Market Prices Echo Margin Pressures on Farm Goods
Market notes list basic farm prices for wheat corn oats hogs eggs butter and chickens with per-unit figures. Reading reflects a general price guide for farm commodities in the region.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
4
Market notes list basic farm prices for wheat corn oats hogs eggs butter and chickens with per-unit figures. Reading reflects a general price guide for farm commodities in the region.
J. S. Anderson and family were passengers to Stromsburg to visit with relatives. Mrs. Anderson and children remain for a few days.
Local notes reflect a 1917 Osceola WCTU session with brief addresses on temperance and missions and plans for growth. The piece also mentions community notices, social updates, school programs, and a bank report for Osceola, Polk County.
American potato buyers pay about three times what Germans pay, amid claims that wartime factors are not sole causes. The piece accuses wholesalers of collusion and possible retailer complicity driving up costs for consumers.
The Hastings Tribune argues for a Nebraska law allowing convicts to work on public highways. It says convict labor would benefit the nation and remove interference with free workers if legislators act to improve roads.
A letter condemns Mexican policy after the kidnapping and killing of three American citizens, arguing for stronger protection of citizens and accountability. It cites 1913 state notes and urges action to uphold national obligations along the border.
An advertisement extols Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring cleaning medicine for the family. It claims multiple doses purify blood and cleanse stomach and bowels, improving health, happiness, and harmony. The copy promotes the tea as the best spring tonic laxative purifier.
In Osceola a resident praises Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney aches backache and tense soreness. He notes relief from back pain and improved kidney function after using the medicine. Price is shown as 50 cents at local dealers.
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