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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
6
An observer recounts a dramatic high altitude storm encountered thousands of feet up over New York. The plane faced hail rain and lightning, with instruments erratic and the crew fearing loss of control before a controlled descent.
Sioux Falls reports a collapsing cattle industry with feeders quitting in discouragement as land shifts from grazing to wheat. Prices rise for consumers while ranchers lose money per head. reports from Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Iowa illustrate heavy losses up to 185 per head and potential beef prices reaching 90 cents to $1 per pound. Arthur M. Evans notes in the Chicago Tribune that meat costs squeeze families as much as the market.
A young woman near Geneva was arrested while attempting to enter France and found to carry corset bones of gold and platinum covered with cloth and shoe heels of solid gold under white varnish. She intended to smuggle bullion into France.
A fragment describes a steady grateful air from a high region where the ground lies far below. It notes no sunshine nor storm, only an upper region cyclone, implying a rare weather moment without danger or disruption.
George Swenson, 19, recently bitten by a rattlesnake and hospitalized five days, suddenly acted like a snake, leaping from his chair and crawling on his stomach. Nurses alarmed. doctors say it is too early to tell if the behavior stems from the bite or prior mental state.
In Pontiac Michigan a lightning strike killed 40 chickens in the yard of Smith Ames at 104 Forest Street. Ames noted the birds lay out with heads pointing the same direction and joked he would have preferred the bolt to pluck the feathers as well.
The First Methodist Church at Springfield Massachusetts plans to obtain a moving picture outfit to serve as an educational recreational social and evangelical agency for the congregation and community.
In New York a lioness named Helen, caged at Central Park, licked her forty first cub, while keepers say most previous offspring were sent to other zoos. Ackbar the sire roared at birth, later viewing it as another son. In Mantowoc Wisconsin Martin Basil and Eleanor Klaiber clash over language at wedding vows. The groom pushes German. the priest concedes.
A French writer claims a Balkan "blood brother" swore to avenge Essad Pasha's assassination. The man, now influential in France, formed a blood pact with Essad Pasha in Constantinople after a card game threat. Rustem Avent, who shot Essad Pasha, awaits trial.
Dodge county crop damage from plant lice hurts watermelon and cantaloupe yields. Grant area wheat yields reported from 100 acres and 30 acre tract. Dodge teachers’ salaries projected above 110 dollars monthly. Tecumseh hosts Johnson county fair October 13 to 15. Nebraska socialists seek ballot place. Fryer case insane. defendant committed to state asylum. Potato crop up 1,000,000 bushels from six weeks’ weather. State fair rail rates and prairie chicken hunting debated. Fort Crook named Seventh Corps area headquarte rs. Omaha military city status.
Health notes from the United States Public Health Service urge practicing walking Indian fashion to straighten toes and strengthen arches. Experts warn flat foot is less common than weak foot and advise physician-led treatment when self care fails.
In a humorous exchange from Youth's Companion, Mr. Hamlin praises his wife for knitting twenty five sweaters seventy four pairs of socks and one hundred fifteen wristlets for the Red Cross. The squire quips that his wife’s output defies counting and even three needle sets wore out.
Joseph Barcroft a physiology student at King’s College England spent six days in a hermetically sealed glass box to study oxygen use and breath air. He aimed to assess oxygen in blood from breath and whether airmen need oxygen gear at high altitudes. He recorded sensations found sleepiness and later headaches and nausea as the atmosphere became rarefied.
An airman who drops or smokes a lighted pipe from a plane is liable for any damage its fall may cause. In a Gray's Inn moot presided by Justice Darling the judgment held that allowing a pipe to fall would be negligence if it causes damage on earth, making the injured party entitled to damages.
Esparto grows across southern Spain with poorer quality on sandy soils in Algiers and Tunis. Esparto has long been used in Spain for matting baskets and cordage, with the craft linked to Moorish occupation and tradition.
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