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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1929
Page
3
The piece honors pioneer women who tamed the Northwest and shaped American frontier life. It discusses Kansas and Oklahoma statues honoring pioneer mothers, the Elmwood Indiana example, and a Nashville migration saga highlighting the endurance of women during westward settlement and battles with Indians.
The article notes mothers of American pioneers celebrated by the Daughters of the American Revolution with twelve eighteen foot statues along the National Old Trails route from Atlantic to Pacific. It highlights Mrs. Caroline Cook and Oklahoma oilman E W Marland backing large monuments, including a forty plus foot statue by Bryant Baker near Ponca City.
A speaker describes hurried steps up a wind swept course and a cabin amid quaking asp where a homesteader meets a lamp’s glow near Tiger Butte. The scene blends wildlife and solitude as the narrator finds courage in light and vows to live with God and build a home. The piece ends with the discovery of a companion’s lamp and a shared dream of ploughing and gardening.
The Massachusetts General Court in 1639 decreed no lace or points on garments within the jurisdiction and forbade making garments with short sleeves revealing arms. Those trading lace must export it, and existing short sleeves must be covered to the wrist.
A Kansas City Star clipping records a stipulation prohibiting the making of women’s garments with sleeves wider than half an ell at their broadest point, enforcing proportionality for all sizes. The note reflects a period of clothing standards and municipal or trade regulation.
The father laughs and slips against the bathtub floor as he scolds Junior for leaving soap on the bathroom floor. The line notes it is the third time this week.
The text warns ill fitting shoes cause a range of pains from neuritis to backache and suggests re-evaluating current footwear. It condemns extreme fashion like cramped toes and foot binding, urges prioritizing comfort over style, and recommends replacing tight shoes to avoid medical costs. It notes cultural foot binding in China and critiques vanity in shoe choices.
A 1929 Western Newspaper Union essay urges caution beyond dramatic hazards. It notes everyday missteps like stairs and floors can cause injuries and advocates developing a habitual, subconscious care in routine actions to reduce accidents.
A scientific expedition from Leningrad prepares to explore northern Siberia seeking a 400 year old Russian colony near the Indigirka river mouth Yakutsk. Reports by M Zinzinoff and Arosin suggest inhabitants still speak old Russian and hid from world events since the 1500s.
The hoop snake is a small South Atlantic snake whose tail in mouth rolling belief has no basis. Its color is blue black on top with three red lines and flesh colored below with black spots.
A man stays in to work while at a drug store a phonograph plays on the candy counter and his wife laughs sourly at his excuse. The vignette captures a quiet domestic tension in a midcentury setting.
A Persian kitten has been insured for 25000 dollars. Uncle Hiram of Ram Cat Hollow jokes that if the cat suffers misfortune, the insurance firm will bear the cost.
A fifty year old woman with a right cheek of a thirty year old and left cheek of a fifty year old attends social venues to promote a cosmetic operation. A doctor cut a small quarter moon of skin before her right ear and along the scalp then lifted that side of the face. The other cheek remained unchanged. The procedure cost about 500 dollars.
Impoverished tenant remarks that a doctor has given her a new lease of life while her husband laments not having much left to pay the rent. The exchange underscores hardship and humor in a strain on finances.
Among animals, the elephant has ten teeth when counting tusks, while the anteater has no teeth at all.
An elderly Hungarian peasant in Vas County along with her daughter and granddaughter each gave birth to a son on the same day, a unique family milestone noted by Vasvarmegye.
Advertises Bay Lavender Tea as a healthful wonder drink grown in the Florida Keys. Natives claim benefits and it is suggested for serving with meals. Large package priced at 50 cents from Charles Pinder in Key West Florida.
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