Forty Years Ago: Carlson and Strom Wed in 1896
In the September 3 1896 column Miss Anna Carlson and Olof Strom wed last Wednesday by Judge Getts. Local notes list B C Campbell and wife visiting Nordway Iowa, B S Mickeys team spilling melons at the creamery, Charlie Johnson's buggy accident and scalp injury, plus Mrs H F Henderson and Mrs George L Everett returning from New York and Colorado trips. Sheriff Hahn drove to Lincoln on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Carlson
Olofstrom
Getts
B. C. Campbell
Harlan Mickey
Nordway
Iowa
B. S. Mickey
Charlie Johnson
H. F. Henderson
New York
Sheriff Hahn
Lincoln
George L. Everett
Colorado
Osceola News Briefs Highlight Local Deaths and Developments
Twenty five years ago Osceola items note the infant son of Mr and Mrs A E Dawes buried in Osceola cemetery. Livery stable owner Bill Everetts opens new business in the former Ryan Everett building. Market prices tabulated Wheat 81, corn 52, oats 36, hogs 6.35, butter 19, eggs 12, cream 20. Glen Hubbard leaves Osceola Record for Lincoln to attend school. Osceola School opens with 99 in high school. faculty listed. Hastings Bros. advertise land prices 125, 70, 80 and 1090 per acre. I J Merrick plans a residence on vacant lot between F L Dunn and E H Sorenson homes. Miss Bertha Lundgren and Albert E Johnson wed at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Dawes
Osceola
Glen Hubbard
Osceola Record
Lincoln
C. B. Moore
Kittie Wilson
Sara Thatcher
Lucille Stanley
June Stevens
Gladys McCon
Bride and Parents Plan New Home Near Swede Home
The bride and her parents announced plans to establish a residence near Swede Home. They expect to reside there after the wedding and begin their new life together in that locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bride
Faith Dunn and Charles Greenwood Engaged in 1926
Lincoln State Journal announced the engagement of Miss Faith Emerald Dunn to Charles G. Greenwood. The wedding is planned for September at the Dunn family home in Iowa.
Luther Church Notes Weekly Calendar and Concert Announcement
The Luther Church schedules include Ladies Aid Thursday at 2 30 led by Mrs Anna Anderson. Confirmation Saturday at 2 00 Sunday School Sunday 10 00 Worship 11 00. Augustana College Male Quartet from Rock Island will perform Sunday at 8 00 with a free will offering. Community invited. A Sunday School teachers parents meeting Tuesday 8 00 with Luther League ice cream social on church lawn. Junior Mission Band program to be held Sunday Sept 13. Paul Melin pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luthern Church
Ladies Aid
Anna Anderson
Augustana College
Rock Island
Luther League
Junior Mission Band
Paul Melin
Notice of Probate in Clara G. Anderson Estate
In Pell County Nebraska a petition seeks Clarence W. Anderson as administrator of the estate of Clara G. Anderson deceased. Hearing set for September 11, 1936 at 10 AM before County Judge W. W. Norton. Date August 18, 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pell County
Nebraska
Clara G. Anderson
State of
Clarence W. Anderson
W. W. Norton
Fairview Valley Churches Hold Meetings and Plans
The Aid Societies of Fairview and Valley Churches met Tuesday to elect officers for the coming year. A September Social at Valley Church is set for Friday evening. Next Sunday marks the close of the Conference Year with the program beginning in Grand Island on September 8 and only a Sunday School session at Fairview Valley Church on September 13. The pastor thanks parishioners for seven years of fellowship and gratitude to the newspaper for space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Valley Church
Fairview Valley Charge
Grand Island
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha on Sept 1 1936
Receipts of cattle 15 000 head with corn fed steers down and yearlings steady. Top for the day 9.40. Cows and stockers mixed quality with ranges from 3.00 to 5.50. Sheep and lambs receipts 11 000 head with fat lambs steady and westerns up to 9.25. Fed clipped lambs 8.50 and feeder lambs 7.75 to 8.15. Aged sheep unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Landon Leads Roosevelt 2 to 1 in Six-State Poll
WIND station poll across Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Iowa and Wisconsin shows Alf Landon with about 12 000 votes to Roosevelt under 6 000. Minor candidates Lemke Browder and Thomas split roughly 1 500 votes as the nation shifts away from the New Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
Chicago
Ill
New Deal
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
WIND
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Iowa
Wisconsin
Lemke
Browder
Thomas
Local News Roundup From HACKBERRY area
Miss Laura Powell begins nurse training in Omaha at Methodist hospital. Local families visit, travel, and attend events including a wedding in Timken Kansas with Dorothy Augustine as bridesmaid. Victor High opens with 18 students. multiple trips to Omaha and Denver noted. Greens Chapel Ladies Aid to meet with hosts Esther Berggren and Everett Powell.
