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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
7
A household desk setup guide urges securing a pencil to the pad or desk for quick messages. It advises an alphabetized file, calendar attachment, and a clear desk to avoid lost notes. The piece contrasts sustained steady effort with sporadic bursts of work and ends with a Bell Syndicate notice.
Chicago scientist Dr Selby Maxwell signs with the U S Navy on the war declaration day to forecast storms for the duration. Navy backs his weather predictions checked at Great Lakes with 65 percent accuracy, recently 94.6 percent. Maxwell creates month ahead forecasts with calendar weather maps for farmers.
The essay urges readers to reject mediocrity and avoid contentment with the ordinary. It argues against complacent thinking and promotes pursuing ambition, resisting conformity from factory workers to improvised earners.
Readings on ambition and effort urge rising above contentment with the commonplace. The author contrasts easier paths with mountain climbs, arguing real success comes from strenuous toil, sacrifice, and pushing beyond comfort.
The piece urges readers to seek challenging summits, suggesting mountains speak of rugged paths and personal growth. It frames climbing as a test of strength and courage, offering adventure and lasting joy from striving, not necessarily reaching the top.
Palo Alto police announce a "live and let live" drive campaign. Bad drivers will receive the usual court ticket, while good drivers will be rewarded with a movie ticket.
The piece describes labyrinths in ancient Crete Crassus era Egypt and Greece as complex passage networks. It notes their use for amusements and for confinement, highlighting Crassus excavations revealing a maze that would challenge escape.
In 1936 franchise assessments in Nebraska totaling 4 353 550 dollars, 140 Nebr. corporations and three veterans used bonus bonds as down payments on farms through the Omaha Federal Land Bank. Fred Turner paid 1 565 on an 80 acre Dixon county Nebraska tract and will pay 6 000 total. Baxter Spears put 500 of 794 on a 2 000 Dixon county farm. W N Carter used 1 000 of his bonds as down payment on a 2 600 farm in Pottawattamie county Iowa. All three are experienced farmers.
Nebraska WPA administrator Lincoln D. Felton notes rural sections show the strongest labor recovery with faster job gains on farms and small towns than in urban centers. He warns larger cities must plan for potential heavy relief and cites nearly one million dollars monthly payroll still flowing into the state despite summer layoffs.
The state board of equalization set 1936 franchise assessments for over 140 Nebraska corporations at 4.353 million dollars, up 1 650 from 1935. Eighteen more companies yet to report have 12 400 assessed last year. Omaha firms Nebraska Power Co and Northwestern Bell Telephone Co again top the list, each valued at 1 million.
About two hundred Grand Island central Nebraska truck operators met to form temporary bodies to shield the industry from regulation by the state railway commission. They prepare for the first hearing on certificates of necessity and convenience in Lincoln this month and seek postponement to gather data. HW P. Ryan of Grand Island urged the need for organization. H L VanAmbergh of Omaha spoke as well.
Union Pacific plans a new machine shop west of the current round house in North Platte. Excavation is underway and construction should start within a week after foundations, with about 75 to 80 workers, mostly steel laborers, employed on the project.
Lincoln Dr E H Barbour director of the University of Nebraska museum says two field parties will excavate archaeological sites near Crawford and Bridgeport Nebraska to seek clues to the age of man in the state. Preliminary findings were made last summer. C Bertrand Schultz will lead the Bridgeport group and Gryson Meade will head the Crawford party.
State Treasurer George EK Hall reports May brings a gain of over 200000 to the general fund, lifting May 31 balance to 543531 from 311706 at month start. Total revenue and trust fund balance ends May at 21268149, up from 21128935 last month. current revenue fund sits at 6257193 in May versus 6162558 in April.
Unofficial census counts suggest North Platte ranks fourth in Nebraska with about 17,000 residents, a gain of roughly 5,000 since the 1930 official census. Hastings and Grand Island held third and fourth in 1930, while federal grants and land-use projects across Nebraska advance, including a Pine Ridge project and a new Great Plains forestry station authorization.
The Loup River Public Power District adopts a tentative rate plan for rural electrification in Platte county in support of a Rural Electrification Administration loan. The plan sets a $10 minimum for three months including 100 kWh, then five cents per kWh for next 200 kWh and two cents per kWh for over 300 kWh per quarter.
Regional director Cal A. Ward reports by June 1 the resettlement administration advanced 15,754,000 to Nebraska Kansas North Dakota and South Dakota. Nebraska seed loans total 56,930 Kansas 24,060 South Dakota 121,592 North Dakota 159,650.
D. F. Felton, state WPA administrator, said 2,761 women in 53 centers have produced 334,722 garments since last November. He noted 82.1 percent of funds go to labor and 17.9 percent to materials. The Omaha center is the largest with 1,023 workers.
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