April 14, 1898 —
John Hladik has been losing some hogs with the prevailing disease.
Banker Smith has lost several head of hogs quite recently with the prevailing hog disease.
August Bogenhagen’s family has been afflicted with the prevailing malady for the past week, but at this writing they are all getting along very well.
Mr. (Arthur) Brown, the barber, has just added to his fixtures a handsome plate glass mirror and stand. It is quite attractive and adds much to the appearance of Arthur’s shop.
100 Years Ago. . .
A number of friends and relatives gathered at the Henry Blunck home to celebrate Henry’s birthday. The night was spent in dancing and playing cards. Ted Kloke, Henry Nissen and Carl Blunck entertained the crowd with a very popular dance — the Charleston — which was very interesting.
Osmond started graveling the main street, State Street. This was graveled from the section line to the depot, and when completed was to be a big improvement to the town. Tom Spats with the county grader was doing the grading, and W. F. Schroeder was getting the streets in proper shape. The gravel was furnished by Harry Thomsen and was "first class."
The names and votes in the Most Popular Lady Contest were counted April 20, 1926. There were 121 ladies entered. There were 1,212 votes cast and on account of so many names cast it was impossible to publish all, so the Osmond Republican published the 25 ladies who had the most votes. The balance of the names and votes could be seen in the Basement Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor. Here are the first 10 names: Leila Adams, 204; Hilma Naslund, 94; Bessie Kratochvil, 82; Frances Stevens, 80; Mrs. J. E.
Scott, 72; Goldie Reed, 70; Adeline Huwaldt, 30; Levera Gunzenhauser, 28; Mrs. Wm. Eirinberg, 26; Mrs.
Geo. Hering, 24.
Weekend specials at Wm.
Eirinberg’s store included: Flour, guaranteed or your money back, $2.39; 10 cans Honeymoon brand pork and beans, 41; Del Monte seedless raisins in packages, 4 for 59¢; 100 lb. bag sugar, $6.39; Crispy Crackers in pails or cream cans, $1.10; Brown Brand o’alls, guaranteed not to shrink or fade, $2 pair; 22 bars white laundry soap and a 75¢ enamel 14-quart dish pan, all for $1; 5,000 yards percale in dark or light, 19¢/yd.; 5,000 yards of Gingham, all colors, 19¢/yd.; ladies’ Lingette bloomers, up to $1.50 value, 98¢; Look! Look! A good parlor broom for only 29¢ with every 30 dozen case of eggs.
75 Years Ago. . .
Miss Delores Hagelstein, 14-yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hagelstein, living southwest of Osmond, was taken by her parents to University Hospital at Omaha for a checkup. The girl lost her hearing in an automobile collision the previous June and efforts thus far had failed to restore it.
A single long blast of the Osmond fire siren called firemen to the city hall at midnight, ready to fight a fire. Investigation disclosed that the alarm was not put through the local telephone office. The nighttime operator shut off the alarm after a minute’s blast. Turning in of the alarm presumably was the work of a prankster.
Mrs. Earl Thomsen planned to leave on May 3 from Vancouver for a visit of indefinite duration to her native Australia. Mrs. Thomsen had arrived in the United States in November 1946, coming here to marry Earl Thomsen, whom she met while he was confined to the 118th general hospital at Sydney.
She had sought passage to Australia for two years. She barely missed flying there in January 1951 when 50 "Australian girls" chartered a plane for the 9,000-mile trip. Subsequent presidential orders came through that all such flights be cancelled and the planes used for evacuation of wounded military personnel from Korea. Mrs. Thomsen planned to visit family members at Sydney and Melbourne, traveling there on the steamship Aorangi, sister ship of the Wanganella, which brought her here more than four years earlier.
The program for the Osmond Woman’s Club was an informal talk by Mrs. Oliver Thomsen, who spent two years in Japan at an army base where her husband could visit once a month. She had much time to observe Japanese customs and learned many things of the people. After her talk, she showed colored slides, very pretty and interesting. Some of them showed the devastation after the bombing of Hiroshima.
