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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
4
The piece critiques Governor Bryan’s stance on eradicating bovine tuberculosis and opposing the appropriation. It argues the fight is necessary to curb the disease and notes the governor calls the funding a cattlemen raid, a claim the piece finds unfair yet acknowledges some farmers once believed in Bryan’s positions.
The editorial advocates a community pay up drive to ease a cash shortage. It argues borrowers and lenders profit from credit while cash transactions reduce costs, urging readers to settle arrears and prepay to free money for stores, professionals, and editors. It posits a chain reaction of payments aiding local business and presses for a collective slogan to start the effort.
Omaha reports Union Pacific will invest 42 million dollars this year in new equipment and improvements financed from new capital. The project includes double tracking from Omaha to Ogden and Salt Lake, creating a Chicago to Salt Lake through route, with 1515 miles of solid double track. New steel passenger cars and thousands of freight and refrigerator cars are ordered to support next harvest.
An article argues preventable losses from bad egg production exceed fifty million dollars, pinpointing poor handling and partial hatching due to warm conditions. It suggests roosters should only accompany flocks during hatching season, after which males should be confined, culled, or sold to improve egg quality.
G T Ray offers to mail flowers to any address with no extra expense if you place the order early.
A series of aphorisms and witticisms from a Nebraska journalist. The notes touch on philosophers weather fashion advertising laziness and human behavior with a sharp humorous edge and familiar local flavor.
A noted observer argues that advertising fuels commerce and should not be mistaken for a mere business index. The quote emphasizes advertising as a proactive force shaping consumer activity.
A high school boy spends more on haircuts than his father did on clothes during his high school days, reflecting changing youth grooming costs and budget choices.
A columnist argues against abolishing the $2 bill and urges changes in daily living to restore its dollar value. The piece contends that monetary habits and consumer practices, not currency abolition, would sustain the bill’s purchasing power.
A rooster in a rainstorm and a din ing car waiter out of uniform stand as the world’s two best examples of lost elegance. The speaker jokes that when The Boss is sick it’s imagination, but when he is ill it is the real thing needing care. He notes mothers receiving flowers on Mother’s Day while many lack basic necessities the rest of the year.
A comment notes that an average group of city men in overalls plow shoes and jumpers does not perform as well as the same number of farmers indicating skill and experience matter in field work.
The Boss loosens rules as warm weather arrives allowing residents to smoke long green tobacco outdoors. This marks a return to outdoor smoking in common areas with windows and doors open.
A Harvard woman is described as stingy for removing her false teeth each night to avoid wearing them down in sleep. The piece contrasts views on sacred life with how society treats a man who behaves like a savage beast.
Dad Shields says a man who surveys his wife's past rivals is inclined to congratulate her for good judgment, implying approval of her selection.
A wry remark suggests a price cutter would not stay in heaven, instead selling a seat at a bargain and moving to the other place. The line uses humor to imply continuous profit seeking even after death.
A speaker asserts self doubt about guiding state and national affairs compared with Charley Bryan and Warren Harding. The remark contrasts personal confidence with potential political leadership and references those public figures.
A terse query recalls Henry Ford’s rumored promotions offering free readers with his display ads. The tale asks whether Ford ever included a barrel of oil with a flivver in such promotions, reflecting an era’s outsized automotive publicity.
A writer says he has instructed his attorney to start a libel suit against Editor Gard ner ot Elgin. He claims the editor mocked him over a beauty show prize and impugned his popularity with women.
The article argues that buyers with installment plans feel true ownership while creditors retain legal title. It notes consumer confusion and calls for clearer guidance on when ownership transfers.
A columnist critiques The Saturday Evening Post for publishing stories that seemingly favor depicted girls who drink alcohol smoke cigarettes and engage in behavior frowned upon by rural communities. The piece notes the magazine’s moral stance while signaling bias in its fiction selections.
The article advises selecting superior cockerels for next year’s breeding, separating old cocks from hens, and marking two to three potential breeders per required male. It emphasizes early maturity, proper feeding, clean nests, regular egg gathering, and careful storage to ensure high quality eggs for city consumers.
Nebraska boys can join Corn Club to win trips and prizes. The top county member earns a free trip to Boys and Girls Club Work at the Agricultural College, with possible additional trips. Medals go to first and second in county, and UP Railroad offers a $75 scholarship to top county performer. Seniors are urged to act now by contacting the County Extension Agent or the Agricultural College.
Advice to dairy farmers on increasing milk and butterfat by culling scrubs, using purebred dairy bulls, retaining heifer calves, and feeding top cows. Encourages forming a cooperative dairy bull association to access quality sires cheaply.
The text contrasts the value of a productive hen with criticism she faces. It notes Madam Hen labors to lay an egg daily and implies that under favorable conditions the egg remains a sign of diligent work, while other factors affect outcomes.
U of N Agricultural College researchers say feeding hogs with green pasture reduces grain needs by about 30 percent to reach 125 pounds. They advise using bluegrass, spring grains, winter wheat, winter rye, alfalfa, clover, sudan grass, rape, and alternate pastures to maintain green forage from spring to fall for higher profits.
In a Wisconsin dairy study thirteen farmers with 580 cows produced 90 538 pounds of butterfat annually. Fourteen farmers with 530 cows produced 147 381 pounds. Purebred sires, used by the fourteen, raised output by 56 843 pounds total and increased per cow butterfat from 171 to 278 pounds, a 107 pound gain worth about 42 80 per cow.
Nebraska’s Agricultural College promoted winter wheat and today 40 percent of state winter wheat uses Nebraska No. 6 or No. 60 varieties. Developed by the experiment station, these wheats boost farmers’ income by about four million dollars annually from a three bushel per acre yield gain.
A Hampshire man jokes about financial scheme language to express intent, saying he can add to another’s bank balance, subtract from mortgage principal, multiply success, divide worries, put more interest in work, and discount losses if...
Instructions urge farmers to improve pig survival from birth to weaning highlighting losses before weaning and maturity. Emphasizes dry, clean brood sow housing, early care, and parasite control to raise pig mortality from about 65 percent to 80 or 85 percent of farrowed pigs, with economic gains for the swine industry.
The Agricultural College has long promoted serum treatment and distributed serum to thousands of farmers, reducing hog losses. With pork production around 100 million dollars annually, a 5 percent saving equals about 5 million dollars.
The agricultural college’s effort to reclaim Nebraska orchards yields an estimated value of 150000 dollars annually. Pruning and spraying increase output, with many large rundown orchards moved from loss to profitable operation through the college’s aid.
Effective May 26 1923 a mail pouch will be prepared at this office for dispatch on motor train 507 to Central City Stromsburg Polk Hardville and other towns with connections to Omaha Grand Island Aurora Sargent Lincoln and Cheyenne. Central City redispatches mail to Omaha and Ogden trains 5 and 66 and to Lincoln via Aurora with morning and afternoon departures enhancing delivery. Pouch assembled at 9 00 AM by W S Snider P M.
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