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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
2
A long miscellany recalls world finance with gold and silver totals, suffrage gains in Finland, ice rinks in Berlin, and palm nut trade. anecdotes cover stationery marks, Bertha Ayrton’s searchlight work, Kittery Maine’s oldest parsonage, and a California almond experiment, ending with a Berlin author’s wartime fiction.
A playful folk moral contrasts different trusts and the risks of leaving chores to chance. It notes women’s dislike of wet clothes and a husband’s absence with a new wife as other wives plot to trouble the homecoming bride.
A two mile railroad bridge has been completed across the Columbia River in Washington state. The project connects key rail lines enabling enhanced freight movement and shorter travel distances for trains serving regional industries. Construction involved major engineering firms and will impact regional transportation networks.
An advertisement promises cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. It claims PazO ointment can cure all cases or refunds provided.
Incipient boils will be checked by applying iodine powder to prevent progression. This preventive measure aims to halt early infections before they worsen.
The article notes rising medical discussion over whiskey as a rheumatism cure when combined with specific ingredients. It describes a formula mixing half a pint of whiskey with one ounce each of Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, to be taken before meals and at night. Toris Compound is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Chicago and is available from druggists.
The Great Northern Railway intends to spend over 1,000,000 dollars to build a bridge across the Columbia River at Vancouver. The structure will exceed a mile and a half in length and be supported by forty eight concrete piers.
A renowned baker shares practical advice for angel food cake. Start with a slow oven that gradually rises in temperature and allow window open moments without harming the batter. Line the pan carefully with paraffin paper and consider baking two to three days ahead for best results.
Time to cook various fish items by weight or count. Salmon and cod require about ten minutes per pound, while turbos and flounders need roughly ten minutes each. Haddocks range eight to fifteen minutes. small lobster twenty to thirty. mackerel ten. whiting five. small sales five. trout five to ten minutes.
Recipe details suet flour raisins molasses baking powder milk and salt with cinnamon. Boil two and a half hours and serve with brandy sauce. Sugar butter flour brandy and water mix to pour over hot pudding.
One cup sugar and a half cup butter creamed with two eggs well beaten. Stir in one cup grated chocolate, pour half cup boiling water over chocolate and cool. Add half cup sour milk, the sugar and butter and eggs, a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in boiling water, two cups flour, and vanilla to taste. Mix well and bake in loaf tin.
Soak one cup tapioca overnight in water. Cook until clear. Add pineapple pieces or canned, three cups sugar, juice of two lemons. Beat three egg whites and stir in. Chill and serve with whipped cream.
A simple kitchen note details shaping a beefsteak dish by trimming fat chopp ing finely and cooking with a small amount of water for thirty minutes. Salt pepper and butter are stirred in with flour then a generous portion of cream is added and the mixture boils briefly before serving hot. Dried beef or cold meats can substitute.
Two tablespoons soft grated cheese beaten smooth then seasoned with salt and paprika. Moisten with vinegar and oil to form a dressing. Delicious on egg or lettuce salad.
A simple baking note lists mixing one quart bran one pint flour one pint sweet milk six ounces molasses one egg and two teaspoonfuls bicarbonate soda bake in gem tins for small cakes.
A tip instructs placing a handful of salt into burning vegetable refuse to eliminate unpleasant odors.
A simple directions style item lists ingredients for a dish: three cups boiling water one cup sweet milk one cup rice and one half cup seedless raisins. Mix and cook in a double boiler yielding a practical kitchen preparation.
Scrambled kitchen tip explains opening eggs and removing shells then beating with a pinch of salt to use in cake batters and other recipes.
A collection of practical hints on wound care using salt or soda water, treating insect bites, preparing onions and vegetables, cleaning stains from black cloth with raw potato, enhancing chicken salad with green pepper and mayonnaise, handling burning oil, and general household upkeep including fabric care and stair safety.
Miss Sophia Kittleson of Evanston Illinois writes that after twenty five years of catarrh and many failed cures Peruna cured her throat soreness and cough and ended chronic catarrh Her health improved and she recommends Peruna to friends The notice also promotes Peruna tablets and Manzalin laxative and offers a free 1909 Peruna Almanac through doctors.
A Scotch Episcopal divine visited a Buffalo rector who is a strict teetotaler. He noted the polite elders offered him only water at meals and before sleep, remarking they were kind but treated him as if he were a horse.
Catalog 105 N. W. Hide and Fur Co. of Minneapolis Minnesota advertises guns and traps for sale along with fur and hide buying. The notice also urges readers to bid for catalog access and to refrain from interrupting others while speaking.
Advertises a cold remedy labeled LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with the claim used worldwide to cure a cold in one day and notes a price of 25 cents. Mentions the signature of E W GROVE on the product.
