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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1928
Page
4
Osceola Nebraska readers are informed of weekly publication timing and postal handling with a Thursday release schedule. The notice lists a yearly subscription rate and post office entry details for the Osceola edition.
A. P. Sprague of York representing the Wheat Growers Association presses Congress to broaden revolving fund loans to cover costs of securing five year grower contracts for selling pools. He reports favorable reception and links farm relief to McNary-Haugen aims.
Rabbits and field mice threaten orchards by girdling trunks and roots. Meadow mice injure root systems often unnoticed until too late for bridge grafting. Traps with oats help identify species. in small orchards trapping works, while large areas need cultivation, nonlegume cover crops, and fall winter rodent poisoning.
H H Campbell reports success at the Lincoln Poultry Show with premiums across classes. Osceola bowling team defeats Shelby 35 to 33 at Palace Alleys. Fire department tests new engine with a water ducking of Councilman Stoner, to be redone. Lester Sealey and Nina Joy wed at W B Carson home. couple to live in Hackberry precinct. Marriage licenses issued to Robert E Burke and Iva hy Miocre. Wm Gadaka and Minnie Anmon.
The bishop of Durham, in a Stevenson commemoration ora tion, questions whether physical disability limits life distinction. He cites Stevenson as an invalid yet notes weakness may spur virility and greatness. He asks if Stevenson’s works can endure against modern relevancy and future rivals.
The dancer rose to fame in two a day shows and musical comedies, then turned flashy with tall hats and millinery. Intimates abandoned her as she tainted by vanity and speech quirks while revealed illiteracy. A theater maid asked awkwardly about the pins, exposing the performer’s confusion.
A Cornish correspondent recounts testing a twelve year old boy in India for the Pender foot badge. The youth misdefines thrifty as spending money on a girl. The note ends with a remark about girl guides being too independent.
A Vancouver Province anecdote recalls Jones the angler who shuns worms in favor of pricey gear. A native with a string of trout suggests worms, and proves fish respond to a different language by dropping a line.
Unearthed near San Diego, tubes of soft soapstone were used by a prehistoric medicine man to heal the sick. He faked insight by blowing smoke, claiming to diagnose bewitched illness and to extract magical intrusions transformed into toads or snakes through sleight of hand.
A classroom exchange ends with a humorous clarification. A teacher defines a dumpling like woman as short and plump while a pupil initially suggests tall and thin. The correction reveals the intended image was a dumpling shape, not a noodle.
A concise piece notes how the efficiency expert and statistician yield to poetic vision in American Magazine, blending practical rigor with lyrical sensibility to shape creative thought.
Osceola Nebraska commissioners meet January 10 1928 with all members present. They elect C Edwin Johnsgon as chairman and Lee Campbell as Highway Commissioner for 1928. Appointments include Silas Miller Soldiers Relief Commission Dr L M Shain County Physician and Board of Health member. Wages set Janitor 100 per month Night Watch 5 per month Road Overseer 40 cents per hour Road Work 35 cents per hour.
The county outlines 1928 budgets for General, Special Bridge, Road, Soldiers Relief, Mothers Pension, Court House Interest and Sinking, and a County Fair fund. It notes bids for concrete work, with rates for horse and tractor teams, and lists claims allowed across funds including aid to residents and supplies for offices. Official papers designated for publishing proceedings are the Osceola Record, The Headlights at Stromsburg, and Polk Progress at Polk.
Osceola Nebraska January 11 1928 the Board of County Commissioners met with all members present. The fore noon was spent checking district court clerk books a trip was made to the County Poor Farm and conditions observed the afternoon hours were devoted to reviewing sheriff books and reports. The board adjourned to meet January 13 for further checking.
The Osceola Nebraska Board of County Commissioners met January 13 1928 with all members present. They checked books in the County Treasurer and County Judge offices, compared quarterly officer reports with records, and found them correct and approved. The board adjourned to February 4 1928.
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