Osceola Prepares for New Livery Stable and Local Happenings
In Osceola this week a new livery stable is under construction opposite the old Beebe Hotel by W S Miller and will open in a few weeks. Max E Bittner is named a delegate to the Methodist General Conference in Chicago. Horace Ward travels through town en route to Denver, seeking a new location after selling out at Columbus. Market notes list wheat 51 and corn 21, with hogs at 4.00, butter 12, eggs 10, chickens 5. Miss Anna Peterson leaves for Lincoln to work in dressmaking and Miss Nellie Pheasant heads to Wesleyan University for music.
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Osceola
Arn
W. S. Miller
Beebe
Max E. Bittner
I M. E
Enterprise
Kansas
Chicago
Horace ‘Ward
Denver
Colorado
Columbus
Polk County
Cr. D. Stoner
R. Hazelwood
Anna Peterson
Lincoln
N. F. Peterson
Nellie Pheasant
Wesleyan University
Monson brothers market a Mitchell Big Six in city sales
The Monson brothers have purchased a Mitchell Big Six marking the biggest auto sale in the city so far while other six models are smaller baby brands. Floyd Green of Stromsburg, 35, dies, and Co V Nelson is elected chair of the Republican county committee. A state fair contest awards Arthur Lloyd Van Gorden of Gresham a gold medal for Nebraska's best baby with a perfect score. Cancer statistics show digestive tract and female organs as primary sites, with notes on palmist interpretations and measurement units.
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Monson ‘Brothers
Floyd Green
Stromsburg
J. G. Green
Osceola
Co. V. Nelson
Republican County Central
District Court Room
Arthur Lloyd van Gorden
Gresham
Nebraska
Local Nuptials and Club News From Osceola
On September 16 Miss Anne Marie Kruse of Weeping Water wed Leon M. Merrick of Osceola. The Merricks plan to live west of the square in Osceola. The Osceola Women's Club held its fall reception with about eighty members. A kitchen shower honored Miss Bertha McCormick. Mildred B. Richmond joined Midland College as a primary education instructor. Glenna Marie Matheson and Carl C. Wieseman wed September 13 with a honeymoon trip to Colorado before settling in valley precinct. Norma Rosenberry and Floyd Hester married September 5 and will farm northwest of Osceola. Harry Westergren and wife announce a birth a son on September 16. Clifford Johnston’s son born September 14.
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TFN
Anne Marie Kruse
Leon M. Merrick
Osceola
F. E. Merrick
Omaha
Midland College
Glenna Marie Matheson
Carl C. Wieseman
J. M. Hartman
Methodist Church of
Shelby
Colorado
Valley Precinct
Norma Rosenberry
Floyd Hester
Cancer in Nebraska in 1932 Deaths and Current Cases
The Polk County Medical Society notes 1932 Nebraska cancer deaths totaled 1424, about one every six hours and ten minutes, with roughly 4200 living cancer cases countywide. The column discusses the variety and locations of these cancers and their impact.
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Polk County Medical Society
Nebraska
Ynis
Livestock Prices at South Omaha Seemain Crux of Market Update
Receipts of cattle at Omaha on Monday reached 16,500 head with fed steers and yearlings in good demand but steady to easier. Cows and heifers moved slowly and unevenly lower while stock cattle and feeding steers showed brisk demand and higher prices. Quotations span corned steers and yearlings, fed heifers, native cows, feeding steers, stock cattle, and calf categories with specific price ranges across quality tiers.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Titanium Among Seven Most Common Earth Metals
An article notes titanium as one of the earths seven most common metals and explains its abundance in compounds across the crust. It traces discovery to William Gregor and Martin Klaproth and explains why titanium ore is scarcely found in rich deposits.
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Thomas M. Beck
Chicago Tribune
William Gregor
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Klaproth
Hog Receipts Soar as Prices Jump at Omaha Market
Hog receipts reached 4,800 head in Omaha on Monday with active trade. Early rounds sold largely 10 to 20 cents higher than last week’s close, as desirable light and medium hogs moved from 8.90 to 9.15 dollars. Plainer and mixed lots sold around 8.90 or lower, with lows quoted at 6.75 to 7.60 dollars.
