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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1937
Page
8
The piece outlines a nationwide traffic crisis with millions of drivers and pedestrians affected, 28 million cars, 3 million highway miles, and a 1936 toll of 36 800 deaths and 40 million in losses. It notes multiple causes and highlights balanced city strategies using education engineering and enforcement to reduce accidents.
The Hoffer Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at the cemetery on Friday afternoon, May 23. Liberty and Pleasant Prairie Schools plan picnics at Buckley Park in Stromsburg on Sunday. Victor 10th grade graduates are David Albrecht Edith Rosenberry John Knerr Donald Prell and Dean Dillsaver. The road past Greens Chapel Church has been graded and a real improvement. Mrs C V Powell and daughter Lorraine from Waverly were calling on Polk County friends the first of this week. Miss Lorraine who graduated from Bryan Memorial Hospital Nurses Training School in Lincoln will finish work there in September. Mrs C B Knorr and nephew Herman Larson returned Saturday from a two weeks trip visiting relatives in Illinois and Omaha. Mrs Lizzie Chase and son Mr and Mrs Carl Ellsworth and family and Miss Marian Lockard all of Shelby and Marvin Iler were guests of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lindgren Sunday. Mrs Esther Berggren and her daughter Mrs Paul Strand of Polk were Lincoln visitors Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Horace McKeag Mr and Mrs Elmer Kindberg and Mr and Mrs Keith Kindberg and son were Columbus visitors Sunday. Miss Elin Peterson RN from Los Angeles is spending a five weeks vacation with her parents. Misses Lillian and Harriet Peterson and Hilda Roos of Lincoln were weekend guests at home.
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The article notes that during the 1890s many U.S. senators wore Prince Albert coats as a symbol of maturity and statesmanship, with beards marking men of substance and authority.
Receipts at the Union Stock Yards Omaha totaled 6500 head with active trade. Steers yearlings and heifers steady to 15 cents higher, cows steady to lower, calves 50 cents to $1 lower, bulls down 25 cents while stockers and feeders held firm. Report lists concrete price ranges for corned steers yearlings slaughter cattle and feeders along with specific bid levels.
Hog receipts at Omaha totaled 2000 head with all buyers active. Prices rose 15 to 25 cents from Friday. Desirable butcher weights brought 10.65 to 10.85, medium and mixed packers 10.40 to 10.75, and sows 9.75 to 10.00.
Receipts of sheep and lambs at Omaha Monday totaled 8000 head with prices steady to 25 cents higher than last week’s close. Fed woolled lambs brought 12.50 to 12.75 dollars, wooled natives springers 13.00, aged sheep scarce and firmer at 5.00, and various feeder lambs and range classes cited with quoted ranges.
In Polk County Nebraska the heirs and interested parties are notified that A F Nuquist as trustee filed a final account and seeks settlement and discharge. The hearing was scheduled for June 15 1937 at 10 AM in the County Court before Judge L M Merrick. By May 17 1937 the notice was issued with dates of publication May 20 27 and June 3.
Notice that International Harvester Company will sell at public auction a McCormick Deering 20A Harvester Thresher with fore carriage engine 602626 serial 2031168, securing a debt of 622.54 due on a June 27 1936 chattel mortgage filed July 22 1936.
Notice of sale of lots seven and eight in block eight of Original Town Osceola Nebraska on the north side of Court House Square. Sale scheduled Friday May 28 1937 at 10 A M. International Harvester Company mortgagee by W L Nelson agent May 6 18 20 27.
Creditors of Veda Smith Stanton estate must file claims in the Polk County Court by September 11 1937 to be heard September 13 1937. Hearing set in County Court Room. Dated May 14 1937. (Seal) L. M. Merrick County Judge.
A district court order directs the referee to sell the south half of the northwest quarter of Section 1 Township 14 North Range 2 West at Osceola Nebraska on June 15 1937. The sale starts at 2 PM with 15 percent cash down and balance upon court confirmation. The auction is open to highest bidder.
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