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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
6
A brief comic feature offers six methods to eat ice cream cones like Eddie Collins as illustrated in Irving Berlin’s Alexander's Rag Time Band. The piece promises readers will become skilled yet humorously muddled by following the depicted strokes.
Betty Wells offers hostess rules for staged entertaining. Focus on personal presentation a festive dress and ready primp time, a standout menu touch, prepared service ware, matching decorations, and a practical house setup. Limit guest numbers to avoid overload and streamline the event.
Farmer Brown's Boy fishes the Laughing Brook without luck and finds trout heads bitten off. A huge footprint in mud reveals Buster Bear has moved into the Green Forest, prompting fear and a wary retreat as Little Joe Otter and Buster Bear watch from hiding. The tale ends with Buster Bear noting the boy's fear.
Two specimens of pygmy tree shrews from the East Indies are at the Field Museum for study. One is a skeleton, the other preserved in a bottle. They resemble the earliest mammals found in fossil rocks, researchers say.
The Ackley covered bridge from West Alexander Pennsylvania was dedicated at Henry Ford's Greenfield village during the Federation of McGuffey Societies third annual convention attended by over 600 people.
Star Dust reports on the public reaction to the announced trial separation of Mr and Mrs Richard Arlen. The couple, once seen as a model due to their long marriage and happy home at Toluca Lake with a young son, face an uncertain future in Hollywood’s turbulent matrimonial scene.
Margot Graham files for divorce from Francis Lister in Reno. She has longtime ties to Hollywood, while Lister resides and works in England. Rumors link her to Alan MacMartin, a wealthy Canadian. The gossip notes public interest in her remarriage prospects.
The Seth Parker radio series is back this fall with a major sponsor. Phillips Lord, formerly the voice of Seth and known for Gang Busters, will introduce the program with the familiar line Start it off Ma.
John Barrymore told Twentieth Century Fox he would not act unless his wife Elaine appeared as well. An incident for her college piece was written but removable without changing the story. The Road to Reno runs long at Universal and Miss Hampton plans a screen return after a decade away.
The article explains hurricane and typhoon formation from warm Atlantic and Pacific regions, noting average five yearly storms, Galveston’s 1900 disaster, Miami and Palm Beach impacts, and Taylor Texas 1921 rainfall. It outlines wind speeds, movement speeds, and hemispheric rotation, with emphasis on energy from latent heat and wind-driven moisture.
A. I. Providence report notes Harvard Observatory director Harlow Shapley says the Milky Way is thicker than a flat disk and surrounded by a sparse stellar halo. A 2300 Cepheid survey supports a halo and BE Virginis lies about 130000 light years from the galactic plane.
Carole Lombard led publicity at Selznick International and her film Made for Each Other drew press. Edgar Bergen reports to insurance over Charlie McCarthy’s safety before departure with Charlie insured for 10000 dollars. Paul Taylor worries a trailer used for Bing Crosby broadcasts may be stolen before he heads to the country with his daughter on Camp Fire Girls outing.
Nether lands authorities in Java face conservation troubles from native beliefs. Malays think children can inherit bird traits by eating birds, feeding king-crows and shrikes to infants to gain liveliness. Dull children eat fan tailed flycatchers, while pet fondness destroys many birds.
A vintage sewing circle notice offers a crocheted scarf set in a romantic old fashioned style. Pattern 1723 includes charts directions material lists and an illustration of stitches. Send 15 cents and write name address pattern number to The Sewing Circle 82 Eighth Ave New York.
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