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Omaha
Sheep and Lambs Steady at Omaha Market
The Omaha market Monday showed 17 500 head in stock with prices holding steady from last week. Movement was sluggish and demand not urgent as fat lambs traded around 7.00 to 7.50 dollars and feeder lambs 7.00 to 7.25, aged sheep unchanged.
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Omaha
Swiss Cows in Fighting Class
Swiss cows from the Valais region compete in annual spring battles. The long horned black-haired breed from Val dHerons gathers leaders and contenders in a spring test of strength with a strict diet, as owners and spectators travel to watch. Up to twelve cows may fight at once and any quitter is removed promptly.
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Switzerland
Valais
Val d
Shape of the Circus Maximus
The shape of the Circus Maximus features tiers of seats parallel to the course forming a crescent at one end. The opposite end is straight and perpendicular to the course, giving an overall ellipse like plan. A central fence separates the return and starting courses, while the straight end houses the stalls for chariots and horses.
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Circus Maximus
Irish Flag Symbols and the Shamrock in Tradition
The passage explains Gaelic meaning and flag symbols. It notes an Irish harp as the national musical instrument, and a shamrock wreath linked to St Patrick and the Blessed Trinity. It describes three leaves representing the Trinity and the shamrock as the Trinity itself.
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Ireland
St. Patrick
Douglass Son of Slave Mother Born in 1817
Frederick Douglass, born 1817 to a slave mother and white father, rose to lead African Americans after emancipation and become a noted abolitionist and statesman.
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Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Smith and Eklund Physicians and Surgeons Offices
Dr. Harley Eklund and Dr. A. A. Ward listed with office addresses in Osceola Nehr region in an advertisement for medical and dental services. The notice mentions Crease-Tex Drug Co and a National Bank phone line.
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PRS Smith & Eklund Physicians and Surgeons
Crease-Tex Drug Co
Harley Eklund
R. P
Notice to Bidders for Sodium Chlorate Bid
Polk County Board of County Commissioners invites sealed bids for sodium chlorate to eradicate bindweed. Bids due Oct 4 by 2 pm at the Osceola County Clerk office, based on 5 and 10 ton lots, delivered in Osceola. University formula used. Right to reject any or all bids. County Clerk John I. Anderson. September 22, 29.
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Osceola
Nebraska
University of Nebraska, College of Agriculture
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
John I. Anderson
Legal notices in Polk County heirs seek estate voice
In Polk County Nebraska the estate of Amanda Altine is detailed with heirs at law and creditors notified of a September 30 1938 hearing to determine heirship and assign interests. The document lists described real estate in Polk and Lincoln Counties and notes a prior 1932 death with no administrator. A separate sheriff sale notices foreclosure on Polk County lands held September 27 1938 by Gunnard Peterson Sheriff with Mortgagees The Federal Land Bank of Omaha Pioneer Cooperative Credit Association and Josef Fischer named along with details of the property parcels and sale terms.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Amanda Altine
Victor Thelander
Los Angeles
California
Smith
Osceola
Lincoln County
Mesne
District Court
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Albert E. Houger
Pioneer Cooperative Credit Association of Columbus
Josef Fischer
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Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
Screts
Palmist
Pearson
London Weekly
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Saturn
Jupiter
South Omaha
Carter
Professional Directory
Geo. T. Alliband
M. D
Court House Square
Nebr
A. A. Wardentist
Nehr
National Bank
L. M. Merrick
Mills & Mills
Gunnard Peterson
Wm. W. Graham
Phil B. Campbell
Philip H. Nyberg
Ina
Sinclair
Sinclair H
Sinclair Refining Company (Inc
D. E. Frisbie
Horst
Parkview
Osceola Stromsburg
Dave Peterson
Jarmin
Eckdahl
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