May 20, 1897 —
An Osmond girl, on being reproved by her spiritual advisor for her fickle mindedness, admitted that she had received attention from 17 different young men, and that 15 of them had kissed her habitually when they visited her, and two only occasionally.
This young lady undoubtedly has no fear of the bacilli that are said to be developed by promiscuous kissing.
June 3, 1897 —
Fred Julyn had the misfortune to lose a valuable mule by lightning on Tuesday morning.
A. M. Wilson of Allen was in the village on Tuesday, looking for a location for a general store. He is much pleased with our town and country.
100 Years Ago. . .
The American Legion dance was well attended, considering the bad roads and weather. Music was furnished by the Cizek orchestra.
The boys made a nice piece of money for their depleted treasury. Several prizes for different attractions were offered. Miss Francis German and Mr. Fred Speck won the grand prize waltz. The bean guessing contest was a test for everybody, and was won by Mr. Frank Nelson. The lucky dance number was held by Claude Dunnaway, and Plainview walked away with the free supper, having the largest representation outside of Osmond.
William Kovarnik wrote home from Denver on Feb. 27, that he would leave the next day for San Diego, he having enlisted in the
U.S. Navy as apprentice seaman. His father had traveled to Chadron
in hopes of seeing his son before he left, but William had already gone.
The Osmond Republican editor wrote: "We are pleased to learn that another of Osmond’s young men is making good, and the three or four years in the Navy will be a liberal education for William. . . We predict that Wm. will make his mark in Uncle Sam's Navy, for he is a young man of exceptional ability. Besides he is a talented musician being a No. 1 trombone player." [William stayed in the military more than three or four years, and was unfortunately killed in action during World War II.] The American Legion Auxiliary held a business meeting and masquerade party at the Waldo Rodgers home. About 25 were present. There were many nice costumes and a prize was given for the best costume.
75 Years Ago. . .
A weekend announcement was made by the State Game, Forestation & Parks Commission that it planned to develop the north shore of Crystal
Lake near South Sioux City. It wasn't made clear whether the action would
eliminate the proposed Pierce County Willow Creek development project from further consideration for a
recreation site in this part of the state. Several organized groups and many
sportsmen had been boosting the Willow Lake site.
The window of the Osmond Republican contained a wide variety of creatures - creatures that were created at the art center in Pierce.
Teachers and others interested had enrolled in an art course in the courthouse at Pierce. Their first project was to make paper maché animals. That's what was in the window. Exhibits in the Republican window were by local attendants at the class.
The uptown filling station owned by Frank Reding and leased to Frank Peschel Jr. failed to sell at public auction. Top bid on the property was $4,275. No plans had been announced regarding the future of the property.
65 Years Ago. . .
Members of the Masonic Lodge and the O. E. S., Order of Eastern Stars, met jointly to celebrate George Washington's birthday. Wm. Schulz and Jim Cizek were presented with pins for 50 years of membership in the order. Miss Emma Cizek was also honored for the 50 years membership
but would receive her pin in April.
The Special Door Count by the
volunteers in Osmond resulted in a canvass of about 140 homes or about 450 persons [children included]. Of this number, 181 had 3 or more Salk shots, a portion of the remaining number had one shot and a few had 2 shots. Three cases of polio, confirmed by doctors, were reported. If there were more, they were not disclosed. In regard to birth defects, there were two, also designated as such by physicians.
June Stamper, junior at OHS, was awarded dual honors in separate speech contests. June's first honor came when she was picked to repre - sent Osmond with her "County Gov -
ernment Day" speech. The contest was held at the local Legion hall. June was also chosen through her American history class to represent Osmond in a constitution contest at O'Neill. This she did on Feb. 17.
50 Years Ago. . .
It was announced that Jerry Thom - sen and Mike Alexander planned to form a partnership in the purchase of Thomsen's Corner in May of 1975. Louis Thomsen, owner and operator, planned to retire from the ownership at that time, but would continue to help out there after the sale. Jerry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thomsen, had been associated with the business about 13 years and Mike, son-in-law of the Thomsens, had been working in the establishment during the past year.
Randall Prince, who farmed north of McLean, was in the midst of tak ing 21 rabies preventative inocula- tions. About three weeks earlier, he noticed one of his fat steers acting strange, standing around bawling and sweating. Later, it was still acting the same but was still eating, so he felt its nose to determine if it had a fever and, in doing so, some of the saliva dripped from the animal’s mouth to a cut on Mr. Prince's hand. The fol - lowing morning, he called the vet and explained the animal's symptoms and was told to keep everyone out of the yard since it sounded as if the animal may have rabies. The vet came out later and confirmed the diagnosis. The animal was killed and the brain sent to Lincoln, where it was soon determined that it had rabies. Prince was notified and was told he would have to immediately begin taking the preventative inoculations. Prince credited veterinarian Dr. E. D. Boice with possibly saving him from con tracting the disease and maybe even saving his life.
25 Years Ago. . .
Four Osmond Tiger wrestlers earned a trip to the state wrestling meet: Brandon Brunckhorst, 103 lbs.; Nick Schmit, Nick Schmit, 112 lbs.; Brian Messenger, 215 lbs., and Chris Lewon, 275 lbs. At the state meet, Brandon was one match short of placing in the top six.
The Osmond girls' basketball team qualified for the 2000 state tournament with a 47-46 win over highly-rated Humphrey St. Francis. The Lady Tigers faced Bancroft-Rosalie in the first round, but fell by a score of 35-55.
10 Years Ago. . .
The junior high boys' basketball team won the championship trophy in the "O" Club tournament, defeating Wausa 29-27 and Randolph 33-29. The junior high girls took second in the tournament, beating Wausa 37-17, but falling to Randolph 15-23.
The Osmond fifth and sixth grade boys' basketball team took first place in the Verdigre Booster Club tournament.
