Oct. 24, 1895. . .
Wm. Howze of Dry Creek, the veterinary surgeon, has just performed a very difficult piece of dentistry on a horse belonging to Askey Bros. He succeeded in doing a piece of work for which the Messrs Askey had paid out nearly $20. Mr. Howze’s reputation is gradually extending and we are pleased to note the fact.
We visited the farm of Mr. C. W.
Scott, on Monday and were surprised at the amount of corn he already has in crib. His corn crop will amount to between four and five thousand bushels, and yet he thinks he is not much of a farmer.
Osmond now has a new real estate firm, composed of J. A. McMillan and Lawyer Willey. We wish the boys an innumerable multitude of purchasers.
100 Years Ago. . .
Huey Garage had the following second-hand cars for sale or trade: Buick Six touring, Cleveland Six touring, Paige Six touring, Mitchell Six touring, 1923 Ford roadster with starter, two 1920 Ford touring cars, six older models Ford touring cars, one used Fordson tractor. All for sale cheap. Also for sale: One team of horses, a brown gelding seven years old, wt. 1,300 lbs., and a black mare four years old, wt. 1,250 lbs.
Will Loebe received a check for $1.48 as excess profits from some wool which he sold an Omaha Company in 1919. Mr. Loebe had forgotten about the sale, but it seemed that the government kept check on those purchases by the companies and required them to make an accounting.
Finding that the company had not paid Mr. Loebe enough for this wool, they got a refund from the company of $1.48 and five years later he got the money.
Osmond’s milliner, Pearl Record, advertised: “New hats every day, all styles and colors for everyone. Prices $4.95 to $6.50, mainly. Sometimes of course, hats must run over that as they are heavily trimmed this year. Wear your hair small and flat to get these hats on. If you have too much, cut some at the top: it won’t show. Too much hair cannot be done becomingly.”
The two little children of Charles Martin, Lena aged six and Roy aged two, who had been living here with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Landers, were taken to the Children’s Home of Omaha by District Superintendent Frank Winship. The mother, Mrs. Martin, died several months before and the father had not been heard of for some time before the death of the mother. The grandparents on account of their advanced age, surrendered the children to the Children’s Home Society to be cared for until a suitable home could be found for them. [Has anyone ever heard of this story or what became of these two little children?] 75 Years Ago. . .
The baby factory at St. Joseph Hospital at Osmond at times ran at a level approaching or even crowding capacity. On March 7, 1949, four new babies came into the world in only seven hours. That was a new record. The baby total for the week, six, however, was not a record.
The four babies whose birthdays would be March 7 were the sons of Geo. M. Luebbers of Osmond, John Diekmann of Bloomfield and Anton Reineke of Randolph, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
VanAckeron of Osmond.
The seniors at Osmond High held Slouch Day, and came in the slouchest clothes they could find.
Some were in overalls, some in ragged dresses and small trousers and many other styles of the “latest” clothes. Seniors were paraded in front of the assembly and the rest of the students chose the slouchiest students by their applause. Charlotte Schuttler proved to be the slouchiest girl, while Robert “Shad” Wortman topped the boys’ list with being honored as the boy who dressed the slouchiest. A class party in the evening topped off the day’s activities.
Mrs. Beatrice Wilson of Osmond, adept at mounting birds, made her hobby pay off in a first prize at a “Screwball hat contest” held at Norfolk. Mrs. Wilson’s headgear consisted largely of a pheasant she shot and mounted. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. F. J. Kratochvil of Osmond were among attendants from northeast Nebraska counties at the party sponsored by the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Business and Professional Women’s Club. Mrs.
Kratochvil's hat was on the Easter theme with Easter rabbits, eggs and
all.
65 Years Ago. . .
Mrs. Emma Christensen fell down her basement steps on a Friday night, injuring herself so severely that she had great difficulty getting back upstairs. She managed to place a card in her door asking someone to call the doctor but it was not noticed. It was Sunday morning when her paper boy, Larry Hummel, came before she could get word to her physician. Mrs.
Christensen was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph Hospital where she was resting comfortably.
The Osmond High School chorus, under direction of music instructor Donald Weinand, presented its spring chorus to a near capacity crowd at the auditorium. Numbers were by the chorus, glee club, and mixed octet.
Irvin Berlin's "Easter Parade" was sung by Kathleen Neitzke, and Bill Korth sang Victor Herbert's "Ah!
Sweet Mystery Of Life.” The two soloists then joined in a duet and sang from “Maytime” by Sigmund Romberg.
Not a predominantly Irish community, Osmond people observed St.
Patrick’s Day in routine fashion with a green symbol of the Irish holiday appearing only occasionally. But not so at one of the local taverns where the eyes of customers popped in amazement as green beer was set up after their command to “draw one.”
50 Years Ago. . .
At the March Board of Education meeting, that group decided on an earlier starting time for classes beginning on April 1. From that time on, classes would start at 8:30 a.m. rather than the current 9 a.m. which was implemented due to daylight savings time.
The first official pack meeting for the Osmond Cub Scouts was held on March 7, 1974, at the American Legion hall. All boys were officially accepted into Cub Scouts upon presentation of their Bobcat badges by awards chairman Leonard Frodyma.
From the publisher: “If you happened to buy an Omaha World-Herald Sunday paper at Chick’s Grocery last Sunday, you probably found that the inside sections were missing. And, if you happened to drive west of Osmond that same morning, you couple probably have found the missing contents of your paper because the sections were scattered sheet by sheet along both sides of Highway 20.
Information reaching the Republican office had it that a couple of Osmond young lads and their girlfriends took the papers from behind the post office where they are delivered and decided to decorate the countryside. Joette Stueckrath saw the papers early in the morning and decided they should be picked up. She solicited the help of Gayla Moritz and the two girls picked up the half mile of papers.
Chick Reed announced that anyone who purchased a paper and did not receive a full paper will be given a free paper this Sunday when they stop at the store.”
New street signs gave Osmond a “city look.” About 24 members of the local chapter of the Jaycees turned out to erect the steel poles which supported the new street signs. Response for the sign erecting project was said to be very good and the project was carried out very efficiently The actual street signs showing the names of the various streets around Osmond were to be mounted on top of the poles within the next few days. Those pictured on the front page were Paul Kahler, Marvin Kumm, Merlyn Kuhl and Mike Steffen inspecting the first
of the street signs placed on the poles.
Addition pictures of the Jaycees in action were printed on Page 4 of the same issue.
25 Years Ago. . .
The Osmond Tiger basketball team earned a trip to the state tournament with a hard-fought come-from-behind victory over Newman Grove, 54-51.
Individually, Osmond was led by sophomore Andy Ketelsen with 17 points and five rebounds. Matt Jochum
chipped in 12 points, four rebounds
and four assists while Tony Johnson also finished in double figures with
10 points, dished out four assists and made three steals. Josh Krienert and Gabe Gansebom combined for 15 points and Gansebom was the Tigers’ leading rebounder with six. The Tigers took a 19-5 record to Lincoln and the C-2 state championship..Coach Randy Jochum was congratulated for notching his 300th win in the final regular season game that year, his 25th season as OHS basketball coach.
10 Years Ago. . .
The latest St. Paddy’s Day Prom candidates featured in the Osmond Republican were Luella Hodson, Patti Ketelsen, Shad Buchanan and Todd Schulze. Guess which one gave the answer to “What story do your friends still give you a bad time about” as “Being sent to the principal by my Spanish teacher for talking too much in class.”
