Osceola School News Roundup Recaps Week of Activities
Osceola pupils celebrated birthdays and Valentine events in kindergarten and first grade. Second and third grades tracked attendance and memorized poems while fourth grade reports top absences by Yale and Harvard. The eighth grade held a spelling contest and a minstrel show is planned for March first. High school athletics saw Osceola fall to Stromsburg and claim consolation and reserve wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aw ‘Meary Duauv
Mr. Thompson
Margaret Sheets
Margaret
Vera Rockmeyer
Gladys Marjorie Lesear
Jansen
Bobby Ball
Marilyn Brown
Glenn Kemp
Donald Malek
Westley Parks
Arline Pearson
America
Samuel P. Smith
Bennett
Harvard
Yale
Mary Mae Timm
Bobby Mills
Jesse Plummond
Richard Malek
Omaha
Shelby
Marion Johnston
Alex Mills
Irene Sargent
Taxes Consume Nearly One Third Of Gasoline Dollar
The article notes that 29 cents of each dollar spent on gasoline in 1982 paid taxes. This reduced purchasing power by about one third, with a car at 10 miles per gallon effectively delivering 75 miles per dollar instead of 100. States consider higher gas taxes, and Congress may keep or raise federal taxes, dating back to 1929 when Oregon imposed the first tax.
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Congress
Oregon
For Rent Elledge Home Six Rooms On Five Acres
For rent a modern six room house with five acres of garden and fruit trees. Pasture land available inquire locally about terms and location.
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N Elledge
Real Moral Test in Adversity by Fosdick
The text argues morals grow from enduring hardship not theory. It contrasts armchair ethics with faith under disaster and praises fortitude, constancy, patience, and heroism as core moral forces guiding conduct beyond mere morals. It concludes true triumph requires religion as the ultimate response to life’s meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becoe
Jesus
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Warper’s Magazine
Official Proceedings of Tie County Commissioners
The Tie County Commissioners met February 15 1933 with all members present to review redistricting and farm dragging contracts for Hackberry Valley and Pleasant Home precincts. They discussed new lines and scheduled the next meeting for March 3 1933 and set March 1 1938 as the deadline for labor and material claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie County
Oscerla
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Hackberry
Valley
Pleasant Home
Aug. P. Anderson
J. W. Fillman
Words of Wisdom on Self-Discipline and Beliefs
A collection of aphoristic sayings on restraint, love, nature, humor after trouble, appetite, voting, retrospection, manners, fiction, vegetables, purse in head, weathering clouds, education, emergencies, gear for farming, and perseverance. It presents varied reflections without a single cohesive narrative.
Cleaning Upholstery Care Tips and Methods
Cleaning upholstery requires care to avoid moisture in padding which can cause mustiness. Avoid strong chemicals. test color fastness before treating stains. use carbon tetrachloride for grease spots and let liquids evaporate. Leather dries out and may be restored with castor oil. velvet and mohair require steaming with a warm iron and brushing to lift the nap.
Reigns Alone on Salton Sea Isle
A Salton Sea feature recounts Captain Davis on Mullet Island near the Salton Sea, noting a muddy estate with geysers, a medicated lake, and stocked waters. Pelicans supposedly distribute bass and mullet, and a small museum preserves relics including an 1857 Bible and a wagon tragedy tale.
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Harry Carr
Los Angeles Times
Captain Davis
Mullet Island
Salton Sea
Davis
Countess of Suffolk
Sturges Tomlinson
Muller Island
Donaldson
Yuma
Cheerful alarm clock helps to reach rail station
A lively alarm clock wakes you to greet an old friend at the rail station. The device aims to ensure timely arrival and friendly reunion.
Mrs Holt Reaches Dublin After 31,500 Mile Pursuit
Mrs J C Holt of Dublin N A arrived from Europe with her two children after pursuing 31,500 miles by airplane. She placed them aboard a Naples ship then went ashore on an errand. On returning the vessel had departed and she hurried to Gibraltar awaiting the liner.
