Local residents host gatherings and club formation in York area
Arborville guests share Sunday meals with Beckners. Young People class held a party at Josephine Ratliff home. Jolly Workers club formed at Thais Belle Lackey home with nine members and elected officers. An ice cream social is planned at the town hall Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Dorothy Bedient
Mary
Doris Beckner
Josephine Ratliff
Carl
Marlin Bedient
York
Charles Bowers
Prior Larson
Charles Wyatt
Joynce
Wilburta Stenbeck
Stromsburg
Lois Cramer
Mervin Samuels
Polk
Cleo Cramer
Charles Dahlgren
Gertrude Flick
Dan Graves
Doniel Springer
Rogena
St. Paul
Jolly Workers
Thalis
Local Happenings and Ads in Osceola Area
Local items note Reuel Sward of Stromsburg seeking used light plants and high prices for batteries and appliances. Aurora guest Little Carolyn Marie Cohagen visits Ray and Ina Smith in the area. Miss Goldie Swanson, a Merrick County teacher, receives a miscellaneous shower at Mrs Emil Hamilton’s home and plans marriage soon. Beauty shop services advertised with perm prices from one dollar fifty and up. soft water shampoos promoted by Mrs Wm Lansiz in Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuel Sward
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Carrvnl Marie Cohagen
Aurora
Ray and Ina Smith
Goldie Swanson
Merrick County
Emil Hamilton
Wm. H. Lansiz
Fhone
J B Williams M D Office Hours and Phones
Physician and surgeon J B Williams M D lists office hours from 9 to 12 a m and 2 to 5 p m with office and residence phone numbers provided for contact.
Onward Christian Soldiers Origin Story
Boston Herald notes Dr. Sabine Baring-Gould wrote Onward Christian Soldiers in 1865 as he tutored Bible school children in Low-Trenchard England. He claimed its popularity exceeded his expectations and it was sung worldwide during the May 1910 convention. Sullivan set the tune in 1871, linking the hymn to modern Christian worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabine Baring-Gould
Low-Trenchard
England
Boston Herald
Whitsunday
Baring-Gould
Washington, D C
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan
William Penn the first conservationist in Pennsylvania
A 1687 letter to Pennssville governor shows Penn ordering strict timber protection and punishments for timber theft. His 1681 Charter of Rights urged leaving one acre of trees per five cleared and preserving oaks and mulberries for shipping, shaping early Pennsylvania forestry.
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William Penn
Pennsylvania
Penn
Philadelphia
Early New England Life Centered on the Open Fireplace
The article describes the fireplace as the home’s focal point for early New England life after 1620. It was the only room in many houses, providing heat, cooking, and light during brutal winters, with skilled labor required to build this central feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Arthur H. Hayward
Eyes of the Housefly and gender eye spacing
The fly's head is dominated by two large compound eyes built from about four thousand facets each, likely forming a blended image. A triangle of three simple eyes sits atop the head between them. The space between the eyes differs by sex: about one fifth head breadth in males and about one third in females.
Mirage at Sea A Frigate Encounters Phantom Raft
A French frigate crew reports a sunny day sighting of a raft loaded with men waving and signaling distress. When rescue boats approached and touched the apparent raft, it vanished, leaving only leafy branches adrift from nearby trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anastl
Beautiful Montevideo and Its Parks of Roses
The article extols Montevideo as a premier South American city with two-thirds of a million residents, praising its national and civic initiatives. It highlights its beauty, extensive mosaic parks, and the Prado as a historic, leafy garden featuring 800 rose varieties, the world’s largest collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
South America
Hemisphere
Prado
Lottery funded academy in St Clairsville history
A century ago Ohio residents accepted lotteries for public aims. A petition in St Clairsville sought a public lottery to raise 7000 dollars for an academy, signed by leading citizens including doctors lawyers magistrates and clergymen.
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Ohio
St. Clairsville
General Assembly
Polk Village budget estimates for fiscal year 1939
The Polk Nebraska village trustees approve estimated expenditures for street work general library intersection paving water bond fund and fire park and amusements costs totaling several thousand dollars and set July 5 1938 for passing the annual appropriation bill. Sealed bids for York Osceola patrol road sand gravel surfacing 12 miles open June 30 1938 with minimum wage provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Nebraska
Polk Progress
A. Isaacson
Nebraska road contract bids posted in 1938 labor wage rates
The notice outlines wage floors for unskilled and intermediate labor on a county road resurfacing project and requires a 100 percent bid bond. It lists locations in York Osceola and Lincoln Nebraska for plan viewing, details the bid process, deadline of June 30 1938 at 10 00 AM, and identifies officials such as A C Tilley state engineer L C Moul York County Clerk and John I Anderson Polk County Clerk.
Sealed bids opened for Shelby Rising City road project
Bids will be received for Stabilized Soil Base Course Prime Coat Armor Coat and incidental work on Shelby Rising City Project No 29 Unit 2 State Road 6.5 miles of oil road quantities include mineral aggregate gravel sand and soil binder with local pit materials and asphaltic oil. Proposals must be no less than 1200 dollars with bidders submitting to the Butler County Clerk Osceola and Lincoln Nebraska offices or the Department of Roads and Irrigation in Lincoln. Officials include A C Tilley State Engineer John I Anderson and Jos J Dworak County Clerk.
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Department of Roads and Irrigation
State House
Lincoln
Nebraska
York - Osceola
State
Osceola
Central City
Grand Island
Penc Nen of Roads and Irrigation
Shelby Rising City
Oscedd
David City
A. C. Tilley
John I. Anderson
Polk County
Jos
J. Dworak
Butler County
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J. B. Williams
M. OD
Floyd Roberts
Indianapolis
Firestone
SAVE
FTODA
Voice of
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Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
N. B.C
R. L. Anderson
Hordville
Nebr
Wm. Penn
R. J. Allison
McCormick
McCormick Deering
Farmall
Fordson
Case and Wood Bros
Fredrickson
A.C Tilley
L. C Moul
York County
John I Anderson
L. R. Jones
Herbert Lock
Ohn I Anderson
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