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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
4
A funeral at Osceola cemetery last Friday featured Rev. William Crisp reading a poem about beauty and mortality. The verse, echoed by editors debating tariff policy, contrasts fleeting earthly splendor with enduring faith and divine recompense.
The reception for Professor W D Bonner and wife was canceled due to Miss Anna Bonner’s serious typhoid fever. Notes mention Miss Julia Fyfe’s trip to Brule Nebraska to visit brothers Will and Bennie, and several family movements including Miss Katie Kinsman returning to the state university.
The Osceola and David City high school teams will meet in the season opener on Osceola grounds, Friday October 1. Both teams are strong and the community is invited to attend as The Silver Creek Sand expands and supports local newspaper growth.
Eye ear nose and throat specialist Dr Folsom will be at the Pratt Hotel in Osceola on Saturday October 1 offering free examinations and spectacles fitted.
An advertisement from F. L. Dunn promotes a furniture sale offering a 10 percent discount until October 1st, encouraging customers to replace old items with new up to date pieces.
The Polk County Fair Association board met on Saturday September 18 1908 and decided not to hold the county fair this week due to sickness among county children. Few cases exist but organizers fear gathering children from across the county and nearby areas. Signed E J Brown President and G T Ray Secretary.
One tenth down and balance in nine annual payments at 6 percent interest. If this land buying proposal in a rich North American section interests you, inquire King & Bittner of Osceola Nebraska. Excursion Tuesday Oct 5.
The Public Schools opened Monday with heavy enrollments led by the High school at 79, a record in that department. The list of teachers and enrollments includes Ora Markwell 43 in sixth grade, Bertha Reed 22 in fourth and fifth, Johanna Mortensen 47 in second and third, Ethel Bell 8B. Moore, Sadie Bernstein 79, and primary teacher A. M. Bell. Three Shelby High graduates Robert Leard Chas Burritt and Robert Liebee are now taking classes at Osceola.
The notice promotes a trip to Canada on Tuesday Oct 5 with a $12.50 round trip from Omaha. Details available by calling Mills & Fillman of Osceola at 176. Also advertised is a county farm at $90 per acre, 340 acres, listed by King and Bittner as agents.
Uncalled mail list for week ending September 23 1909 at Osceola Nebraska includes J P Alexander James Mace Frank Morgan and wife Ivar Jonsson foreign Post Cards P OC Barrick Jeff Cline G Gerger S G Pheasant and P M.
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