Polk County approves gravel bid for Works Project 1538
Osceola Nebraska August 25 1936 Polk County Board of Commissioners accepts Overland Sand and Gravel Co bid as lowest for pumping gravel on Works Project 1538. Also approves 1937 audit bid by Van Boskirk and Remington to begin January 1 1937 and finish by March 1 1937 before adjourning to September 8 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Alex Adelson
Meridian Construction Company
Overland Sand and Gravel Co
Overland Sand and Gravel
County Board of Commissioners
van Boskirk and
Remington
S. J. Harless
Notice of Sale in Polk County Nebraska Auction
Notice is given under a court order of sale in Polk County Nebraska. Columbus Land Loan and Building Association sues Merle R Heald et al to recover a judgment of 323.70 plus interest and costs. A first lien is placed on Lots 6 7 8 Block 3 Morrill and Nance Addition Osceola. Sale at Osceola courthouse south front on September 9 1936 at 2 PM to highest cash bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
Columbus Land Loan & Building Association
Merle R. Heald
Osceola
Morrill & Nance
Gunnard Peterson
Wagner, Wagner
Local residents share travel and hospital news across multiple towns
Fairview Mrs Sam Cadwell entered St Marys Hospital in Columbus last Thursday for treatment. Hilbert Buchta spent ten days in Edwardsville Illinois and returned home Thursday. Miss Fern Dake returned to Omaha after two weeks with family. Mrs C E Norris and daughter vacationed with Mrs Geo Cowgill in Central City. Mr and Mrs Floyd Frizzel moved from Seattle to Wyoming for work. The Bryan couple returned from a two week Black Hills trip. Guests at W B Duke home included Calmer Dunn family Minne Buchta Clair McCormick Roy Horst and Vincent Lane. Tom Meacham hosted a Sunday dinner for Lawrence Meacham Geo Heinemeyer Hugo DeBere Chalmer Daniels. Hilbert Buchta family and Geo Reed visited Arthur Deeter's valley. Ervin Deeter and family with Earl Millhollen and son were present. Clarence Creemen left for Scotts Mills Oregon for work. Mrs O Bryan and daughter plan to move to Mendon Nebraska where daughter will teach. Lena Bryan to teach in Edgar and Helen to resume studies at Sioux Falls South Dakota. Gertrude Grimman of Wood River visited her mother Mrs O Bryant last week. Joe Need family near Silver Creek were Sunday dinner guests at Tom Meacham's. Walter Widga family and Evelyn Anderson of Scottsbluff were guests of Chalmer Daniels monday. Lloyd Sutton Ped McCormick motor to Salome North Dakota friday meeting Mrs McCormick and Mrs Mont Mustard visiting in Canada. all returned saturday. H A McCormick visited relatives in Silver Creek on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Cadwell
St. Marys Hospital
Columbus
Hilbert Buchta
Edwardsville
Fern Dake
Omaha
C. E. Norris
Central City
Geo. Cowgill
Floyd Frizzel
Seattle
Washington
Wyoming
Floyd
Lawrence Bryan
Black Hills
W. B. Duke
Calmer Dunn
Minne Buchta
Clair McCormick
Roy Horst
Vincent Lane
Tom Meacham
Lawrence
Lawrence Meacham
Geo. Heinemeyer
Hugo DeBere
Chalmer Daniels
Geo. Reed
Arthur Deeter
Ervin Deeter
Earl Millhollen
Clarence Creemen
Scotts Mills
Oregon
O. Bryan
Minden
Nebr
Lena Bryan
Edgar
Helen
Sioux Falls
S. D
Gertrude Grimman
Wood River
O. Bryant
Joe Need
Silver Creek
Walter Widga
Evelyn Anderson
Scottsbluff
Lloyd Sutton
Ped McCormick
Salome
N. Dak
McCormick
Mont Mustard
Canada
H. A. McCormick
Jessie Matthews in It's Love Again at Sun Theatre
Jessie Matthews stars in It's Love Again at the Sun Theatre with shows on Saturday and Sunday. Lew Ayres and Isabelle Jewel appear in The Leathernecks on Wednesday of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Matthews
Lew Ayres
Isabelle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
Faith Emerald Dunn
Charles G. Greenwood
Lincoln State Journal
Blanche Koehler
George Koehler
John August Carlson
Old Peoples
Stromsburg
Mae Ed
Wat
Fairview-Valley Churches
E. B. Maxcy
Pastor
South Omaha
Fed
Rangers
Wes
Tel
Hackberry
Laura Powell
Methodist Hospital
C. C. Keyes
Thayer
Edith Dillsaver
Roy Hurd
Abbie Richards
E. C. Mouden
E. E. Gabel
Shelby
Ed Schott
Ed Augustine
Dorothy Augustine
Timkem
Kansas
Dorothy
Marjorie Jean Gzbel
A. F. Torell
Bud Berck
Alfred Torell
Victor High School
Victor
Horace McKeag
James McKeag
Ralph Bradley
N. S. Abolt
Keith Kindberg
Denver
Walter Kindberg
John I. Anderson
Fairview
SUN Theatre
Goodrich Chieftain
Goodrich
Goodrich Tires
Silvertown Safety League
Reed Bros. Motor Co
Osceola, Nebraska
Gospel Ridge
Nell Anderson
Alvin Weeden
Jayne
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
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