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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
8
Private Frank Turso, exactly five feet tall, runs from pit to pit at a Mojave desert firing range. He tests safety pits beside anti-aircraft gun emplacements as officers enforce a five-foot hole depth. Shovel handles serve as depth gauges, striking his head if pits are shallow.
A newly discovered wax-on-stone chronicle from Ostia, dated 58 B C, reports events dated seven days before August calends. It notes a census in Cumo with 30 boys and 40 girls, harvest of 500000 loads of wheat, supply of 500 labor steers, the crucifixion of a slave Mithridates for blasphemy, and repayment of 10000000 sesterces with no need.
Ben S Dickerson Jr. coaches Jersey high school girls basketball in Jersey Ga. while his wife coaches Palmer Stone girls at Oxford. The teams met three times last season with Mrs Dickerson winning the first game, Mr Dickerson the second, and Mrs Dickerson clinching the series by taking the third.
Rain rattles, simple in shape, help infants develop forearm and hand muscles. The rain-like sound is said to cultivate the newborns innate sense of rhythm.
A new frameless screen on the market is easy to install or remove from inside the house. It cannot fall from the window frame and eliminates warping sagging and loose corners. Windows can be cleaned without removing the screen.
Advice warns that records are sensitive to heat oil dust and mildew and must be kept dry. Do not expose to sun as heat may melt materials and damage can occur from moisture and perspiration.
The article explains that most metals melt in strong nitric acid but gold resists, requiring aqua regia to dissolve. Aqua regia, meaning kingly water, is a mixture of two strong acids used to dissolve gold.
The article recounts the old idea that a broken mirror harmed a person’s soul, a superstition dating back to ancient times. It notes the belief held that the reflect, believed to hold the soul, was damaged when shards spread misfortune.
The note advises regular lubrication of door pins to prevent doors from slamming and potentially breaking glass. It also recommends oiling door locks during the same maintenance to provide additional protection.
When cloth gets damp the colors appear brighter and deeper as water droplets fill spaces between threads and refract light.
A description notes that each dish at Frederic the Great’s table was prepared by a different chef, each with his own private kitchen space to craft his special offering.
The historical note places Lamech as the seventh in Cain's line and states he practiced polygamy about 150 years after Adam and Eve.
The U S Navy through its Bureau of Accounts runs coffee roasting plants located at Mare Island California and Brooklyn New York.
Charles Daniels of Musquash New Brunswick armed only with an axe killed a 250 pound bear within 50 yards of his house.
The label U. S. sterling silver stamped on jewelry and articles does not guarantee they are solid silver. The phrase can appear on items that are plated or alloyed rather than pure silver, misleading buyers about true composition.
The UW department of commerce notes the current price of human hair is 50 percent higher than in 1937. This reflects market changes affecting buyers and sellers in the trade.
Snowball throwing sparked an historic public disturbance described as the Boston Massacre. The account links a snowball incident to a defining moment cited in American public order history.
Joon Cabot was reported lost at sea during his second voyage to the New World. Authorities and sailors from the voyage noted the harsh weather and missing crew as the search continued in the Atlantic.
A fungus lives by two means either as a parasite or as a saprophyte.
Applicants for sugar ration books must register with one member per family at the schoolhouse in their district. Each family member requires a separate registry, with details on height weight eye color hair color age and sex. Registrations in Polk County are directed by Olive McBeth and take place May 4 in rural schools from 1 pm, and May 4–5 in town schools from 3 pm to 9 pm.
The article extols sowing good thoughts and deeds as the seed of a fruitful life. It cites Jesus and Mary Baker Eddy, urges reflecting God and practicing gratitude, kindness, faith, and patience to harvest health, abundance, and harmony, and notes angels reap the results while humans plant.
The House approved the conference report on a 19 billion 150 million dollar Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill. It provisions for the Army specialist corps led by Dwight Davis with new uniforms and vetting by the Senate for higher earners, plus job questionnaires through the War Department. The piece notes aims to free field officers from desk work, stricter rules for Congressional attendees at War Department meetings, and calls for expanded physical training and industrial alcohol use for war needs. It also discusses alcohol plant location, synthetic rubber drives, and potential profiteering investigations led by the Truman committee and Donald Nelson, with looming rationing across tires, clothing, and household items.
Experts debunk the belief that souring cream raises butterfat. Tests show moisture evaporation raises percentage, not total fat. Farmers lose value if cream stands. best practice is frequent marketing with deliveries three times weekly in summer and at least twice weekly in winter.
Market at Union Stock Yards Omaha reports cattle receipts at 12 000 head with values easing 10 15 cents from last week. Hogs open weak to 15 cents lower. top price 13 90 for shipping hogs. sheep and lambs steady with fed lambs 13 50 to 13 75 and shorn ewe lambs around 11 75. First lifeboat station in the United States built in 1807 at Cohasset Mass.
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