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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
8
The town of Clovelly on North Devonshire’s coast contains a single steep street with no wheeled vehicles. Provisions arrive by sledges from New Road Gate while patient donkeys haul loads. Whitewashed, uneven houses line the lane with vines and fuchsias, built from stones carried by ancestors.
British statistical experts estimate the average person spends about five years at the table by age 70. A 70 year old has likely eaten 450000 hours or 35 tons of food over 50 years. Add roughly 23 years of sleep, and daily activity seems less busy.
The article explains cobwebs as spiderwebs created by house spiders such as Theridion tepidariorum and notes they go unseen until dust covers them. It suggests dust accumulation leads to the belief cobwebs are only dust and mentions the hidden nature of spiders at work.
An excerpt describes Al Sirat as a narrow, razor edge bridge between this world and paradise. It narrows the path over the abyss of hell, demanding speed proportionate to virtue. The text warns that the weight of sins may halt one, causing a plunge into the depths.
The Fires of St John festival in Merano Italian Tyrol, a long standing pagan Christian blend, is described with alpinist effort to haul timber up cliff sides for large bonfires. The piece traces its origins and seasonal pageantry and notes past midwinter carnivals on lower village squares.
A Montreal Herald writer notes the English Gutenberg Bible was a Latin Vulgate copy and marks printing's birth in Germany under Johannes Gutenberg. A. Edward Newton cites Henry Stevens and George Brinley receiving the rare Bible in London with a note praising its significance as the first printed book and its historic reach to America.
In olden times villagers gathered at a barn near the church every Whitsuntide under churchwardens to drink a strong ale funded by repairs costs. The squire and lady attended with attendants, the young danced, and the aged drank. Reverence faded as the festival degenerated into brawls and ended.
Bryan's poem extols water as a daily need of all life. It rises from the earth under the sun, blesses flowers, turns clay into grain, and frames the rainbow. He recalls Jehovah's declaration at Creation that water is good.
Boulle was the premier cabinetmaker of Louis XIV’s era, popularizing a turquoise and brass marquetry technique that combined tortoise shell and brass inlay into wood. Though the method existed earlier, his work made it widely known.
Sheep and Lambs in fair supply and steady. Fat Lambs eight fifty to eight seventy five. Feeders eight to eight fifty. Aged Sheep firm. Receipts of cattle at Omaha Monday nine thousand head. Snow delayed arrivals and trading but prices generally steady on steers yearlings and heifers. Best steers around twelve dollars. Some cows sold lower while feeders stronger from nine fifty.
Hog receipts at Omaha Monday reached 7,500 head with broad buyer interest. Prices showed 10 to 15 cents higher than last week’s close as all classes traded, best light weights selling from 7.40 to 7.60 dollars and most at 7.00 to 7.50. Sows moved at 6.25 to 6.50 dollars.
Omaha market reports show 6 700 head of sheep and lambs with fat lambs at 8 50 to 8 75 and feeder lambs at 8 00 to 8 50. Separate notice announces bids for sand and gravel surfacing on York Osceola Patrol Road with 41 miles of gravel road, bid opening Feb 16 1939, bonding and wage details, and bid evaluation.
This piece warns drivers to avoid neglecting car maintenance and the dangers of cold starts. It urges regular servicing at a reliable garage, proper carburetor settings for winter, and gradual engine warming to prevent wear. It also critiques hasty green lights and flashy getaways that waste fuel and accelerate engine, tire, and transmission wear.
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