Courage and Perseverance in Columbus Discovery
Leonard A Barrett argues Columbus stood firm against ridicule and lack of support to pursue a round Earth theory. He credits courage and faith for persuading Spain to back the voyage, noting similar fates of Newton Wright Ford and others who faced scorn before success. The piece ends with a 1927 Western Newspaper Union note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Columbus
Newton
Wright Brothers
Henry Ford
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
Hie
Spain
Western Newspaper Union
Columbus Day Debate and Old Court Sale Notice
A historical reflection argues Columbus was celebrated for discovering a continent rather than birth date. The piece recalls 1492 and the Santa Maria Nina and Pinta voyages with Pinzons and Columbus’s enduring legacy. Also advertised is a 1927 Osceola Nebraska real estate auction by Campbell & Campbell with sale on October 15 at the Osceola courthouse.
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Asia
Columbus
Pinzons
Palos
Santa Maria
Nina
Vincente Yanez Pinzon
Martin Alonzo Pinzon
America
Administrator’s Sale of Estate Property in Polk County
Notice is given that by order of L S Hastings judge the district court authorized the sale of real estate in the estate of Mary C Stewart deceased. The administrator applies for a license to sell the property as approved on September 17 1927 in Polk County Nebraska.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Mary C. Stewart
L. S. Hastings
Jedge
District Courts
District Court
Edna K. Rueling
William Ross King
Leslie Hanshew
Dolly Hanshew
Pardons Board Set Hearing for Meinhold Commutation
Herman Meinhold convicted in Polk County on October 21 1925 for Receiving Stolen Property has requested commutation. The Nebraska Board of Pardons will hear the application at 10 AM October 11 1927 at the State Penitentiary Lincoln Nebraska. Interested parties may appear and show cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Meinhold
Polk County
Board of Pardons
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ancient Chinese flood control praised in Min river work
The Min river in Szechwan province used eight main branches to irrigate the Chenetu plain a 100 miles by 60 miles. Liping and his sons laid a flood management system still in operation after 2100 years. A temple at Kuan hsien commemorates the engineer with a saying to dig the bed deep and keep the bunks low.
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Gi-ping
Sha
Szechwan
Great Chiongiu Plain
Chenetu
Yangtze
Li- Ping
Li-ping
Kuan-hsien
Shen
Tao T’'An Tso Yen
Maning
Minneapolis Tribune
Oyster taste claim from New York versus Chicago
A local young woman across the way says New York oysters and lobsters are superior to Chicago fare, suggesting ocean growth yields better shellfish than in the Great Lakes.
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New York
Chicago
Ocean
Great Lakes
Women of Tibet Impress With Distant Civilizational Reach
Learning travelers from distant lands note that Tibetan women direct their husbands and shape household life as civilization expands into remote corners of the globe.
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Tibet
Ignorance of Forms and the Changing Rules
The passage argues that forms cannot be styled good or bad winners since they change often and depend on country and time. It notes travelers face unfamiliar courts and may return as strangers to their own, and that forms are easier to remember or forget than faces or names.
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Swift
Osceola Transfer Ad Promotes Livestock Hauling
Clyde Lamoree advertises Osceola Transfer offering livestock hauling to Omaha markets and other destinations. He claims capable service anytime with full insurance for all live stock shipments.
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Omaha Markets
Notice to Contractors for Osceola Street Improvement District No 3
Sealed bids due September 26 1927 in Osceola Nebraska for Street Improvement District No 3. Engineer estimates list graveling and compacting costs per square yard. Bids require certified 5 percent bid bond and plans at city clerk and engineers office.
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Osceola
Sai City
Nebraska
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Ivy
Mary Brian
Wincome
Ercile
Mary Tolan
S.2
Michard Dix
Chevrolet
Fisher
Dodger Brothers
Lockheed Hydraulic
T.o. B
Bystrom Company
Stromsburg, Nebr
Dodge Brothers, Inc
By Leonard A. Barrett
la Sto
Clober
Christopher Columbus
Genoa
Italy
Gome
Diego
Isabella
Osceols
Morningside
Phil B. Campbell
Mary Co. Stewart
Campbell & Campbell
Lo Pichia
Anderson Chevrolet Co
Oscsola
Neb
Clyde Lamoree
S. A. Snider
Fred W. Schuman
Grant
Fulton & Letton
Engineers
South 13Th Street
Costa
W. Roy Vanhoosen
Pei County
Gavage
Tangas Beconeoe Rem
Morrison
Ang Rison Hote
Perfect Baer
Ow Terrace Gardens
Remauro
Clark and
Madison Streets
Heart
Chicaco
Norfolk
Hotel Norfolk
Eppley Room
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