Osceola School Opens as Nearly 250 Attend First Day
In Osceola on September 14 1899 the local school opened with about 250 attending. The teaching corps includes Prof Slothower principal Mrs W J Conklyn Mrs R K Baum Miss Mattie Anderson Mrs H M Marquis and Miss E May Henderson. Also notes of marriage licenses issued in early September and staff changes at the depot and local colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Slothower
W. J. Conklyn
R. K Baum
Mattie Anderson
H. M. Marquis
E. May Henderson
Gett
Frank Newcomer
Tillie Cook
Hackberry Precinct
Anton Lux
Lizze Shlesinger
Butter County
Walter Broff
Eva Soeth
Geo. Bond
Elizabeth Youmans
A. B. Steele
Hastings
Janie Pulver
George Ludden
Fred Karrer
Joe Karrer
East Hartle
G W. Gregg
Charles Burkhart
J. L. Makeever
A. A. Stull
L J Vanhoosen
A. J. Ross
M. E
Local notes from September 14 1914 era Polk County
Twenty four years ago September 14 1914 Harry Cotton returned home after four years in the Navy with three and a half years of service. Marriage license issued to Nick Eller and Caroline Segerber of Polk County by the county judge last Thursday. Ernest Quillen of Polk to work at Lovell barber shop. Albert Ryan improving the Ross property he recently bought. Wheat 95 cents corn 62 oats 36 hogs 7 75 butter 25 eggs 17. John Schwab home from Garrison North Dakota harvest. J F Jackson builds a new Hackberry Greens Chapel Ladies Aid meets this Thursday. P T A of Victor School to meet next week on Safety. Victor High enrolls ten, grade room ten. Rev Homer B Hix appointed to Greens Chapel and Stromsburg. Rev Staley to Broken Bow. Teeland er Peterson 60th anniversary with about twenty five guests. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hollister host 25 for dinner for Mr Foxworthy of Omaha. Mr and Mrs Carl Hoffmaster York Mr and Mrs Vaughn Powell Benedict Mr and Mrs Chris Wieseman visitors at Powell home. Dr Willard N Blome Stromsburg and Mrs Emil Blome of St Louis visit Carlson.
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Harry Cotton
Uncle Sam
Navy
Nick Eller
Caroline Seberger
Polk County
Couny
Ernest Quillen
Polk
Lovell
Albert Ryan
John Schwab
Garrison
N. D
Jerry Crouse
Mr. Schwab
Mr. Crouse
J. F. Jackson
Greens Chapel Ladies Aid
George Steever
Albert Teegerstrom
P.T.A
Victor School
Victor High School
Homer B. Hix
Edgar
Nebraska
Greens Chapel
Stromsburg
Staley
Broken Bow
Telander Peterson
Peterson
Lloyd Hollister
Foxworthy
Omaha
J. A. Westenius
Carl Hoffmaster
York
Vaughn Powell
Benedict
Chris Wieseman
The
Valley
Noted Visitors Recall Past Ties Amid Fire Loss
Pain on his premises replaces the burned site from the first day of the month. Mr and Mrs Frank Hunter of Minneapolis, once in the local drug trade for twenty five years, were in town renewing acquaintances.
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Frank Hunter
Minneapolis
Largest 4-H entries at Nebraska State Fair noted
The Nebraska State Fair reported record 4-H club entries with four Polk County youths Willis McMeekin Harold Ingalls Homer Ingalls and Robert Lees winning live stock prizes. A welcome rain aided Polk County farmers after a dry spell though soil moisture remains low. Peter Nelson aged 82 died leaving a large family. John Rogers announces a daughter born September 9. Wesley Herrman heads to Talmage to open a furniture and undertaker business. R L Tsathamer moves to Claremore Oklahoma to manage Rexall Drug Store. Earl Leeds runs Stromsburg Rexall. Irene Dixon begins teaching in Shelby public schools. Auditorium program features Glenn Tryon in A Hero For A Night Betty Compson in Desert Bride and Rose Marie with Joan Crawford and James Murray.
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Polk County
Willis McMeekin
Harold Ingalls
Homer Ingalls
Robert Lees
Peter Nelson
Sweden
John Rogers
Wesley Herrman
Talmage
Nebr
R. L. Tsthamer
Claremore
Oklo
Rexall
Earl Leeds
Stromsburg
Leeds
Irene Dixon
Shelby Public
Glenn Tryon
Betty Compson
Joan Crawford
James Murray
Rose
Osceola Lumber Co Splinters Light Humor In Ad Copy
An Osceola Lumber Co promotional page features a collage of humorous exchanges and home improvement tips. It jokingly touts basement upgrades and an imple ment shed to protect tools, while weaving in light sketches about family life and rural work.
