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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1929
Page
2
The Warm Water Fish Commission will buy bass, crappies and bluegills from individuals and organizations to expand production. The program expands stocking efforts and supports local fisheries development.
Nebraska Game Commission plans to accelerate bass, crappie, and blue gill production by purchasing fish from sportsmen and private hatcheries. G. H. Nichols of Norfolk is leading field efforts to build nurseries, with targets of five inch bass at 50 per thousand and crappie and bluegill at 15 per thousand. Last year Nebraska bought 42,000 bass from a private hatchery in the northwest.
About 50 women employees from Grand Island firms sue to test a state law barring women from 10 p m to 6 a m work hours. They seek a temporary restraining order to halt enforcement before a permanent injunction hearing. They claim the law violates state and federal constitutions by depriving liberty and property without due process and amounts to class legislation.
Twin lions born at the Gould Dietz menagerie died within hours. The parents are Joe and Wanna S. Burg named for Johannesburg South Africa where Mr. Diets bought them two years ago. Hanna, the surviving lion, is still sick but hoped to recover.
A creamery plant for Lewellen Nebraska is assured as milk from 700 cows is pledged to a local men’s company. Plans to buy a site for the building are underway and construction will begin soon. Machinery has been ordered.
The Twin Alleys association to commercial clubs will meet in St. Francis Kansas this week to promote irrigation along the Republican river from the Colorado line to Superior Nebraska. Delegates from Wray Colorado to Cambridge Nebraska will attend. Victor Westermark of Benkelman is president.
The Nebraska Diamond Jubilee Celebration pageant committee seeks a yoke of oxen and a covered wagon for the Omaha event on November 5 6 7. The pageant supports Nebraska's seventy fifth birthday with a fund of 100000 dollars for visitor entertainment.
E. B. Blackman shows a quartzite flat piece nicknamed Indian waffle iron that never tested as a waffle iron. John Larsh discovered it near Union. Prof. E. H. Barbour believes grooves were ancient water ripples in sand. It is among relics gathered along fifty miles of the Missouri River below Nebraska City.
Construction began on the YanktonNorfolk and Southern railroad extension. 1500 fingerling fish from Gretna hatcheries released in Waltonian club lake at Meadows with Governor Weaver officiating. Two small Nebraska bus lines gain authority to suspend operations. Lawrence wins three baseball games, defeating Edgar 17–4 Ashton 17–4 and Superior 4–0, committing only three errors. Blair park hosts a Casper Hovendick descendant family reunion with fourth generation represented.
Governor Arthur Weaver announced the state home for dependent children in Lincoln will receive a radio. The device was accepted by the governor as a gift for the state and will provide entertainment for the residents.
A L Doc Bixby veteran columnist and former Columbus editor spoke to the Lions Club in Lincoln last week. He regaled members with a brief whimsical account of his recent trip to California.
About 50 students from South Central school marched through South Omaha and later to city hall in a renewed plea to save their school. The demonstration followed discouragement from elders as they kept up the campaign through the day.
After the failed bond issue Richardson county commissioners must fund bridge work totaling 250000. Only 11300 will be available before May 1930, with a further 10000 by August until the 1930 levy can be collected.
Ten thousand acres of Gutru family land near Newman Grove Nebraska will be divided and sold. The estate spans Madison Platte and Boone counties and marks the largest improved cultivated unit in the state.
Walton league members Hays and Center secure a 40 000 acre land tract north of town. The heavily wooded preserve hosts three major springs and tributaries forming streams suitable for trout propagation. Two trout nurseries are being established within the refuge.
The Nebraska City chamber of commerce announced plans for a new bridge across the Missouri River. The campaign began sixteen months ago and aims to raise 300000 dollars to finance the project through seven percent preferred stock in a bridge company to be formed.
Clara Hartman living near Oshkosh was bitten by a rattlesnake without warning just above the shoe top. First aid involved removing part of the flesh, but she was never laid up as the wound swelled little. She killed the snake with a hoe she carried before giving aid.
About 400 attendees from several states gathered for the annual reunion of Stone school house east of Elk Creek. A program featured early students with G. E. Becker of Pawnee City calling roll for 1885’s first-year students, eighteen answered, many now grandparents.
