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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
7
A home crafts note explains making scalloped sash curtain tops using sheer fabric and a four inch hem. It describes hanging on a single rod, adding rings at scallop points, and using a saucer to mark scallops with plain color options. Pattern 266 details shelf and decorative box included. Patterns 15 cents postpaid. Address:
The article notes sculptors model hair on white marble busts to indicate hair color. Blond or brunette subjects are shown via heavy masses and distinct separations between locks.
The piece surveys English manners and slang with light humor, noting pork in summer, responses to illness, and phrases like you’ve had it and posh. It cites street talk, transport lingo, and social quirks from Cockneys to Chelsea, plus Sabbath jokes about Wales.
Berkeley findings from University of California physiologist S. E. Cook show significant Indian migration into predominantly white regions. The study notes many young women leave tribal areas, few marry outside their own group, and wartime jobs accelerate relocation in the 1930s depression era.
Chicago report says Jack James a 12 year old Oak Park boy pulled radishes from his Victory garden and unearthed a five dollar gold piece embedded in a large radish. The find highlights a remarkable accidental discovery during a routine garden harvest.
A dramatic rescue unfolds as a mother threats to throw herself from a fifth floor hotel room. A singing dancer distracts her, emergency squads intervene, and the mother and children are saved. Dale Roberts is identified as the hotel worker. Various NYC radio and theater figures are noted in brief vignettes.
Hollywood director Leslie Fenton and actress Ann Dvorak, among the first to return from active service, set a pattern for others as they resume personal and professional life in California after serving in Britain and England during the war.
Washington reports reverse lend-lease provided $66 million in repairs fuel stores and services for American merchant ships in UK and British colonies ports. Prices are supplied without payment by the United States, per War Shipping administration estimates from the British ministry of war transport.
In 1915 Pancho Villa offered to guard C. B. De Mille and name his salary if he would film Rurales. De Mille thanked him for the safety but declared he could not help Villa and joked he could make a good film even if dead. Villa did not prevail.
Advertises a collarless house frock with a smart yoke and side belts in pink seersucker. Describes pattern No. 8672 with sizes 12 to 42 and yardage for size 14. Notes longer wait times due to high demand and wartime conditions. orders to be sent to the mailing address provided.
A poetic fragment presents characters Jasper and Joan in a dreamlike exchange. Jasper yearns for life in Greenland and a long night with a beautiful blonde, while Joan questions the wish as the speaker contemplates a distant, imagined setting.
A light miscommunication between Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones turns a brave act into a joke. Mrs. Smith notes a husband crawled under the bed to confront a burglar. Mrs. Jones adds the twist that he assumed the burglar was in the kitchen, not under the bed.
A customer requests a precise alteration for sleeves seen as excessively long. The tailor asks how much to cut and the customer specifies about a quarter of an inch, illustrating a humorous exchange over a minor tailoring adjustment.
A boss compliments a secretary as capable yet notes she is cockeyed in appearance. The remark reflects workplace bias and personal commentary on an employee.
A playful verse seeks divine help to land a fish so big that no after‑the‑fact exaggeration would be necessary. The speaker uses humor to highlight the urge for impressive catch stories.
Dialogue fragment shows a hobo asking a woman about a life on the road and contrasts it with her wish for a car, implying a debate over independence and mobility. The exchange hints at social themes of gender roles and economic hardship.
A seaside vacation improves lung function in city children. Vital capacity rose from 82 to 113 cubic inches after two months at the coast as dust free air allows relaxation of the breathing mechanism.
Quote emphasizes courage to follow reason and conscience and uphold human dignity as our station. Attributed to Jeremy Collier, the passage frames virtue as fidelity to inner command.
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