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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1942
Page
4
Entry filed at the Osceola Nebraska post office dated March 1879 under federal act. The notice records official action related to postal establishment or related proceedings.
Dr Shaw reports a baby boy at Arnold Grossnicklaus home. Osceola sees new ice man N Elledge for summer. W H Hearst visited Golden Red Telephone in town. Campbell resigns central office post. Michener brings boiler for electric light plant. Library board buys seventy books for free public use at G T Rays. Presbyterian church joins Eleanor Conkling and C W Day in marriage with Rev Knox Boude officiating. County rural carriers’ dance nets 40.75 in receipts.
Osceola gains postmaster Wesley E Snider a former rural carrier and mail clerk between Omaha and Colorado Springs. Eighteenth amendment adopted as the 36th state. Local bank officers elected. Population moves and property deals noted along with early defense site land activity and shelterbelt budget plans.
Ten years ago on a Saturday evening in Omaha Miss Dorothy Samuels married Raymond W Fillman at the bride’s home. The groom is the son of Mrs. Hattie Fillman of the local city. the couple will reside in Omaha.
The Harvey Hahn family near town is quarantined with scarlet fever, two children affected. Local social notes list visitors and hosts across Polk: Bush, Lindquist, Linquist, Carlson, Reed, Adelson, Dose, Nelson, Scholz, Adelson, Larson, and other households. A benefit basketball game for the Infantile Paralysis Fund with Central College is planned for February 5 in Polk.
The children express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during the death of their Father J. A. Rosenberry and to the singers who shared in the farewell. Flowers symbolized love and sympathy for the family.
Public sale announced at a farm near Hordville Polk Clarks with 4 horses 9 cattle 6 hogs 6 farm machinery. Auction starts 1 PM Thursday January 29 Atlas Lorge conducts with Clyde Travis and Col. E. R. Breininaer auditing Gustafson clerk.
The article outlines the U S push to substitute rubber with plants like goldenrod dandelion and especially Guayule, cultivated in arid regions. It notes production estimates 20 percent rubber content and a 22 million dollar plan to lease 75 000 acres for early nursery growth with a government led program and Intercontinental Rubber Company involvement. It mentions delays from long cultivation cycles and potential civilian shortages. It also reports Dr William Mann planning humane execution of three venomous snakes at the Washington Zoo to prevent bombing raid escapes.
One actor at the Hollywood trials called himself the greatest actor in the world. A friend teased him for singing his own praises, and he admitted he may have sounded conceited but noted he was under oath.
The article urges careful care of skin wounds to prevent infection. It explains how a broken or irritated skin surface allows germs to enter and multiply, potentially causing local inflammation or systemic issues like tetanus. It stresses treating every wound seriously.
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