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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
8
Active higher cattle market at Union Stock Yards Omaha with light receipts. Cattle top near 10.25 for yearlings and steers. hogs to 1.05. lambs generally between 9.25 and 9.75. Pricing for corn fed steers yearlings heifers and feeders listed with various cut and quality grades.
Hogs climbed to as high as 7.05 per hundredweight with the bulk selling 5.75 to 7.00 as 7,200 head were received. Prices moved up sharply for the first time in weeks led by strong demand from butchers and a higher top bid.
Receipts were moderate at about 4500 head with the fat lamb market advancing 10 to 15 cents. Most fat lambs sold from 9.25 to 9.75 dollars, feeders steady around 8.50 to 8.70, and aged sheep up 10 cents with fat ewes topping at 3.10. Fat lamb grades ranged from 9.10 to 9.75 for medium to choice and lower ranges for fair to medium.
The name Leander comes from Greek meaning lion-man or courageous. In legend he swam the Hellespont nightly to visit Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, guided by a lamp on her tower. when the lamp went out, Hero perished and Leander was slain. St. Leander was bishop of Seville in the sixth century.
The Detroit News recounts John Howard Payne in Paris with Mary Shelley, Washington Irving, and the Palais Royal circle. It notes Payne’s Home Sweet Home shrine at 156 Galerie des Bonsginfants and traces the West Highland White Terrier’s origins to Poltallock and the Malcolm family in Scotland.
Natural gas was known in Asia long before practical use, seen as fire god worship when leaks lit by accident. In the United States Flora MacFarland notes early 1800s gas in Ohio and West Virginia from salt drilling, later used to boil salt water. Titusville first piped gas for domestic use in 1872.
The article explains endowments as a major income source for the Church of England, detailing ancient foundations in London and other cities, gifts from old families, and perpetual rights to income. It notes that some congregations are freed from clerical support due to these endowments and mentions the Church Estates commission and ecclesiastical commissioners handling defunct or redirected funds.
A Los Angeles Times writer notes the pronghorn is a single North American species famed for beauty and grace. It raises white rump hairs into a visible rosette when alarmed, a trait that survives its tan into the sunlit landscape.
The city of Troy New York is the birthplace of the collar cuff and shirt industry and became the center of steam laundry interests. The term Troy laundry is widely used across the United States and abroad reflecting Troy’s early leadership in laundering technology and machinery.
The article traces knitting roots to western Europe around 1527 with a Scottish guild patron saint, noting England and Scotland activity and a 1598–1610 patent saga for William Lee. It cites Elizabethan silk stockings and the rise of machine knitting by 1657 after Cromwell chartered the London Framework Knitters' Company.
Oliver G. Pike notes shrews as tiny wild fighters in Britain. Many dead shrews found in country places, some believed due to fighting, though starvation from insect shortage and frozen ground also causes deaths. Shrews feed mainly on insects and perish after about 24 hours without food.
Wyandotte Cave near the Ohio river in Kentucky is described as the largest cavern after Mammoth Cave. It runs over four miles with halls and domes, including a 65 by 90 by 210 foot room and a notable stalactite named The Pillar of the Constitution. Remains of primitive man are visible, and nitrous earth from the cave was used to manufacture saltpeter during the 1812 war.
The federal government has no constitutional power to declare holidays for states. It can establish holidays in DC and territories for commercial purposes and recognizes Labor Day Christmas New Year's Memorial Day Washington's birthday and the Fourth of July. Each state designates its own holidays.
The porterhouse steak origin is disputed with claims it was popularized by a New York porterhouse proprietor or named after the Porter House hotel in Sandusky Ohio. Charles Dickens reportedly praised the steak during a visit, leading to its fame and use in leading hotels and restaurants nationwide.
Sealed bids due July 13 1939 at 10 00 A M in Lincoln for grading sand gravel surfacing culverts guard rail and incidental work on the Pole Clarks Federal Aid Secondary Project FAS 65 A 1 plus related armor coat projects. Includes 4 1 miles of gravelled road 15900 cubic yards excavation 3110 station excavation 7365 pounds reinforcing steel for culverts and various culvert pipes.
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