The son of a man who sought to send boots via telegraph is said to have fired two shots at the telegraph operator after seeing a dispatch on the table. The incident occurred in Tacoma Washington with tense sharpness over a misdirected message.
Mrs Lucy Quebeck of Hope Valley suffered eight years of kidney pain with backache, irregular secretions, bloating, and dizziness. She found prompt relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills and reports gradual improvement. Available from all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
George B. Farley of Concord New Hampshire recounts a two month itching outbreak on limbs below the knees that resembled raw beef and caused sleeplessness. After using Cuticura only, the itching ceased immediately, swelling subsided and he could wear shoes in two days. May 14 1997.
France sources more than 50 percent of its tobacco from the United States, highlighting a strong trade link in tobacco supplies. The rest comes from other origins, indicating a significant American involvement in French tobacco consumption.
Patent medicine notice states Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for chicken teething relieves gum inflammation and pain and cures colic. Bottle price listed at 2 cents.
A compact wry remark noting social pressure on women and husbands to conform. It suggests spousal influence as a factor in public display and decorum without naming individuals or events. The tone implies observational humor about gender roles.
A collage of notes includes cold cure ads, tar protection for French vineyards, global population estimates, rat leather, and a Nitsui trading figure. Other items cover math for women, pipe smoke color, ancient Heliopolis etiquette, and a blotting paper bathing towel novelty.
The piece urges calm speech and discipline in narration. It notes England still uses horse-drawn street railways and describes bedding for cattle from shredded corn stalks. Paris chemists examine foods under strong light with a photographic microscope for adulteration proofs in court.
A Tennessean credits Postum with curing coffee related ailments and weight gain after switching from coffee. She describes headaches from caffeine, adoption of Postum, and improved health from 117 to 170 pounds. Her husband calls her “a living advertisement” and she urges others to try Postum.
The Maryland agricultural station reports two long term trials on stable manure. Fresh manure applied directly from the stable generally outperforms rotten manure, especially when used as a top dressing after plowing. Winter field maintenance favors leaving manure on the land until spring plowing. Subsoiling offers little extra value. Kaiint appears beneficial, especially in dry years. A note on threshing warns against seed contamination and suggests selling mixed grain and buying pure seed.
Dairymen differ on using pumpkins for cows with most regions offering limited pumpkin cultivation. Some call it an injury, others say pumpkins are beneficial when fed with concentrated feed in small amounts. When used this way pumpkins serve as a fall stock food with a unique value.
The author outlines ideal corn characteristics including a near cylindrical shape about 10 inches long with a circumference of roughly 1 inch. Grains should run parallel and extend over the tip and butt, wedge shaped with length at least twice width. Cob small, 84–90 percent of ear should be grain.
The Pasteur Institute of Paris has devised a remedy for field mice in the Charentes that have multiplied rapidly and caused great damage. The Danysz virus, properly distributed, kills 98 percent of mice in two weeks and produces a contagious disease like typhoid, harmless to humans and other animals except mice and rats.
A brief note discusses how trees along highways and in towns help clean air. It highlights the general benefit of vegetation in reducing pollutants and improving urban air quality.
A fragmentary farm ad promotes a stock sale featuring cattle and supplies including pumpkins and alfalfa. The brief item highlights field and farm goods available for purchase.
A winter care note urges poultry keepers to provide constant access to clean water. Remove chill from the water and replace to prevent freezing and contamination. Keep dishes clean and avoid letting water sit and freeze to ensure fowls drink and eat their best, especially as birds depend on humans in cold months.
Professor Taft of the Michigan Agricultural College reports a new treatment for cedar leaf infection in peaches. A copper sulfate spray, one pound in twenty five gallons, protects Elberta peaches and can be applied after leaf fall until buds begin to swell in spring.
A farmer warns that threshing machines cause grain mixing if not cleaned properly. Even with a fine Defiance wheat crop, careless handling can let grain mix with others, compromising purity and quality.
Cities and trees in groves amid agricultural regions render the atmosphere purer. They by their foliage absorb hurtful gases, which would otherwise be breathed by the inhabitants of densely populated cities, thereby modifying diseases and lessening epidemic dangers.
Advice on feeding hard driven horses favors ground grain over whole grain and suggests mixing light feed as a divider such as bran cut hay or moistened chaff to aid digestion. Dusty hay should be moistened, and diet should shift from concentrate to bulkier foods with increased confinement.
A sanitary milk pail keeps dirt out of milk with an adjustable strainer covered by cheese cloth. Since its invention many manufacturers now cover the top, a noted improvement in dairy ware.
A farmer reports cows give more milk when given warm water in cold weather. He argues ice cold water hinders digestion, while warm water aids it, reducing milk shrinkage and improving overall output.
The article notes alfalfa as too rich for mature horses but beneficial for young horses. It suggests alfalfa provides elements to develop bone and muscle and overall size when combined with other roughage.
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