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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
7
University of Illinois dean laments free riders who seek complimentary admission and transportation. He contrasts Gordon, who wastes money to obtain favors, with paying customers at football games, noting many seek free access while few contribute.
Norway announces strict controls on expeditions using Norwegian vessels or subjects in Spitzbergen. A government committee will inspect plans to wintering projects to reduce rescue costs, with free maps and literature in exchange for reports and publications.
Leading scientists say agricultural land can feed eight billion people with two acres per inhabitant. At maximum density 320 persons per square mile can be sustained, leaving room for eight billion amid expanding synthetic foods research.
Geologists estimate the age of Niagara Falls ranges from five thousand to fifty thousand years, indicating the topic remains a fruitful area of study.
Cross country champion James Reid of Harvard University wins the varsity intercollegiate race staged at Van Cortlandt Park New York.
Citizenship has often been conferred on large bodies of people by territorial annexation through cession or conquest. This process, called naturalization by incorporation, made the inhabitants of Counisiana Florida Texas Alaska and Hawaii citizens of the United States.
Harvard’s Dr. H. J. Spinden estimates peak pre contact Indian population in the New World between 50 million and 75 million. Current North and South American total about 26 million, with Dr. Spinden attributing major declines to introduced European diseases and epidemics.
Montgomery Alabama reports the 1928 carnival season’s end as 9 barkers, freaks, roustabouts and owners finish up a year of tents and trains. Winter quarters spread across Dixie with big shows at Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia fairgrounds and Orlando Florida, while gear repair and new rides keep the industry active.
Washington The Gilbert and Sullivan policeman who faced a tough life finds a softer contrast with the army band trap drummer. A government survey lists the drummer’s gear for the field including snare drum triangle drum sling stand cow bell wood block castanets cow bells whistles and many other percussion items.
John Donnelly of Sawtelle California left a $1200 estate to Eamon de Valera in his will. The will directs the funds be used for Irish freedom efforts and states the donation is intended for the Irish cause.
In Muardine, Asia Minor, scorpions are so common the municipality pays a bounty per king. For eight months this year 15 909 scorpions were turned in by hunters. Last year the total was 17 545. The old walled town sees hunters at night bearing lanterns around the base of the wall. Tourists visit the town hall to see bounty collectors and are glad they do not live there.
A crying infant was found on the Weiden Bavaria station platform with no mother in sight. Officials later received a message from Neustadt saying she had forgotten the child and the baby was sent on the next train.
Henry White chief pilot of Sikorsky Aircraft files with the state aviation commission against Jarry Wilson Milford Airways for reckless driving after a near collision at Bridgeport airport. Wilson's takeoff amid White's nine passenger amphibian forced evasive action to prevent a crash and endangerment of passengers.
Archeologists report evidence of an ancient Mede invasion along a road about 25 miles from Fez Morocco. Captain Odipot of the French army describes caverns about 300 feet long containing cuneiform inscriptions two stone hatchets and what seem to be tomb remains suggesting early North African contact with Medes.
The quote notes that counting by tens stems from both fingers and thumbs totaling ten. It presents a concise observation on the origin of a common arithmetic practice in Mentor Magazine.
An observer notes Ostakring in Vienna's sixteenth district now transformed from a refuse dump into a garden city style town. Open to about 7,000 residents, it will include 1,600 flats, shops, library, theater, cinema, kindergarten, baths, post office, cafe, restaurant, and park centered on Matteotti square with streets named for Liebknecht, Luxemburg, Nietzsche and others.
A downtown Indianapolis restaurant scenes shows a young Italian waiter answering dinner questions. When asked about the bill of fare he replies we have dock a punny exchange implying a misheard menu item.
The Cape Race lighthouse in the North Atlantic features a 1 100 000 candle power flashlight seen 76 miles away. The apparatus and lantern weigh 42 tons and cost 40 000 dollars. The station’s siren is audible for 45 miles.
A Life magazine anecdote describes a teacher correcting papers. In one sheet the student names William Jones English 4 and writes I'm the captain of the football team. The rest is blank, yet the professor marks A plus and moves on.
A Sanford Maine racing pigeon club event saw a pigeon from Hinsdale win the 100 mile race to Sanford. The Hinsdale telegram announcing start was delivered twelve minutes after the first bird arrived.
A Pathfinder Magazine fragment shows Dusty De asking for angel cake and a pair of old shoes. The dialogue asks which she will eat, capturing a quirky, period voice.
Operating on the cream separator principle, a Nebraskan has devised a centrifugal bowl for miners to remove gold from sand. The device promises to separate valuable particles efficiently, using rotational force to separate heavy gold from lighter sand.
Pearl White, the former film star, plans to sail to Paris after a U S visit. She says today’s stars pursue safety, using doubles for stunts, and admits that stars now appear older than in earlier decades.
A Boston Transcript snippet shows humor about Madge Bahr, a young woman described as skimpy dressed and urged to become a better aviatrix after taking off practice. The dialogue highlights public perception of female pilots in the era.
The pair discuss a potential marriage linked to a running partner. She questions if Claire will wed the man she is running with, while he suggests the answer depends on whether he speeds up.
A reflective line notes that after a dark period the future yields visible results. It echoes Schiller on time and growth. The aphorism anchors hope in patience and natural cycles.
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