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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
7
A pair of poem lines mark the end of a year with somber themes. Josh Wink offers a grim meditation on strife and loss while Theodore H Boice bids farewell to the Old Year as a loyal companion through twelve months of hopeful progress and reflection.
A long pontification urges leaving past sorrows behind and embracing the New Year with joy and effort. It personifies the year as a bright youngster offering guidance toward health sleep play love and purposeful striving to reach future dreams.
A reflective New Year poem from R. T. Hart sent in gratitude for cherished memories and a promise of renewed faith. The verses praise a distant beloved, wish blessings, joy, and a rainbow of hope across the coming years.
A New Year poem urges self discipline and a higher creed. The speaker resolves to stop complaining about others greed, to accept duty, find hidden beauties, and focus on personal merit rather than envy.
A playful exchange about friends and faults ends with a chilly joke at a theater the night before. Hazel jokes about cold comfort while Aimee quips about patronizing another ice man, reflecting light social chatter between names Hyker Aluggins Pyker Green Brown and Hazel.
A domestic scene shows Henry and his companion in a tense exchange. Muttered jabs about politics mix with accusations of drinking, revealing strain and mistrust in a private parlor conversation.
The dialogue notes sixteen chorus members labeled as society girls all possessing a marked hauteur. The exchange highlights an elite tone among performers with a subtle class distinction implied by their demeanor.
A conservative quote recalls a political candidate's remarks described as glittering generalities. He avoided firm commitments, stating only that he believed George Washington was a great man.
Cholly asks if I told his sister of an important message and Johnny notes she will come down soon while she searches Bradstreet's. The dialogue implies a gathering or visit with a focus on locating the sister.
Dialogue suggests a comic reflection on social ascent as two speakers recall Mr. Mulligan's earlier days and a valet's ignorance of his former self. The exchange plays on irony and class perception with humorous banter.
A passerby dismisses a night theater performance labeled artistic as usually unpleasant and tiresome, while others question attending. The exchange notes skepticism toward claims of high artistry in stage productions.
Northland notes summarize Norway Germany submarine dispute stance and Norway coal plans at Spitzbergen. It reports Norwegian food ticket systems, coffee contraband seizure, fresh cargo restrictions, and Finnish reindeer incursions. Also covers Kjelland statue plans, Harald Hannfagre whale catch, Swedish women’s suffrage progress, and leaders arguing for or against extending voting rights.
Apparatus shipped from England for a Faroe Islands wireless station, likely to be operational within months. In Copenhagen on the latest moving day about 200 families and 900 children were homeless, with authorities housing them in six public school buildings.
Broncho Bob worries prohibition steadies nerves and sharpens aim, risking greater loss of life as residents shoot with unerring accuracy. He notes the town looks better but the danger lies in precision under prohibition.
Uncle Eben jokes that the world was made in six days but taking thousands of years to find desirable tenants, a humorous remark reflecting community chatter about housing and prospects.
Western Canada dominated the El Paso Dry Farming Congress with top prizes in wheat oats barley rye and alfalfa. The article notes Western Canada's weight in mixed farming, high prairie beef value in Chicago, and new export outlets via Hudson Bay Railway and Panama Canal routes. It also promotes land prices and Dominion Government offers for homesteaders seeking 160 acre farms with railway access and easy terms.
William M. Davis of Cambridge Massachusetts told the National Congress of American Hotel Associations in New York that hotels across the United States are defrauded of about $1,000,000 annually.
A terse exchange recalls a first romance from youth with a witty reply. The dialog centers on memory and the playful comparison between past lovers. The tone is sharp yet light, reflecting flirtatious social banter.
A man claims a woman is silly if she laughs at another man’s jokes. The remark reflects gender biased humor and prompts discussion on respect and humor boundaries.
Quote contrasts two political types with a sharp line: socialists are said to fight for principles while plutocrats pursue their own interest. The remark frames ideological integrity versus self-interest in political action.
A fragmented notice suggests a claim involving Bromo Quinine and a purported signature by BMW or Bove Saree. The text hints at a cold in one day claim and urges verification of a full name on the product label or advertisement.
A House sub committee on naval affairs heard that the total enlisted strength of the United States Navy is 25 000 men short of the authorized figure. The disclosure came during a recent Washington hearing.
The notice urges households to cut high priced meat and serve Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti instead. It promotes a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha Nebraska, showing a hundred ways to prepare the product for women.
An inventor receives a patent for a hollow perforated bit designed to administer medicine to a horse. The device features a funnel at one end to facilitate dosing and may simplify veterinary care by enabling oral delivery through the bit during riding or assistance.
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