Jan. 20, 1898 —
At the masked ball held in this place last Friday night, Miss Mame Jones, our popular milliner, represented this advertisers delight in a very appropriate manner. Her costume was made of old copies if the Republican nicely trimmed with tissue paper. She wore a belt on which was inscribed in large letters “The Republican” as well as a band on her hat and a sash with the same words. On the front of the dress appeared the full page ad of Billerbeck, the hardware merchant. In her hand she carried a fan made for the occasion. She carried a card case and passed out a great many Republican cards. Miss Jones was not the only unique one. Miss Lizzie Anderson was neatly attired in white and wore flowers, while Tom Powell come out in a comic ladies’ attire. Chas Borchert and Newt. Sewell wore bright red suits, their costumes were like those worn in the 16th century. Albert and Miss Minnie Billerbeck wore costumes of white trimmed with dainty pink ribbon. Mrs. Powell wore a lovely pale blue suit trimmed with ribbon. Miss Margerete Jones wore a very becoming sailor suit.
(Continued Next Week) 100 Years Ago. . .
Because he was moving away, Carl Schumacher held a public sale on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1926, at his farm one and one half miles south of Osmond on the west road.. It included 12 head of horses, 47 head of cattle and about 12 dozen young chickens. It also included, among other things, three box wagons, 1 spring wagon, one buggy, 1 low truck with hay rack, one J. I. Case gang plow, one walking plow, one disc cultivator with levelers, one walking cultivator, one new Milwaukee cream separator, four 50-gallon wooden barrels, one kitchen range, one butter churn, one bath tub, one eight-foot dining table, three sets of fly nets and many other articles.
One of the big hits of the American Legion’s athletic program was the fight between two unknown knights, one said to be Edward German, the other Ed Schad. Dressed very becomingly and armed with armored brooms, they arrived on the stage in the midst of the festivities. Dr. Weeces, after introducing them to the crowd, placed each of them in a large hogshead, where they went after one another for blood. Although one of them was nearly killed and it looked as though the services of Dr. Weeces would be necessary to perform a skillful operation, all went off merrily, and the clash between these two was a big hit.
75 Years Ago. . .
Osmond’s polio drive hit the $165 mark and was expected to reach or exceed the $200 mark before the drive was over. A bake sale and lunch was held at the Legion hall with all proceeds going to the polio drive.
The Osmond Tigers rolled to a 55-24 victory over the Brunswick Blue Jays before a small crowd in the new Plainview gym. Marvin Schumacher was Osmond’s high point man with 12 tallies and Mason was Brunswick’s high point man with 7. All of Osmond’s scoring was quite evenly divided among the players. This was an Elkhorn Valley Conference game, in which Osmond was now tied with Inman for second place. Clearwater was now the league leader.
Men’s bowling teams in 1951 included Super Five, Theisen Construction, Foresters, Osmond State Bank, Lutheran Laymen, Dawson Oil Co., Jewell Furniture, Poor Shots, Moore’s Transfer and Petersen Trucking. Top five bowlers were Frank Peschel, John Schnoor, Marlyn Kruse, Norris Netz and Jim Stratton. In the women’s division, the teams were Alley Cats, Kanotex, Hot Shots, Sweaterettes, Jeanettes and Gutterettes. The three top bowlers were Luetta Clayton, Deleine Cox and Meldean Kumm.
65 Years Ago. . .
The Osmond Woman’s Club met in the American Legion Hall. The club voted to purchase a memorial for the library in memory of Pearl Record. Mrs. Walter Sehnert of Plainview was present and gave an interesting review of the book, “The Conscience of a Conservative,” by Senator Barry Goldwater.
The Village of Osmond had demanded and received its “pound of flesh” for the alleged unauthorized removal of a frame toilet from the city cemetery a few week earlier. County Judge J. F. Hladik fined Oliver Beals of Osmond $25 and costs and ordered him to make a $15 payment in restitution to the village. Beals and an uncle, Charles Nelson, had been charged with removal of public property. Nelson was found not guilty as charged. City clerk Schneckloth said the toilet, which had been hauled to the city dump by the two men, would be re-installed at the burial ground.
The Osmond High School paper, the “Tiger,” would continue to be published, it was announced in the Jan. 18 edition of the Tiger. The week before, a ballot was contained in the Tiger in which students were asked to say whether they wanted the paper published weekly, semi-weekly, or monthly, and a space for suggestions and criticisms was offered. More than one-half of the high school students joined the movement. The school paper would continue to be published on Wednesday of each week by the Typing II class under the leadership of Mrs. Marion Koehn.
50 Years Ago. . .
Osmond was represented by three players selected for all-star competition in the East vs. West basketball game of the Northeast Nebraska Basketball League. The West team was made up of players from Osmond, Wausa, Bloomfield and Crofton. Representing Osmond were Marty Kumm, Vern Hanson and Randy Jochum.
Elgin captured its own wrestling tournament title with 138 points, while Osmond with 96 points edged Clearwater with 93 points for the second place trophy. The Osmond wrestling team also competed in a wrestling triangular with Wynot and Hartington and came out on top with 84 points, compared to Hartington’s 64 and Wynot’s 51.
The Tiger basketball team brought its conference record to 5-2 and overall record to 8-4 by soundly defeating Coleridge 81-48 and Wausa 88-55. In the latter game, Wausa could not stop high-scoring junior forward Doug Stratton, who burned the nets for 39 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for a season’s best, to date.
25 Years Ago. . .
The list grew throughout the evening and all the next day — cancellations of classes, meetings and activities. Responsible for the cancellations and difficulties was a winter storm which hit this area. Snow began falling, mixed with freezing rain. By the evening, the slick bottom layer and four or so inches of snow on top made travel difficult. Conditions worsened the next day as strong winds whipped the snow into drifts. An estimated 12 inches of snow fell in the immediate area.
10 Years Ago. . .
Downtown Osmond was buzzing with activity on Monday as one of several days with high temperatures in the upper 40s cleared a good deal of the two-week-old snow from the community. Life changed drastically on Tuesday, Winter storm Kayla made its way from the southwest into the Plains states and Midwest and a blizzard warning began. Storm predictions were for eight to 12 inches of snow in the area. A rarity was Osmond business closings. A number closed at various times during the morning and at noon while some others never opened.
