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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1936
Page
3
Nebraska State Fair shows a profit of about 20 thousand dollars for 1936 after expenses. Receipts total nearly 94 798 dollars with 74 619 spent and a year end balance around 20 178.46 before using initial funds for improvements and bond obligations.
State Historical Society official cites a faded 1897 clipping claiming Nebraska owns a half section of Galveston harbor frontage. The deed to Alvin Saunders as trustee reportedly granted land “to the State of Nebraska forever” with landmarks like a ringing buoy. A land office check seeks to confirm if a legislative act was needed.
Nebraskans show record involvement in the federal soil conservation plan with 175,000 farmers receiving benefits, up from 120,202 in 1935 under the AAA. National figures also rise with 4,272,464 work sheets filed versus 3,388,551 contracts in 1935, reflecting shifts to soil building practices and crop conservation.
D J Roach Nebraska district manager of the Great Western Sugar company announced a final payment of 268 589 will be made to Nebraska beet growers on their 1935 crop bringing the total for last year to over 3 000 000 The 1936 crop is larger and four 1935 payments will exceed 680 000 from the prior year A total of 7 21 per ton was paid.
The bureau reports progress on a 200 million dollar grade crossing elimination project begun last year. In Nebraska the work completed costs stand at 477,487 with under construction costs at 1,689,870 and approved construction at 1,270,689.
A. A. Reed announced that Kimball Alliance Greenwood Hastings and Stroms burg are among 200 representative U S high schools evaluated to define a good high school. Nebraska relief data show 37034 Nebraskans on relief the weekend of Oct 8 with 7130 unemployed and 3327 non employable. Douglas county 12506 and Lancaster 2427. Week ending Oct 1 relief load was 35807.
A. E. Anderson, state and federal crop statistician, reports in an October livestock review that the Scottsbluff area shows normal or near normal lambs on feed, while national lamb feeding remains above last season but below 1934-35. High feeder lamb prices delay purchases in Scottsbluff amid grain feed and hay shortages lifting feeding reductions in eastern Nebraska.
Dr. P H Bartholomew notes Nebraska deaths for January to June 1936 reached 7 284 up from 7 004 in 1935 and 6 860 in 1934 with heart disease leading causes. Cancer ranked second with 776 deaths. infant and birth classifications rose. Accidental deaths fell from 491 in 1935 to 450, while cold weather caused a 600 percent rise in related fatalities. No aviation deaths recorded and streetcar auto crashes remained absent.
D. J. Roach of Great Western Sugar Co reports western Nebraska beet harvest at peak with about 8 500 employees. The workforce includes 2 100 factory workers 2 500 haulers and pullers 4 000 field workers and 100 railroad men. One day 34 846 tons of beets arrived at six factories stations totaling 9 847 truckloads or 700 railroad cars.
A detailed account of the pursuit and killing of outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd in Ohio on October 22, 1934. FBI agents and local police cornered Floyd after a long hunt sparked by the Kansas City massacre and Nash kidnapping. Floyd died after a brief gun battle as he resisted surrender, leaving a controversial ending to his crime spree.
A series of quotes argues that persuasion replaces force when lacking drive. It asserts tyranny fails to command respect and that moral truths endure, as expressed by Hazlitt and Carlyle. No concrete events or persons are described.
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