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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1923
Page
6
Clarinda after four years under a city manager reports no tax increase while the levy drops from 42. to 42 mills, funds grow, and cash purchases replace debt. Improvements include water system upgrades, a dual-use armory, cemetery, paving totaling 165000 in 1921, and reduced engineering fees saving 6000.
Cambridge and Portland hosts mark three Longfellow linked houses. The Craigie House on Brattle Street in Cambridge remains a family possession and museum. The Congress Street boyhood home in Portland has been preserved as a public site with views toward Mt Washington and Cape Elizabeth along the bay. Historical notes contrast the three as birthplace, boyhood home, and museum.
Efforts grow to enlarge the state baseball league to eight clubs from six. A 600-student class will be confirmed by Kouitz Memorial Lutheran church in Omaha next Easter. First nonresident trapping license issued to S K Newport of Springfield SD, cost 25 dollars. Merle Meyers 16 of Nebraska City loses two toes in an accidental gun discharge while hunting. Hog receipts at South Omaha for October run 195000, the heaviest in forty years, about 42000 more than last year. Alexandria closes public buildings for cornerstone ceremony of a new Presbyterian church. Johnson County Sunday school convention set for Crab Orchard November 10–11. Elgin area farmers seek corn huskers paid six cents per bushel with supplies. Grand Island stock sale and barbecue yields nearly 100000 in breeding and feeding stock. Dr Irving J Cutter of Omaha sails to London for an International Convention. Secret-service men hunt two men who print dollars to pass at Nebraska towns. Nebraska bankers say six to eight high grade dairy cows per farm would stabilize income.
Nebraska tax commissioner reports 22.19 percent of all state taxes paid by Nebraskans went to the federal government in 1922. National figures show total federal revenue at 3.2 billion dollars nationwide, with per capita levy about 30.24. The piece also notes local political activity and various Nebraska events and records.
William A. Radford offers free expert answers to readers on poultry housing and funding farm work. He argues fresh air and sunlight reduce mortality, recommends a near-square shed with muslin fronts, space for 4 square feet per bird, and a concrete foundation with well-drained floors.
N M Goodrich woke to a glass crash as a partridge flew through a 16 by 46 inch pane into his home. The bird toppled a shade and curtain, struck a mirror, and landed dead behind two punch bowls. The season sees young partridge broods scattering and sometimes fatally colliding with buildings.
Four American refugees rescued by the coast guard cutter Bear arrived in Seattle aboard the Halda. The group includes Garl Johnson, famed Nome dog racer, his Russian wife and their 14 month old son, and W H Parsons of Tacoma. They faced confiscation of furs and threats of death from conscripted troops near Anadyr after the Iskum fled.
Mrs. Theodore Parker of Tacoma celebrated becoming a grandmother at age thirty five, marking a notable family milestone for the local resident.
President Coolidge in the presence of Secretary Denby Assistant Secretary Roosevelt and navy officers honored George Bradley chief gunner United States navy with the Congressional Medal of Honor for meritorious service under fire at Vera Cruz 1914. Bradley attached to the battleship Utah as chief gunners mate led ammunition and special details during the Vera Cruz landing.
Rome authorities report experiments with a new tiny airplane claimed to be the world’s smallest. The craft uses a three horsepower engine and flew to an altitude of 3,000 meters.
An orderly officer audits rations when a soldier presents a cup said to be soup. The officer notes the liquid tastes good, but the corporal claims it is tea while the cook says coffee. A scrub brush is found at the kettle bottom.
The Bureau of Standards notes that Prof W Kamerlingh Onnes of Leiden achieved a near absolute zero temperature of 272.18 C below zero, about 458 F below, while attempting to solidify liquid helium. He used a Langmuir pump setup in a high vacuum and concluded helium may remain liquid at absolute zero.
The piece hints at a go-getter character chasing everyday goals, portraying a slice of common life and personal drive within a small community context. The tone suggests a brisk, observational segment focusing on individual initiative.
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