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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
8
Michigan architect Alden B Dow foresees homes made almost entirely of plastic materials. Buildings would use unit blocks for walls doors windows and other fixtures allowing scalable design with interchangeable parts. Benefits include better insulation low fire hazard water resistance and no decay or insect damage.
Harvard readers embrace Horatio Alger Jr. tales once popular with Boston newsboys. Harvard Library holds about 25 Alger titles, gifts from the author, many in rare books collections. Some titles circulate slowly while Chelsea and public libraries lack Alger works.
The house character and woodwork color guide hardware choice. For simple homes, straightforward design fits best and quality matters due to heavy use. Replacing old hardware can refresh the entire appearance.
Italian sweets makers in Sicily craft artificial lemons oranges apples pears and even strawberries from candy as part of a self-sufficiency ethic. The fake fruits are so convincing that taste remains the only way to tell them from real produce.
Papyrus plants brought to Syracuse by Egyptians around 750 B C still thrive in a pond in the city center. The craft of turning papyrus roots into ancient tablets and scrolls remains practiced by several Syracuse families today.
Union Stock Yards Omaha reports August 6 1940 receipts of cattle at 8000 head with local packers and order buyers active. Prices rose 10 to 15 cents from last week as steers yearlings cows and heifers advanced. Best steers 11.25 dollars and good heifers 10.40 dollars. Stockers and feeders in demand with choices around 9.65 for yearlings. CORNFED STEERS.
Receipts of hogs at Omaha Monday totaled 5,800 head with trading active from start to finish. Prices largely 10 to 15 cents higher than Friday. desirable butcher weights mostly $5.55 to $6.15, choice butchers at $6.25, extreme heavies around $5.00. Sows sold largely $4.90 to $5.15.
Receipts of sheep and lambs reached 7 000 head in Omaha on Monday with fat lambs selling from 8.40 to 8.75, 25 cents higher than last week. Aged sheep were mostly steady, while western feeder lambs traded near 8.00 to 8.50.
The article traces cattle theft in folklore from six gun to trucks, noting rustlers now move herds by road. It cites ongoing losses in the East, especially New York near Malone Fowler and Gouverneur, with over a dozen stolen near Gouverneur in summer 1939 before thieves were captured.
Leonard C. Chatwin of the University of British Columbia and a fellow mountaineer report that electrolysis from lightning strikes during a thunderstorm may cure warts. They were caught on an 8,000 foot peak when the storm hit and Chatwin’s partner, who had warts, reportedly shed them a week afterward.
Livestock prices show fat hogs from 6.20 to 6.35 for 180 to 220 pounds and 5.85 to 6.15 for 220 to 260 pounds. Heavy hogs 260 to 200 pounds bring 5.25 to 5.75, with extreme heavies 300 pounds and up at 5.00 to 5.50. Hog market active on lighter runs, good coast hogs scarce and higher. pigs up 50 to 75 cents versus last week. Cattle run lighter. stock cattle 25 to 50 cents higher, fat cows up 50 cents, canners and cutters 25 to 33 higher. Bulls steady.
Home Owners' Loan Corporation files suit against Harry L. Lanham and others on August 5 1940 seeking $1625.04 plus interest from November 19 1939 and costs. The action targets the west half of block 2 Ekeley's Addition Stromsburg Polk County Nebraska with first lien and asks sale of the property to satisfy the decree.
Sealed bids are due August 22, 1940 at 10 00 A M in Lincoln Nebraska for guard rail work on the St Paul Osceola and York Osceola projects funded by Federal Aid Roads. Approximate quantity 9568 linear feet of guard rail and 52 guard posts. Bidders must qualify under Legislative Bill No 206 1939 and subletting provisions are noted. The notice emphasizes the minimum wage requirements for all workers.
Plans and specifications available at county clerks in Central City and Osceola Nebraska or at the Department of Roads and Irrigation in Lincoln. Bid bond required equal to 100 of contract and a three hundred dollar certified check as good faith. Sheriff sale notice for H A Nebosis et al vs John Grossnicklaus of Polk County Idaho? Noting foreclosure of W half of SW quarter of Section 13 T15 R2 W of 6th P M in Polk County Nebraska scheduled Sept 10 1940 at 2 PM at Osceola Court House.
A public auction is scheduled for 2:00 PM on September 10 1940 at the south front door of the Osceola Nebraska courthouse. The defendants Henry Nebosis Anna Hollie Grossnicklaus and Doris Grossnicklaus are named in the action. The property to be sold is the south half of the southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter in section 23 township 15 north range 2 west west of the 6th principal meridian Polk County Nebraska.
Osceola Neb listing shows Dr Wray-Hill M D physician and surgeon with office on East Side of Court House Square and residence phone 60 office 8. Dr R B Lytle dentist over First National Bank phone 7. Dr H S Eklund eyes tested glasses fitted with office over Crouse Tex Drug Co and R P 23 office phone 24.
The Osceola County Clerk announces a public bid opening on August 20 1940 at 2 00 PM for sodium chlorate to eradicate bindweed. Bids must cover five and ten ton lots delivered to the Osceola warehouse. The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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