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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
8
An advertisement extols Washington County land as equal in productive yield to Polk County and priced at a fraction of Polk land. It promises high returns with crops paying for the land and offers a cash reward of one hundred dollars for any misrepresentation.
Hastings session resolves to support the Prohibitory Amendment urging Presbyterians to vote yes on election day. It denounces the Nebraska Prosperity League and praises the Dry Federation's activity, calling for moral and financial backing from church members. Also notes car ad and carriage for sale with inquiries to W. E. Pierson.
Osceola Nebraska October 16 1916 the Polk County Board of Commissioners meet with Merrick County officials to review Havens bridge work. Sheriff Potter report shows 62.00 receipts for the third quarter and tax refunds approved for J L Heald and J G Carlson as government land protests. Numerous county general road special bridge and poor fund claims are audited and ordered paid with detailed line items.
The Rexall store promotes mail order drug and sundry shopping with prompt delivery. Orders often ship by first mail after receipt and can be filled directly from wholesalers at no extra postage. Customers are encouraged to mail or phone orders, with prepaid postage on small parcel post packages.
A poem and sermon excerpt titled Help Me to Play the Game praises finding love and perseverance through faith. It quotes Edwin Hunt as a Kansas poet and notes Albany Times-Union coverage. The piece frames daily labor and hope, urging readers to trust divine guidance through hardship.
The April 1 assessment shows 643 475 automobiles for tax, with the Secretary of State issuing 96 200 automobile licenses for 1916 and 3 768 motor cycle licenses.
Cattle prices steady to strong for corn fed beef with yearlings near 10.50 and heavy beeves around 9 dollars. Hog run largest since September with about 121 loads and prices steady to strong. sheep and lambs arrivals fair to just fair with rain slowing trade and quotes ranging for lambs and ewes across multiple quality grades.
The Lincoln State Journal touts its accuracy and thoroughness with Nebraka news, puzzles, colored supplement, and features on war, inventions, science, politics, and progress. It seeks local agents to boost subscriptions and outlines a fall bargain rate of 3 per year daily or 4 daily and Sunday for October amid rising costs.
Nebraska harvested rye from 148,702 acres in 1916 with an average yield of 21.4 bushels per acre. Total production reached 3,191,063 bushels valued at 90 cents per bushel, totaling 2,871,957 dollars. In 1915, 211,790 acres were cropped with 16.3 bushels per acre, producing 3,472,440 bushels valued at 2,604,330 dollars.
Barley grown in Nebraska in 1916 covers about 650 acres with 99,000 bushels produced, up from 93,408 acres and 3,002,011 bushels in 1915. The 1916 yield averaged 33.5 bushels per acre, compared with 32.1 last year, total crop 3,344,222 bushels valued at $2,006,583 versus $1,200,804 in 1915.
For sale a few Poland China spring pigs and a one yearling pig all eligible to register. Also one Holstein bull calf ten months old. F. T. Percett and Son, Gperby Nob date.
For Sale a 4 acre property in southwest Osceola. Contact Jay Hastings or Alma A. Dolan, phone S121, Stromsburg. The Record office to confirm sale dates. Gegg Tilden Benedict Nebraska Graduate Auctioneer.
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