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Osceola Record

Location

Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1940

Page

4

Osceola News Briefs 1902 Items Include Gas Mains

Work begins on the basement of the new bank building on the square. Notables travel and relocate as Keene Ludden buys land in Fillmore county and sells it at a gain. A runaway injures David Johnson near August Johnson’s home. Miss Alda Kropach is chosen Osceola’s beauty queen for Columbus Exposition. The Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co drafts a gas mains map for a 25 year franchise. Osceola may receive natural gas before winter.

Bank George Beatty Finley Iowa Osceola Keene Ludden Fillmore County W. J. Conklyn Missouri Kimball Nebr Lillian Mae Dolan Casper Wyoming William H. Jones Union Tank Car Co Alda Kropach Collumbus V. A. Johnson Lindberg Kansas Lee Tracy Mae Clark George O’brien Helen Chandler Lawrence Gray Wynne Gibson Graham Iowa-Nebr, Light & Power Co Fairview News Beulah Los Angeles Retta Benson Grace Buchta Happy Hour Society Fairview Hall Millie Daniel Wilson Daniel Hazel Norris St. Laborie Iolenz McCormick Lewellen Floyd Frizzel Overton Carl Bryant Hastings Henry Strickland Lincoln Heitzman W. Blake George Mace Lesta Calmar Dunn Louis Clair McCormick Mina Buchta Leo Larson Tom Meacham Bettie Christian George Heinemeyer C. L. Dake Maud Kapperoff Alhambra Calif Mel Guiles Beatrice Carrie Shank Kapperoff Maud Meacham Nebraska Washington Weather Bureau J. Pluvius

Special election called to remove county courthouse

September 14 1916 at Stromsburg the county commissioners heard Judge Good of Lincoln present a petition signed by 1644 voters for a special election on removing the county courthouse. Other items note Juniors electing officers Glen Hutchinson president Lola Duncan vice president Wilbur Olson secretary treasurer and local social events and moves in Osceola and area.

Stromsburg Judge Good of Lincoln Court House Glen Huttchison Lola Duncan Wilbur Olson A. A. Wieseman Christ Lydia Gath Frank Trotter David City Osceola Trotters University Vance Marquis Arthur Mickey Ruth Merrick Helen Anderson Lawrence Shaw Grayson Garner Harry Blevins Chappel

Polk County Farmers Seek County Agent Mill Levy

A petition signed by 71 Polk County farmers requests the county commissioners to levy one fifth of a mill to fund a county agent program. The item appears in a local roundup of September 11, 1930 news and community notes.

Polk County Nels Nelson Sweden

Indians Built Sod Houses Before Pioneers

Indians built sod houses prior to white settlement, challenging the belief that pioneers alone invented this shelter. The statement highlights indigenous construction methods used by Native peoples before European arrival.

Dolly Madison House to be replaced by Treasury annex

The Dolly Madison House near the White House, a historic salon for leaders and thinkers, is slated for demolition after its 1837 origins and Cosmos Club ownership, to be replaced by a new Treasury annex. The piece links shifts in Washington landmarks to progress and memory.

Washington Dolly Madison White House Lafayette Square Madison Little Gray Park Cosmos Club Treasury Department Treasury

We Call It Romance Soup Ads Built an American Brand

A nostalgic look at the rise of a canned soup business driven by advertising. From a small kitchen sign to newspaper ads and billboards, the venture grew into a major employer, supporting thousands of workers and retail clerks, while offering affordable soup to housewives.

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