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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
8
Chevrolet unveils its 1933 line boosting national employment with over 85 000 added payrolls. About 30 000 in domestic factories and 21 000 in Fisher body plants, plus 36 000 in dealers, plus indirect gains from parts suppliers. The launch follows a 1932 volume near 400 000 vehicles valued over 200 million dollars.
Notices detail creditors claims deadlines for estates of Warren A. Sherwood and Herman Matthes with April 1933 deadlines. A sheriff’s sale is scheduled for January 17, 1933 at the Polk County Courthouse to satisfy mortgage and costs on property in Osceola, including parts of Section Sixteen, Township Fourteen, Range Two.
The notice lists costs as provided by order and decree dated December 9 1932 at Osceola Nebraska. W Roy VanHoosen sheriff Polk County Nebraska Mills Mills Osceola Ellery H Westerfield Omaha Attorneys announce publication dates December 15 22 29 and January 5 12.
Union Stock Yards Omaha December 28 1932 prices show steady to higher markets for desirable longfed steers with best around 6.50 while plain lots dull. Receipts about 57000 head. Cattle lists include yearlings steers and heifers with varied ranges and price brackets. Feeder and stocker quotes apply. cows and heifers steady to lower overall.
Hog values slipped further on Tuesday with 8,000 head received. Prices ranged from weak to 5 to 10 cents lower, trading largely within 2.60 to 2.85 dollars, with a few light weights fetching up to 2.90.
About 4 000 fresh sheep and lambs arrived Tuesday and the market moved higher with prices up 10 to 15 cents. Fat lambs sold 5.50 to 5.90 per hundredweight and feeder lambs 5.00 to 5.50. Aged sheep were scarce and firm, with fat lamb and feeder categories detailed for various quality levels and weights.
Scientists at the University of Toronto estimate Earth’s age at three billion years. The finding refines the timeline of planetary formation and early solar system history.
A simple pin placed beside the wick stabilizes the wick, prevents dripping, and helps the candle burn longer and more steadily. It keeps decorations and tablecloth free from wax marks.
Happs receives a cash Christmas gift drawing attention at the January sale counters as fans gather around the popular figure.
A historical note recalls the peacock as a premier Christus dish in England’s Christmas feasts. The bird was prepared with skin stripped, roasted, gilded beak, leaf gold, and set before the master or honored guest amid music. The William IV era dinner in Grenada is cited as a latest instance.
The Puritans banned Christmas celebrations during the Commonwealth with 1644 acts ordering a solemn fast and suppression of holidays. Towns reduced observances, clergy faced mobbing, and December 25 rites were proscribed with soldiers enforcing the order and confiscating festive provisions. The mood shifted after the Restoration of King Charles.
A tale of bells from buried churches and vanished towns. Raleigh in Nottingham shire, Preston's unknown church, Been in Holland, and Dunwich’s submerged hells are said to ring on Christmas Eve, joining a chorus heard only on this night.
The text traces Christmas tree origins to Germany and notes early uses by Egyptians and Osiris temple rituals. It adds that palm shoots were used for year end rites and that England adopted Christmas trees in the mid 19th century after Prince Albert popularized them following his marriage to Queen Victoria.
The passage contrasts desires for a real Christmas tree for children with older folks preferring imagination and fairy symbols. It suggests children want a tree loaded with colored glass baubles and tinseled strands that gleam and glitter, overflowing with festive decoration.
A brief Collier's Weekly quip suggests that simply having a child or two around a home ensures a Merry Christmas, attributing the sentiment to human nature.
The essay argues the hot mince pie is a yearly fixture on the Christmas board. It links the single annual Christmas dinner to national digestion and inevitability.
One reflection on Christmas notes that good fellowship fades with the Yule season and is tossed aside as the holiday ends.
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