Sept. 9, 1897 —
Miss Nelson who was accidentally shot last Thursday is improving at this writing.
On last Saturday, the Woodmen gave a picnic at Plainview an d hung up a purse of $10 for a base ball game. Osmond and Plainview were the contesting teams and of course our boys had to do the crowd from the “dry” town to the tune of 9 to 6. Battery, Osmond, Rohrberg and Sen. Plainview, Caley, Baldwin and Brown. Dr. Long played the game.
Grand Opening at Jones Sisters Millinery Store! September 19 and 20. All new goods! All latest styles! Lowest prices! Millinery, dressmaking, feathers, ribbons. Remember the date and call and see us!
100 Years Ago. . .
A reception was tendered the new M. E. pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Matthew C. Dickson. About 150 persons were present to bid the new pastor and family welcome to our community. A program, though largely impromptu, was excellently rendered and included a song by the congregation, prayer and address of welcome, a piano duet and solo, two readings, and a violin solo.
Notice was printed of the adoption of Amended Articles of Incorporation of the McLean State Bank. Its authorized capital stock was $15,000. It began business on the 1st day of April, 1921, was reorganized on Sept. 21, 1925, and “shall terminate on the 1st day of April, 1941.”
Coming to the Osmond city hall on Wednesday night, Nov. 11, 1925, were the Katzenjammer Kids Co.
with little Hans and Fritz, the Captain, Mrs. Katzenjammer, the Inspector and many others. “A real stage play in three acts." [The Katzenjammer Kids is a comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks in 1897 and later drawn by Harold Knerr for 35 years (1914 to 1949). The comic strip was turned into a stage play in 1903.] The Osmond Village Board published the following notice: all shooting of firearms within the village of Osmond is prohibited by the village ordinances, and the village marshal is instructed to place under arrest violators of this ordinance.
The Wausa band broadcasted from the Norfolk station. Osmond listeners were interested in the cornet solo played by John Christensen, formerly of Osmond, now of Wausa. The selection was dedicated to John’s parents, C. L. Christensen and wife, and to Andrew Moats.
75 Years Ago. . .
Four men from this vicinity, Richard, Martin and Arnold Gutz and Nels Jensen, returned from Sundance, WY, where they shot a deer apiece. Two other hunters, Roy Johnson and Harold Thelen, were reported to have left for the same place in northeast Wyoming, also bent on getting deer.
A capacity crowd was present at the Walther League’s presentation of “This Night Beware,” a three-act mystery comedy at the Osmond city hall. Members of the cast were Ronald Koehler, Vernice Wiese, Violet Klutman, Marvin Koehler, Gladys Klutman, Elaine Kumm, Leonald Warneke, Lillian Broekemeier, Norman Nierman, Donna Overhue, Gary Schuttler and Gerald Kumm. Harry Moats and son Myron presented violin music between the first and second act.
Steers bred by the Z K Ranch of Long Pine, owned and operated by Jos. Theisen of Osmond, were among those in a carload lot exhibited at San Francisco and judged the grand champion carload at the Grand National Livestock Exposition.
In the Tiger’s Roar column: The music students of OHS have been looking for some costumes from the “Gay Nineties” and as of yet haven’t had much success. If you have anything from around that time, please notify Mrs. Reed.
Also in the Tiger’s Roar: The senior girls are having an extra semester of homemaking this year. They chose to learn crocheting and knitting, rug making and textile painting. During the first six-week period, each girl was taught the basic stitches used in crocheting. They crocheted pot holders, towel edgings, dollies and mittens. Vernice Wiese was the first girl in the class to finish a pair of
mittens.
65 Years Ago. . .
Hayne Thompson, Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was the guest speaker at the 4-H Jr. Leader meeting held at the Osmond city auditorium. Mr. Thompson discussed the work of the FBI and the possibilities it offered as a career.
“It can’t happen here.” The board of directors of St. Joseph Hospital at Osmond was in full agreement that all cash would be in hand and that cost of a new hospital wing, which had recently been completed, could not and would not exceed the contract price. It did — by some 7 or 8 thousand dollars. There were necessary changes and additions, apparently not incorporated in contract plans. An emergency meeting of the hospital board was held and it was unanimously agreed that an all-out effort would be made to collect past due hospital accounts which represented a considerable figure.
Pierce County voters turned out Nov. 8, 1960, 800 fewer than in record breaking 1940 to cast their ballots. In the presidential race, the Pierce County vote was 1,089 for Kennedy-Johnson and 2,886 for Nixon-Lodge.
Voters in the city of Plainview favored greatly the sale of the Pierce County farm, county property for some 70 years. The Plainview vote was 397 for the sale and 129 opposed. At Pierce, the county seat, the trend was directly opposite. In that town, 176 favored sale and 273 opposed it. In Osmond and Plum Grove precinct, the vote was about even, 182 favoring sale and 187 opposed.
50 Years Ago. . .
Heavy equipment moved in to
transform the hill just west of the Highway 121 and 20 junction some three miles east of Osmond into a building site for a new structure which would house Manzer Equipment, Inc. The Allis-Chalmers dealership was then located in the former Jerry Grause facility at Pierce and would be moved to the new location as soon as construction could be completed.
Bob Uhri reported in early one Saturday morning with his five-point buck. Uhri downed the buck with one arrow in the left side while hunting in the Foster area, he reported. Uhri was a science teacher at Osmond Community School and an avid hunter and fisherman.
The city of Osmond observed Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975, with the cooperation of the American Legion and Osmond Community Schools. The program, held in the school gym, included announcement of poster contest winners, high school essays, and music by the band which included a performance on the athletic field. Classes were dismissed after the Veterans Day program, and many Osmond stores were closed for the day, except the post office and Osmond State Bank, who had federal affilia tions — in Nebraska, Veterans Day was observed on Nov. 11, rather than the federal day of the fourth Monday in October. The bank did, however, close during the program. Winners in the poster and essay contests received prizes appropriate for the country’s celebration of 200 years: each of the 24 winners received bicentennial money.
The Osmond High School marching band received an excellent rating at the Northeast Nebraska Invitational Marching Band Contest held at Wisner- Pilger. The band also entered the Nebraska Marching Band Festival at Lincoln for the third year, and received an excellent rating there as well.
25 Years Ago. . .
At the 2000 4-H Achievement Day, Pierce County 4-H Council Member Kelly Hodson presented Norma Schuettler a certificate and clock, recognizing 15 years of service as a 4-H leader. This was Mrs. Schuettler’s second “go-round” in a leader’s role.
She was first involved - she didn't remember how many years — when her children were 4-H participants. The second 15 had been working with her grandchildren in their 4-H projects.
Jeff Luhr, a 1994 graduate of Osmond High School, had been in CNN’s spotlight. He appeared on “CNN Live” as part of a segment promoting the launch of Sony’s Playstation 2 and Madden Football 2001. Luhr was the assistant producer of Madden 2001, an EA-Sports product. In addition, the story of how Luhr got started in the game industry appeared on CNN’s website.
10 Years Ago. . .
Patients at Osmond General Hospi- tal would soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology made possible through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare Program. The Trust awarded Osmond General Hospital $400,000 for a new 64-slice CT scanner.
The Osmond junior high wrestlers opened their season hosting the Os- mond quadrangular. They finished the tournament with an overall record of seven wins and three losses. Winning two matches each were Nate Christensen, Mason Bykerk and Johnson Chishiba. Alexis Solorzano also picked up a win in his only match of the day.
