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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1941
Page
4
Osceola Nebr., March 1879 issue entry announcing The Osceola Record as Polk County’s oldest newspaper and its postal registration details under act of March 3 1879.
Mart Sargent vacates Henderson block rooms and to serve meals over A A Young meat market. James Mackie dies in Shelby. Evelyn Warner dies in Clay Center. Osceola ladies walk in mud as city neglects street cleaning. Blue River booming but bridges hold. Sam Crouse injured by cow. Albert Pierson brings cattle from South Omaha for winter feeding. Marriage licenses issued for Linder Moberg, Westmeyer Lucas, Erickson Lundgren.
Amateur champion William Sinow of Iowa defeats Fred Campbell with two straight falls in five and four minutes respectively. The article notes local business moves, club appointments, and community notices including a debate team trip, road contract, and church events.
A week long Bible Conference starts Wednesday evening at Luther College in Wahoo with Dorothy Boden and Vivian Nelson representing the League. Next Sunday marks Lent's Third Sunday with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. Evening service at 7:30 features The Cross and The Church. The Women's Missionary Society meets March 18 at 2:30 p.m. at Mrs. Clarence Carlson’s home. Luther League events next week include an Elmer Johnson and Hannah Monson family party with The Fourth Word of Christ from the Cross. a confirmation class is planned for March 30 for children aged 13 and up.
The piece notes Congress enacted a delicate appropriation cut that reduces pain for no one, praising the Stamp Division of the Post Office Department which has for years been making a nice profit from its operations.
The report notes Stamp Division income from commemorative stamps and its 95 employees facing cost cuts of about 65,000, with a third of staff to depart. It cites air mail stamp changes, plus personnel efficiency plans and park acreage in Washington. Nebraska defense contracts include tents for 7,120 and an 8,078,000 aircraft plant project at Ft. Crook with Glen L. Martin as engineers. WPA funds, Nebraska defense totals, and WPA administrative staffing trends are outlined along with a Tucson airport expansion and odd note on snake charmers in defense personnel.
A clan of rattlesnakes settled the airfield area hindering workers. By now crews have counted more than 206 snakes found on the site, delaying progress and prompting caution.
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