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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1922
Page
4
The Bystander recalls election season folly and warns members to keep money in pockets as results come in. Silas Miller’s trip to Toway causes mishaps and awkward misunderstandings, ending with a plan to move Mrs. Mil for future safety.
A banquet at Hotel Rapp honored Federal Prohibition agent F C Upton of Minot and Rev W Hull. Guests included Roy Hull, doctors, lawyers, bankers, and merchants. Hull spoke on efforts to curb hooch traffic and the need for public support for law enforcement. The writer urges forming a citizen club to promote the cause and asks Polk County readers to help.
A Lille war council sentenced German officers and soldiers for crimes during the invasion. Absent defendants like General Muller cannot be punished until capture in France. Sentences included five years in prison and fines for theft of art and furniture.
In Warwood suburb a cat's frantic struggles led to the discovery of an unsolved murder. Thomas Panlach, forty, lay on the floor with his head nearly severed. An ax and razor were nearby. thrift stamps and stocks valued at thousands were untouched.
The American Red Cross reports 1,441,496 dollars spent on disaster relief in the year ending June 30 1922. Floods and tornadoes caused most damage with 30 million in losses and 100 deaths from a Texas flood. The Knichserbocker Theatre collapse and the Roma airship disaster prompted major relief efforts.
In West Salem Oregon on October 21 1922 a public letter from Editor Record Osceola Nebraska says Polk county people deserve trust. Residents plan to begin erecting a new church with most of the community behind the effort.
John Witmer of Lancaster Pennsylvania found six large “mushrooms” in a field and, after proving his friend wrong, placed the eggs in a jar. Days later three tiny black snakes emerged from the eggs and a few days afterward the remaining eggs hatched six inch reptiles.
The American Red Cross will begin its 1923 annual Roll Call on Armistice Day November 11 and close November 30. The plan aims for a worldwide, standardized registration across 35,300 chapters with a home canvass push and a sea outreach reaching members at sea or in ports. Government and private maritime groups back the global effort to re enlist wartime volunteers in the peace program.
The American Red Cross reports a strong year with total foreign and insular memberships rising to 56,408, led by the Philippines with 115,917 members. Europe added 11,125 and other regions show significant gains including Mexico 354 and the Dominican Republic 2,927 as Junior membership abroad nears 700,000.
The American Red Cross reports over 325 chapters involved in life saving and water first aid last year. The Life Saving Corps set a new high in enrollment and qualified life savers. Learn to Swim Week reduced water fatalities through instruction and resuscitation methods dissemination. Police and fire departments increasingly mandated prone pressure resuscitation training.
A small black ring tailed monkey escaped a Central American animal store and roamed the Chelsea district for two days. It hid on a sixth floor fire escape, entered rooms including those of Arthur Welte and a man drinking home brew, and resisted poison attempts before Patrolman Ernest Freeburg captured it in a third floor room at the Hotel Chelsea.
Jay Hastings lists five Polk County farm deals in Osceola and Shelby with acre prices from 135 to 250. No. 1 is 289 acres near town with a 6000 house and 170 cultivated acres. No. 2 offers 240 acres to settle an estate at 150 per acre. No. 3 is 80 acres north west of Osceola at 235. No. 4 is 160 near Osceola at 250 to educate children. No. 5 is 80 acres south of Shelby at 160. Hastings promotes quick sale and favorable terms.
The guide instructs drivers to stay near the right, pass on the right for oncoming traffic and on the left for overtaken vehicles, approach intersections and curves cautiously, avoid obstructing paths, and use signals. It requires lights and warnings by law, parking brakes set when unattended, right-of-way rules at intersections, signaling turns, and prohibits opening mufflers. Reckless driving definitions include unqualified operation intoxicated or uncontrolled vehicles and speeding beyond safe limits.
A chiropractor explains his pledge to help all mankind with natural health through preventive adjustments and spinal care. He rejects drugs and surgery, claiming gentle, noninvasive treatments restore balance and prevent illness, inviting readers to seek care now.
A brief quotation emphasizes that not all men must be great in action yet highlights a simple yet supreme power. The author references Horace Bushnell to anchor the idea that virtue lies in steady deeds rather than grand displays.
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