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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1933
Page
8
Opening prices for the week at South Omaha and Omaha Union Stock Yards show steady to firm demand for hogs and cattle. Cattle quotations list yearlings and steers by quality, with receipts around 8,500 head and prices ranging from 2.50 to 6.85 for various categories, including grass and fed stock.
With 11,000 cattle pared across the sale Monday and bearish outside reports, buyers paused and bids fell 10 to 25 cents from Saturday. Most trades settled 3.35 to 3.90 per hundredweight, top butcher weights reaching 4.00. Sows traded largely 2.75 to 3.25.
Nine thousand fresh sheep and lambs arrived for the opening day of the week and moved fairly freely at prices practically steady with last Friday. Fat lambs brought 6.50 to 7.25 dollars, feeders 6.00 to 6.50, aged sheep unchanged. Fat yearlings 5.00 to 5.50, fat ewes 1.75 to 2.75, breeding ewes 2.50 to 4.00, cull ewes 1.00 to 1.50.
The Victor Club will meet next Tuesday August 15 at Mrs. Russell Blevins home to lay plans for the County Fair exhibit. The next quarterly conference will be at Green's Chapel on Thursday evening August 24 with Rev. Johansen in attendance.
Official county board minutes from Osceola Nebraska dated August 4 1933 show adjourned session with all members present. The board audited and allowed numerous claims and ordered payment by warrants to various vendors including Omaha Printing Co Keyston Envelope Co Thoren & Co and Western Chemical Co among others with detailed amounts listed.
County officials record actions on road districts and labor payments. The 1876 road tax of $2 was protested and cancelled. Amusement hall license renewal for Nick Eller considered. beer permits for Nick Eller and I M Staroscik debated with county board split. Stromsburg Bank bond withdrawal approved. Nebraska Bridge Supply settlement reached for $2,672.93 in full, discount accepted. Peterson dissented. Meeting adjourned to August 15, 1933.
In Polk County Nebraska the administrator files a final account and petition for final settlement and allowance and for decree determining heirship and discharge of administrator. Hearing set for August 25, 1933 at 10:00 A M before the County Court, with date August 1, 1933. W W Norton County Judge. Sealy.
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