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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1936
Page
3
The Omaha Land Bank sold 331 farms and 23 parts in 1935 for 2 510 000 dollars, up from 291 farms and 13 parts for 2 209 000 in 1934. The market strengthened with cash down payments rising and sale prices near carrying values, reaching 100.6 percent last year.
Lincoln Nebraska reports 537 cities and villages levying local taxes in 1935 with 7 279 school districts funded by tax revenue. In 29 counties within township organization there were 487 organized townships. Voting precincts number about 2040, not linked to tax levies. Custer county tops with 257 districts, Douglas 62, Hooker 4, Grant 9, Thomas 12.
Colonel Leo J. Crosby announces National Defense week in Nebraska from February 12 to 22 with talks across civic and school groups. The program urges Congress to maintain a regular army of 14 000 officers and 165 000 enlisted, grow officer counts to 14 000, and boost National Guard to 210 000 with yearly 5 000 increases.
Nebraska FERA director KE F Witte reports about 100000 Nebraskans still receive aid. He cites 22598 former relief recipients now employed, a rising relief caseload by 500 due to growing reserves depletion and cold weather. Feb 1 employable relief cases total 19089 and unemployables on relief reach 8000.
Official January figures estimate 16 auto deaths in Nebraska with Lancaster county reporting two fatalities and Douglas county three. Roosevelt's sign on an appropriation bill promises Nebraska about 1.27 million dollars for social security work, with allocations of 992000 for Old Age Assistance 44400 for Elina assistance and 237000 for Children's Aid.
University of Nebraska officials report 4,900 students enrolled for the second semester with a forecast of about 5,900 final registration. Last year 5,463 enrolled for the second semester, while first semester resident enrollment reached 6,228 compared with 5,731 the previous year.
The program increased seedlings planted from 33 900 in 1926 to 1 034 000 last year. Earl Makwell extension forester at Nebraska Agricultural College said this increase, funded by the Clarke McNary act, provides farmers with seedlings at the cost of wrapping and shipping.
University of Nebraska authorities announced a movement in Nebraska to organize a professional teachers improvement guild. Several school superintendents have been informed of the plan which seeks the selection and promotion of outstanding instructors in the teaching profession.
State irrigation chief R H Willis cites ample Platte River water due to snow on the Rockies eastern slope. January bank dividends total by judicial banks 45 152 69 dollars and 43 799 from administrative banks. Omaha January gains include grain receipts up 479 percent livestock receipts up 14 point 2 percent and related increases in bank clearings 16 point 5 percent bank debits 17 point 6 percent livestock receipts consumed 28 point 7 percent and postal receipts 4 point 7 percent.
City council invites bids for a new lighting system on Main and Lincoln streets with traffic lights on Highways 8 and 9. The present center drop lights from 16 years ago will be replaced by electroliers eight per block, plus six blocks of water mains and sanitary work in the park at an estimated cost of 33500 dollars with 45 percent funded by the federal government.
Federal liquor tax collections in Nebraska surged about 60 percent in 1935 compared with 1934 as post repeal laws took effect. Total receipts reached 1 305 387 dollars, up from 835 852 dollars, with sources including distilled spirits excise taxes 6543, domestic excise taxes 40027, stamps 9600, stock taxes 1 12 1934 1, wines and cordials 272, special taxes 56 406, Brewers taxes 56 883, and fermented malt liquor tax 1 180 700.
Mayor William Harm of Hastings proposes a municipal gas system now served by Central Power and an electric rate for low cooking and water heating. He will present the plan to the city council soon and asks for a council committee to survey the gas situation before the 1940 franchise expiry.
On an ocean liner Aubrey bores fellow passengers with endless travel lore from ship tonnage to hotel picks and World War run stories. The tale notes his boasts are unreliable yet audiences endure as Janet’s coming of age and a moral about letting girls have boy friends unfolds.
A collection of odd statements and wordplay including scrambled river names, legal quirks, and playful verses. It presents trivia on bananas, wristwatches in prize fighting, beard whiskers, mic life, shirt pins, and a humorous lament about aging infrastructure.
A garbled list presents clumsy definitions and mismatched pairs for common words. The items mix unrelated clues such as artichokes, gourd, mollusk, and schnauzer with stray fragments, making interpretation and accuracy dubious.
Smithsonian scientists announce that runic inscriptions traced to ancient Veneti in Venice show Germanic languages of Britain began with Venetian writings. They note Venetian letters are straight, carved in wood and metal, linking Venice to early Germanic and English language history.
A fragment shows a Blessing physician praising cooperation as a cheerful practice. The remark frames doctors working with patients and colleagues in constructive terms, highlighting professional collaboration in a friendly tone.
Mothers are urged to consult a family doctor before giving any medicine to a child. Doctors warn that unsafe remedies can risk health or life. Phillips Milk of Magnesia is cited as safe for children for over 50 years and now available in peppermint flavored tablets.
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