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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1915
Page
4
Publication line lists authors Douglas and Johnson publishers and editors with price and names, indicating a period newspaper masthead style. Robert G. Douglas cited as editor. Athole SS Paget credited. publication appears twice weekly.
The school reports full sw ng as term begins with Grade 2 split into two sections and two divisions in the eleventh class. New advisory heads named for each class and Miss Snyder leads girls basketball. Revisions include staggered hours, half day start, and added study halls to accommodate rising enrollment.
An 80 acre farm located 34 miles from Osceola with good improvements is offered for sale. The notice also lists a residence property in the southern part of town. Contact Nels Jarmin for details.
The county was shaken by the death of Chas Edward Harless who died instantly when his car overturned on Overland Road near a small bridge north of Polk after leaving the state fair. His neck was broken and he struck his head and shoulder. The body was taken to Mrs. C. E. Putman’s farm. Harless left a widow Nellie B Putman and four brothers, with a long local history from Indiana to Nebraska and Polk County. He was 25 years old.
A Hippodrome circus clown leaves a saloon and loses his caravan to a throng of pursuing children. A quick witted small boy leads the chase for three blocks before the clown hires an express wagon to return to the Hippodrome, unable to catch the persistent youngster.
The London Chronicle notes a professor favoring ofn over often in pronunciation and criticizes labels from pronouncing dictionaries. It laments silent t in words like Christmas and chestnut and argues actors should not rely on strict spellings for spoken forms.
A travelling vendor offers macaroni meals to the hungry for one or two cents in a crowded street corner. A Christian Herald correspondent describes families and workers in need, watching dough being kneaded and bowls filled, while the crowd noisily consumes the hot meal.
At Union Stock Yards South Omaha on September 8 a large cattle run arrived with prices largely unchanged from Monday. Best beef and feeding steers steady to slightly higher, yearlings strong, cows and heifers active near steady. Hogs about steady with killer hogs down. lambs and sheep largest of season with lambs steady and feeder lambs under Monday by 10 to 15 cents.
Theodore Botrel, the Breton minstrel sent by M Millerand, travels from camp to camp to entertain French soldiers with patriotic songs and recitations. His performances blend Breton dialect and French verse to lift morale amid war.
In a California town a newsboy leaves papers outside with a tin can for coins while he attends Sunday school. Bystanders take papers and donate coins, filling the can with more money than papers. The incident tests public honesty and yields a surprising result.
Notice of a stray mare colt found on enclosed premises in Osteola Precinct Polk County Nebraska. The black filly about one year old weighs around 900 pounds, with a white star on the forehead and white on the feet. Described as the S14 NW14 and NSW Section 30 Township 15 North Range 3 West. Precise location 10-4:15.
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