Oct. 10, 1895. . .
Judge Robinson decided the Russian thistle case against the county, and now we understand that the case goes to the supreme court, where, doubtless, the county will again get the worst of it.
A. R. Leedom, who has assisted us for the past year, left on Wednesday for Belden, where he takes charge of the News plant, having purchased it from Mr. Blinkiron. Ran is the making of a good newspaperman and will give the people of Belden a paper that they need not be ashamed of. May he prosper is our wish.
Joe McCracken and wife, living northeast of town, were agreeably surprised on Oct. 4th by meeting a young lady on the overland train from Boston. So well pleased was she with the country that she at once decided to remain permanently and will call them pa and ma. Mother and father getting along as well as can be expected. [I don’t know if this was a strange way of reporting the birth of a baby, or an adoption, but can't find a record of a family with that name in Osmond.]
100 Years Ago. . .
Everything was in Father Krings’ favor for his third annual musicale of Beethoven’s Music Class, except the weather. The roads were almost impassable, but in spite of all this there was a good-sized crowd present. The gypsy dance, danced by A. Hoffman, Florence Schroeder, Isabelle German and Ruth Ann Kuhl, accompanied by the string orchestra, was a novelty and the artistic grace of the dancers, showed the splendid training received and the aptitude of the pupils. The male quartette and mixed choir rendered beautiful selections. Two excellent monologues gave spice to the program, “The Rural Telephone” by Bernice German and “Daisy’s Practice Hour” by Dorothy Kuhl. C. Craven and E. Wingert gave a side-splitting dialogue, and A. and E. Borgman and E. Cole made a hit in “Goin’ to Meetin.’” Piano selections were played by a number of the pupils: C. Torrence, Eudora Kovarnik and E. German playing “The Polish Dance” and T. and H. Hoffman the “Minuet in G” while the “Welcome” by M. Becker and V. Marek was very sweet.
The playlet and program put on in the M. E. [Methodist] Church by the ladies of the Missionary Society was very much appreciated and a laugh from beginning to end. The playlet was a burlesque on the missionary meeting as sometimes held, and was a laugh from start to finish, while the Irish Maid was a scream. Music was furnished by the orchestra and preceding the playlet Mesdames Howerter and Lundstrom gave a vocal dialogue duet, entitled “We Would Not Speak Ill of Our Neighbors,” which brought home the truth about fault-finding in a humorous but telling manner.
75 Years Ago. . .
Add this one to the 1949 blizzard stories: Norman Schuerr, co-owner of the K. and K. Kleaners at Wausa, told this one for what it’s worth — he only heard it. A Nebraska station agent was waving his arms frantically to stop the first incoming train in weeks.
Finally successful, he rushed to the engineer to tell him the front wheels were off the rails.
Mal Hansen, WOW farm editor, chief speaker at the Pierce County annual Extension meeting at the Osmond city hall, gave an interesting review to his 125 listeners of European conditions as seen by 26 Midwest farmers on their recent tour of the continent. Speaking to an audience predominantly farmers, Hansen’s talk was of farm conditions abroad as they had developed since the end of the war. Europe, he said, was eating better at that time than at any time since the war. Europeans, Hansen said, prized the Americanmade farm machines even though their use was limited by the small size of farms. Getting away from farm topics, the speaker said that the rural and city populace lived in the constant fear and dread of war. Many thought a war between America and Russia was inevitable.
65 Years Ago. . .
Reed Lockers had pork roast for 33¢ per lb.; 3 lbs. ground beef, $1.49; beef stew meat, 69¢ per lb.; 2 lbs. lard, 29¢; whole fryers, 33¢ per lb.; bacon, 49¢ per lb.
According to figures released by the State Department of Agriculture to the Nebraska Irrigation Distributors Association, there were 22,107 “registered” irrigation wells in Nebraska on Jan. 1, 1959. The Osmond Republican editor wrote: Official figures show Pierce Co unty has more irrigation wells than any of the counties between it and the Missouri River boundary, either north or east. By far the heaviest concentration of wells is in the immediate Osmond area, where water of sufficient quantity is usually found at about 100 feet.
