Checker tournament and local plays clash with war talk
Fragmentary OCR blends a checker tournament recap with chatter about soldiers, wolves in sheep’s clothing, and a Burns night style stage program. Names like Ben Keck and Charlie Jake Coleman appear amid scattered references to Konigsberg, General Scrappenstein, and local talent.
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Shure
Ion
Mth
Peterovitelh
Scrappenstein
Ics
Konigsberg
Raul
Ben Keck
Bernard
Checker
Stromsburg
Charlie Jake Coleman
Bill Park Smith
Barbery
Comels
Oesham
Alvie Storup
Osceola notices and travel plans fill town page
Local arrivals and departures populate the Osceola city page. Residents visit relatives in Stromsburg Lincoln and Holdrege while others journey to Omaha for banking, education, and medical needs. Scheduling talks with Union Pacific aim to shorten trains and improve Valparaiso connections.
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Supt
Chas. Ware
Union Pacific
Osceola Commercial Club
Osceola
Ware
Omaha
Lane
Millard
Papillion
Mr. Ware
Osteola
Valparaiso
Valley
Sunday Morning Worship Proclaimed at The Ideal Church
Notes mention a Sunday school and morning worship at The Ideal Church with a focus on a Great Proclamation. Names like Ralph and references to 41 alam Bu Bulifect appear in the fragmentary text, suggesting a local church event and announcements.
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Rowilae
Soril
Alam
Watts
Ralph
Evangelist Packard to Lead Revival at U B Church
Revival at the U B Church features Evangelist Packard and Prof Leslie with Rev R W Harlow urging Shelby residents to attend. Packard, long pastorage including Metropolitan Tabernacle Pittsburg Kan, is praised for strong stance against sin and vivid descriptive preaching aimed at elevating evangelistic standards.
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U. B
Kan
U.B
Kansas
Packard
Jesus Christ
Shelby
Rev
R. W. Harlow
Mrs. Michener Dies After Long Widowhood and Losses
Mrs. Melisa Michener died at home after a long widowhood and a life marked by multiple marriages and moves. Born June 30, 1848 in Greenfield Indiana, she married William Redd in 1865, later widowed in 1868, and remarried John D. Ewing in 1875. She became Mrs N S Michener in 1906, widow again in 1910, and died after a recent illness on September 14, 1914. Interment followed at Osceola cemetery with distant relatives attending from Broadwater Nebraska and California.
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Melisa Michener
R. A. Mills
Onetary
Melissa ‘Winn
Osceola Cemetery
Michener
Beerline
Ewing
Broadwater
Nebr
Saviers
Inglewood
Calif
Archer
Robert Graham
Alliance
Adjourned district court disposes of wills and divorces
In an April term adjourned session Judge Good presided. The Bloomkrantz will case was settled with a verdict to sustain the will and costs to the estate after an agreed adjustment. The will left property to the widow and daughter Alma Andersen, with others named as nominal heirs. Attorneys listed. Arthur Van Hoosen won a divorce from Olie Van Hoosen for extreme cruelty and child custody. Hattie J. Dixon awarded $20 monthly mothers pension for six months. The Lewis Timm estate of 240 acres valued at $25,000 had its partition sale confirmed.
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District Court
Judge Good
Bloomkrantz
C. G. Bloomkrantz
John Albert Bloomkrantz
Alma Andersen
King & Butner
This City
Fred France
York
M. Skiles
David City
Mills & Beebe
John Tongue
Stromsburg
Arthur van Hoosen
Olie van Hoosen
Hattie J. Dixon
Lewis Timm
Timm
Regular services at M E Church with evening program
The M E Church schedules regular services next Sunday except the 11 o’clock hour. The foreign missionary society will present a delightful evening program in costume. A cable notice to the Donaldson Line in Chicago explains Florence Duny’s travel in the European war zone this summer.
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the Foreign Missionary Society
Donaldson
Chicago
Florence Duny
Europe
Clark
Pease
Naples
Boston
O. K
H. E. Lindman
KF. L. Duna
Local Post Office Reports Weekly Totals at Qaceda Neb
Advertised latte and other items remain installed for the Post Office in Qaceda Nebraska for the week ending September with totals listed.
Hollow Hope on the President and Nebraska Politics
An opinion piece argues against Democratic attempts to rally voters behind President Wilson. It contends Morehead must prove fitness independent of Wilson, while Republican candidates like Howell must meet fitness standards. It predicts Sloan’s re election and stresses evaluating candidates on policy and character, not party loyalty.
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Jwil
Congress
John II. Morehead
Morehead
Berge
Wilson
Mr. Morehead
Nebraska
Sloan
Hitchcock
White House
Woodrow Wilson
R. B. Howell
Polk County
Howell
Parish notices list Sunday services and midweek meeting
The fragment notes services next Sunday in English with evening services described as busy. It mentions a meeting of Busy Bee at the home of Miss Thelma Johnson on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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Bee
Thelma Johnson
For sale or trade a registé fan in Durham
A terse classified item offers a registé fan for sale or trade in Durham. The fragment notes “Durham bull” and mentions “three years” but details are unreadable.
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Durham “Bull
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