Dec. 17, 1896 —
Carse & Boyer at the livery barn have a variety of articles forgotten in vehicles by their patrons. They consist of gloves, mitts, overshoes, etc. But the latest addition is a poser. It consists of two pieces or sacks, connected at the top with a band which buttons. It is perhaps 28 to 30 inches long and at the bottom is highly embellished with ruffles, tucks, etc., showing great care in making. It is presumed that they were white at one time, but now it would take a scientist to tell what the original color was. The boys at the barn are of the opinion that the find is the habiliment [clothes] of a member of Gen. Maceo’s army, as evidently the wearer had been seriously wounded and that quite recently. [General Antonio Maceo was second-in-command of the Cuban army of independence. This same newspaper ran an article about the death of Antonio Maceo.]
100 Years Ago. . .
Wayne Larson was laid up with blood poison, the result of running a pitchfork in his foot.
Mrs. Henry Hinrichsen, who had been very low with typhoid, was better. Mr. Henry Hinrichsen, who was so sick with the same disease, was up town for the first time, still weak, but his many friends were glad to see him around again.
J. M. Sullivan had the misfortune to break his arm the forepart of the week, while cranking his Cleveland car.
The Osmond Forester M.W.A. drill team went to Oakland for the state encampment. The boys were having a good time at the encampment, but about 40 there were taken sick with ptomaine poisoning, caused by eating sour fried potatoes at the mess hall, it was thought. Among them was Raymond Korth of the Osmond team. Col. Welch and Joe Ross brought him to the Norfolk hospital from Oakland, where it was hoped he would soon be all right again.
Struby Hering had the misfortune to step on an overturned garden rake lying on the lawn. Three teeth pierced the foot, the fourth one making a deep scratch. “We are glad to be able to say, however, that Struby is getting along fine."
75 Years Ago. . .
A farewell party was given by the seventh and eighth grades of St. Mary’s School for Patricia Hoffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoffman, who was leaving in the near future to enter the convent. Games were played and then cake and ice cream was served by the Sisters.
Monday morning, Sept. 5, 1949, Osmond’s three schools — Osmond public, St. Mary’s Catholic and Immanuel Lutheran — began school for the 1949-50 school term. The children of Immanuel Lutheran congregation began classes in a new school, constructed during the preceding year and dedicated on June 5, 1949.
Roger Hornsby's All-American Whiz-Bangs was set to play the Osmond Tigers in an exhibition game under the local lights on Sept. 4. Unfortunately, the game was called off because of rain the previous night. No new date for the game was set.
Non-operating railroad employees went under a 40- hour- a- week limitation on Sept. 1. A check with local agent A. G. Swanda disclosed that this meant the Burlington office would be closed Saturdays as well as Sundays. The office was closed also on national holidays or parts of such days.
65 Years Ago. . .
The first meeting of the Osmond High School Pep Club was held for the purpose of encouraging more girls to try out for second team cheerleading and to enroll new members in the club. Tryouts were held with only freshmen and sophomores eligible for second team cheerleading. Those voted in were Gladys DeBord, Janet Dickey and Nancy Kear. First team cheerleaders, elected in the spring, were Mary Ann Bumann, Angy Buchholz and Kathleen Neitzke.
Among Osmondites attending the Nebraska State Fair were Margaret Borgmann, Stanley Kumm, Ronald Wecker, Bill Korth, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kear and Nancy, Gloria Liewer, Robert Fleming, Gayle and Donald Theisen, Gerald Aschoff, Kenny Krikava, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kieckafer, Doris and Marvin, and Roger Schneckloth.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hixson and son Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Broekemeier and Mrs. Lillian Hixson returned from a sightseeing trip of 6,195 miles. The trip took the group through Wyoming, Montana and north to the Banff National Park in Canada, then south along a coastal drive into Old Mexico.
50 Years Ago. . .
A barn on the J. P. "Babe" Theisen farm west of Osmond was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin. Ac cording to Mr. and Mrs. Doug Weber of Breslau, who saw the smoke from their home and went to investigate, the fire was well underway when it was discovered. The upstairs of the barn was filled with baled straw be - longing to John Aschoff, who farmed the place.
A great deal of publicity had been generated in recent weeks concerning the mutilation of animals in the surrounding area. The nearest reported activity had been in the Knox and Madison county areas until the end of August when an eight-week-old black mixed breed bull calf was discovered in the lot just west of the farm house on the Eugene Scott farm west of Osmond. Scott checked the calf and found that a patch of skin about the size of a volleyball had been removed from the stomach. A Plainview veteri narian performed an autopsy and said a portion of the abdominal skin had been removed and the sexual organ and a portion of the intestines were removed through a small incision in the abdominal wall. There was a complete absence of blood in the blood vessels, around the incision and on the ground where the calf was found. This incident contrasted incidents reported in other areas in that it apparently took place in broad daylight within sight of a busy highway where other incidents had generally been in secluded areas.
The Osmond team, sponsored by Osmond State Bank, scored very well in the second annual Northeast Nebraska Superstar. The team, composed of Jerry Stark, Bruce Haag and Merlyn Kuhl, scored a total of 114½ points in the competition, second only to Laurel with 117 for the team championship. Stark won the golf event with a scratch score of 40 and also won the shufflecourt elimination tournament. He was the only double event winner in the competition. Haag won the basketball freethrow contest with 21 of 25. Kuhl was second with 20 of 25.
25 Years Ago. . .
The 17th annual Northeast Oz Block Buster gathering was held at the Jim and Deb Schmit home. Some 75 neighbors gathered for a barbecue and covered dish picnic. Ray Krohn provided accordion music during the arrival of neighbors and friends. Edna Rohrberg and Gladys Boyle were chosen to be queens of Northeast Oz. Winners in the hat contest were Janice Koehler, Luella Hodson, Joan and Delmer Gansebom, Rod Ronspies and Adam Rice. Bird house winners were the Rich Schmits, Dwaine Ganseboms, Jim Rices and Pam Johnson.
10 Years Ago. . .
Nine Osmond students had perfect scores in 11 subjects in the Nebraska State Accountability assessment.
Connor Gutz and Connor von Rentzell had perfect scores in both reading and math. Other students with 200 scale scores included Karter Johnson in math and Kennedy Johnson, Brandi Gansebom, Nicholas Reikofski and Courtney Oltjenbruns in reading. Jessica and Leslie Jensen both had perfect scores of 70 in writing.
