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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
8
At Union Stock Yards Omaha on Oct 13 1983 selling details show cattle receipts around 18000 with light steers yearlings and feeders moving steadily. Top steers reached about 9.85 while heavy cattlewere slower and mostly 10 to 15 cents lower than last week.
A hog auction notes 8,000 head with bids mainly 10 to 15 cents lower than Friday and most sold on that basis. Prices spread across weights and qualities with light weights at 9.50 to 9.70 and sows 9.00 to 9.70. The piece also argues that taxes burden consumers and cites rising hidden federal taxes per family from 1932 to 1935. It closes with a note on demand for colored pet mice in England and a Camden Town seller offering 10,000 mice and potential weekly sales of 5,000.
A Collier's Weekly note claims about 7,000 sunken ships lie beneath the world’s seas with hundreds of millions in gold and cargo. Modern detecting and diving gear makes three quarters of these wrecks salvageable, turning downed copper cargoes from 5,000 ton tramps in the North Sea into profit.
Notice calls all members and the district superintendent to Osceola Nebraska at 7 30 P M on November 20 1936 to form a Methodist Episcopal Church and adopt Articles of Incorporation. Also public notice of final report and hearing for the estate of Frank Stachura with license to sell land to pay debts scheduled for November 9 1936 in Polk County Nebraska.
The document explains the $12.8 trillion Roosevelt deficit divided among states by two thirds property value and one third population, with Polk County receiving $1.798 million. Polk has 277,077 acres of tillable land and a 19,084 population per the last census. It notes your tax burden equals your share of the debt based on population and land ownership and that taxes fund government revenue.
Nebraska senator hopeful Robt G Simmons will address Osceola at 2 00 p m today and Stromsburg next Wednesday October 21 at 1 30 p m. Citizens are urged to mark the dates and attend.
The Roosevelt administration tax bill imposes a hidden levy on workers and farmers, taking about one fourth of the wages or income they receive.
Clarence W Anderson sues Olga M Johnson and others to quiet title to the NW quarter of the NW quarter in Polk County Nebraska. He alleges possession for over ten years under claim of ownership against the Union Pacific interests and seeks a decree to restore the record deed that was lost. Defendants must answer by November 23, 1936. Mills & Mills represent the plaintiff.
The president pledges a reduction while adding over fifty bureaus to government operations, signaling a broad reorganization aimed at efficiency and centralized administration.
J. A. Albin guardian of Jennie L. Gilbert seeks court order for a license to sell described parcels in Osceola Polk County Nebraska to pay debts and provide care. An appearance order sets Nov 9 1936 for show cause. notices to kin and interested parties via Osceola Record. Also includes bid invitation for Columbus Bellwood State Road project with 6.3 miles surfacing and wage scales.
The administratrix has filed a final account for John Fineey deceased in Nebraska. A hearing is set before the County Court on October 23 1936 at 10 o clock A M to discharge and contest the final report. Interested parties may appear and contest the same. Dated September 25 1936. Ww. W. Norton County Judge
Alf M. Landon argued in Buffalo on August 26 1936 that indirect taxes on food clothing gasoline and cigarettes shift the government’s cost onto wage earners salaried workers farmers and small businesspeople, making the tax bill largely hidden.
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