg with 1644 voters backing a special election. Other items cover local births deaths weddings school openings and public sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Wieseman
Chris
Lydia Gaeth
Fremont
Stromsburg
County Commissioners
Judge Good of
Lincoln
Committee of
Court House
Albert Heinemeyer
Osceola
J. H. Hutchinson
E. L. Webster
Emerald
W. W. Norton
Polk County Farm Outlook and Local Happenings
Farmer reports mixed corn milo and soybean yields in Polk County with overall good prospects. Moisture readings range 12–28 percent across crops. Duncan fire parade 4-H float won second prize. walnut tree pricing to be appraised with values from 50 to 1000 dollars. 4-H achievement night set for Oct 28 and tasting tea crafts festival planned for Nov 7. Osceola locals note visits from Omaha and family gatherings. Legion hall meetings set for Oct 11 to organize by bylaws and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Climbe
Council Bluffs
Beulah Hansen
Ralph Mills
Grand Island
Loyal Knerr
Joyce Elaine
Knerr
Evelyn Cook
John Howe
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
St. Vincent’s Church
St. Andrew Mission
Osceola
Robert
Ruth Wright
Richard V. Malek
Omaha
Leona Fillinger
Ray Grossnicklaus
Sacred Heart Church
Shelby
Polk County
AkSarBen
Darwin Anderson
Gary Anderson
Lora Lee Dawes
Louis Monson
Larry McBeth
Lionel Swanson
Guy Hanshew
Glen Krehn
Duncan Fire
West Island
4-H Club
Polk
Ed Dobberstein
Glenn Dobberstein
The
Rural Civil Defense Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bit of
Sweden
Norton
Axel Anderson
John M. Carlson
Gresham
Platte River
Gerald Jones
Milton Rickly
Armours Packing Co
C. E. Mackay
Margaret Starner
Union Pacific
Genevieve
Floyd Hartson
Jack Malek
Nels Anderson
Gospel Ridge
H. G. Wieseman
Columbus
New York City
City
Irene Holm
Chester Walgreen
Florence Sturdevant
Silas M. Lloyd
Inez Johnson
Glen
Jim Eriksen
Gene Sterup
Jim Majors
Fred Dunn
John Ringel
Dale Dunn
Harbor City
Calif
Wm. Campains
Earle
Robert Millers
Hey
Ben Schmokers
Dale Frizzell
Legion Hall
Albert M. Krumbach
Democratic
W. R. Kepner
M.E. Roberts
Osceola, Nebraska
Rocker
G Zwas
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