Lyre Bird the Great Australian Songster
A Melbourne correspondent notes Australia hosts diverse songsters led by the lyre bird. At fifteen inches tall the mimic performs dances and imitations, often misread in forests, while the emu looms large on the coat of arms as a primitive, powerful bird.
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Australia
Melbourne
New York Times
Skin structure in animal hides explained
The article describes three skin layers: epidermis or cuticle, true skin or corium, and under skin. It explains how epidermis is removed during unhairing, exposing the grain, and how true skin interacts with tanning to form leather.
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Detroit News
Angina Pectoris Causes and Painful Chest Attacks
An explanation of angina pectoris outlining it as breast pain caused by poor heart muscle nutrition. It notes poisons, fevers, alcohol, and diseases as potential causes. The coronary vessels are identified as the key actors whose failure to feed the heart leads to painful spasms.
Sapphires in Montana Gulches Yield Valuable Stones
In Montana along Rock Creek a belt of gulches yields sapphires washed in paying quantities. Stones are mostly clear and colorless or very light green, with blue yellow pink or red specimens occasionally found. The best stones are sent to jewelry markets to compete with Burmese sapphires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
Montana
Burma
Island of Tobago Birds of Paradise Sanctuary
Tobago lies off Trinidad in the West Indies and hosts the only wild birds of paradise outside New Guinea. They live on Little Tobago, also called Ingram Island, which serves as their sanctuary and offers a unique home for these birds.
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Tobago
West Indian Islands
Trinidad
New Guinea
Little Tobago
Ingram Island
Live store prices at South Omahas GMA cattle sale
Receipts of cattle at Omaha Monday totaled 18 000 head with cornfeds scarce and prices steady amid good demand. Best steers brought 11.50, heavy feeders 9.75, choice stock steers 8.75, native cows 6.50 to 7.75, feeding steers 9.00 to 9.50, stock cattle 8.00 to 9.00, and various categories of yearlings, heifers, and calves priced across the ranges listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Hogs Open Week Higher At Omaha Market
Receipts of hogs at Omaha Monday reached 4000 head with active bidding. Prices rose about 10 to 15 cents from last week across weights, light hogs bringing 9.00 to 9.15, medium and mixed 8.80 to 9.00, heavier hogs lower. Sows showed stronger demand at 6.50 to 7.50. Sheep and lambs totals were 19000 head with slow opening bids 15 to 25 cents lower. feeder lambs in demand at 7.25 to 7.60, aged sheep steady and ewes firmer. Fat lambs native 7.75 to 8.15, Rangers 7.75 to 8.30, fed good to choice 7.25 to 7.75. Feeder lambs Rangers 7.00 to 7.60 and Rangers med to good 6.25 to 7.00.
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Omaha
Rangers
Ihe
Lambs Rangers
Synthetic Jewels Wear Without Detection Across The Ages
An Ans wers Magazine writer notes that fissure lines in rubies are straight in natural stones and curved in synthetics, while faked emeralds hide behind layered crystal and tiny blisters in cultured pearls reveal themselves to trained eyes. The piece also explains the Mediterranean Strait of Gibraltar as an inlet where sea level sits slightly below the Atlantic, with fresh water inflows from major rivers and a vast expanse washing three continents.
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London Answers Magazine
Mediterranean
Strait of Gibraltar
Atlantic Ocean
Nile
Rhone
Ebro
Dardanelles
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Support
We express sincere thanks for the kindness shown us in our bereavement. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson and others including Mrs. Frank Carlson Fred Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Branting.
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Oscar Johnson
Frank Carlson
Fred Anderson
Walter Johnson
Arvid Branting
Grateful thanks from Emil Hernblooms for illness care
Sincere thanks to kind friends who remembered me during my recent illness. Emil Hernbloom expresses gratitude for the support and well wishes received.
Osceola Garden Club Plans September Meeting
The Osceola Garden Club will meet Tuesday September 20 with Mrs Victor Van Horm as hostess. Mrs I D Huston leads the program a book review and Most Popular Dahling. Roll Call asks members to name flowers mentioned in the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Garden Club
Victor van Horm
I. D. Huston
Fowers
Cancer in Nebraska Grows as Population Ages
A Polk County Medical Society feature cites cancer rising to the second leading cause of death in the nation by 1930, notes diagnostic advances and aging population, and provides Nebraska figures: 1932 cancer deaths rising to 1424, a death rate of 102.5 per 100k, with about 42 hundred living cases and 1598 licensed physicians in the state.
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United States
Nebraska
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TFN
Osceola Lumber CO
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Christy
Billy
Dad
Toni
Jane
Phey
Jim Blameton
Boss
Sam
Scotland
American Sapphires
Island of Tobago
Gmaga
Dedee “Abot
Mike Anders
Emil Hernbloom
Polk County Medical Society
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