Sept. 30, 1897 —
The eight months old child of Frank Tate’s died last night.
Mrs. Ganzabom [sic] is again in Omaha at the hospital where her baby is being treated.
John Suckstorf and wife have returned from Sioux City where they have had their little son August for treatment. We trust the boy will recover fully.
Peter Bauler is in trouble again. He has been selling wheat upon which the Osmond State Bank held a mortgage. Judge Fullen gave him a continuance.
All members of the Osmond Brass Band are requested to meet at the Woodman Hall Oct. 7 together with any new members who may wish to join. The object, to reorganize.
100 Years Ago. . .
Frank Stark of near Foster was nursing a badly burned arm, as the result of a burn while thawing out his radiator. The water in the radiator had frozen and Frank had been thawing it out. He took the cap off the radiator, and the steam and hot water flew up, hitting his right arm, and burning it badly.
J. R. Thomas told the newspaper publisher that the winter of 1877 and 1878 was the mildest that he ever saw. He then lived at Madison and said that on Christmas day it was so warm they held a picnic outdoors. There was very little snow all that winter, but the next summer they raised a bumper crop, “which would seem to prove that the cry that we must have snow in order to insure a crop is nothing but a bug-a-boo.
Sunday, Nov. 15, 1925, was a big day for the Immanuel’s Lutheran Church in Eden Valley, for on that day they celebrated the 25th anniversary of their church dedication.
Henry Schuttler struck gold while working on the road, and at first he thought that it was a real gold mine. The lucky strike occurred east of Osmond across the bridge, near the ball diamond. While grading the road there, Mr. Schuttler uncovered a gold watch. It was supposed it was lost there during a ball game, but thus far, no one had claimed the property. The watch case was in good condition aside from a slight dent, as bright as on the day it was lost. The works were damaged as something had run over the watch.
In 1925, there were 1,631 farms in Pierce County operated by 795 owners, 21 managers and 815 tenants. The land and buildings were valued at $31,460,785, land alone at $25,719,088, buildings alone $5,741,697. In 1925 there were: horses, 10,004; mules, 847; cattle, 43,796, and hogs, 77,164.
75 Years Ago. . .
Playing at the Osmond Theatre Saturday, Sunday and Monday, “Sunset Boulevard,” starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson, and on Wednesday and Thursday, “The Fuller Brush Girl,” starring Lucille Ball and Eddie Albert.
Rev. Mother M. Josepha of Chicago, Mother General of the Sisters of St. Casimir, visited at the hospital here for a few day. She was very much pleased with the progress made at the hospital in the five years of its existence.
P. J. Stanosheck, manager of the Schmitz Hardware here since July 1945, announced that he would purchase the hardware and mortuary business from his mother, Mrs. Lillian Schmitz. The institution, which dealt in the regular hardware items, seeds, plumbing and heating and mortuary service, after the purchase would be renamed “Stanosheck Hardware.”
Possibly without malice — but certainly not without afore-thought — did Halloween pranksters deposit a Model A Ford on the local Burlington loading platform. The car was one of Lundstrom Motor Company’s used cars. The platform was but a few inches wider than the car was long. How it was gotten up there only those who did it knew. How it would be gotten down was the problem of the owner. That it required at least a little thought was proved by its repose on the platform three weeks after Halloween.
Herman Schumacher, employed on one of the Theisen farms west of Osmond, suffered blistering though not serious facial burns when a fuel can exploded in the course of farm work.
65 Years Ago. . .
Brass and braid was much in evidence at Peony Park as Creighton University’s Phalanx Military Fraternity hosted the annual Military Ball. Among those promoted to Cadet first lieutenant was Gerald F. Petersen of Osmond. The ball, attended by more than 300 couples, was semiformal. This was the 32nd annual Creighton Military Ball.
An Osmond foursome went to the tailwaters of Gavins Point Dam and returned with several medium size spoonbills and one that tipped the scales at eight 38 or 48 pounds. Freel [Junior] stamper, who caught the big fish by the snagging method, said he couldn’t remember the weight. The Osmond men were casting from the north shore cement wing below the dam. Junior said the cast that brought in the big fish was to be the last of the day. Helping him hoist the fish to the top of the cement wall were Wally Kahler, Joe Lange and Glen Broekemeier.
At the November meeting of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 326, it was decided that, at the December Christmas party, instead of the usual gift exchange, it was voted for each member to bring 50¢, the total amount brought to be sent to a veterans hospital for bingo parties.
The Pyramid Club at Osmond; what was it? In simplest form, it was a group of 11 couples who set up the necessary structure to study common stocks, purchase them — and then hope for a profit. The club was formed early in 1960, and up to November, its studies had been very rewarding in knowledge, not in profits.
Burglars broke into Reed Lockers sometime in the dark hours one morning, taking $ 40 in cash, 40 cartons of cigarettes and an unknown quantity of men’s socks and underwear.
50 Years Ago. . .
A service of consecration was conducted by the parish, guests and clergymen to dedicate the recently completed Methodist Education Building. Following the service, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the new building. A service of prayer and thanksgiving was also held in recognition of the many years of service provided by the old building. Demolition of the old building was begun several days later. The site of the old church would be used as a parking area, said Rev. Joe Baer, and eventually the old parsonage would be razed.
Osmond deer hunters reported a very successful season. Del Gardner did not have to travel far to bag his nice six point buck. The large buck with a very nice rack was taken by Gardner on the Zeurcher farm east of the city. The Stanosheck hunting party ventured to the Chadron area for their hunting. Mrs. Mike (LaDonna) Stanosheck was the only member of the family to fill her permit on the opening weekend with a doe. However, on the following weekend, Mike, Pat and Phil were able to bag two does and a buck while hunting in the Dead Horse canyon area of the Pine Ridge area. Also hunting in the Chadron area and filling their permits were Clayton McClain and Earl Thomsen. They bagged a doe and a buck, respectively. Gene Liewer and Glenn Moritz held permits for the Sand Hills area and ventured out to the Stapleton area. Both were successful in filling their permits.
25 Years Ago. . .
After the previous week’s “dusting” of snow, mother Nature got serious about an early winter. Snow began falling early Saturday morning, Nov. 15. Before it subsided on Sunday, some 7.5 inches of snow was recorded at West-Hodson Lumber Company. Even though the early snow was the “heavy wet” variety, drifting still occurred. On Sunday, more snow accumulated and winds kept whipping the snow into drifts. Most schools in the area were closed on Monday when winds continued blowing. Late starts were common on Tuesday.
10 Years Ago. . .
The Osmond High School oneact cast and crew delivered their performance of “Time In-Time Out” to the Osmond Community School kindergarten through 12th grade students. This comedy was a humorous conveyance of a meeting between high school students from the past and high school students from the present.
Osmond seniors went to the Pierce County Courthouse for County Government Day. They were told about the different positions in the courthouse and also checked out the jail cells. Sheriff Rick Eberhardt locked the students into the “drunk tank,” giving them a little of the experience the inmates experience.
