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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1938
Page
4
The Osceola Record marks Walter J. Herbes as Editor and Publisher in a brief masthead note. The notice confirms his leadership role at the newspaper.
In days gone by report from Osceola covers local arrivals and jobs. Albert Moffett and wife host a boarding party while W. O. Cox opens a car penter shop on the square. Local market prices for Wheat corn rye oats hogs eggs and poultry noted. Officials and residents travel between Osceola Emerson and Lincoln for work and duty. Osceola to gain a telephone system soon with four weeks of work remaining. Election returns list county officers including Clerk of the District Court Campbell and Sheriff Nuquist among others.
Elizabeth Widener born in 1829 in Ohio dies at Hemingford Nebraska at 85. Reed Dawson and Mrs. W. A. Wescoat are listed as her children. A baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Rasp of Gresham on November 18. I. B. LeMar begins a new bungalow on south Osceola lots. H. G. Dickinson dies in Lincoln and is noted as having run a flour and feed store near Beebe Hotel. Erma Ingerson Terriz G. Fuller Goldie Hale J. W. Hendrickson wed at Methodist parsonage on November 12. couples to live between Osceola and Gresham.
November 15 1928 notices report John Edward Campbell age twelve death. marriages Lonnie D Buchholz and Kathryn McGrane in Norfolk. Uncle John Van Hoosen’s death at York aged 84. baby boy for George Richter. J B Wolfe dies at Grand Island. John Inness dies in Shelby with Andrew Inness surviving. auditorium program features Hersholt Joyce Dix Shanghai Bound. Osceola market prices listed for wheat corn oats hogs hens springs turkey geese ducks eggs cream.
Market notes from Union Stock Yards Omaha dated Nov 14, 1938 show sheep and lambs in light supply with steady prices. Fat lambs 8.00 to 8.50, feeders 7.50 to 8.00. Cattle receipts 13,000. opening bids 15 to 25 cents lower. best steers around 11.10. cows steady. feeders scarce and higher. Cornfed steers 12.00 to 13.25. yearlings 11.56 to 12.50. feeding steers 7.50 to 8.75. native cows 5.00 to 7.50. stock cattle 6.50 to 9.56. yearlings 5.00 to 8.25.
Hog receipts reached 7,000 head as demand stayed firm. The market opened 5 to 10 cents higher than Friday, closed 10 cents higher with early clearance. Best butcher weights brought 7.70 to 7.75, most hogs sold 7.40 to 7.70, and sows moved at 7.25 to 7.60.
Receipts of sheep and lambs at Omaha Monday were 3 500 head. Trade remained firm from start to finish with prices fully steady. Fat lambs sold at 8 00 to 8 50 dollars and feeder lambs at 7 75 to 8 00 dollars Local quotes show age ewes unchanged and feeder lambs price ranges listed for various grades.
After elections many new faces will enter Congress and a broader view of a legislator’s duty to constituents emerges. Voters expect faithful representation and focus on public welfare, with office-holders serving the people rather than party interests.
Names and households from Polk to York are listed with dinners, calls, visits, and attendance at church and football events. Neighbors and relatives from Aurora, Kearney, Stromsburg, Central City, and Osceola share weekends with the Orendorffs, Johnsons, Shanks, and others as fairs, games, and birthday anniversaries mark the week.
A Chicago Tribune article cites Dr. Thomas M. Beck noting titanium ranks with aluminum iron magnesium calcium and potassium as among the seven most common earth metals. Titanium compounds are widespread though ore deposits are rarely rich enough for mining.
James McGill, born in Glasgow in 1744, earned a fur trade fortune in Montreal and served as a militia brigadier general in the War of 1812 before dying in 1813. He left ten thousand pounds and lands to endow a college named for him, which became McGill University in 1821 with a royal charter.
A London Answers Magazine correspondent notes Euclid ran a mathematics school in Alexandria attended by a Ptolemy king. When the king asked for a shorter explanation, Euclid reportedly replied there is no round road to learning.
Barbara Hauer born in Lancaster Pa on December 3 1766. Educated in Baltimore she married John C Fritchie glove manufacturer of Frederick Md. The couple lived on West Patrick Street. She was benevolent quiet fond of flowers well read and had no children. She died in 1862 and was buried at the Reformed Church cemetery in Frederick. Prior to the Civil War they owned slaves.
A large wild animal market operates in Europe with a hub near Hamburg and Marseilles. Visitors can bargain for Abyssian lions, Soviet bears, or tigers from Dalat on Rue Jardin or Rue Monte Cristo. Chartreux road hosts shops selling wild birds from Africa Asia and South America.
Miss Mary Kearney of Omaha visited H. J. Rinteman’s home from Saturday to Sunday before heading to Minneapolis to begin civil service nursing at the Veteran's hospital. Mrs. Irene Walline and family joined weekend plans in Lincoln and attended the Nebraska Pitt game. others, including Misses Walline Nelson and Rystrom, also traveled. Mrs. Vernon Henkle returned from Los Angeles for a two month stay with relatives near York, while Willie Johnson of Osceola underwent an appendectomy at Stromsburg hospital Tuesday night. Sunday dinner at Eric Forslund’s included Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Rudeen, Mrs. Edith Lindstedt, Albert E. Johnson, Rev. and Mrs. Paul Rosell and son, and Rev. Hagstrom of Chicago.
The term buccaneer traces to original men who prepared smoked meat called buccan, a practice that gave rise to the name.
The Board of Educational Lands and Funds will offer for public auction on December 3, 1938 at 10 a.m. in Osceola Nebraska the Polk County educational lands whose sale or lease contracts have been forfeited or canceled. Movable improvements on the lands will also be auctioned. The auction opens for one hour and redemption rights terminate with this notice.
Sealed bids due November 29 1938 at Lincoln Nebraska for grading sand gravel surfacing culverts and incidental work on Polk Dwight Federal Aid Secondary Project No FAS 430B(1). Work includes 2.0 miles of graveled road with Excavation 2650 cubic yards and 81 station excavation plus 1597 cubic yards sand gravel.
Osceola Nebraska plans call for concrete and culvert work with 18 and 30 inch pipes plus driveway culverts. Bids require 100 percent bond and certified checks with groups totaling set amounts. bids open with state and county officials.
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