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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
6
In St Paul a seven women five men jury deliberating George Thoemke’s auto theft conviction faced two overnight stays with no privacy. Husbands protested, prompting Governor Preus and Judge Catlin to pledge separate quarters for men and women jurors in future cases.
In Pottstown Pennsylvania Auctioneer W H Rhoads tried to spur bidding on a worn stand by starting at 10 cents when a secret drawer opened revealing fifty dollars in gold and a five dollar check, endorsed but never cashed, dating back about fifty years The owner said he never knew the money existed and the check remains valid.
Carl E. Akeley brings five gorilla skins and new data for the American Museum of Natural History after a Belgian Congo expedition. Six year old Alice Bradley, daughter of Chicago novelist Mary Hastings Bradley, accompanies the party and becomes the first white child the pygmies have seen in the Congo belt west of Nyanza Victoria.
Lieutenant Omdal and Sergeant Odd Dahl, two Norwegian aviators, will accompany Roald Amundsen when he resumes his northward voyage from Seattle next May. They will attempt a North Pole flight by airplane with a moving picture outfit and 30,000 feet of film.
John W. Dysenberry of Star City West Virginia, seventy, celebrates birth of his seventeenth child. The father, a carpenter who works eight hours daily, is in good health. The seventeenth child was born to his second wife, who is fifty.
In Seattle the North Asiatic steamship Rampan uses its large funnel as a unique onboard lounge. Sailors warm pipes and dry laundry by drawing heat from the funnel where doors open on the smokestack and a diesel powered conversion provides 1800 horsepower.
Pasadena scientist Edgar Hollingshead announces a radioactive ray with extraordinary power that can cure illness or annihilate battleships and cities. He says it can alter metal weight, penetrate steel, render rocks transparent, and disintegrate heavy substances, with controllable speed and direction. He links the ray to further claims about gravity, cohesion, and solar influence.
A reader notes Marguerite’s weight of 30 pounds and height of 32 inches in stocking feet while a mother hails her as the best ever in affectionate child praise.
In Bristol England a girl reached 114 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest observed by three thermometers. The doctor initially doubted the reading but two more thermometers agreed. The temperature rose two more degrees overnight yet the patient recovered, a outcome not common in medical journals.
Omaha area brief roundup includes bond results in multiple towns, deaths, fires, and civic actions. Fremont pool bond defeated. Ogallala school bond approved. Sterling water works bond approved. Lincoln annexation and other local affairs noted. Also reports on fires, accidents, agricultural notes, and upcoming events.
The Shawnee leader Cornstalk rose to prominence in Lord Dunmore’s War at Point Pleasant in 1774. He faced odds, endured a fierce all day battle, and after peace talks failed, led his people at Chillicothe before signing a lasting treaty. He died in 1777 during an ambush after protecting settlers, becoming a storied figure in Shawnee history.
The Mohawk leader Joseph Brant Thayendanegea rose from Chief of the Mohawks to a London court favorite after being sent to Eleazer Wheelock’s school. He promised 3,000 warriors for Britain, led raids in Minisink and Cherry Valley, and died in 1807 in Ontario with a pension and a grand but controversial retinue.
A woman buys 60 oranges at five for two cents and sells to earn profit by splitting sales: 30 at three for one cent bring 10 cents and the remaining 30 at two for one cent bring 15 cents. She spends 24 cents and recovers 24 cents plus one cent profit.
Mrs Chas Baker of Hornell New York reports improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Food Medicine. She says fatigue irritable sleep trouble and bowel issues resolved and urges others to try the product.
In Lafayette Indiana the Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers issued a brochure describing their four story Italian style office building. The text emphasizes decorative arts appeal and color effects as proof of artistic genius and modern materials used in construction.
A vintage advertisement urges buyers to verify genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin by the Bayer Cross on each package and tablet. It touts the drug as safe with decades of medical use and lists common ailments including colds headaches earaches toothaches neuralgia and general pain.
Use a slice of raw potato on brown boots or shoes before applying polish for easy cleaning and a better shine. The potato helps lift dirt and gives a smoother finish.
A reflective line on grief noting that the depth of sorrow cannot predict how long it will take to overwhelm or overwhelm one’s spirit. The author suggests that emotional weight is not proportional to outward appearance.
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