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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
4
A fragmented 20th century page blends jokes and shop talk with references to an Egyptian boat in Chicago and a spring coat buying season. It weaves varied lines about lumber furniture, garden items, roofing, lime, and a sardine quip, ending with a lumber number and a quirky note.
Walter J. Herbes editor and publisher of the Osceola Nebraska weekly paper announces Thursday publication and post office listing with 879 act based admission and annual subscription rate details.
A new step in farm education will teach real farm accounting in schools. High school seniors in normal training courses gain guidance from agricultural college faculty and the state education office to prepare teachers for farm accounting lessons. The program continues years of substitute problem work replacing traditional bookkeeping and aims to help families track farm finances.
County Agent Key leads the Seward Park camp July 29 30 and 31 for 4-H members from neighboring counties. Enrollment may exceed 250 with Polk County to send about 30. cost 275 includes meals cot swims and all necessities. Clubs should notify leaders by July 22 if attending.
A local report notes that officials will send a delegation this year to the Seward Camp. The move signals continued participation in regional activities and underscores ongoing organizational commitments.
Friday morning about 10 o clock lightning struck the home of August Nelson. Some damage was done to the house but no one was injured. Several visitors arrived from Colorado and Iowa over the weekend while residents reported illnesses and local gatherings occurred at Buckley Park and Seward.
Dr William McCormick and wife spent several days visiting relatives at the home of his parents. Fern Norris visited her grandmother in Central City for several weeks. Virgil Meacham drove to Lincoln on Sunday. Hugh Pettijohn and wife of Beaver Crossing stayed with the Lester McCormick family Sunday. William Lohr and Melvin VanAlstine with their wives visited the Wm Dake home Sunday. A Olsen, visiting Wm Dakes, returned to Colorado Monday. About twenty five people gathered Friday evening to celebrate Mrs George Heinemeyer’s birthday.
Mrs. Forrest Seward remains confined to bed but shows slow improvement. CG O Carlson and family visited Robert Carlson home Sunday. Heinemeyer and Morchum couples entertained at Guildford Bryan home Sunday. Mina Buchta hosted Calmar Dunn family for Dunn's birthday dinner. Ruth Bryan visited in Guldford Bryan home. Lewell Fineey and son from Arcadia visited several days. Friday Ladies Aid met at Community Hall. G P Macey family dined at Holz home near Havens. B J Heinemeyer and spouse traveled to Columbus then Peru. Harvey McCormick and Virgil joined Silver Creek Band concert in Columbus.
Numerous afternoon calls and weekend visits mark a lively period as Mr. and Mrs. Sarow, the Wieseman and Morys families, and many neighbors share meals, chores, and casual get togethers. Harvest time helpers and a birthday surprise add to the small town’s social rhythm.
A Fulham man known as Mr Jolly Death died recently. He endured jokes about his name which affected him for years as practical jokers harassed him with late night calls, leading to monitoring of his home line and tracing one offender.
Thrift is hard to form but easy to maintain. The practice requires a small today sacrifice for long term gains. It promises the comfort of knowing you and your family face tomorrow with less risk.
The Sacre Coeur on Montmartre hosts a weekly Be gar’s Mass for Paris’s poor. Hundreds of tatters and infirm beggars attend each eight o’clock service led by church dignitaries. Each beggar receives two centimes and bread at offertory, with extra gifts on special Sundays. The church also runs an office to help find work for attendees.
David Loth notes in The Brownings that Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning starved their love by social limits yet thrived on words. They exchanged wisps of hair and lavish lyrical pleas, while a rival admirer also pleaded with similar refined verse.
The Naval observatory notes the solar system likely formed long before present and cannot state past conditions at definite times. A recent estimate from Astronomy suggests Earth’s age around four to five billion years, though future findings may revise this.
The article explains how modern building construction and bare plastered walls reflect and prolong noise. A hand clap in such a room reflects over 95 percent of sound, causing reverberation that keeps noises alive and enhances their intensity for several seconds.
The Daily Evening Transcript of Boston, started July 24, 1830 by Lynde M. Walter, served as a precursor to the penny press though not sold for a penny. It cost 4 dollars a year. The Cent of Philadelphia emerged in the same year as a one cent daily. Dr. Horatio David Shepard proposed the idea in New York City.
Berlin candidates for bus driver posts undergo strict tests. After meeting other requirements they face a moving picture screen showing buses, vehicles, a runaway horse, and pedestrians including a juvenile walker. Successful navigation earns the job.
Latis N. Coleman notes in Bells that many early bells hung in tall trees near churches. Some villages in Russia and elsewhere still use tree belfries, while Iceland places bells at the lych gate. The tradition was once common in Scotland and Ireland.
Champion speaker Fred Emnenberger completed a 120 hour uninterrupted talkathon before concluding without hoarseness. The event was organized as a promotional venture with financial backing and promotions.
An old Farm and Fireside line argues fixed ideas outshine rattling ones, urging steadiness in opinion and approach. The quip frames the value of firm beliefs over restlessness in thinking.
The article notes that sheep are branded with paint rather than hot irons because fleece regrows and iron branding would be hidden. Sheep must be branded at each shearing, with paint designed to withstand scouring. Branding is more common in range countries, where sheep are fenced, and paint is applied on low-value wool areas like the rump.
A Sydney Bulletin fragment describes Pudden’s spider as descendant of spiders taught by carpet snakes. A carpet snake balances on its tail, young spiders climb the old female and position like dry shrubs. Birds alight on the lure then are seized and eaten by the wriggler. A dog chased two cats near the scene.
Before England industrialized villagers ground corn with mill stones. The lower stone carried a fixed harp pattern of hollows and ridges between the axle and edge to ensure uniform grinding and regulate flour flow to the rim, a notable feature described by the Detroit News.
President Wilson praised a wartime anecdote from Paris as the best negro war yarn heard during his stay. The tale involves Jim in a front line trench facing a German cavalry threat and his reply to a white officer about spreading news through France.
Fall freshening cows prove more profitable butterfat producers than spring fresheners. A Blue Valley Creamery Institute study of 2,080 New York state herds shows cows calved in fall yield 245 pounds of butterfat annually, $62.47 profit over feed costs, versus 182 pounds and $47.58 when only 13.7 percent freshened in fall. Winter dairying thus outperforms summer and spring, with cows producing more milk year round and higher butterfat during fall and winter.
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