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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
6
Mrs. Margaret McCumber of Georgetown Illinois says after years of back and side pain and doctors offering surgery she found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improved mobility and urges other women with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
A fragmented child’s exchange shows Buddy telling his father that John hit him and that he did nothing in response. The text includes a garbled ending phrase “missed him,” suggesting an incomplete or damaged OCR.
Mondamin Iowa resident J A Yost aged over 75 describes year and a half of neuritis affecting arms shoulders neck and head. He credits Dr Pierce's Anuric Tablets with relief within thirty days and continued improvement after several weeks, enabling him to work pain free. He notes he sought multiple doctors and springs before finding help.
An old advertisement features a line about free speech and the fear of social inundation. The copy then describes a woman singing "O Happy Day" while hanging laundry and notes the use of Red Cross Ball Blue. The fragment combines social commentary with a domestic scene and a product plug.
A visitor asked for Ts BIN Grabeoin. the secretary said he was out. The stenographer quipped about the caller’s nickname, noting the secrecy and the odd remark as the moment faded.
A vintage advertisement promotes Boschee's Syrup as soothing throat and lung irritation. It claims rapid relief of coughing, helps bronchitis and lung troubles, and offers a good night’s rest with easy morning expectoration. Sold wherever medicines are sold.
Punned quote from the Boston Transcript noting a Greenland newspaper night editor father as an explanation for insomnia. The line reflects witty family history and newspaper lore.
This ad addresses women with kidney or bladder trouble, claiming symptoms stem from kidney disease and touting Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure. It invites readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle and notes availability in drug stores for larger sizes.
A brief scene shows a father scolding Elsie for misbehavior. He declares a punishment and asks if she would strike a lady, highlighting a moral lesson and family discipline in a domestic vignette.
Captain Phineas P. Scraggs commands the battered Maggie from San Francisco. A erratic Gibney and a dour Swede foremast hand join the crew to freight garden truck from Halfmoon Bay. After the Maggie runs aground, a salvage boast triggers pursuit by rival tug captains. Gibney and McGuffey rejoin the ship as chaos unfolds and a derelict sighting ends the tale.
On the Maggie near Point Montara the crew Gibney and McGuffey forge an affidavit declaring they are law abiding and aboard as guests. They plan to swim to the distressed bark and claim salvage with Scruggs, eyeing the haul for themselves and ditching the Maggie crew.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to offer California Fig Syrup to sick children. It touts a teaspoonful to open the bowels, relieve constipation, and return a child to play. The copy warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with proper directions on the bottle.
A brief humorous dialogue contrasts a waiter and a diner over a spring chicken. The diner jokes about a wishbone while noting the chicken’s youth, prompting a sly witticism about its ability to wish.
McGuffey commands Scraggs to leave the Maggie unused and to swim to the bark Salvage target. He explains Mae and he will dive to reach the bark and haul it to San Francisco Bay. They promise a farewell kick to Scraggs once money from salvage rolls in.
Captain Scraggs clings to his Chesapeake amid a dire scurvy cursed voyage. First mate Gibney and McGuffey seize control, bargain sabotage, and tow the crippled vessel toward the Maggie, risking gale and deck trials to recover the ship for salvage.
A 1834 New York Sun report recalls early road trouble as omnibus driver Stephen Colvin is fined $10 twice for fast and furious driving. Colvin’s employer pays one fine. Van Kuren cannot pay and is sent to the bridewell after insolent defiance to the magistrate.
Fifteen hundred leading engineers answered a questionnaire on the traits they deem vital for success. The top qualities chosen were character, judgment, initiative, resourcefulness, ability to handle men, enthusiasm, industry, and technical training, underscoring the primacy of the man over the engineer.
A vivid Atlantic Monthly excerpt by L Adams Beck recalls a Darjiling scene where Llamas perform a fearful devil dance. A white faced child with enlarged eyes flees a mob of devils as Thibetan drums thunder. The child falls to its knees, screams inwardly, and is hunted by fear and drums.
New England family faces recurring ice maker leak as iceman refills the unit prompting talk of returning the appliance. Mrs. Youngbride-Jack expresses frustration at the persistent fault and seeks a remedy.
A compact exchange uses idioms about gold and brass to frame a sharp, humorous response. The dialogue features characters named Howell and Powell discussing value and perception in a witty, period-voice quip.
A man blames the woman’s supposed lack of practice after losing a game to shield his own defeat. This reflexive claim shifts responsibility and preserves masculine pride in friendly competition.
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