Fifty Four Years of The Record Anniversary
The Osceola Record marks its fifty fourth year of publication since its 1873 start as The Homesteader. Notes trace its evolution through The Osceola Record and later ownership by the Douglas family, with thanks to readers and advertisers. Local items recap society, business, and farm activity in Osceola and Polk County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Arnold
Polk County
D. M. Butler
H. H. Campbell
Douglas
H. L. Bond
Osceola
Readers debate best novelist of words and wit
Siir William Fraser and Bulwer-Lytton debated wosend best novelists. Each wrote a slip naming The Bride of Lammermoor as top choice. Mark Twain dismissed Scott praising Quentin Darward as superior, claiming Scott could not have penned it, per William Lyon Phelps in Scribner's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wosend
Siir
William Fraser
Snd
Bulwer-Lytton
Sir William
Mark Twain
Scott
Worher
Tee
Quentin Darward
William Lyon Phelps
Scribner’s Magasing
Former Osceola Girl Weds in Hollywood
Alma Curren and Donald Patrick were married Friday September 2 in Hollywood California at the parsonage with Rev. Benjamin Pratt officiating. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Curren formerly of Osceola. They will reside in Alahandra California where the groom operates a business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Alma Curren
Donald Patrick
Hollywood
California
Benjamin Pratt
J. S. Curren
Alahandra
Constitution Study urged during Citizenship week
The American Bar Association Committee on Citizenship and a Nebraska Bar Association committee urge a week of September 11 to 17 to promote study of the National Constitution. Clergy doctors lawyers and other professionals are asked to aid schools in informing citizens about fundamental law and the Republic, while stressing separation of church and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
Nebraskan Bar Association
Speen
Canaries and Jazz Warned as Harmful to Birds
Canaries bred for market fear jazz exposure harms their song and temper, with saxophones and syncopated music blamed for wrecking vocal prospects. The note argues piano or violin music aids birds and ponders effects on students.
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Auditorium Theatre
A. A. Wurtz
H. H. Cox
Will
First Nat’l. Bank Bldg. Osceola
Nebraska
Harry Langdon
Harry
Federal Farm Loans
Co-operative Farm Loan Bank
State Bank
L. M. Merrick
Sec
Treas
Walter J. Herbes
Osce
Ola
Osceola Record
George Humphrey
Bridge
Clyde Smith
Lincoln
York
Richard Brook
J. L. Heald
Columbus
R. M. Clithero
Atlantic
Genevieve Zang
J. R. Mueller
Anderson Chevrolet Co
Duncan Produce Co
iMirs
Rraymond Kepner
C. E. Jones
Iowa
John LeMaris
Lucille
Ruth Newcomer
Mildred Craven
Mary Hoyt
Hebron
Franklin Stevens
Nels Anderson
A. B. Hedbloom
Stromsburg
Lloyd Timm
Gaba
John Jarmin
J. G. Tully
Sterling
Colorado
Linnie Marlys
Tully
Hazel Kidder
Blanche Elwood
Portland
Ore
Albert Ryan
Tete
Peterson
W. E. Goodbred
C. V. Propst
W. B. Tracy
Omaha
Mr. Tracy
Unicon Pacific Company
Horace MccKeag
Yellowstore Park
Coleen McKeag
Olives Searson
Cecil McKeag
Woodriver
Nebr
Glenn Yeltman
Los Angeles
Robert Campbelll
Lew Cunninghan
Benlow’s
Shelby
Anderson Mercantile
Fredrickson Farm
August Johnson
The
Presbyterian Church
Byers
Minneapolis
American Association of Veterinary Surgeon
Eugene Pulver
Asceola
Gushee
Matthews
Walrath
Globe-Header
Nels Dogget
E. H. Hinshaw
Congress
Missouri
H. L. “Mont” Bond
the Record
Dr. Miles
Mable
Marie Prevost
C. F. Branting & Sons Seeola
Detroit
Dodge Brothers
Bystrom Company
Stromsburg, Nebr
of Brothers
Sabin
Osceola Hatchery
Osceola, Nebr
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