Live Star Prices at Shug Gilaha and Omaha cattle market update
Livestock prices show Lambs at Shug Gilaha in strong demand with bids about 25 cents higher. At Union Stock Yards Omaha on July 22 1941 cattle receipts reached 7700 with brisk demand on steers yearlings and heifers prices up 10 25 cents from last week and top steers at 12 00. Hog receipts 6300 bids 15 25 cents lower. sheep and lambs 7500 head active with fat lambs and feeder grades up about 25 cents.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Insects and Disease Transmission in Nebraska
The Polk County Medical Society explains diseases spread by insects in Nebraska. Malaria is carried by Anopheles mosquitoes though local cases are few. Tularemia, transmitted by ticks and also mosquitoes, links to infected animals. Rocky Mountain spotted fever and equine sleeping sickness involve rabbit and dog ticks and mosquitoes. Encephalitis types spread via mosquitoes, with broader global examples. Some insects pass diseases mechanically, others through parasite development.
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Polk County Medical Society
Nebraska
Man
Government Currency of 1775 Worth Nothing Now
Continental currency issued from June 22, 1775, to November 29, 1779, reached 250 million dollars face value but rapidly depreciated. By 1779 they traded at about one eighth of face, with later rates sinking further. Attempts to redeem deposits began in 1780 with 40 to 1, and by 1790 redemption was limited. unredeemed notes lost value, remaining mainly as collectibles.
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Continental Congress
Congress
Photographic Restore Gives Gloss to Ancient Lion Head
University of Chicago researchers at the Oriental Institute used a silver nitrate bath and exposure to light to convert a dull plaster cast of a lion head into a glossy black finish. H P Burtch led the developing process, combining fragments from Persian era stone lions to recreate the look seen 2,500 years ago.
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University of Chicago
H. P. Burtch
The
Oriental Institute
Diet for Cats Emphasizes Carnivorous Needs and Caution
A cat owner’s diet advice stresses beef heart and pork should be avoided for cats, while suggesting carnivorous diets with red meat as closest to natural prey. It warns against fatty foods and tough vegetables like cabbage and kale, and favors nonstarchy greens and digestible vegetables in small amounts.
Age and experience shape policy not youth in Washington
The piece argues that government power rests with older officials in Congress and the Cabinet, with only about 40 members under 40 and no cabinet leaders under 40. It suggests pensioning long-serving members to end endless re-election battles and worries about a future beyond 1960.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Tarpon May Be Evolving Lung Like Adaptation
Scientists report tarpon show increased lung tissue in air bladders suggesting partial air breathing. This could explain their ability to move between salt and fresh water, a trait linked to their unique canal passage. The tarpon is noted as the only fish to traverse the canal, about 40 miles of freshwater.
Discovery of Kaolin and Meissen Porcelain Heritage
The article recounts kaolin’s role in porcelain making and Bottger’s discovery leading to Meissen porcelain begun in 1710. It notes Boettger's leadership until 1719 and J G Herold’s decoration innovations from 1720 to 1740. It mentions J J Kandler and later directors, with the factory’s interest ending in 1813 and later reproductions lacking the original quality.
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Bottger
Johann Frederick Bottger
Meissen
Europe
Boettger
J. G. Herold
J. J. Kandler
Shoes As Education Reform In Colombia
In Bogota and Medellin Colombia oddities highlight a shoe driven approach to public schooling. Shoes symbolize a higher living standard and are sold at cost to poor families through special stores. Children keep receipt books tracking small boot payments, promoting responsibility and health.
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Colombia
Bogota
Jorge Eliecer Galtan
Rations Taste Like Dog Food Says Guardsmen
A group of 40 000 soldiers in southwestern Washington critique the Type C field rations as iron like and unpalatable. The four 15 ounce cans include meat and vegetable hash, meat and beans, meat and vegetable stew, plus hard biscuit with sugar and coffee. One Guardsman quips the meals taste like hot or cold dog food depending on temperature.
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Washington
National
Villa Raid at Columbus Sparks Punitive Expedition
History notes the 1916 Columbus raid led by Pancho Villa in New Mexico killing 16 Americans and burning the town. U S forces under Gen. John J. Pershing pursued raiders, leaving many dead and prompting Wilson to dispatch the Punitive Expedition into Mexico.
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Columbus
N. M
Francisco
Pancho) Villa
United States
U. S
Villa
Woodrow Wilson
Mexico
John J. Pershing
Europe
Rocking a Child to Sleep Seen as Beneficial Practice
The article notes a shift from past claims that rocking harmed emotional development to thousands of clinical cases showing cuddling aids both child and parent. It cites time constraints and rocking chairs as practical barriers and warns the child may demand nightly rocking.
Healthier Britain in 1940 despite air raid fears
Public health statistics show Britain was healthier in 1940 than in 1938. Scarlet fever dropped from 100000 to 63000, dysentery from over 4000 to under 3000, enteric fever rising to 2800 mostly mild paratyphoid, pneumonia up slightly to 46000, and cerebrospinal fever jumping to over 12000 but with mortality cut from about 60 percent to 5 percent due to new treatments.
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Great Britain
Britain
Famous Twin Tortoises Hatch in Miami Display
Miami showcases two Galapagos tortoise twins described as the first ever hatched in America. They weighed two ounces at hatch on billiard ball sized eggs, now gain weight daily, expected to reach about two pounds by age one, while valued at about $1000 each.
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Miami
America
Earth
Behind the Curtain at Town Hall Talks in New York
George W. Denny, president and moderator of Town Hall in New York, describes the pre broadcast ritual. An audience gathers an hour early and disruptive listeners are weeded out before the mike is on. He says 20 percent control elections and are the nation’s intellectual leadership. Democracy can work if this leadership is developed and made effective.
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George W. Denny
Town Hall
New York City
Denny
Insecticide Vault Installed To Combat Ants
A new foundation integrated vault system places ant poison in vaults every 17 feet or less inside building foundations. The insecticide remains potent, is kept out of reach of children and pets, and avoids outdoor contamination from rain or lawn spray.
Magnetic mines do not float they are bottom triggered
The piece explains that magnetic mines lie on the seabed and are triggered when a steel ship passes overhead. The compass needle is drawn north, completes an electrical contact, and detonates the mine. Effectiveness is limited to shallow water, with drops by German pilots near the Thames estuary and close to shore.
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Thames Estuary
Sheriff Sale Ordered in Polk County Foreclosure Case
By order of the Polk County District Court a sheriff sale is set for 2 PM August 19, 1941 at the south front door Osceola Nebraska. Properties include multiple Osceola blocks and lots, and described land in sections 16 14 2W with acres or fractions, plus easements and highway rights. Sheriff Gunnard Peterson announces the sale.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District of
Nebraska
Polk County
Polk
Lester ‘L. Dawson
Osceola
State of
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company
Gunnard Peterson
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Nebraska Brewers and Beer Distributors Committee
Nebraska Brewers and Beer Distributors
Charles E. Sandall
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Nebi
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Aodern
Farnam Omaha
Medellin
Cafe Society
City
Smith
Addition
Hesleer
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