65 Years Ago. . .
Two sets of brothers became fathers only a day apart as new babies were born to their wives at St. Joseph Community Hospital here.
On March 30, a boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thelen of Randolph and the following day a boy arrived to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Thelen, also of Randolph.
The fathers were brothers. On March 31, Mr. and Mrs. Waine Kruse of Osmond became parents of a baby girl. The following day, April 1, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kruse were parents of a baby boy. Both families were from Osmond. The fathers were brothers.
Richard and Raymond Schmit, owners of the Osmond Cafe since 1953, announced the conclusion of a contract calling for a purchase-lease agreement with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde White of Bloomfield. The Whites would take over operation of the cafe on May 1.
Osmond stores that were not remaining open for business on Wednesday night would now begin staying open, it was announced after a discussion at the regular Community Club meeting. There would be no change in the regular Saturday night hours. The civic club of course had no authority to regulate store hours.
Many firm managers, however, would abide by its recommendation.
The exact number and the identity of stores that would add the new evening hours was not known.
With the advent of spring and outside burning activities, fires in and around Osmond had taken a marked upward turn. Three of four fire calls between April 10 and 18 were trash burning fires which threatened valuable property but did little damage. The fires extinguished by the Osmond Volunteer Fire Department: April 10, Elmer Schuettler home kitchen; April 12, weed fire near the home of Mrs. Ed Zetterman; April 17,
grass fire near the Lloyd Kear home; April 18, Art Bilau, rural grass fire.
50 Years Ago. . .
Jill Stueckrath was named winner of the County Government Day essay contest sponsored by American Legion Post 326. Students representing OHS in Pierce on County Government Day submitted essays relative to their experiences at the event. Jim Baer's essay was judged second and Becky Bruckner’s third.
Word was received by telephone from Congressman Charles Thone’s office in Washington, D. C., that Os mond was designated a Bicentennial Community. A subsequent letter from the Regional Director of the Revolutionary Bicentennial Commission confirmed the fact and reported that a representative would be available
to make the presentation of the flag and certificate.
Osmond Jaycee men and their wives teamed up for an evening of competi- tion in an "Almost Anything Goes" contest sponsored by the Plainview High School National Honor Society.
Games were held on the Plainview High School football field. Osmond's team was coached by Dr. Dave Jones with LaDonna Stanosheck, Lonnie Gardner, Janet Bruckner, Robbie Edwards, Mike Stanosheck, Ed Wattier, Steve Kudera and Lynn Edwards representing the community.
Pictured on the front page of the Osmond Republican, Jack Theisen of Osmond presented Jill Stueckrath, also of Osmond, with a check for $10.
Jill submitted the winning essay from the county schools on the subject of “What County Government Day Means to Me."
25 Years Ago. . .
Osmond High School junior Justin Koehler was chosen by American Legion Post 326 to attend Cornhusker Boys State in 2001. Kari Ekberg, also an OHS junior, was chosen by the Legion Auxiliary as the Girls' State representative. Girls’ State alternate was junior Ashley Oltjenbruns.
Members of the Osmond Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapter attended the FCCLA State Leadership Confer- ence in Lincoln. Alexis Rutherford, competing in health and wellness, came home as state champion — the first state championship ribbon for Osmond since 1985.
10 Years Ago. . .
Osmond High School representatives to 2016 Girls’ and Boys’ State were announced by the sponsoring organizations. Representing American Legion Post 326 was Preston Koehler. The 2016 Girl Stater was Shelby Aschoff, representing the Legion Auxiliary, and the alternate was Hannah Gutz.
Prom king candidates for 2016 were Dante Schmit, Max Frank, Caleb Krohn and Ty Shoop. Queen candidates were Erica Slagle, Karli Ferry, Cierra Pfanstiel and Kelcee Albin. Named king and queen were Max and Cierra.
