Drilling Along Misquotes on Virtue and Voters
A compact essay of editorial quips on marriage, politics, and public duty. It mocks noisy fights and praises quiet reasoning, urging action over rhetoric while noting the limits of polls and persuasion.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
8
A compact essay of editorial quips on marriage, politics, and public duty. It mocks noisy fights and praises quiet reasoning, urging action over rhetoric while noting the limits of polls and persuasion.
The Field Museum presents extinct New Zealand moas with mural paintings by Rex Knight, a mounted skeleton, and a life size restoration. Moas resembled ostriches though larger forms had bulkier frames and powerful legs. Extinction linked to glacial climate cooling and early human arrival before European discovery.
Europe’s largest rest resort for animals is in Alt Manesdorf near Vienna. The Imanosdorf asylum cares for hippopotamuses and other stray or ailing animals. Strays are housed, the ill receive treatment, and incurable cases are painlessly destroyed when possible.
A Danish scientist suggests flowers may respond to music, with pinks and cyclamens turning away from loudspeakers while roses show signs of pleasure. The claim varies by plant variety and is part of ongoing studies on how sound affects flora.
A humorous dialogue shows a wife accusing her husband of lacking love because of her old clothes, while the husband protests his affection remains strong. The light domestic banter captures simple relationship tensions through clothing remarks.
The exchange features two golf buddies where one asks about play and the other replies that it could be better but not worse, underscoring a wry shrug about current form.
In a brief exchange, a Houston Post caption questions voter sentiment about the rival mayoral contenders. The remark suggests uncertainty about leadership options and the public’s reaction to the field.
The fragment seems to report dialogue about a professor's pursuit linked to earning a degree. The wife hints the focus is largely on his search and aspirations, with a tone suggesting a personal or domestic dimension to scholarly ambition.
Live stock prices at South Omaha show fat lambs opening the week lower at 10.25 to 10.75 and weaker feed ere. Aged sheep steady, ewes 5.50. Cattle receipts at Union Stock Yards Omaha January 7, 1936 total 11,500 with beef cattle firm for desirable steers cows and heifers, slower for plainer types. Also Methodist Church notes Ladies Aid Friday, Sunday Worship and Sunday School details.
Monday hog receipts hit 13 000 head marking the heaviest run in over a year. Opening bids and sales were mostly 15 to 25 cents lower than last week’s close. Best lights brought 39.15 9.25, desirable butcher weights 9.00 to 9.14, heavy and mixed hogs 9.00 and down, sows 7.75 to 8.00.
Receipts of sheep and lambs Monday were 6 500 head. Fat lambs fed and native lists with quoted prices range from 7.00 to 10.75 dollars per hundredweight. The article also notes a view on fatal motor car accidents, arguing the current rate has improved since 1900.
A compact collection of maxims and quips on honesty, money, romance, diplomacy, and social behavior. Observations mix humor with caution about quarrels, praise, and the value of sympathy, ending with reflections on infancy and sensitivity.
Osceola Nebraska city council meets monthly with minutes from September to December 1935 read and approved. Claims from Korsmeyer Co. and others audited. treasurer reports filed. Various salaries, supplies, and streetlight costs approved. park and fire department actions discussed. next meetings set with officials and WPA engineer present.
Next Sunday at 10 AM Sunday School and Bible Classes followed by 11 AM Worship where John Oberg Jr. preaches before returning to Rock Island seminary. Installation of new officers, 7:30 PM Vespers, Bible study series Genesis to follow. Trustees meet Monday 8 PM. Choir Tuesday, Luther League Thursday with Axel Anderson and Mrs. Mary Gerdes. Second Luther League devotional Sunday 19 led by Paul Monson.
The 147 patrolwomen and policewomen in New York City will be issued regulation blue uniforms like male officers. They will wear a special waist belt for the revolver and must display police shields in the same manner as men.
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