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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1959
Page
3
Two pages review the 1958 Ag Extension work in the county compiled by Gary Garey. It highlights activities and photos from the past year and notes local personal updates including residents moving, spring fashion changes, and a light anecdote about a woman driver.
E. J. Thomas, Goodyear chairman and CEO, forecasts a rebound in the rubber industry with a 1959 peak as the firm plans $70 million in capital investment to boost automotive production by 25 to 30 percent. He notes 60 percent of layoffs restored and predicts Americans will use 1.5 million tons of rubber, yielding 112 million tires with over half bought by motorists.
A historic notice marks February 11 as the birthday of Thomas Alva Edison born in Milan Ohio and later in Port Huron Michigan. It notes Edison’s varied early career including railroading and newspaper work and his self published Weekly Herald edited in a freight car.
The article recalls Thomas A Edison’s youth in Mount Clemens where a train rescue led to a telegraph office apprenticeship and follows his rise to prolific inventor. It contrasts past daily life with today’s expansive McGraw Edison laboratories and the driving Edison ethos. It ends proposing a national holiday to memorialize progress.
The Lewis and Clark expedition set out from St. Louis in May 1804 and reached the Pacific, marking a pivotal expansion of U.S. territory. It established government presence among the Louisiana Purchase tribes, with Councils at Council Bluffs to win Indian alliances and deter British interference.
The site impressed both Americans and Indians during the Council with traders establishing posts nearby. In 1820 the westernmost and one of the era’s key military posts Fort Atkinson was constructed on the site.
Miss Charlotte Dinges of Lincoln spent the weekend at home with her mother Mrs Rose Dinges and family. LeRoy Dinges of Kearney, a student at Kearney State Teachers College, is also home during semester break. Mr and Mrs Ed Hynek and sons of Bellevue, Nebraska, were overnight guests of Mr and Mrs Mike Snodgrass and family.
The State of Nebraska announces a legal notice in Polk County Court regarding the estate of Hilma E. Branting deceased. To all interested parties, the executor provides final report details and requests actions per court order.
A court hearing is set for February 20 1959 at 2 PM to settle the final account from administration, determine heirship, and discharge the executor. The hearing date is noted by J E Steeple county judge and city clerk notices dated January 21 1959 with publication dates January 29 February 5 and 12. Bids for city work will be opened January 13 1959 at 8 PM at City Hall with right to reject any or all bids, by H J McDonald city clerk with notices dated January 15-22 and 29.
City of Osceola Nebraska invites bids for a cable type power rodder to clean 500 feet of sewer mains. The unit must be self contained with 1 inch flexible cable, gasoline or electric power, 75 to 175 RPM transmission, throw out clutch, trailer chassis and pneumatic tires. Bids due February 4 1959 at 8 PM.
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