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Newspaper

Osceola Record

Location

Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1942

Page

8

County Commissioners Admit Claims and Settle Warrants July 1942

Polk County Nebraska officials audit and approve a long list of county and fund disbursements for June 1942 including County General, Institute, Emergency Relief and other funds. Motioned items include salaries, supplies, utilities, and sheriff mileage with totals and individual payee names, concluding with adjournment to July 21, 1942.

Board of County Commissioners Polk County Nebraska Towit County General Fund Carleton Anderson Co Treas Bush’s Drug Store Ndse Consumers Public Power District Catherine Miner Same Norine ‘Micek Dowoe Elsciara Eecea Esther M. Conkling Clerical Co R. R. Cox R. F. Miller Alvin Dahlin .Co Fois Fleming Hammond & Stephens Co. Supplies Co Joel Hanson Insurance Town-Nebraska Light and Power Co Institute Olive M. McBeth Milburn & Scott 'Co R. M. McDonald County Farm Arthur S. Nelson ‘Co Osceola Record Osceola Lumber Co. Lumber Osceola Water Dept POT Seca Gunnard Peterson Polk Progress Printing Bruce Pickett Polk County Extension Service Shelby Sun Printing Stephenson’s School Supply I Co State Journal Printing Co T. A. Reece Clk Dist Mother’s Pension Fund Florence Johnson Pune Lena B. Johnson Edith Brandt Evelyn Schwartz State Admin R. L. Anderson Mee Tl. H. Seward Forslund Grocery Co Crouse-Tex Drug Co Piecmigat W. Ficthine S. Ates Pavers Ira Banta Davis Pharmacy Medical Hall County Assist Adm Fggas Chs Boweahaa Salelaws John Krager J. B. Williams R.L. Anderson Bush GWURS Mabel Church Consumers Public Power Dist Corn Palace Cafe Chas. H. Campbell Shelby Hotel Board YOOM Shelby Hospital Medical Thelen’s Pharmacy Mogical York Clinic Medical Com Owen McClung J. E. Bernt Gas Etc Home Oil Co Lincoln Road Equipment Co Cacaeees Owen McClung Co Overland Sand & Gravel Co Sinclair Refining Co Oil Pgs Sr Cheater Ale Este al Atic Tire Supply Inc Nelson John B. Braithwait FADO Sinan Doe Ernest M. Carlson Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Ass’n. Gas and Oil Johnson Chevrolet Co Lincoln Road Equip. Co Nelson Co Robert Miller Wm. Wisely Same S. B. Fox John W. Oberg & Son Repairing Ceeeee Overland Sand & Gravel Co. Bravel Ova Ivs Osceola Lumber ‘Co Wose, Dove Ev Harry W. Pratt Gas Oulictal Wm. Wright Same Overland Sand & Gravel Co. Bravel Standard Oil Company of Nebraska Sevoee Tenve BO Headstrom Willard Bush Same Einer Swanson Ernest M.carlson Carl Lindquist Same Walter Newman Same Arthur Barber Same Henning Carlson Chas. Colberg Same Equipment Fund— Gamble Stores Moise Reuel Sword R. D Harper Peterson Labor Harper Peterson Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Ass’n Bas Ccc Ceee Eee Wm. Campain Labor J. C. Cotton Wesley Koehler Jr Stanley Braithwait Same E. L. Barr A. D. No Eli W. Johnson Laber Albertus Larson Virgil Gulbrandson Albert W. Larson Ralph Donelson Arney Johnson Same Dean Hanson Same R. D. No A. A. Allison Labor Emil Larson Same Lloyd Wittgren Dale Allison Same Ray Nordstrom Same Robert Nordstrom Same J. D. Williams Sandia SAS Tat Ete AEG Ls Sbr Gad Ralph Kanter Labor J. M. Miller Same Guy Smith Same Lloyd Fjell Same Norman B. Fintell Glenn Willits Same William Wisely Same S. B. Fox Same O. E. Johnson Labor L. C. Orendorff Hilding Dahlin F. C. Dobberstein Walter Anderson Joel Hanson Polk County Fair Chester Larson John I. Anderson County Punes Igh Etinee Sel Alvin Dahlin Alvin Dahlin Co City of Stromsburg R. H. Thesing John ‘W. Oberg

Florida Note Coldest Spot Is in California

A Santa Monica man drops an orange in the cold room at the Douglas Aircraft plant where temperatures reach 104 degrees below zero. The room simulates 35,000 feet altitude to test pilots and engines for high altitude conditions and proper flight gear.

Santa Monica Calif

Cat Digestion and Skin Care Advice From Early Texts

The excerpt details cat digestion noting lack of mastication and enlarged stomachs with slower passage of food. It contrasts carnivorous and herbivorous eating, then shifts to skin cleansers: dry versus oily types, cold cream textures, and application tips including emollients and massage for aging skin.

New Invention Muffles Static Involves Army Purchases

Los Angeles inventors John Patrick Halloran and Karl E Pierce son introduce two radio devices. Halloran unveils a metal detector style transmitter receiver that energizes with earth metal to produce audible and visual signals. Pierson claims a static free receiver aided by De Forest sees military use and Amelia Earhart communications. The Army ordered units and Pierson plans public production in Los Angeles.

John Patrick Halloran Los Angeles Karl E. Pierson Lee de Forest Pierson Pierson de Lane, Inc Amelia Earhart Earhart

Gardening Advice on Disease Prevention and Plant Care

The article urges keeping plants disease free by early prevention and regular border checks twice weekly. It recommends uprooting weeds, removing faded foliage, and pruning honeysuckle several times per season to stay within bounds. For currants, spray hellebore or pyrethrum after fruit forms if worms appear. It also advises soaking lawns twice weekly rather than daily.

Smallpox Still Here Says U S Vaccination Gap

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Statistical Bulletin notes 1939 U S smallpox cases exceed 10 000 with India as the only state above that total. It cites failure to vaccinate as the cause and reports only ten states have compulsory vaccination laws, mostly east of the Mississippi, with cases concentrated in Indiana Iowa California Texas and Illinois.

U. S Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Statistical Bulletin India the Bulletin Mississippi Atlantic Seaboard Indiana Iowa California Texas Illinois

Automatic Gear Shifting Predicted for Cars

Harold E. Churchill, automobile engineer, predicts drivers may soon not need a gear shift lever as engines will automatically shift gears based on speed and engine pull. He notes such a mechanism has been built and tested, though current models upset drivers with frequent shifts in heavy traffic, and expects these issues to be resolved within a year or two.

Harold E. Churchill Churchill

Delicate Phonograph Records And Their Care

Records are delicate and require knowledge to possess. Today’s records are pressed from resins and plastics with fillers like slate clay oxides and silicates to add body and wear resistance. Fillers reduce but cannot prevent surface noise from rough handling.

First National Thanksgiving Proclaimed by Washington

The article notes that Thanksgiving was first nationally observed after George Washington’s October 3, 1789 proclamation from his New York headquarters. Congress urged him to recommend a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to acknowledge God’s favors and to promote peacefully establishing a form of government for safety and happiness.

George Washington New York Congress United States

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