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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1916
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union dispatches detail rising U S treasury tax take for the fiscal year ending June 30 with taxes on alcohol and income, plus 27 000 aliens entering in March. Reports cover Irish home rule hopes, Verdun fighting, Meuse bombardment, and U S military mobilization moves.
British Columbia employs women factory inspectors and suffrage leagues span Canada. Toronto waitresses form a union while Brooklyn women join Red Cross plans. Mary Pickford plans a stage debut as Mary Pickford moves to speak for stage. Jessie Campbell travels to France as a military nurse with her father Governor Campbell of Ohio supporting war relief efforts. Lady Paget has raised nearly 400000 since the war began to aid Belgium France Italy and Serbia.
Quote attributed to Jeremy Taylor extols friendship as the ultimate love, usefulness, open communication, noble suffering, steadfast faithfulness, severe truth, hearty counsel, and the strongest union of minds achievable by brave people. The passage frames friendship as ideal for both men and women.
Nigeria has joined lands with valuable coal deposits discovered in recent years. The report notes expanding mineral resources and potential economic impact for the region and national energy plans.
The note traces why boys hate cats, suggesting the feud began from a cat’s treatment of a captured mouse. It contrasts fair play with duplicity and frames the sentiment as a長 observation from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A speaker boasts about a revered lineage while lamenting that wealth or power did not transfer the will or ability to sustain it. The remark frames a clash between ancestral prestige and personal capacity.
Ailing plants benefit from lime mixed with a small amount of sulphur stirred into soil around the base. Use when the soil is dry and repeat frequently to combat fungous diseases and scalicide.
A brief excerpt notes social invitations and perceptions of a young woman described as homely yet desired for gatherings. The text highlights mixed social views and potential popularity despite appearances.
State Treasurer Hall sued in the supreme court by oil, drug and dairy interests seeking a peremptory writ to permit use of about 125000 in fees from 1913 14 and part of 1915 for current expenses of the oil and dairy commissions. He planned to move the funds to the general fund under a blanket provision. Recommendations by Nebraska Farmers Union urge consolidating governing boards, nonpartisan county superintendents, state text books, and broader rural education reforms. Attorney General Reed says mailing liquor across state lines violates federal law and a St Louis company sold liquor by mail to a minor at Lewellen.
The Food Commissioner Harman circulates petitions to submit a proposed amendment making the food, drug, dairy and oil commissioner a constitutional officer. Appointed by the governor for six years and independent of gubernatorial control instead of a two year statutory post. If adopted in November, it takes effect ten days after canvass by the state board. The governor would issue a proclamation within ten days after canvass.
A. L. Burnham of Stanton will be cadet colonel of the university battalion for next year. At the recent annual drill on the athletic field last week A. J. Covert of Lincoln was named lieutenant colonel, J. L. McMaster of Lincoln executive and delinquency officer, B. Nye of Kearney major of the First Battalion, K. Y. Craig of Omaha major of the Second Battalion, C. S. Holcombe of Maxwell major of the Third Battalion, and D. T. Lane of Seneca major of the band.
Dr. L B Pilsbury of the state hospital for the insane warned the social and economic burden of care will become unbearable if not reduced. He urged limiting procreation of the unfit through segregation as a means to ease the burden presented at the second annual Nebraska state institutions conference. Dr J P Lord of Omaha spoke on recent tendencies in orthopedic practice.
The board of control purchased 200 iron beds with springs at an average $4.80 each 100 destined for Lincoln Hospital for the insane and 100 for Norfolk hospital. Also 100 quarter sawn oak chairs at $5.35 each for the new Lincoln hospital and 17 rugs for Hastings asylum priced from $4 to $52.
The state advisor's office declines to register the 7000 dollar electric lighting bonds of Sargent due to insufficient notice. Nebraska law requires twenty days' notice before bond election votes. notices were only eighteen or nineteen days, necessitating another election before bonds are accepted by the state auditor's office.
The Nebraska state board of agriculture started a sheep experiment by purchasing 239 Merino sheep on April 195. Placed at the state fair grounds the flock helps keep grass and weeds short. By May 8 and 9 the flock was sheared yielding about 2000 pounds of wool. The herd now exceeds 390, and officials may show sheep at the state fair September 4 to 8 with a possible sale by auction at that event.
The War Department requests copies of oaths from Nebraska National Guard officers and privates. Nebraska uses separate officer and private forms. They question if guardsmen can be compelled to serve if called and whether Nebraska might follow Texas in a similar stance.
Judge George Corcoran renders final decree asserting the state’s jurisdiction to try and decide the O'Connor estate case. The decree targets all defendants except John T. Calivan who may have rights under the purported will. The ruling follows earlier state victory on the facts of the dispute after briefs from both sides.
The railway commission refused to issue an injunction blocking Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph from removing farm line phones near Fairbury over a $1.50 monthly charge. Some subscribers want to keep the older $1.25 rate from before the local company’s acquisition by the larger firm.
Labor Commissioner Coffey sends requests to farmers county clerks and commercial clubs across Nebraska asking how many harvest hands will be needed this summer. The effort, joint with other states, aims to place migratory workers from south to north during wheat gathering season. Frank Pilger of Pierce, now banking, is candidate for the state normal board to succeed A. H. Viele of Norfolk when his term ends in June.
State Health Inspector with Douglas county commissioners surveyed the abandoned Rawhide creek channel and a Dodge and Washington county sewage depression. Farmers fear health hazards from Fremont discharges. a proposal suggests shortening and redirecting the sewer to empty into the Elkhorn river and enclosing the channel a River to Fremont.
G A Loveland of the weather bureau reports that crops in Nebraska have improved over the last week. The gains are especially evident in winter wheat oats alfalfa and all grasses with growth noted across the state.
Rural Life Conference organizers and the Grange union plan a Lincoln event where J. D. Ream will address unity among rural organizations. The program aims to strengthen collaboration across rural community groups and affiliated bodies.
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