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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
8
South Omaha market notes show hogs up 5 to 10 with a high at 5.50 for all hog classes. Cattle receipts reached 9,500, the largest day this year, with cornfed steers at 9.75 to 11.50 for good to prime and top cows at 7.75. Yearlings, heifers, and feeder sales varied by grade with multiple price ranges.
Hog market advances 5 to 10 cents with 9 700 head supply. Top bid reaches 5.50, bulk sold at 5.15. Sows mainly 4.70 to 4.85. A 5 000 head Monday lamb run sees top at 1 975 with choice westerns scarce.
The report notes about 120 million milk cows globally with 24 million located in the United States. It details the share of dairy cattle by country and implies the U S remains a major producer.
Midway Ballroom Havens resumes Friday night dances on July 12 with a 20 cent admission. Management seeks top orchestras to provide the music through the low price.
The old Moslem rule requires a man to view a prospective wife’s face and hands before marriage, as a woman’s hands are believed to reveal her personal beauty.
The United States Weather Bureau broadens its role by offering four daily forecasts instead of two. It plans more reporting stations and enhanced radiosonde equipment to improve accuracy and range, aiding aviators and expanding weather forecasting capacity.
The Legion of Blood Donors, started in Rochester New York three years ago, now serves 56 communities with about 98 000 volunteers and more than 970 transfusions given without pay. The group fields 1200 names, coordinates with Times Union and radio stations to match blood types at local hospitals and quickly locate suitable donors.
Guided camera trips at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon draw many visitors. A ranger naturalist led groups to scenic rim viewpoints with three to five stops for photographic study and reviews of past trip photographs. All camera types were used, from box cameras to modern models.
A Better Vision Institute study finds one third of night highway crash drivers show night blindness, a non refractive issue not fixable by glasses. Some cases improve with vitamin A diet. avoid night driving or drive slowly and cautiously when necessary.
Prefabricated stairs designed for house installation provide low cost fire safe stairways and are adaptable to replace worn units. The average unit weighs about 380 pounds and can be installed by two men. Supports allow installation in any floor framing with options for steel treads and linoleum or asphalt tile.
The Christian Science Monitor argues that true liberty rests on God’s universal law, not human authority. Tyranny fails by fear, while trust in spiritual reality, Christ Jesus, and the First Commandment sustains freedom and unity among people and nations.
The article profiles Thomas Sheraton, famed for dainty conventional inlay and minimal carving. It highlights his satinwood use, veneered work, rectangular chair backs, varied straight legs, and preference for all over stuffed seats. It notes his avoidance of the cabriole leg and his pioneering kidney shaped table design.
European builders have used glued laminated arches for decades and now the technique enters this country. A one inch board bent into a curve forms the core with similar boards glued lengthwise by clamps. These arches span 100 feet or more and enable larger cross sections and longer lengths, even for vehicular bridges.
A Washington Post writer notes mules resist changing trained routines. Pack mules trained with blinkers keep them on when loaded years later. In a stable of 150 mules, all heads emerged to inspect a new man, and staff reassured him nothing was wrong.
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