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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1933
Page
3
Polk County's oldest newspaper the Osceola Record lists Walter J Herbes as editor and publisher The paper is published every Thursday and entered at the Osceola Nebraska post office under the 1879 act with a yearly subscription of 1.00 dollars.
Tommie Dille returns home from Ames after passing his freshman term exam and prepares for a July start. Osceola Masons buy the old hotel site. Thamas Reagan dies of blood poisoning. Memorial Day planned by G A R with W R C and schools to participate. drought causes Polk County to go dry, Osceola votes 2¢ against saloons. City election calm, water for the pool passes. electors approve a light and power survey. Fritz Swanson dies electrocution near North York. Miss Signe Samuelson resigns to open a ladies shop in Osceola.
School notes report perfect attendance in kindergarten and grades with 160 attendance points for grades two and three. Highlights include visitors, garden planting, geography lessons, healthland booklet projects, spelling and drawing activities, and a 100 point attendance day earning a departmental vacation. Community items note programs, contests, birthdays, and visiting relatives across York area schools and churches.
Mrs Myra Meacham and Miss Ade line Fredrickson were six o clock dinner guests at the Harry Whitesell home in Grand Island. The ladies of district No 62 gathered at Mrs Wm Fijell's home to celebrate her 74th birthday with a presented table cloth. Mr and Mrs John Benson and Mrs Nelson of Ong Neb were Sunday guests at Henry Peterson's home. Miss Margaret Peterson teaching at Ong spent the weekend with her parents. Rev and Mrs C A Sward entertained district pastors and wives at six o'clock dinner.
L R Leonard field inspector outlines crop production loan limits for 1933. Loans cap at 300 dollars per farmer, with per acre ceilings of 3 dollars for general crops and 12 dollars for truck crops in counties with limited fertilizer use. Fertilizer loans require USDA certification and per acre limits of 8 dollars for general crops and 20 dollars for truck crops.
A quirky column offers light humor and practical tips from roadway to roof patching. It jokes about coffee and mood, suggests Mule-Hide Tape for roof repairs, and muses on life origins, courtship, and German dog humor in a breezy social notes style.
The column notes a lumber dealer selling materials for three cottages this spring and hints at neighbor funds for home projects. It jokes about home ownership costs, urges reader suggestions for improvement with a dollar reward, and comments on dictators and Babe Huth signing for a $1000 weekly deal.
Farm loan rules set per acre limits for potatoes sugar beets and fruit trees with maxs of 12 for beet production and 3 to 4 per acre for spraying water charges and other costs. Applicants must secure a first lien on crops and agree to cut acreage by 30 percent compared with 1932 to qualify for the 1933 season.
The district reports a community program on Friday night and multiple local visits and gatherings. Dr. Ernest Jarmin and family guests in Gothenburg. John Nebergall and Lincoln visitors stay with the Richmonds. Families attend birthday dinner in Shelby for their mother. Ed Heffelbower in Los Angeles reports amputations. Mrs. Tom Schmoker hosts a ladies party. Eighth grade exams for Lester Davis and Thomas Richards planned. Birthday cake shared at school for Shirley Richmond. Alvin Weeden and Floyd West families visit York. Mrs. Weeden visits Missy Della Tizashew at Mothers Jewel Home.
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