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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
6
Osceola locals advertise winter horse goods from M A Pike and Ford garage work with acetylene welding. Local notices include theater ads, farm sales, travel to Lincoln and Stromsburg, and community business updates. The item lists several names, sales of cattle and land, and upcoming performances at the Auditorium.
Osceola digest details visits from Perry of Ann Ansley and Johnson families, travel to Lincoln for football, and local commerce notices. It notes district residents visiting, leaving for Sidney, and local events including theater, church, and school activities with multiple names and places.
The illustration highlights a good quality work shoe made of selected red elk leather. The Freak last promises a comfortable fit and lasting wear, suggesting repairing as the best way to save money on footwear.
Union Pacific officials led by G. O. Brophy and W. R. Armstrong toured Osceola sites including the hill location owned by Wilbur M. Johnston as a potential passenger depot site. They suggested the old depot might remain as a freight depot while a new passenger depot could be built later. A nearby farmhouse burned Sunday morning, destroying valuables and 50 bushels of potatoes and 150 quarts of canned goods. insurance on the home was about 400 dollars. In a Camp Devens incident, a private unsure of saluting was ordered to salute 200 times, prompting a curious exchange with a colonel and a lieutenant about proper etiquette.
The message invites all to regular services at usual hours with a cordial welcome. It asks for suggestions to improve services and emphasizes serving the community in religious needs. Sunday sermons address Working out Salvation in the morning and The Spiritual Significance and Value of Baptism in the evening, followed by baptism.
Sunday school and Bible classes next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Services conducted by the deacons at 11 o'clock due to the pastor's absence. No evening service. Harmony society meets at Miss Mable Nelson's home northwest of the city Wednesday at 2. Ladies aid meets Thursday November 1 at 2 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Johnson northwest of town. A cordial welcome to friends and members to attend services and social gatherings.
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