Community Notes From West Side News Report
Local residents and visitors from York Columbus Grand Island Utica Ottawa and Polk frequent area gatherings. Numerous family visits, church activities 4 H and Livestock Club members at Lincoln state fair and a Swede Home Church concert planned for Sept 12 with junior choir.
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Ernest Flodman
Marvin Fredrickson
Columbus
Oliver Johnson
Leonard Johnson
Grand Island
John Anderson
Utica
Ruth Larson
Ottawa
Ill
Sward
Swede Plain
Albert Lind
Harey Lind
Phillip Johnson
Sam Cook
Genevieve
Arvid Peterson
Morris Baker
Clarence Johnson
Central City
Lincoln
High Prairie
Hollis Campain
Wesley Fredrickson
Wm. Lindburg
Gerald Holm
Donald Miller
Wesley Chapel Notes Sunday Service and Conference Year
The Sunday morning service begins at 10 o'clock with a sermon on The Founder and Finisher of the Temple. Sunday School meets at 11 A. M. Harry McBeth is Superintendent. Last Sunday saw good attendance. next Sunday ends the Conference year. Mrs Herrmann and John M Herrmann express gratitude for sustenance and loyal church work.
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Harry McBeth
Fifty Years From Now
A poem contemplating how future kin will remember us. The speaker muses whether kindness or wealth and pettiness will endure, noting time as a sieve that tests life while great acts persist. He asks how the world will view us fifty years hence and what stories will survive.
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Lass
Douglas Malloch
Actions Speak Louder Than Words in Modern Thought
A condensed piece argues that deeds reveal character more than speech. It notes how words can mask intent, while actions show true motivation and reliability. The author contrasts past pious talk with current doubt of loud professions, praising observable conduct.
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Emerson
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Street coal superstition note from a playful street wise line
A humorous admonition advises picking up a piece of coal found in the street, calling it a lucky mascot. The speaker uses playful tone to urge attention to a small token of luck.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Smiles and Market Value Compared in American Magazine
In a light editorial, the American Magazine suggests smiles bring more returns than frowns or sheers, implying optimism improves outcomes while negative expressions have little effect.
Vintage Chevrolet and Dodge Cars for Sale
A compact listing describes several classics including a 1929 Chevrolet Sedan with trunk a 1923 Chevrolet Coach a 1928 Chevrolet Coach a 1927 Chevrolet Coach and a 1928 Dodge Victory Six. Cars are described as very clean and completely reconditioned with a noted steal opportunity.
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Chevrolet
Dodge
D A R Meeting Initiates New Members in Osceola
The Lt Richard Farley Chapter of the D A R met at Mrs W F Kepner's home with Mrs Raymond Kepner assisting Two new members Mrs John Hansen and Mrs Wim Thompson were initiated An invitation to a Luncheon at Columbus on Sept 18 was read and accepted Plans were made for a History Award in the Eighth grade to match last year The next meeting Oct 14 will host Mrs Adam McMullen state regent Lunch was served by the hostesses
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Richard Farley
The
D.A.R
W. F. Kepner
Raymond Kepner
John Hansen
Wim. Thompson
Columbus
Adam McMullen
Oregon Trail
Twenty four years ago in Polk County Osceola notes
Rev L M Grigsby returned to the Methodist church for a third year. W A Cornish bought She by Sun from Rahe and Knerr. Mell Daniels bought 20 acres from Judge Snider and plans a home in Osceola. Jay Hastings led land seekers to Boyd county. Polk County Fair set for September 25 to 27. L K McGaw president and G T Ray secretary. Marriage licenses issued to Krebsbach Bernt and Keaton Blount. Auto caution in Wayland items. Markets listed: Wheat 53, Corn 33, Oats 23, Hogs 2.50, Butter 15. D B Hulquest returns to Omaha Union Pacific.
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W. A. Cornish
Sun
Rahe and Knerr
Mell Daniels
Judge Snider
Osceola
Jay Hastings
Boyd County
Polk County
L. K. McGaw
G. T. Ray
Wayland
D. B. Hulquest
Omaha
Union Pacific
Belief in Owl Omens and Mexico’s Medicine Woman
The article notes owls as omens of death across cultures, from Australia to the Americas, with a focus on the European and American fear of the nocturnal bird. It also highlights Mexico’s enduring “medicine woman” who blends herb use with witchcraft, remaining influential across the country where native languages persist.
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Australia
India
Europe
America
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Mexico
Latin America
May Dogwood Blossoms and Native Shrub Beauty
Henry Seidel Canby extols dogwood as the native May bloom, praising its orderly clusters of leafy candlelike blossoms from oak branch to meadow. He contrasts it with foreign wild apples and famed poems, celebrating the tree's light seeking nature and serene display from green to rose tips.
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Allegheny
Henry Seidel Canby
First Corn Harvest of 1930 Demonstrated in South Texas
In South Texas farmers view a new corn combine from Gleaner Harvestor Corp. Demonstrations show the machine cutting, shelling, and cleaning at 20 mph, handling up to twenty acres a day. On Henry W. Keller farm near LaCosta the cost was 2.68 to 3.00 cents per bushel. Mangold farm showed about $1.11 per acre. Manufacturer plans more demos across the corn belt.
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South Texas
Henry. W. Keller
LaCosta
Tex
Emil Mangold
Cort
Keller
Mangold
Gleaner Combine
Harvester Corporation
Independence
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Rollins
Anderson
Merc. CO
MEL Rand
County Credit Reports
the County Credit Board
Pioneer Service
Hastins
Nebr
West Side News
Oliver Adelson
York
Oscar Fredrickson
Josephine Newman
Dist
Berniece Sward
Miss Sward
Herbert Flodman
Monson
Madison
Wis
Petrus Nelson
Russel Fredrickson
Wallace Fredrickson
Clara Holm
Kearney
Eliza Campann
Dorcas Society of the
Lloyd Robeson
August Larson
Opal
Ansel Fredrickson
State Teacher’s College
Alvin Anderson
Axel Fredrickson
Swan Anderson
Hordville
Eliza
Dorothy Campain
Lester Anderson
George Campain
Marie
Walter Carnin
Polk
Wm. Campain
Junion Choir
Lundstrom
Chindgren
Wesley Chape
F. Branting & Sone Osceola
Braska
M. K. Thomson
Hesler
Toda . CT
Nielsen Chevrolet Co
Osceola, Nebr
D. A. R. Meeting
L. M. Grigsby
Campbell
Joseph Krebsbach
Elsie Bernt
William Keaton
Frances Blount
H. Irving King
Goodyear
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