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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
4
The Osceola Record notes the long tenure of Walter J Herbes as editor and publisher at Polk County's oldest newspaper. The notice records his leadership role and status within the Osceola community and local press history.
In Osceola Nebraska on July 1 1900 W M Brown married Ada Smith and moved to Browns farm southeast of town. Balloon ascension failed due to wind. aeronaut fell 100 feet and is unconscious. Notables visiting included L O Detweiler Mont Bond and families from Rising and Lincoln.
A fine baby boy named Donald LeRoy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buchholz in Shelby on June 25, weighing nine pounds. A golf club wives’ meeting organized a fundraiser for clubhouse improvements with Mrs. George Craven elected president and Mrs. F. W. Schuman as secretary-treasurer. A Cadillac mishap caused a tire blowout and window glass shattering near Lou Israel’s shop. Market notes show varied prices for wheat corn oats hogs eggs and cream with a forecast of a buyers market and 75 cent wheat hinted. Chevrolet May record praised for high daily output of panels and pickups.
Mr and Mrs Jack Logan will take over the Muse Theater from July and come to Polk County with strong local support. The Auditorium Company officers and patrons extend thanks for loyalty and assistance during the stay. Mr and Mrs F E Klein also acknowledged.
The Polk County Fair announces premium books are ready. Contact Jay Hastings, Secretary, at his office or by mail to receive a copy and prepare for the Fair.
Albert Sundberg and Doyle visited Lincoln on Saturday while Oscar Sundberg family traveled to Adams Nebraska to visit relatives over the Fourth. Many other locals, including Janky Ruzicka families and Nybergs, hosted dinners and guests in Benedict Arborville Osceola Hordville Fullerton and Stromsburg with church and club gatherings noted.
Osceola welcomes Mr. and Mrs. V A Johnson and daughter from Lindsborg Kansas for a family visit with Mrs Herman Anderson. A Methodist Church picnic at Osceola park Sunday afternoon invites basket dinners. George Fineey and Mrs A Weberg travel to Colorado and Wyoming for relatives. Local illness update reports Mrs Lloyd Cole recovering after an emergency appendectomy. Polk County sees 2 inch rain with minor damage and few outages. Visitors include Gs Johnson from Chappell and Otelia Johnson.
Collier's Weekly notes the use of pidgin English in China for broad communication. It mentions that Chinese have translated entire works including Longfellow’s poem Excelsior into pidgin, rendered as Top-side-gal ow.
The article traces historic herbal medicine from ancient beliefs that plant parts resemble body organs to the American herb boom. It notes medieval and Chinese ideas, settler usage, Shaker prominence 1860s–80s, ginseng myths, and the range of uses from tonics to laxatives and medicines, with cautions on poisonous parts.
The coco de mer, the largest and heaviest fruit in the world, grows only on Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. Portuguese explorers found it in the fifteenth century, with white men first seeing the nuts in 1789.
The article notes that New England and New York colonists used periwinkle and clam shell beads as money. White beads from periwinkle shells and black beads from clam shells circulated in strings or belts with a black bead valued at twice a white, leading to counterfeit concern as a sign of white superiority.
The United States Constitution grants Congress the power to coin money regulate the value of foreign coin fix weights and measures and to declare war grant letters of marque and reprisal and make rules concerning capture of land and water. The clause outlines core federal authorities over monetary standards and wartime conduct.
Six Virginia sandstone columns by Thomas Jefferson at the Capitol symbolize early American architecture. The Library of Congress, founded 1800, grew from 964 volumes to over 5.2 million, aided by Jefferson’s gift and the 1870 Copyright Act, now housing vast maps, music, and manuscripts.
The wood thrush’s vocal pattern conveys intense power, mirroring the expansive spaces where the bird sings. Observation notes highlight the bird’s song as a manifestation of natural grandeur and pattern.
The region of the English Lake District is nicknamed Wordsworthshire due to its strong ties with the poet William Wordsworth and his association with the area.
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