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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
5
Nebraska emergency relief administration reports 99 percent of farmers remain on farms with 1,195 idle units expected in 1937. About 4,000 farm families left, 3,600 farm sales since 1936, foreclosures small due to moratorium, and credit shortages threaten tenants needing feed and seed loans.
The capitol architect announced Nebraska will place statues of William Jennings Bryan and J. Sterling Morton in the Capitol on April 27. Bryan will stand in Statuary Hall while Morton is unveiled in Statuary Hall and later moved to the lower hall due to space constraints.
Lincoln Nebraska game commission to add Crystal Lake near Ayr in southern Adams county. The 30 acre lake with 50 acre grounds sits on former ice harvesting land. A dam on the Little Blue river provides a water supply. WPA aid sought to open limited fishing around July 1.
An inventory shows the WPA built or improved more than 1,900 miles of Nebraska roads and streets in under a year. Projects include 515 miles of new construction 1,410 miles of repairs and improvements 349 new bridges 635 bridges repaired 1,457 culverts installed and trees and shrubs planted along 58 miles of roadway.
Employment gains in Nebraska show a near doubling of private industry jobs in March 1937 versus March 1936, as reported by the Nebraska state employment service and the national re employment service.
More than 1,000 people attended the dedication program at Burwell for a $120,000 school building funded with federal assistance.
The state spent 246,079 more in March than February as 17,128 warrants totaling 2,847,693 were issued. The figures reflect month to month spending shifts while warrant counts climbed in March.
S A Wilson fair board secretary and a county WPA official announced a WPA project approval to spend about $6 648 for labor and federal funds for materials for new horse cow and hog barns a bandstand and stage dressing rooms at the Buffalo county fair grounds total project cost around 20 000 dollars work to begin in Kearney with federal support from Washington and Lincoln officials
Lesson text outlines Noahs obedience and Gods covenant after the flood. It emphasizes an obedient heart, clean hands, and worship pleasing to God, with the rainbow as a sign of Gods promise to all flesh and a reminder of accountability before God.
A reflective religious meditation likens God mercy to colored drops in sunlight. The author uses Spurgeon’s image to describe mercy as one, yet many, constant yet changing, blending all beauties of love in harmonious form.
Frank J. Loesch, a prominent Chicago lawyer known for leading anti crime efforts, reaches age 85 in a noted public figure profile. The piece highlights his national recognition from recent crime fighting campaigns in the city.
Nebraska legislators refine a state highway patrol bill adding biannual brake and light inspections at a total 30 cents per check with 25 cents to garages and 5 cents to state admin. Licenses renewals rise to 75 cents, initial to 1 dollar, raising funds for 40 to 50 patrolmen. Included are highway mile additions, political disputes, dog racing ruling, and the rise of Chautauqua pioneer John Heyl Vincent.
Nathew Brady, son of Irish immigrants, introduced daguerreotype to America and became the era’s leading war photographer by 1853. He fitted a wagon as field dark room and formed priceless Civil War records later owned by the U S government. Brady died in poverty in 1896 after a troubled career and postwar financial woes.
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