April 22, 1897 —
All parties are hereby warned to cease digging trees and shrubbery in the O’Conner pasture. — C. J.
O’Conner C. J. Allison accidentally fed his horses and cattle a quantity of Paris green, and succeeded in saving all but a $40 cow. The poison fell from a shelf in the granary into the feed and was unnoticed until the cow got an overdose.
Wm. Malady, who is assisting on the section at this place, met with an accident yesterday that caused him the loss of the tip end of his little finger. In getting out of the way of the work train in setting the hand car off the track, his finger got between the car wheel and the rail with the above result.
100 Years Ago. . .
“Notice! This is to notify the parties who stole the ice cream and freezer from Mrs. Peitzmeier’s on last Thursday that their names are known and we would like to have them return the freezer so we can make some more ice cream for them.”
In the School Notes column, the senior class wrote: Tuesday morning during chapel period, the high school was greatly entertained by Mr.
Greenslit. He is a representative of the Nebraska School Supply House. Mr. Greenslit is an artist on the cornet and a whistler of more than ordinary ability. His musical numbers were interspersed with witty remarks. His entertainment was greatly appreciated.
Ivan Haswell rented the A. H.
Blackmer property in northwest Osmond and was going to go into the chicken business.
Notice to the Public: It is strictly against the law to put gasoline in glass cans or jugs. The can must be colored red or gas dealers have no right to fill the cans. Do not ask your dealers to sell you gas unless you have a red tin can, as they cannot do so according to law.
Raymond Schroerluke, who had spent the summer on a Wyoming ranch, had a highly interesting and adventurous time. He first hit one of the dude ranches, where he met the granddaughters of John D.
Rockefeller, although he did not know it at the time. Raymond rode the bucking horses, threw the lariat and thoroughly enjoyed the life of the cowboy. The lightning out there is severe — he and a number of other cowboys were riding when a thunder cloud came up and the lightning killed the horse from under the cowpuncher who was riding beside Raymond.
75 Years Ago. . .
An ad in the newspaper said “Hey, Kids. There’s snow on the ice skating pond. There could be another month of good skating. LET'S GET THE SNOW OFF. Help yourself to your
own fun and GET A FREE TREAT BESIDES. We'll have shovels at the pond after school. After the work’s done, get a free bottle of pop or ice cream at the Osmond Cafe.
All was not well with the basketball score nor with the automobiles that brought players and Osmond fans to the Wayne Prep game at the Normal School city. About the score in which Wayne won 53 to 30, there was little if any complaint. About the activities of vandals around Osmond cars, there was plenty. No less than five cars were damaged. Among nefarious activities were taking of gas and hub caps, breaking radio aerials, breaking radiator ornaments and scratching exterior finishes.
A new Osmond implement and repair business opened its doors to the public. It was the Farmers' Implement Co. and was located in the Don Button Buick building across the street from the Luebbers Machine Shop. The implement concern had franchise for sale of Minneapolis- Moline machinery and equipment. Its repair shop was in charge of Charles
Smith. The new business was owned by Harold Bryngelson and Don Magdanz.
The Osmond Walther League presented the play “Comin’ Round the Mountain at the city hall. The three-act farce took place in the hillbilly home of the Skitter family.
There was a chicken, a bride, a mug of cider, some shotguns going off, and an imaginary bear. Some of the cast included Curly, Leonald Warneke; Dizzy Mae, Lois Schumacher; Zeke, Marvin Koehler; Robert Bruce, Gerald Kumm.
65 Years Ago. . .
Otto "Dutch" Saathoff of Plainview, extensive Pierce County landowner and a former Plainview Chevrolet dealer, announced that he had purchased the Tawney farm three miles west of Osmond. Purchase of the 160-acre improved farm was made through Morris Tawney of Norfolk, from heirs of the late Mrs.
Jane Tawney. The purchase price was $29,000.
Two Osmond men refused to be reimbursed for a pint of blood each donated following an emergency operation at St. Joseph Hospital here.
The men were Clarence Jensen and Gene Kruse. The hospital kept on file a record of persons available for such donations in emergencies, along with a record of blood types.
An Osmond farmer was allergic to corn. To make matters worse, his unpleasant physical reactions also might have been attributed to oats.
And while this situation was odd and infrequent, it was no joke to the man, Richard Fleming, who was going to have a farm sale and leave the farm to get away from grain contacts.
The Flemings lived a few miles southeast of Osmond. They planned to make their home in the Osmond community.
50 Years Ago. . .
According to area weathermen and observations here, the legendary groundhog did not see his shadow on the morning of Feb. 2, 1975, because the sky was overcast and foggy. Therefore, winter was offi cially over according to the age-old legend. However, the next morning brought about freezing drizzle with intermittent light snow throughout the day. Temperatures during the day remained in the low 30s with nighttime temperatures in the teens. The next morning brought snow and blowing and drifting snow with near blizzard conditions. That night, temperatures dropped to a low of zero, with a wind chill factor of minus 30 to 40 degrees.
More than 350 men attended the American Legion Post 326 "Stag Night” here. The number attending and the funds raised by the event, which was held annually, may have been the biggest ever, according to early reports. The banquet, featuring chicken, Swiss steak and fish with potato salad, was prepared jointly by the “Legion cooks” and members of the Legion auxiliary. There were several hundred pounds of meat and potatoes prepared and reportedly all was consumed.
Valerie Buckendahl was named Osmond High School's 1975 Betty Crocker Family Leader of Tomorrow.
Valerie won the honor by competing with other seniors in a written knowl- edge and aptitude examination. She was now eligible for state and national honors and was entitled to wear a specially-designed charm from the sponsoring company.
Osmond Cub Scout Pack 127 con - ducted a Pinewood Derby during its regular pack meeting at the American Legion Hall. A total of 14 Cub Scouts participated, representing the three dens in Pack 127. First-place winner of the derby was Michael Moritz of Den 3; second-place winner was Dennis Kuhl of Den 2, and third-place honors went to Douglas Hummel of Den 1.
25 Years Ago. . .
Nurses Londa Schwanebeck and Margaret Evans were pictured on the front page of the Republican simulating taking a 911 emergency call at Osmond General Hospital, which serves as dispatch center for the system. A joint effort of the hospital, Eastern Nebraska Telephone Company, Os- mond Rural Fire District and City of Osmond, the system was put into service on Feb. 1, 2000. Calls came into the hospital on a dedicated phone line and the needed emergency service notified by hospital dispatchers.
Tracy Manzer made the OHS sports
record books when she became the first Lady Tiger to tally 1,000 points in her career. It happened during the first round of conference play in a game against the Winside Wildcats.
10 Years Ago. . .
It was still winter in the Midwest.
As the sun was setting on the community in the late afternoon of Feb.
1, skid loaders were making their appearances in the community, clearing away Mother Nature’s gift . . . some five inches of wind-driven snow. The storm started with rain falling on Sat urday afternoon, changing to snow as evening approached. Some activities were postponed or cancelled, among them the Q125 “soup-er bowl” soup dinner planned for Sunday noon.
Classes also were cut short with a late start on Monday. All this on the heels of a two-week warm spell.
On this date . . .
In February of 1912, the work to ward electric lights — which began the previous year — was completed in February and the lights turned on. Later that year, the electric plant was moved to larger and more convenient quarters in the north part of town.
