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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
7
Fragmented text mentions Swift and Co cutting two million melons and a question about farmers’ earnings versus consumer prices. The passage also references bacon at 45 cents per pound and a hearing about wartime talks, with hints of winter hardship and a gathering.
Beatrice honors a UNL football roster with a feature on the team and its eleven players. The article spotlights Beatrice as the site where the Cornhuskers celebrate their football legacy.
The article argues that smaller Nebraska cities produced most athletic talent for the Cornhusker squad as Lincoln's representation was minimal. It notes twenty Huskers will contest upcoming games at Lincoln against Iowa Notre Dame Missouri and Syracuse, highlighting regional disparities in roster origins.
A new special war tax of three percent on the value of finished automobiles and motorcycles began Saturday, prompting price increases from manufacturers and local dealers. Congress faced widespread objections from farmers and others who call cars a necessity, with many letters and telegrams noting unfairness and prompting dealers to raise prices on new stock.
The 1917 Nebraska roster includes Edson Shaw Tecumseh player Lawrence Shaw Osceola and Ed Voschi with Beatrice producing multiple captains Leonard Purdy 1918 and Dick Rutherford 1915 Lincoln Furnas and Beatrice lead in representation Southeast Nebraska shows strongest turnout across counties Custer Merrick Furnas Jefferson Otoe Lancaster Polk Butler Johnson and others are listed with hometowns and counties for first team players.
The 1917 intersectional football meeting between Nebraska and Notre Dame is set for October 20 at Lincoln's state university field. Nebraska seeks to reestablish itself among the sport's elite after earlier success against Notre Dame, with backfield speedsters McMahon Kellogg and Schellenberg leading the attack. Notre Dame, coached by T. Hepper, has advanced a powerful program, having recently defeated Army and Yale and aiming to extend its dominance into the upcoming season with strong line play and veteran talent.
Fragmented notes indicate Osceola Postoffice will serve as the central office for multiple county districts supplying stamps and envelopes locally rather than from Washington. The text hints at district offices in Polk, Stroma, Shelby with doctors and consultations referenced, but details are unclear.
The piece argues for a hardened patriotism during wartime, promising action against foreigners and traitors, binding newcomers with assurances, and restricting language use while vowing to protect the English language and national allegiance. It also forecasts two million returning patriots who will become responsible citizens. Potato Grades urging grading to ensure supply, storage, and insurance.
Polk residents raise a purse of 170 dollars to reward local boys who answered the call to join Uncle Sam's army as volunteers or under the draft. Names listed include Sundberg Dahlin Anderson, Harry Li Shater, Ralph Todd, and several others. The note outlines an expected audience and emphasizes community support for enlistment efforts.
Osceola Nebraska October 1917 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday November 5 1917 the county treasurer of Polk County Nebraska will offer for sale at the treasurer's office in Osceola the lands and blocks assessed for taxes interest and costs due and unpaid for 1916 or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the taxes interest and costs. Sale to commence at 9 o clock A M and continue from day to day until all lands and blocks offered have been sold.
The dams of these heifers already produced well and adding high producing blood would not raise output as much as in an average herd.
At the university farm a self-feeder led in profitability per head, with corn and tankage plus alfalfa pasture yielding $6.81. Other feeds like homing feed with alfalfa pasture had the lowest grain cost at 13.15 per hundred, while semi-solid buttermilk with alfalfa pasture produced the highest daily gain of 2.14 pounds. Prices cited include corn at 2 per bushel, semi-solid butter milk 34 cents per pound, tankage 80 per ton, hominy 70 per ton, and gesture 44 cents per head per day.
A city reader asks why the government can conscript life itself for war but cannot seize excess wealth and profits from wartime. The question reflects public concern as Americans anticipate gains from the conflict, citing large pantry stocks such as 500 million jars of jam as an example of abundant resources.
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