In commemoration of their 30th birthday anniversary, Cub Scouts of Pack 127 held a Blue and Gold banquet at the American Legion hall. Cubmaster Phil Beckwith presented the awards: Bear Badge — Bobby Rohrberg and Billy Tacey; Gold Arrow — Marvin Kieckhafer, Randall Brunckhorst and Terry McClain; Silver Arrow — Jack Adkins, Mark Theisen, Randall Brunckhorst, Randy Peters, Bruce Buchanan, Dale Powers, Mike Stanosheck and Jerry Ruppert. A new Cub, Roger Buchanan, was presented his Bobcat badge.
Twenty-six Osmond High School students appeared on the fourth six weeks honor roll: Seniors — Barbara Broekemeier, Connie Jensen, Roger Johnson, Karen Luebbers, Elaine Moes, Bernita Oltjenbruns, Neil Steckelberg, Jerome Wingert; juniors — Dwaine Francis, Doris Kieckhafer, Angelyn Buchholz; sophomores — Beverly Steckelberg, June Stamper, Gary Schneckloth, Violet Reed, Dale Lorenz, Marvin Kumm, Connie Holmes, James Hoffman, Jeffry Cizek, Paulette Bruckner; freshmen — Davin Clayton, Dennis Dibbert, Michael Jaros, Kathleen Schuettler, Sue Voss.
50 Years Ago. . .
A check for $220.68 was presented to the city by the local chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America. The money was donated to the city for use in the purchase of playground equipment in the city parks. Members of the FBLA earned the money by picking up trash and litter from the city streets after receiving pledges from area businesses for donations per pound of litter. The FBLAers collected a total of 1,820 pounds of litter from the streets and for this received the $220.68 in donations. Merlyn Kuhl, who was in charge of the park and recreation facilities for the city council, advised that FBLA members would be permitted to select the type of equipment for the parks.
The final round of the Class C-6 District basketball tournament saw a fine Osmond team defeated by a tough Pierce team 48-47. The Osmond Tigers took home the runner-up trophy in Class C. Down by seven points with little more than a minute remaining in the game, Robin Reed and Doug Stratton pulled Osmond ahead — with a 12-foot jump shot by Stratton with six seconds left, giving Osmond a momentary lead, 47 to 46. But a foul, with one second left on the clock, gave Pierce a one and one free throw, which they made to give Pierce its win.
About 70 women attended the 1974 World Day of Prayer held at the Osmond United Methodist Church. The worldwide program in 1974 was prepared by the women of Japan. The chairman was Mrs. Delmer Neubauer, assisted by Mrs. Richard Adkins. There was an organ prelude by Mrs. Dean Kiichler. The OHS girls’chorus, under direction of Mrs. Richard Luhr, sang several hymns, including “God The Omnipotent.”
25 Years Ago. . .
Osmond closed out regular season hardcourt action with a 69-60 win over the visiting Falcons of Elkhorn Valley. Elkhorn Valley shot the ball extremely well in the first half and led by as many as 15 points. Osmond found the shooting range in the second half and with 1:21 remaining in the game, Gabe Gansebom hit a short jumper to give the Tigers their first lead of the game, which they did not relinquish. Other members of the team were Matt Jochum, Andy Ketelsen, Tony Johnson, Josh Krienert and Eric Weyhrich.
10 Years Ago. . .
Two 100,000-bushel bins were removed to make way for the expansion at the Osmond Farmers Pride location. Work to expand storage by 650,000 bushels began with two new 425,000-bushel concrete tubes replacing the two 100,000-bushel bins. Harvest lines would be shortened with the increased unloading capacity of 30,000 bushels per hour.
Three more St. Paddy’s Prom candidates were introduced: Jason Gubbels, Crystal Hoffman and Jim Krienert. To the question about their fondest prom memory, Jason said “I wish it was Bud Light, but who am I kidding; I was drinking Zima.” Crystal Hoffman said “That I went with the guy who is now my husband.” Jim said “Dancing with my girlfriend who is now my beautiful wife.”