One hundred Kansas City men and women join 26 members of the Manning In Singing society and 40 from the Liederkranz Singing society of Grand Island Neb for a large chorus as part of the second day of the Federation of German American Societies of Nebraska third annual convention at the German home September 14 15. Four hundred delegates and many visitors expected from across the state.
Fresh from European triumphs and elated by a successful clash with U S customs Miss Margaret Shotwell arrived in New York where officers seized all her baggage. They claimed she failed to declare expensive clothing bought in Europe. Shotwell said the clothing was stage property and she did not know she must declare them.
Gage county farmers report corn crop damage exceeding sixty percent due to the long drought and express pessimism about harvesting a fair yield.
About 150 geologists from colleges states and private firms will tour northwestern Nebraska bad lands and the Hartville mining district in early September ending in Denver on September 15.
The piece lists right field fence distances for major league parks in both leagues. It cites Chicago 318 ft New York 257 ft Cincinnati 383 ft Brooklyn 301 ft Boston 297 ft Philadelphia 280 ft St Louis 320 ft Pittsburgh 300 ft. In the American League Philadelphia 307 ft Cleveland 290 ft New York 294 ft Detroit 370 ft Chicago 365 ft Boston 358 ft St Louis 320 ft Washington 428 ft.
Former White Sox prospect Whispering Bill Barrett is back at Comiskey Park in a gray uniform with the team where he once spent years. Barrett, traded earlier to the Boston Red Sox for Doug Taitt, was known for talent yet failed to become a star and was famed as a bench jockey alongside Bibl Falk.
Lawrence to host first night football under flood lights as Frank W. McDonald announces plans for a single game with Baker University and possible future night contests for the Haskell Indian Institute. Indigenous team prospects and Kansas conference ties noted.
A compendium of player notes and anecdotes from early baseball history. Highlights include Milburn Shoffner fanning Babe Ruth in a rookie meeting, Carl Fischer aiming for 200 strikeouts, Sparky Adams as the smallest player and Jumbo Elliott as the largest, and various transfers and managerial moves.
A patent on wooden starting blocks invented by Coach George T Bresnahan and used by University of Iowa sprinters and hurdlers for two seasons has been granted by the U S patent office. The design prevents digging starting holes with an adjustable five inch high foot rest on a ten inch long block secured to the track with long spikes.
Bucky Harris denounces claims the Athletics are high hat in the AL race after four days in Philadelphia sparked fan razzing. Tigers leave town with four straight defeats as Harris declines a silk top hat gift on the field amid the uproar.
William A. Radford offers home building advice and a low cost design for a two gable 22 by 26 foot house with five large rooms. The plan shows a living room dining room kitchen front porch stair access to a second floor with two corner bedrooms and a bathroom, plus ample closet space.
The item lists various sports notes including golf speeds, caddy costs, winter championships, and promoter insights. It mentions Lake Placid preparations, Pacific Coast Conference moves, and notable athletes like McCarthy Nevers Maple Hunt Rebholz and Zuppke. It rounds out with boxing, harness racing, and motorcycle racing contrasts.
The article promotes green and white as distinctive bathroom colors, contrasting with common blue and white schemes. It advices high gloss enamel or wall board for walls, a white dado with pale green above, white woodwork, and bright accents like green and white gingham curtains, red orange or yellow accessories, and a blue floor.
The article explains a two end view of painting with emphasis on the bristle end containing materials like white lead linseed oil and tinting colors and the handle end used by the painter. It argues that long term value comes from quality materials and reputable painters who guarantee their work.
An ironing board designed to stay ready for use, kept dust free, and free of warp or crack. It adjusts to a comfortable height, uses sturdy nonflimsy legs, remains stable, and requires no heavy lifting, promising long term value for a few cents weekly.
Ready mixed paints are advised as the most reliable option, since most paints include an oxidizing oil like linseed oil and proper mixes of white lead and other ingredients are best achieved by manufacturers rather than on the job.
The article argues that each bedroom should have a spacious closet and a separate closet per person to enhance peace and comfort. It notes recent improvements and additions in closet equipment over the past few years.
The article argues that a home's value is determined by long term usefulness rather than initial appearance. It notes that luxury features like special floors and sun porches are less decisive than overall practicality and enduring utility.
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