April 8, 1897 —
John Stewart has purchased the residence property belonging to Joe Zitselsberger. It is a fine lot and John will doubtless beautify it with trees, shrubs, etc.
On Tuesday, Anton Sorenson’s dray got stuck in the mud in the alley on the south side of Hooker’s barber shop.
Master Joe Leedom has begun work in this shop and will make a print[er] in time. His work is pretty good for a new beginner..
100 Years Ago. . .
Rev. Braunersreuther left for a health resort. He left here for Omaha and was going to go on from there to the springs, either Excelsior or Hot Springs.
Anthony Richstatter was operated on for tonsillitis at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Sioux City by Dr. Rowse. Dr. Natzger extracted some of the teeth which caused Tony some trouble. “He will be back in his place with hammer and peg after Thanksgiving.”
“Wee William Farnum in the thrilling western 'The Gunfighter' at the Osmond auditorium Saturday Night, Nov. 29. A real gunman and cowpuncher in fast and thrilling action all the time. 10 and 25 cents.”
The play put on by the Norfolk C. E. society of the Presbyterian church in the Osmond city hall was very fine and pleased all. The play was entitled “Scenes in a Union Depot” and was full of comedy from start to finish.
The College Quartette was especially good. The work of the players spoke very highly for the ability of the young people as well as their trainer. One of the directors of the play was a former Osmond girl, Miss Sophia Gregersen. The proceeds of the play were to be used for the Osmond Presbyterian parsonage fund.
In the High School Notes: The sophomore girls tried selling doughnuts which they had made in domestic science class, but none of the boys would risk their lives.
75 Years Ago. . .
A featured story in the Osmond Republican told about the Edwin Kumm farm 4½ miles north of Osmond. Three principal facts made it unusual. 1. The very fact that it was all new and built in an era when the trend was abandonment of the individual farmsteads in a thinning out process with the farming of more and more land by operators with the advent of power machinery. 2. It was ultra practical and modern. 3. It was built largely by the owner. The planning and building process had taken four years.
Schmitz Hardware was having a surplus stock reduction sale. They were going out of the furniture business, so two-piece living room suites were only $75; lounge chairs, $29.95; Hollywood-style beds, only $15, and straight chairs, $2.10 or four for $7.98.
Playing at the Osmond Theatre: “Come to the Stable,” starring Loretta Young and Celeste Holm, and “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,” starring Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda.
In the McLean News column, the first to eighth grades held a Halloween Masquerade party. In the evening, the high school had a hare and hound hunt with the boys hiding and the girls failing to find them. Games were played and all enjoyed lunch at a later hour. The married folks also had their party that evening with the ladies hiding and being found just before the bell rang.
Two large glass and frame doors were installed in the north and south entrances to the Huey Garage here. Besides improved appearance and better fit, the new doors would permit more light to enter the workshop.
65 Years Ago. . .
A letter was received from the Detroit Pistons, a professional basketball team, designating approval of the “basketball for kids” plan which several Osmond businessmen were sponsoring. The big league team offered to put in money for uniforms and buy all the trophies for the season. Because of the large number of players registered to play, a new team, to be sponsored by Wally Kahler of Wally’s Shop, was added.
A new kitchen range was delivered to St. Joseph Hospital here, a gift donated by some of the doctors of the hospital staff and their friends. A hospital spokesman had this to say about the gift: "Needless to say, it was a most delightful surprise for the Sisters. . . . We also wish to thank those who donated their time getting the new range down those narrow stairs to the basement and then helping to install it.”
More than two inches of rain, at least 12 inches of snow, temperatures down to 21 degrees below zero — that was the true story of first-half November weather, 1959-style, at Osmond. Old timers meditated deeply to recall anything like it. Most of them couldn’t.
50 Years Ago. . .
What started out as a five-mile hunt ing walk ended up with an overnight stay in the hospital for Jim Baer, 15-year-old son of Rev. and Mrs. Joe Baer of Osmond. Jim was found by two Wausa women about 2 p.m. as he was lying in a road ditch three miles east of Osmond along the Burlington Northern railroad track. A passing train also stopped for the ill youth. He was brought to Osmond General Hospital by Stanosheck ambulance. He was released the next afternoon and diagnosis was apparent exhaus- tion from flu.
Those selected from Osmond to appear in the All-State music groups were Dave Fuelberth, Ann Petersen and Keri Schuettler. Ann and Dave were chosen to sing in the choir, and Keri was selected to play in the band.
The Osmond Community Club entertained the OHS volleyball team at its monthly meeting. Twenty-nine girls and their coach, Steve Jessen and his wife, Carol, attended the dinner and program honoring the girls. Gail Krohn was named the outstanding freshman player and Rosie Clayton was selected as the outstanding sophomore player. “Most Valuable Player” award went to Karen Armstrong, and Norma Jean Blunck was named Honorary Team Captain. Girls receiving all-conference selection were Vicki Warneke and Kris Gutz to the second team and Karen Armstrong for the first team.
25 Years Ago. . .
The following students were among the 450 students selected to be a part of the 1999 All-State choir: Sheila Vin - son, alto I; Beth McLaughlin, Ashley Oltjenbruns and Jade Schmit, alto II; Ross Petersen, tenor I, and Richard Kumm, bass I. James Stanosheck, tenor I, was selected as an alternate.
Speaker for the 1999 Veterans Day program was Pastor Gary Trowbridge of Immanuel Lutheran Church, a Vietnam veteran with the U.S. Marine Corps.
10 Years Ago. . .
The calendar only said Nov. 15, but it felt more like winter. And to add insult to injury, the community was blanketed by about five inches of snow. Temperatures had been far below normal and were predicted to continue for several more days.
