Live Stock Prices At South Omaha Market Summary
Cattle receipts Monday total 10 500 with steady trade on good steers and yearlings but slower sale on plainer cattle. Best steers 11.00, choice heifers 10.25. feeders dull. Hog receipts 10 500 with bids down about 10 25 cents from last week. light hogs up to 6.40. Sheep and lambs steady to slightly higher with feeder lambs strong at 8.25 to 8.60 and fat lambs 8.00 to 8.75 in western markets.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Insanity Rise in U S Linked to Low Mood Says Doctor
Dr J F Bateman Ohio mental diseases commissioner traces uptick in insanity to low mood amid population growth. He cites that thousands enter mental hospitals monthly and predicts about 1,000,000 schoolchildren may face hospital admission over life. He notes unemployment stress and longer lifespans widen the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
J. F. Bateman
Ohio
Dr. Bateman
Bateman
Hobby collecting in Congress reveals varied interests across lawmakers
The column catalogs hobbies of 76th Congress members from diverse fields including aviation, art, books, birds, and furniture. It notes many members are avid collectors and details specific hobbyists, from book collections of Graham and Bloom to canes, firearms, and mountain climbers, highlighting a broader point on national defense production.
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You
Bradley
Mich
Sol Bloom
New York
Washingtonia
Graham
Penn
Jennings Randolph
W. Va
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Dirkson
Illnois
Paul Shafer
Michigan
Caroline ‘O'Day
John Murdock
Arizona
Massachusetts
Texas
Kleberg
Santa Gertrudis
King Ranch
Romfjue
Missouri
America
Congress
Conn
Allen
Pennsylvania
Treadway
Mass
Ham Fish
Plumsey
Vermont
Congressman Engelbright
California
John Dingell
McDowell
United States Army
Tydings
Doctors Speak Against State Medicine in Nationwide Poll
A Polk County Medical Society sponsored piece discusses a Modern Medicine poll of 20,216 doctors nationwide on state versus private medicine. Results show 85 percent approve the AMA platform, 88 percent favor local medical funding responsibility, and 85 percent oppose federal control citing potential poorer service and harm to private practice.
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Polk County Medical Society
United States
Germany
Russia
England
American Medical Association
Shelby Readers Share Visitors and Journeys Across Week
Glen Ingalls and son William left Friday for a week in Colorado and Wyoming. Mrs. Melvin Wills and children returned Friday after a week with her sister at Kearney. Mrs Oscar Weiser of Mason City Iowa visits at the Welser home and relatives. Mrs. Neil Dawes of Osceola visited her parents and then the Dawes left for Washington DC for Census Bureau work. Albert and Marshall Lux of North Bend visit their grandmother Eva Lux and relatives. Perry Platt of David City and Dr Albright of Columbus visit the Hastert home. Carrie Thelen is improving after illness. Sacred Heart Church announced the marriage of Miss Wilma Helmer and Mr. Victor Krumbach Shelby.
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Shelby Glen Ingalls
William
Colorado
Wyoming
Melvin Wills
Kearney
Oscar Weiser
Mason City
Shelby
Geo Welser, Sr
Carrie Thelen
Sacred Heart Church
Wilma Helmer
Victor Krumbach
Ib Abbreviation Ib and lbs usage in weight terms
The piece explains the origin of the abbreviation Ib and the contraction for pound. It notes that the plural of libra is librae and that lbs has become standard usage despite traditional form. It highlights dictionary acceptance of lbs as correct.
Polk County Commissioners Convene in Regular Session
Osceola Nebraska 1940 meeting of Polk County Board of County Commissioners convenes with all members present after adjournment, proceedings begin in regular session.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Polk County Ledger: County Board Actions and Financials
County Board approves substitutions of securities for deposits held by First National Bank Shelby and authorizes transfer of liquor licenses for a one day event at Sacred Heart Church Shelby. Board secretary duties and various payroll and invoices are listed for County General and Equipment Funds including salaries, clerical, repairs, and supplies.
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County General Fund
Roy W. Erickson
John J. Anderson Co. Clk. Balary
Sophia Kresha
Vava Pleters
Ruth Stewart
Bernice Case Clerical County Supt
State Journal Printing Co
Duncan Bridge
Harry W. Pratt
Gate City Iron Works
Nadine G. Crossant
K-B Printing Company
Hastings State Hospital
John C. Winston Co
Osceola
Olive M. McBeth Co
Institute Fund
Salary
Olie New
T. A. Reece Clk Dist
LeRoy M. Smith Co. Treas. Freight Etc
Shelby Sun Printing Etc
David Timm
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Co
Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co
Shelby
Roy Morgan
Lincoln
Overland Sand & Gravel Co. Co
Robert Doner
Edward Schlesinger
Clerical
AL Lou
LeRoy M. Smith Co
Treas
Carleton Anderson
Raymond Scholz
Court House
Central Supply
Owen McClung
A. S. Nelson
Sinclair Refining Co
Ernest M. Carlson
Roy W. Fjell
Com. Dist
A. C. Twarling
Clifton E. Johnson
Will Wright
Curtis Johnson
S . Johnson
Justus Johnson
Nordberg Bros Gas
Harry
Polk County
Nebraska
County Board of Commissioners
Nebraska Liquor Control Commission
Nick Eller
Sacred Heart Church
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Auuuet
Arthur C. Twarling
John S. Anderson County
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Nebraska Lawn
Nebraska Brewers and Beer Distributors Committee
Charles E. Sandall
First National Bank
Nebr
the Muse Theatre
Eddie Cantor
Rita Johnson
Henry Fonda
Alice Faye
Lillian Russell
News
Our Gang
Adm
Don Ameche
Lyn Bari
Henry Wilcoxon
Pirates of Rythm
Osceola, Nebraska
Mey Pau
Cea Perens
Jim Webb
Wilbur J. Bachman
Bob Lester
Sec'y
KMMJ
South Omaha
Carl Curtis
Dist
Y Tydings
Maryland
Army
War Department
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