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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
3
Report describes building a home crafted Christmas tree base from a box using simple boards nails and covering material. Step one forms a pocket in the bottom of the box to receive the tree end with two crosswise board pairs and measured spacing for a medium size tree. If the pocket is too large wrap the tree end with a strip to fit.
Instructions describe building a supportive box for a tree with bottom and top pockets to stabilize the tree. It covers framing, cross braces, securing the top, and finishing with cloth to create an attractive base. Tight cloth tension and neat corner seams are emphasized.
This article describes creating home made ornaments for Christmas trees including a double five point star ornament. It explains cutting two cardboard star shapes, slashing and interlocking them, to form a decorative two piece star and suggests covering the cardboard with tinfoil for shine and adding slender sticks for support.
A poem asks if Santa helps the needy or favors the wealthy, contrasting charitable giving with fortune. It questions Santa’s reach to the poor, then shifts to DIY Christmas craft instructions and decorations, including star trees, popcorn chains, and cornucopias.
A mixed page features mistletoe gathering in Brittany with climbers using iron griffes and a craft project turning orange rinds into figures. It also lauds Robert C. Folwell at Washington and Jefferson College praising his small, hardworking team and contrasting coaching legends of Yost Harvard Haughton Stagg with Folwell’s remarkable university.
The New York Tribune reports that the steamer Boringuen, near Puerto Rico, encountered four waterspouts while moving southwest and east. The spouts rose as high as 1,000 feet above the sea, with dark storm clouds overhead. After about forty minutes conditions returned to normal and more spouts appeared briefly on both sides two miles away.
A Connecticut man patents an ash can on wheels with locking handles to keep it stationary when not mobile. Salt imports remain high with over one million barrels entering Atlantic ports last year. The US geological survey notes the country’s salt mines can meet domestic demand, with imports making up 3.2 percent of consumption, down from 17.2 percent in 1890.
The article recalls how youth’s dream of distant Carpathians fades as war reveals its brutal reality with cavalry charges and vast suffering along the mountains. It also notes a Pacific Island phosphate conquest and highlights Francis E. Clark’s life work with 825,000 miles of travel as head of the Christian Endeavor Society.
The 1914 season marks a historic surge in speed for side-wheelers with 33 new world pacing records recorded under open publicity and strict standard rules. Free-legged horses dominated the record list with notable mentions including Directum I William Anna Bradford Clara Mac, while Frank Bogash Jr and others set team race marks.
Eugene B. Fraser president of the Lynn club announces the transfer of club management from the Lynn Baseball and Amusement club to himself and Louis P. Pieper manager of Lawrence. The price is not stated but the club reportedly refused a $10,000 offer from Jesse Burkett of Worcester.
Outfielder Joe Kelly of the Pitts pursues the Pirates and purchases a used automobile from Hans Wagner. After Wagner demonstrates operation, Kelly departs for his Kansas home—about a thousand miles away—driving through muddy roads.
Tristram of Hubbard City accepted 456 chances in center for the Red Sox, topping Jimmy Slagle’s 1902 Cubs record by 32. The board this year moved to accept the outfielder’s feat with Mr. Speaker assisting the approval.
The article reviews Eddie Plank's World Series record with the Athletics noting five losses in seven series games. It highlights shutouts in four losses, a standout 2 to 1 win in 1911, and two 1 to 0 defeats, contrasting Plank's results with Bender's success.
Boston teams claimed pennants in 1872 1873 1874 1875 1877 1878 1883 1891 1892 1897 1898 and 1914. Other titles were won by the Boston Brotherhood in 1890 the Boston Americans in 1891 and the Boston Americans in 1904 1908 and 1912.
Jimmy Clabby defeated George Chip in San Francisco strengthening his claim to the middleweight title. The result adds momentum to Clabby as the top challenger and signals a possible future bout for the crown.
A Kansas City Star reflection recounts a Mayo Clinic lobby anecdote about surgery wonders. The piece mocks sensational tales of transplants and magical remedies while praising medical bravado and the bold claims surrounding surgical feats.
The article argues that physical exercise and hygiene shape mental faculties and social attitudes. It credits Romans and English for the phrase a healthy mind in a healthy body and praises English contributions to science and philosophy, naming Newton Darwin Spencer Smith Bacon Galileo as influencers and popularizers beyond Britain.
At Lakeside Utah a mountain is being cut away and dumped into Great Salt Lake to extend the Lucin cut off solid fill. Begun in 1901 over 1 125 000 cubic yards of rock and limestone have been placed since 1905 costing over 2 000 000 dollars. The fill now exceeds twenty miles in length with depths up to 35 feet. Piles driven in the lake show no decay as salt water preserves them.
In very cold seas near the Ambrose channel lightship veteran pilots weigh risk of boarding a small boat. If they defer, a younger pilot may take the turn and earn extra pay of four dollars beyond the regular fee.
Gentlemen in tall hats and white emocks sweep a clean path from Vintners' Hall to the old church in Upper Thames Street London. The Vintners' company has elected a new master and continues its ancient ritual of honor with this dusty city procession.
The unknown cause of warts is common on children's hands. A home remedy suggests castor oil keeps warts wet. If warts occur where they are easily injured, removal by a physician is advised.
The late Inspector McCluskey nicknamed Gentleman George was strict but not vindictive. An elderly millionaire complained his man called him a spavined old mule and asked what the inspector would do. McCluskey replied he could not patch him up and sent him to a vet.
A method from Mother's Magazine advises cleaning milk utensils by first scouring with ashes, rubbing once, then rinsing twice. Use cold or tepid water to keep utensils bright, prevent rust, and avoid tin damage.
Donald the fisherman starts making his own fly hooks. A crony teases him about dressing his own hooks and asks if he can fish with them. Donald admits uncertain skills, noting a spider ran away with two of the hooks yesterday.
A light exchange identifies a haughty dark lady as Signora Juarez Torreon Varanza Quilla of Mexico. The Judge notes she wears many badges, medals, and ribbons as a daughter of Three Hundred and Twenty nine Revolutions.
Two wives chat over tea about their authors husbands. One says he sits at his desk and chews his penhandle while thinking. The other notes he has gnawed a corner off his typewriter. The piece shifts to a wry line about opportunity and envy.
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