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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
3
Practical instructions for campers on building fires and cooking with improvised gear. It covers baking, frying, pancakes, beans, game, fish, stews, and a stew kettle. Safety tips urge clean camp routines and proper fire management to prevent wildfires.
A scientist proposes that water near the upper atmosphere is decomposed by ultraviolet rays. Hydrogen rises to high atmospheric layers and does not return, causing a gradual decline of Earth's surface water over time.
In a fort style exchange the doctor urges consuming fruit skins for essential nutrients despite a character's concern about throat irritation from biting into a pineapple with its skin on. The dialogue highlights caution about natural food preparation.
The leading lady of the company used to cook for herself. She argues that preference for roles with the most dough reflects a bid for higher pay and power.
Harper's Weekly notes a dramatic lake loss in Zurich Canton from 149 lakes to 76, attributing retreat to forest destruction and land cultivation, with hydrogen loss also cited as a factor. The article links alpine geography to swamp formation and rising land use impact.
Fragmentary report describes a London connection error and a Paris shop failing to relay an order. After a wait the operator enters the booth and a six minute exchange ends with the caller unable to reach the other end of the line.
Secretary of State Philander C. Knox compliments William Hoster, a Washington correspondent, calling him the nester of Washington correspondents after reviewing a dispatch about the state department. The exchange ends with Knox adding softly you are the nester.
A granite memorial on Table Mountain honors Cecil Rhodes with a natural setting blending art and nature. A nearby statue titled Physical Energy by F Watts depicts a rider halting his horse to survey future feats. The plan includes a temple concept and a broad road with scenic views toward Table Bay and distant ranges.
The passage describes a sculpture gift to South Africa honoring Cecil Rhodes. It notes the gift was intended to honor Rhodes for his dream to make the Cape Peninsula a center of art and beauty, ideally placed at Rhodes' monument on Table Mountain. The piece comprises eight Hons by J. M. Swan R. A. placed along the portico steps.
In Sumatra and surrounding Malay islands large mammals like the tiger elephant rhinoceros and orangutan dominate. The white rhinoceros is a feared quarry. it reportedly attacks humans unprovoked and can outrun a horse. Monkeys abound in Borneo. Java hosts many birds with 240 land bird species noted. Deer are common but antelope or goats are absent.
The text states there are no reliable physical marks to distinguish ganders from geese. Mating season is in fall, so breeders buy in autumn to acclimate birds. If purchased ganders are needed in spring, buy eggs from the same breed to hatch or mark own eggs to avoid disappointment.
The reminiscence describes Gertrude Whittier Cartland of Whittier, a cousin of Greenleaf, as a serene Quakeress with a quiet dignity who sometimes reads her cousin’s lighter poems with restrained humor. A friend notes the verses can be silly yet harmless, suggesting the need to choose an audience for a joke. The piece closes with an item about a big Red Cross seals sale campaign across the United States and territories.
Col. William Holden of Amorita Oklahoma lost a bet on wheat yield. He had 23 000 bushels on 800 acres and wagered a California vacation for his 45 relatives if yield reached twenty bushels per acre. The crop averaged twenty eight, netting the trip.
An automobile parade of about 400 machines will travel a 120 mile northern New Jersey route from New Brunswick to Jersey City. Events pass through Plainfield Elizabeth Newark Hackensack and Bayonne with open air meetings by women leaders at each stop.
Memphis scene reports Mrs C B Blake finding three thousand dollars hidden under a walnut dresser top at the sale of Mrs Caroline Clothe who died recently worth half a million. Clothe, a widow, had lived here with birds and dogs.
Baltimore reports a nine year old survivor of severe lockjaw after a stone bruise benefited from Dr. Pearce Kintzing and Franklin Square hospital using a new treatment. The method injects ten per cent phenol solution hypodermically into muscles at three hour intervals, adjusting dose to each case.
Santa Fe Light and Water company plans to reintroduce beavers to constructing auxiliary dams on the Santa Fe dam site. State Game Warden Thomas P. Gable has obtained the first pair and expects them to build a series of small barriers along the stream to conserve water during the rainy season.
Lizzie Verlin of East St. Louis began a 33 day water fast on June 21 weighing 211 pounds. She now reports a weight of 192 pounds after the diet.
The Iowa Homestead recommends a handy roost made from two parallel four inch pieces laid six feet apart and crossed with five crosspieces three feet long. Use 2 by 4 legs and spikes to secure, creating a stable roosting rack for chickens that will be used at night.
Farmers learn that burning corn cobs to charcoal and grinding it for poultry mash can improve flesh and egg production. Charcoal acts as an absorber of gases, acids, and impurities, aiding digestion and toning the system. It helps in treating putrid and intestinal ailments by disinfecting the digestive tract.
The article argues breeding requires vigor and physical strength not suited to the weak. While an invalid might rear a few chickens for recreation, running a business with many fowls demands a man’s strength and endurance.
The sexes of geese are feathered alike in both adults and young making it hard to tell ganders from geese.
Corn is good poultry feed the year around provided the birds have plenty of green stuff during the warm months.
Local angler Rankin Dunfre recalls hearing a splash while crossing a bridge at night. He found a 16 inch fish floundering in the weeds after a lantern frightened it from the water. The anecdote is noted by a Philadelphia observer.
A well-dressed man asks a jeweler about silver cups on display and proposes a race for one. The man runs after the jeweler with the cup in hand and wins the prize, as reported by Keystone.
A terse exchange hints at a strict friend obsessed with conformity. During his last spree the family moved, and he perceived only black snakes, suggesting a sense of paranoia or fear affecting the household.
A fragment from Boston Tran script shows a casual exchange about a new cook and a missing address. The dialogue references Subbubs and questions about contact details, with one speaker noting the person did not leave an address.
A fragment cites a riddle about where marital rods are kept and suggests TJ propose in family jars. The oddly phrased line hints at a quip or coded message within a household context.
A Kentucky woman describes indigestion and nervous prostration improving after replacing breakfast with Grape-Nuts and cream. She details relief from heat flashes dizziness and chest pains, noting renewed strength and vigor once the diet shifted, with occasional pains returning after rich meals.
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