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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
6
Brief paragraphs recap timely local items. Topics span community events, weather notes, and civic updates with concise statements aimed at informing readers quickly. The roundup emphasizes actions, dates, and involved organizations where readable.
Government buys 66 880 more acres for forests reaching 1 396 367 acres total. Senate passes workmen compensation for federal employees. Bread price moves eyed by packing firms. Open seasons for migratory birds set under new law. German steamer Desterro seized off Hernoland. Russian forces defeat Turkish divisions near Mosul and gain booty. Greek elections slated for October. Danish West Indies sale to US debated. LaFayette Day observances planned nationwide. Safety First train tours west to show federal efforts.
Players reported to have rejoined Nebraska after previously being cut from a recruitment squad. The move affects the team lineup and future selections.
Nebraska National Guard officers and privates return to recruit statewide under Western Newspaper Union notice. Attorney General Reed says district court erred and Board of Control alone sets industrial school terms for Herbert Criss. State Engineer Johnson in Washington on rural post road funds. cautious about early use of first apportionment. legislative action may be needed. Nebraska to receive increasing federal sums over five years.
In the near term the Fourth and Fifth Nebraska regiments will be reduced to solid core, with renewed effort to build up. Discharged men return to civil life, college students resume studies, and new recruits are being sought as recruiting stations open across Nebraska.
The article describes efforts to boost morale for guard troops at the border by organizing regular athletics. General Funston orders two contests monthly across regiments, with top performers later chosen for a general field event.
Examinations for Cecil Rhodes scholarships at Oxford England will be held October 3 and 4 according to a notification from H. T. Gerrans secretary of local examinations sent to Chancellor Avery. Last year few candidates applied and none passed. The appointment was made from an alternate of the prior year and the chancellor has received no applications for this fall.
Governor Morehead announces Harman Deputy Pure Food Commissioner will staff a seed testing booth in Agriculture Hall at the State Fair from September 4 to 8. Farmers may bring samples for free analysis and receive expert guidance on seed purity and related information.
W Be Dunning once a merchant in Ord Nebraska recently sold out and found unpaid accounts of members of Company I Fifth regiment. He sent the bills marked paid in full though the sums ranged from ten to thirty five dollars. Dunning waived about five hundred dollars in debts as the men enlisted and went south demonstrating patriotism.
Joint application to the state railway commission seeks reducing free loading time for 60 000 pound capacity cars from sixty to forty eight hours. Smaller cars retain forty eight hours. The commission may approve shorter times. notices sent to shippers seek views with a hearing possible if opposition appears.
Railway Commissioners Clarke Taylor and Hall with A G Powell prepare an order refusing to approve proposed rate increases for the Burlington from Henry Nebraska near the Wyoming line to Nebraska stations. They will set out reasons and point out errors by the Interstate Commerce Commission in its order directing rate corrections. The action aims to address discrimination against Torrington Wyoming in favor of Henry Nebraska.
Dispatch from Washington signed by C. H. Henshaw lists open seasons for Nebraska waterfowl including coots gallinules jacksnipe from September 16 to December 31. Black breasted and golden plover and greater and lesser yellowlegs run September 1 to December 15. Woodcock runs October 1 to November 30 with all other shore birds closed until September 1918.
The U S government has allotted 106000 dollars for Nebraska roads this year but likely will not be spent before spring 1917. State Engineer Johnson, back from a Washington conference, says further state legislation is needed to meet the federal terms and access the funds.
The Humphrey Building and Loan Association has secured a charter from the state banking board, approving its license to operate as a savings institution. The action formalizes its status and authorizes it to conduct insured savings and loan services.
State Auditor W. H. Smith released a 1915 financial compilation showing Nebraska spent 5,360,189.66 dollars from all sources with total receipts of 5,905,124.74 dollars. Expenditures covered state offices institutions judiciary and boards at 2,741,262.72 dollars and education costs at 2,155,567.10 dollars. Tax revenue totaled 3,905,311.75 dollars, plus 1,999,612.99 dollars from fees and other sources, yielding 5,905,124.74 in total receipts. Per capita government expenditure, based on 1.2 million population, was 4.46 dollars.
The Fifth Nebraska regiment on the border has obtained new tentage for all its men and officers. The tents are all of the new issue and pyramidal, providing more inside space than the old ones.
The legislature passed a law requiring property owners to trim hedges and trees near crossroads and railroad crossings to four feet above ground for hedges and four feet for trees, ensuring clear views. If owners fail, the road overseer may perform the work and assess the cost as a tax on the property.
Commandant Walsh told the board that the Grand Island soldiers' home trial service from the private electric plant has been unsatisfactory. In about a month the current was shut off four times, forcing the institution to run its own plant. The trial will continue for three months.
Nebraska calendars list fairs and conventions across Lincoln Maywood Grand Island Hastings Hastings Lincoln Omaha Mitchell and other cities from Sept to Oct. Highlights include a new better baby division at the state fair with a child specialist and private conferences, a radium breast cancer operation in North Platte, record hog prices at South Omaha, and multiple civic projects from school bonds to post offices and hotels.
Italy, drifting from Germany since leaving the triple alliance last May, declared war after sending troops to Saloniki to aid the Entente on the Macedonian front. Germany had directed opposing forces and had troops nearby, while Berlin pressed Italy to stay neutral before the step.
President Wilson discussed with Senate Democratic Leader Kern a joint session plan to seek legislation to avert a nationwide railroad strike as final talks at the White House fail. The Brotherhood committee of 640 left for home after delegating power to a 24 member panel not to concede arbitration on eight hours at ten-hour pay.
The German submarine merchantman Deutschland reached Bremen after arriving from the United States. A wild welcome greeted Captain Koe Nig and crew with officials and crowds on hand. Preparations for another voyage to the United States are underway as cargo readiness exceeds expectations.
Dispatched from Marseille reports Felica Plant executed by firing squad after conviction for espionage by the council of war in the fifteenth region. The public safety incident occurred at the Lighthouse range.
Fifty racing pigeons donated by the American Carrier Pigeon Association to the United States Signal Corps in Columbus are en route as new army recruits along the border. The birds join the corps as fast messengers for military communications.
Gold reserves of the federal reserve banks rose about $6,000,000 in the past week, the Federal Reserve Board reports August 18. The gain reflects the banks' condition and policy stance during the period.
Secretary Flanagan of the federal farm loan board warned farmers that solicitors are active in several states without board authority. They seek to collect money for organizing national farm loan associations.
Paris dispatch reports King Ludwig III of Bavaria has suffered apoplexy and remains gravely ill, according to a Rome dispatch picked up by the Parisian bureau. The Switzerland report cites alert symptoms and a uncertain prognosis.
The American Medical Association reports over fourteen years of polls across states and cities on Fourth of July safety. No tetanus cases were reported nationwide in 1916 and no one was blinded by gunpowder. Deaths totaled thirty, down from 466 in 1903.
Washington complaint targets Western and Northwestern lines for stopping peddler car service that sold perishable foods from freight cars. Nebraska State Grange and Nebraska Farmers' Union allege railroads favor wholesale grocers and commission firms, harming borrowers and consumers.
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