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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1933
Page
4
Osceola Record, Polk County's oldest newspaper, announces Thursday publication. Editor and Publisher Walter J. Herbes leads coverage with local notices and periodical subscription information for residents.
Polk County fair entries rise with bicycle races planned and alfalfa sent to the state fair. Local relocations include C. D. Morse moving to Osceola and J. P. Heald as university regent. Real estate sales total $50,000 in one Hastings Bros. day with several large parcels transferring. Community notices cover weddings, births, visitors, and Ku Klux Klan activity alongside local social and economic updates.
The South African unit of an American firm developed an air broom to sweep diamonds from rock crevices in mines. Traditional pick and shovel methods left gravel and cracks unrecovered. The flattened nozzle directs compressed air to scrub rock, freeing material and recovering previously overlooked valuable gravel.
Dr. Albert B. Ferguson of New York uses a method to enlarge leg bones in children with infantile paralysis. Two holes are bored in each leg bone, a knife cleaves marrow blood vessels, but the outer membrane remains intact. In all cases the treated bone grows faster than the opposite leg.
New York readers visit Dyckman Street ferry to Interstate Park for mountain walks and picnics with city views across the Hudson. The writer notes fashioning hikers, open fires, and campers from many states, then recalls Lost Lake climbs and swimming in the Croton river drinking water. A Westfield NJ church reopens as a beer garden, and a Swedish job seeker is asked about duties before revealing milk elk. A joke about a New Jersey horse owner ends with five extra horses found.
The Ray Norris and C. E. Norris families toured to Lincoln for Ferne to attend a University business course while Gladys rode to West Plains for work. Eight girls camped in the Norris pasture. a Columbus picnic followed. Grand Island hosts a family reunion. local visits included Buchta Meachams Reed and others. Ladies Aid elected officers. Maces of Nebraska and Kansas held annual Has tings picnic.
In Upland California unemployed men cleared a ten acre rocky tract for a municipal lemon grove. After leveling ground and planting trees they began removing rocks for use in Cucamonga Wash flood control. City officials hope revenue from the grove will lower taxes.
Boston Chelsea Marine hospital doctors usually prescribe by radio for seafarers with ailments. They were asked to wireless a toothache cure. The recipe: dip a small cotton piece in all of cloves and place in the tooth cavity, and if needed give a drink of whisky.
St Andrews NA Mrs Arthur De Backer of Topeka and sister Mrs Nebosis were weekend guests. Junior Girl's Club hosted by Amelia and Lillian Kresha with luncheon. Walter Nebosis discharged from St Mary's Columbus. Johansen family held fiftieth wedding anniversary reunion. Mrs Jack Burgess and Lois of Central City visited Thursday. Hubert Seberger of Columbus visited Werner Johansen. Emma Nabosis visited Hilda Nebosis in Columbus. Oswald Bernt Sr. had an appendectomy at St Mary's in Columbus. Leo Albers visited William Cerny in Columbus. Gabriel family reunion at Osceola. Alfred Bernt and daughter visited Mrs Barney Thmasvice at St Mary's Columbus. Arthur Johansen, Harvey Drum, Virgil Johansen attended Friday at J Nebosis home. Henry Ebel Jr. of Bellwood visited John Gabriel home Sunday.
Sunday School starts at 10 with Walter Berck as superintendent. Worship at 11 with John Oberg Jr. preaching. Epworth League meets at 7 led by Mr. Bryant. Just one Sunday remains in this conference year.
With the new academic year near, University of Nebraska Lincoln lowers room and board costs in its residences and outside housing. Most rooms with meals total 34 dollars monthly, as 15 percent cuts ease expenses. Officials note many students work to support education but advise bringing at least 150 to 200 dollars in resources.
This explainer on the prone method covers why artificial respiration saves lives after drowning or smoke exposure. It details three movements and chest compression with step by step actions, plus tips to position the victim, avoid barrel rolls, and practice to master the technique for vacation safety.
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