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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1923
Page
4
The Bystander recalls a local election fueled by the Liers Bench dispute. Townsfolk discuss candidates stance on returning the famous bench to its place, while side stories cover shop misdeals, cold weather antics, and residents debating the weather forecast and heat pipes in town.
Born Tuesday morning to Mr and Mrs Wm Augustine a ten pound boy. Rudolph Korger was a guest in the valley and Columbus. Mrs Wilber Bennett spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Parsons at York. Many residents visited Lincoln Morse Bluffs Dorchester Columbus and Stromsburg for various errands and family gatherings amid social events and travel.
Polk area reports include visits by Ray Polk and Mrs Neal and daughter to Lincoln and Benedict residents visiting Polk. A jitney crash near Lloyd Glass place injures a child while Bert Bay returns to Benedict. Elections yield re elected town and school board members. A bright Easter choir program at the First Baptist Church and a wealth of social visits, dances, and consolidations fill the week with community news from Polk and surrounding towns.
A boss complains about income while a bookkeeper returns with a Chicago ticket after waiting behind a girl planning her next summer tour. The dialogue contrasts money, ambition, and chance in a comic exchange.
A police judge in Atlanta questioned a culprit about his birthplace and upbringing. The defendant replied he was born in Memphis and raised there, with the exchange reflecting a sharp, terse courtroom moment from the era.
Leonard Fushby and son Lloyd visited Osceola on Saturday while Mrs. Carl Miller spent Monday in Lincoln. Frank Clifford and family were guests in York Monday. Simon Thompson drove to Lincoln last Thursday. Ralph Christy is the new clerk at Leeds and Tsehauner drug store. F W Peterson sold a Hobart M Cable piano to David Carlson this week. Howard Comfort went to Albion on business. Miss Beulah Winburn of York visited Miss Hazel Hedblooms Sunday. Ralph Tsehauner returned to Lincoln to attend school. Wanted: girl for general house work no washing. Earl Wright at Wright Mercantile. C F Kirkman and son of Grand Island were guests of Mr and Mrs N O Freeman Sunday. Mrs Daisy Muirhead held a hats and millinery sale at Benedict last Thursday. A O Knerr drove to York on business and shipped poultry.
Miss Flora Hartman is on the sick list this week. Miss Blanche Snyder visited her parents L. K. Snyder. Miss Hazel Hastings returned from the home of her aunt Mrs. Chas Wilcox. Mr and Mrs L M McCormick were guests at the W B Duke home. Rev and Mrs Lohr Rex Irene Heinemeyer and Mrs Headlee attended Fairview church services. Revival meetings continue with evangelist Mrs Keel preaching plainly. George Lind, youngest son of Mrs Fred Lind, begins stockman work amid a growing family.
United States Department of Agriculture bulletin highlights rising tomato shipments and urges producers and shippers to use approved harvesting packing and loading methods. It notes three maturity stages green pink and ripe and stresses careful handling to prevent bruising and fungal entry during field and transit.
The bulletin details standard packing methods across the country for tomatoes, including crates, tugs, and baskets. It covers defective stock to be excluded, packing shed designs from field shelters to central plants, and the benefits of modern packing facilities. A diagram shows sorting gear, and emphasis is on careful inspection and federal terminal-market inspection services. Copies are available free from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Senator Sorghum recalls joining politics as the party needed a candidate during a period when most people, except a few, had jobs and he could not afford to leave his. Washington Star excerpt mentions the context of entering public life.
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