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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
8
Receipts at Union Stock Yards Omaha October 3 1939 show cattle arrivals at 20000 the largest of the season. Cornfed steers and yearlings scarce and softer while stockers and feeders plentiful. top yearlings $11.25 and steer calves $11.00. Listed prices for cornfed steers yearlings fed heifers native cows and stock cattle reflect broad ranges with weaker tone.
Receipts of hogs at Omaha Monday were 6 200 head. Reports from other market points were bearish and bids and sales were largely 25 40c under last week’s close. Best light butcher weights brought 6 65 with most trading between 5 40 and 6 60. Sows sold mainly from 5 25 to 5 65.
Receipts of sheep and lambs at Omaha Monday were 9 500 head. Fat lambs sold about 25c lower than last week at 8 75 to 9 25. Feed er lambs active and steady to strong at 8 00 to 8 80. Aged sheep steady, fat ewes 3 75 down. Fat lambs range 9 25 to 9 65, feeder lambs 8 25 to 8 75.
A London Tit-Bits Magazine notes that many wild creatures shed skin to renew their coats, grow limbs after loss, and feature structures like the rattlesnake’s segmented cups. Insects molt to reach full size, while underfed larvae fail to mature. snakes replace fangs and add a new rattle as they shed.
The early Conestoga wagon drivers rode the left wheel horse and turned right when meeting other vehicles. This practice, noted by the Indianapolis News, persisted due to deep ruts in single track roads. The Conestoga trail from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh carried thousands of wagons around 1830, moving families westward, with use possibly as early as 1826.
The first president George Washington was inaugurated in New York on April 30 1789 after election on February 4. He traveled from Mount Vernon to New York reaching April 23 and delivered an inaugural address thanking the people and the states for their voluntary consent to the new Constitution amid slow communications across the country.
The text details John Eliot's Algonquin Bible printing and the Aitken Bible printed in Philadelphia 1782. It then states a Nebraska foreclosure tax sale by Polk County District Court with Josephine Warren as defendant and a 2 p.m. October 10, 1939 sale at Osceola Courthouse for specific lands in Section 16, Township 14, Range 2 W.
A Chinese resident in Shanghai imported 300 bags of Japanese soil for his garden beds but customs refused clearance. An officer reasoned that exporting Japanese soil would deplete Japan’s resources if foreigners discovered its value.
Notice to interested parties of a petition for the adoption of Mary Wilkomn by Raymond R Bond and Vernal Brindle Bond with a hearing date October 21 1939 at 10 a m Judge L M Merrick presiding. Includes several land conveyance details in Osceola Nebraska and Sheriff Gunnard Peterson's notice dated September 1939.
Sheriff Charles D. Hitch announces a sale of land due to a foreclosure in Osceola Polk County Nebraska at 2 PM October 17 1939. The property includes NW quarter of SE quarter NEQ SWQ and Lots 5 and 8 in Section 31 Township 16 North Range 6 West. Public auction for cash to the highest bidder.
Sealed bids due October 26 1939 at 10 00 A M at Lincoln Nebraska for sand gravel surfacing on 11 0 miles of Gravel Road State Road 21013 with 1344 cubic yards of material. Bids require 100 percent bond and a fifty dollar certified check. Wage scales set 55 45 and 35 cents per hour for skilled intermediate and unskilled labor. Plans available at Osceola county clerk or Department of Roads and Irrigation Lincoln. The department may waive technicalities and reject all bids.
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