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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
1
The county corn hog allotment committee reduced hog numbers while leaving corn acres unchanged. Appraised yields rise by eight tenths of a bushel per acre, and the state board required reductions to fit state quotas. Adjustments affected nearly every contract and followed standard methods used across Nebraska counties.
Marion Shaw, David City attorney and former Osceola boy, filed yesterday to seek another six year term on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. He has served as president and vice president, chairs the student relations committee, and sits on finance and medical committees. The fourth district includes Hamilton Saunders Gage and Thayer counties.
St Pauls Lutheran Church schedules gatherings with the Harmony Society meeting next Thursday at Miss Nina Johuson home. Stromsburg District Woman's Missionary Society set for Friday June 29 at Swede Home. Sunday services and Sunday School marked for next Sunday. York Luther League to present a church pageant that evening followed by lunch in the parlors.
Marilyn Way nine and Joyce Ann Parks six sustained serious cuts and bruises when a car driven by Mrs. Roy Parks of Stromsburg formerly Osceola lost control and overturned in a ditch about three miles north of town on Highway 16. Also in the party were Mrs. Howard Way Mrs. Ira Ready and daughter Eileen all of Stromsburg. They were returning from a baseball game in Silver Creek and taken to Curtiss Hospital at Stromsburg where they were reported getting along nicely.
Conrad the Stromsburg baseball club mascot, a two month old billy goat, died after becoming entangled in a wire trellis with a high power line. Bought for 15 cents by E. J. Wright, he had been fed by milk bottle and served the team as a popular symbol.
Five pound bags of Epsom salts priced at 39 cents are sold in water proof bags at Crouse-Tex Drug Co.
The Maple Leaf Club met June 21 with 12 members and 11 visitors. The group voted for an annual picnic at Buckley Park Stromsburg on July 15 with a basket dinner. No July meeting. Next regular meeting August 2 at Fairview Community hall hosted by Mrs Cadwell. A picture guessing and corn guessing contest followed. winners were Frank Frizzell and Mrs Martin Liss.
Wesley Chapel harvest work continues with mowed wheat and haying. Alvin Merrick hosted a Kill Kare Klub picnic. Osceola visitors Mr and Mrs Nelson Brown and Mrs Whitehead visited Harry McBeth. D C Burns and Lulu hosted Dave Boyd and Gale from Columbus for dinner. Local families enjoyed a Pawnee Park picnic Sunday. Alva and Ivan Richards visit from Lexington. Funeral attendance in Lincoln for Rev John Bicknell noted, death from an extracted tooth. Various calls and visits among Polk County residents are listed.
A House investigating committee unanimously recommends removing Major General Benjamin D. Foulois as chief of the Army Air Corps citing incompetency and mismanagement. In Reno, Mrs. Curtis Dall, daughter of the President, settles in Reno with her two children Sistis and Bustin as a divorce action is expected.
A morning windstorm southwest of Shelby caused damage at the Henry Kumpf farm with shingles blown off, trees down, and windmill wheel toppled. Rain was minimal. Residents observed dust clouds and a small twisting look in the western sky as the storm passed.
Nebraska corn hog officials warn of a scam in which a stranger posing as a government agent seeks extra pigs from contract signers. Farmers told to report to local allotment committees, with official notices expected if excess pigs exist. Also mentions visits by Mrs Gatterman and daughter Iva and the Bradburys in Omaha.
Stillwater Minnesota Gazette notes town publishers seek General Johnson’s approval of a code addendum. They plan charges for calling lazy men, mourned deceased, scandal mongers, hypocritical reprobates, and non advertising merchants as progressive citizens.
Sunday visits linked the Oscar and Marvin Fredrickson families with Stromsburg and York residents. A Columbus Pawnee Park picnic gathered Fredrickson and Wallin families along with Octavia and Stromsburg associations. The High Prairie Ladies Club meets at Mrs Clair Willitts home and the Swede Home Church hosts the Young Ladies and Women's Missionary Society Convention with a morning business meeting an afternoon program and an evening event.
Nebraska farm fire losses exceeded 300000 in 1933, rising from 1932. State Fire Marshal Lynn J. Butcher notes rural telephones were removed for many households, hindering calls to fire departments and neighbors. Reported figures cover only fires where departments were involved. 1932 county losses show 220,709 in building damage and 77,750 in contents losses.
Local note reports Mrs. E. Crouse has been ill for the past two weeks, with no further details on condition or treatment.
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