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J. C. Holt
Dublin
N. A
Europe
Naples
Gibraltar
Workman in Overalls Drops Tools From Golf Bag
A New York pedestrian described a man in overalls who walked with a golf bag over his shoulder, whistled as he reached a corner, then opened the bag and dumped a range of tools before opening a manhole and starting work.
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New York City
Market for Farm Waste Sparks Chemists’ Search
A discovery that drugs and varnish materials can be derived from Henin, a substance found in all farm wastes, has prompted chemists to intensify research on the broader farm waste problem.
Livestock Prices at South Omaha February 21 1938 Fortunes
Opening cattle prices at South Omaha show steady to 25 cent declines on plain and heavy cattle and on cows and heifers while light weights and yearlings hold. Receipts total 10 000 with stockers and feeders in fair demand. Prices list yearlings to prime range from 5.00 to 6.50, steers 3.00 to 6.00, fed cattle and cows across multiple grades, calves and stockers priced accordingly.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Hog arrivals steady as hog market eases slightly
About 13 000 new hogs reached market Monday and met with slack demand. Prices remained steady to a shade lower than last week's close. Offloads mostly sold between 2.90 and 3.05 per hundredweight, with lightweights as high as 3.15.
Fat Lamb Market Opens With Mixed Bids Across Classes
Opening day shows demand for fat lambs steady to lower with bids about 10 to 25 cents shy of Friday. Receipts reach 12 090 head as fat and feeder lambs average around 4 75 to 3 10. Fed lambs priced from 4 75 to 5 90 with discounts for quality. feeders from 4 00 to 5 15. aged stock includes yearlings 3 00 to 4 25 and ewes 0 50 to 2 75, with cull stock at 0 50 to 1 50.
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Medui
Peanut Composition Details Revealed
Nutritional analysis shows peanuts containing 25.6 percent protein 38.6 percent fat and 24.4 percent carbohydrates. The fuel value per pound is 2490 calories.
Hester Cleang Works Cleaning and Laundry Ad
An Osceola contact offers cleaning and laundry services by Hester Cleang with phone 212. Service details mention leaving Cleaning at the David Cole Creamery in Osceola and indicate Mondays and Thursdays.
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David Cole Creamery
Osceola
Sheriff Sale Notice in Polk County Nebraska 1938
Harold L. Nelson Sheriff announces an order of sale from Polk County District Court in a case with Columbus State Bank as plaintiff cross-petitioners Farmers State Bank and Theo Spitz as defendants. On March 14 at 2 PM at the south door of the Osceola courthouse the northwest quarter and north half of the southwest quarter of section 27 township 16 north range 1 west will be sold at public auction.
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District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
Columbus State Bank
Columbus
Theo. Spitz
Farmers State Bank
Osceola
W. Roy Vanhoosen
Notice of pardon board hearing for Polk County convict
Robert Franklin, convicted in Polk County in October 1931 of breaking and entering, has applied for commutation. The Nebraska Board of Pardons sets a hearing at 10:00 AM on March 14, 1938, at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the application should or should not be granted.
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Wherisas
Robert Franklin
Polk County
Board of Pardons
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Nebraska
Harry R. Swanson
George Willis
N. T. Harmon
Pardons Board Set Hearing for 1931 Polk County Convict
George Willis, convicted October 2 1931 in Polk County for Breaking and Entering, has applied to the Board of Pardons for clemency. A hearing is scheduled at 10 A M on March 14 1953 at the State Penitentiary and interested parties may appear. N T Harmon Chief State Probation Officer.
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Osceola Schoo
Carrsons
Whitney
Eaton
Osceola Shools
Wooden Soldiers
Sertette Minstrel
Sheen—Bony’s Glee Club
Stromsburg
Bulldogs
Addison
Harnbloom
Shethby
Polk
Johnson
Hernblyvin
Ame
Campain
Jackson
Hotel Conant
K. D. Davis
Columbus, Nebraska
Salton Sea Isle
Octavus Roy Cohen
Southern University
Jim Hanvey
Mr. Cohen
Harvey
Elmer S. Rood
Mer
Jones St
Omaha, Nebraska
South Omaha
Hester Cleang
Harold L. Nelson
Sheriff’s Sale
Remie
Remington Office
Record Office
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