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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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