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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1936
Page
6
In a family dinner scene Tony laments failing to land a newspaper job after meeting with city editors. Brenda, Bruce, Barney, and Cliff's absence color the tense mood as Tony ponders ads, doors, and Sacramento rumors while musing on life and work.
Tony Taft lands a society reporting job at twenty five dollars a week after a Call telephones for her to scout news. Cliff Kerr supports her as Brenda and Aunt Meggy react to Tony’s career breakthrough and romantic tensions.
Antoinette Taft, 23, struggles to hold work in a drab San Francisco flat shared with sister Brenda, brother Cliff, younger Bruce, and Aunt Meg. She interviews Lawrence Bellamy, editor of the Journal of Commerce, who offers no position for a woman writer. Tony returns home and focuses on housework as Brenda and Aunt Meg arrive.
Tony and Cliff enter the bustling City Room of a newspaper building in the evening. They are ushered to room 18 where Charles Greenwood is expected as Miss Taft arrives for a meeting with Burke perhaps. The scene ends with a prompt continuation.
The brig Thaddeus sailed from Boston on October 23 1819 carrying missionaries printers and teachers to the Sandwich Islands. After five months of voyage the ship reached Hawaii on March 30 1820 marking a turning point in cultural and educational exchange.
Nebraska WPA reorganizes to use new federal funds and place 6 000 more people to work, raising total employed to 24 000. D F Felton announces staff reduction to 300 and confirms possible rise in relief at work quota. new projects statewide pending.
A. E. Anderson reports Nebraska certified potato crop totalled 815000 bushels in 1935, almost twice the usual, with Triumph variety dominating 788000 bushels. U.S. seed potato crop reached 12093000 bushels, up from 10460000 in 1934, while half of Nebraska Triumph seed potatoes sold by December 1 at 75 cents per hundred.
A report to E F Witte Nebraska emergency relief administrator shows Lincoln Relief raised 21925 dollars in food aid last summer and fall. From seed provided by NERA in community and small gardens the effort yielded 76008 cans of food and 1052432 pounds of fresh produce with losses of 151 pounds worth. Potatoes were the main loss due to storage issues. 688878 pounds were grown.
Washington report shows Nebraska veterans would receive about 21.8 million dollars from the soldiers bonus under the Vinson Patman McCormack plan. Data from the Veterans Administration and IRS indicates 40 233 certificate holders would be paid nationwide with Douglas County leading Nebraska totals at 3 686 241 dollars and Arthur County the smallest at 21 264.
The Nebraska regents endorsed a PWA loan and grant package totaling 400 000 dollars for a new student union building and backed a second hand book department linked to the regents' bookstore. They urged a 45 percent grant and 55 percent loan. The student publication board pledged 10 000 dollars to the fund, with several campus groups contributing smaller amounts.
Lincoln A E Anderson states farm stocks in Nebraska on Jan 1 were about 50 percent of the five year average for corn and wheat. Oats stored exceeded the average by about 29 percent. Wheat stored 9,868,000 bushels versus a five year average of 19,261,000. Corn in cribs totaled 69,525,000 bushels, up from 15,035,000 last year.
Officials moved carefully through debris as 15 workmen began a $10.00 WPA project to renovate the 47 year old courthouse. State Engineer A. C. Tilley said bids open January 30 on $882,000 highway work.
The Nebraska board of educational lands and funds cut the minimum prospecting fee from 25 dollars for 40 acres to 64 dollars per section or 10 cents per acre. Board members said several large firms planned oil searches but objected to the higher charge.
Following a $42,000 bond vote by the Decatur school district, the public works administration approved an extra loan bringing the total for a new school to $76,364. Architect Dodd of Omaha has submitted tentative plans to the board, showing a six room grade school, a high school assembly space, five classrooms, home economics and manual training areas, and a combined gymnasium auditorium.
Western Nebraska farmers closed a year of vast improvement with rising product values and renewed confidence. From the northwest sandhills cattlemen sold 80 million dollars of livestock while Cheyenne Kimball and Deuel counties reported profits in wheat corn potatoes and sugar beets for the first time in six years. Beef prices lifted ranchers near the sand hills to near Gold value as the year surpassed the last five years.
The Nebraska Works Progress Administration is authorized to raise wages and employment levels, bringing the monthly payroll to about $985,900, up from the current $595,400.
Construction of a new water works system and a new grade school building at Harrison will begin soon. The total cost, about 41 000 dollars, will be financed in part by the PWA. The water system costs 13 000 dollars and the school building 28 000 dollars.
Fremont residents will decide February seventh whether to issue bonds to finance the city's share of a three block railroad viaduct. The bond amount, covering damages to adjoining property owners, will be set from a January thirty first report by appraisers.
The city council signed a $21,697 contract with J. C. Jensen of Ainsworth for the construction of a new municipal building. Edsey E. Upstill of Long Pine won contracts for the heating plant at $1,985, plumbing at $645, and electrical equipment at $660.
D. L. Gross of the Nebraska Agricultural College warns the seed corn situation is menacing and mirrors 1917 scarcity. Agricultural agents civic groups and local organizations will organize the effort and unemployed relief youths aged 16 to 25 will test seed free for farmers bringing samples. The National Youth Administration funds the employment limiting hours to 48 per month.
Hastings college library receives a global journal collection including 34 countries. Two American papers, the Hampshire Federalist dated March 26 1812 and the Hampden Federalist from Springfield Massachusetts August 27 1812, are highlighted. The donor was the late E N Hamen a former officer of the German National Bank of Hastings.
A motivational nugget urges positive thinking to claim birthright ambition. It emphasizes belief as a force shaping conditions, urging persistent work toward success with the idea that success will come to those who think they can.
Read the offer in this issue. The Postum Company will mail a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. Adyv.
A reflective item noting that goodness radiates from the soul and shines through the eyes, while a heart harboring crime will inevitably reveal its secret. The remark is attributed to F Saunders as a moral meditation.
A brief line notes that some individuals willingly take on tasks and can be accommodated, suggesting a temperament or culture of responsibility within a group. The quote implies voluntary effort without detailing specific people or events.
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