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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
7
Cattle receipts fall as week opens at Union Stock Yards Omaha. Hogs top at 9.65 with lambs steady. Cattle and calf prices range from choice to common, with steers, cows, and calves shown in multiple grade brackets and weekly supply notes.
Hog supplies were light on Monday with about 7 000 hogs in the offering and demand pushing values higher. Top prices reached 9.65 per cwt while bulk sales ran 9.25 to 9.65. good sows advanced to 9.40 to 9.50 per cwt.
Moderate offerings of about 00 sheep and lambs failed to indicate changes in prices. Fat lambs sold mainly at 3.15 to 3.25 and feeders from 7.75 down. Aged sheep stronger with best around 4.15. Rangers and natives show varied ranges for fat lambs and feeders, yearlings listed with prices in the 5.00 to 5.75 range.
This week many students were absent with colds but plans aim for full attendance next week. Honor Rolls appear across grades from 2nd to 8th, with various names listed. Teachers visited, lessons covered include bells milk and The Christmas Story, plus Christmas art projects and holiday decorations planning.
On December 15 the Misner Players present a 2:30 Matinee of Taming of the Shrew and an 8:00 PM performance of Ships Afloat at the High School auditorium. Admission is 25 cents. Subscriptions are taken for Lincoln and Omaha Daily News.
Field Museum curator Llewellyn Williams notes French settlers in seventeenth century Louisiana discovered Osage orange or mock orange trees near the Osage people. The tree’s hard elastic wood, used for war clubs and bows, was valued, and the species ranges across Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas with many commercial uses.
The National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council say heavy water, the hydrogen isotope with twice the weight of ordinary hydrogen, could unlock hundreds of thousands of new organic chemicals. They foresee practical uses in drugs medicines and dyes and expect heavy water to reach readers within five years.
Raymond Pitcairn argues that government bureaucracy inflates costs and hinders recovery. He notes repeated promises to streamline federal, state, and local agencies have failed, burdening workers and business with overhead while eroding efficiency across the nation.
A collection of wry maxims and observations on society places and human behavior. The snippets cover driving caution vanity ambition humor prudence etiquette and long absent friends with a mix of light introspective lines and social commentary.
Lord Linlithgow told the Indian Advisory Committee on Nutrition that national health hinges on literacy for women. He urged writing native language materials and simple instruction books to reinforce lessons on nutrition, hygiene, and child health, noting radio has limited reach.
A device invented in Leningrad by M. Shamarin will be fixed on the Volga steamers to record work performed. The bridge device logs sailing and rest times, boiler steam pressure, engine power, fuel use, and other crew activities.
Random samples from major wheat producers show selenium in 0.1 to 1.9 parts per million with the gluten carrying the highest selenium amounts. The finding is reported to the American Chemical Society.
Two hundred women in Winchester finish 360 kneelers 96 alms bags and 100 cushions for the cathedral. Each piece bears a colored yarn history of the edifice plus diocese scenes and maps. The project spans five years of work by volunteers.
A meteorite on display in the University of Texas geology museum has a unique history as a blacksmiths anvil before being preserved as a valued geological specimen.
Clarence W. Anderson petitions in Polk County District Court to partition multiple tracts described as E44NW and NW4 NW in Section 9 and other parcels in Sections 16 and 16 Township 14 N Range 2 W plus Lot 4 Block 2 Harrison Addition York Nebr. Ella O. Bates named as part owner consort. Answer by Dec 28, 1936 or judgment will follow.
Notice to bidders lists approximate 1937 needs for Polk County including loose leaf record books cash books ledgers tax lists tax receipts motor vehicle receipts and teachers exam reports. It also calls for assessors supplies for nine precincts and additional loose leaf forms as required by the county assessor.
Polk County Nebraska invites sealed bids for legal blanks, printed forms, letter heads, note heads, pencils, pens, rubber bands, blotters, and typewriter paper. Separate bids for books blanks and stationery. bids due by January 1 1937. bond or certified check of 100 required. Osceola Nebraska December 1 1936. John I Anderson County Clerk.
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