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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
6
A broad summary notes looming railroad questions and cost of living probes, army expansion for national defense, and the expansion of the officers reserve corps. It covers Villa raids toward San Buenaventura, funeral honors for Silas Barton, French finances, labor strike talks, and various international updates from Europe and the Caribbean.
The state canvassing board faces unclear duties due to two conflicting 1897 statutes. With elections held in November, the board must meet the third Monday after the election, but the exact tasks remain debated. Meanwhile returns are tabulated for use by the board and the state secretary of state.
Friends of L. F. Langhorst, chair of the Democratic State Central Committee, groom him for deputy food commissioner to succeed Charles E. Harman. Langhorst, a Cass county Elmwood merchant, was deemed the most available Democrat last summer. Harman’s pending amendment failure leaves the job more open. Harman has enforced pure food laws during his Holdrege incumbency. The state printing commission may open with Walrath leaving. Tom Palmer is named as a possible successor.
R P Holland a federal game inspector reports in the Sand Hills region that hunters are anxious to obey the law with few out of season shots or over limits. He criticizes state laws on blinds and decoys as superfluous.
Commissioner H G Taylor Secretary Thorne Browne and Rate Expert A G Howell visited the Wymore division of the Burlington last week to check car records at stations. They suggest that distribution of empty merchandise set offs be controlled by chief dispatchers to equalize the number rather than leaving it to trainmen's discretion. The commission members indicate this was not being done properly.
The preliminary USDA report shows Nebraska fourth in average yield per acre across all crops, 21.8 percent above its own average. Nebraska leads winter wheat production, and places third in corn and fourth in oats, with overall state production second in winter wheat.
F M Coffey travels to Aurora to inspect safety provisions for a moving picture show featuring The Birth of a Nation. State law requires two rear exits for houses seating 200 or more. Coffey urges a closed fireproof booth for the electric light and projecting apparatus.
The Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co appeals a Johnson county district court ruling on property valuation. The company proposed 103000 dollars, the assessor listed 172225, and the county board rejected the company figures two to three in a vote. The case moved to district court and is now on appeal to the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Frank Ringer, secretary of the Nebraska Manufacturers Association, told Lincoln Rotary members that steps aim to boost cooperation between Nebraska industries and the University of Nebraska. He urged university influence in modern manufacturing as it already does in agriculture, and said Chancellor Samuel Avery will attend the state convention in Omaha while plans for retail dealer lectures at the university during the Lincoln meeting next spring are discussed.
George Jackson of Nelson, last year’s speaker, is expected to run again. J. A. Ollis of Ord, a former state senator now in the house, also seeks the post and heads the state board of agriculture. Co W Trumble of Sherman county and George W Potts, former chief clerk, are listed as candidates with Lee Metcalfe of Omaha linked to an assistant clerkship.
Leynold & Wickstrom, grain and hay shippers based in Hershey, Lincoln county, operating at ten Union Pacific stations including North Platte, have filed a formal complaint with the state railway commission. The unusual filing asks the commission to compel the railroad to furnish enough equipment to handle the business and to provide at least twenty cars daily for hay shipments to Wyoming.
Union Pacific sent all required empty cars to Oregon and notified the Nebraska railway commission it will comply with the order to address the state’s car shortage.
The Missouri Pacific railroad notifies the railway commission and attorney general it will file Tuesday with Frank Gaines master in chancery to fix a date for more testimony in the suit to set aside Nebraska s two cent fare law. Under an agreement by Chairman Clarke the date is postponed to one week from Tuesday with a December date likely.
Oil inspection fees for October totaled 12 968 15 dollars the highest monthly amount in the history of the state pure food department. Food Commissioner Clarence E Harman said inspectors continued the crackdown on patent medicines ordering 3231 packages off sale affecting about ninety to one hundred firms statewide.
J W Shorthill of York testified before the state railway commission that rail road companies fail to add box cars in step with rising business. He cited a tabulation from Interstate Commerce Commission railroad annual reports and argued the current shortage limits handling capacity for growing grain and livestock traffic.
A digest of upcoming Nebraska events lists numerous conferences and shows from November through January. It notes meetings in Lincoln Omaha Beatrice Alliance and Auburn plus Hastings Tekamah and other towns, with details on poultry stock and irrigation conventions and a national farmers congress.
A New Castle resident recounts suffering from monthly cramps from age eleven to seventeen and says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. She notes regular cycles and no further suffering and urges others to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A London Mail joke list surveys a grocer’s inventory with playful item names such as Monkey soap Zebra 1d Donkey 24d Tiger 744d Robin 6d and reveals whimsical charges for such items as 1 Family Ass and Essence of Nats, a pun on ordinary goods.
An advertisement claims Cuticura ointment soothes irritated scalp and dandruff causing itching and hair loss. It recommends applying Cuticura Ointment to itchy spots, followed by Cuticura Soap hot shampoo, then sends a free sample by mailing a postcard to Cuticura, Dept. Ly Boston, sold widely.
A New Jersey man struck at a foot pad with a paper sack of eggs to thwart a theft. The incident shows how fear drove a foolish act, leaving readers to wonder what more valuable item the attacker may have been protecting than eggs.
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