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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
6
A sugar laden truck caught fire on the Fifty-ninth Street Bridge causing a spill of syrup and debris that halted traffic for hours. Cleanup used sand and gravel for traction as the incident unfolded amid a busy transit corridor.
A century-old building in Freeport is reported destroyed by fire. The structure, once a stable for the Pennsylvania canal, is said to be the second oldest in Freeport.
The article promotes using an automatic refrigerator for cold dishes. A frozen fruit salad is prepared by whipping cream with lemon juice, folding in dressing and pecans with pineapple cherries apricots banana and orange, then freezing. Serve on lettuce with optional dressing.
In a brief exchange the lawyer clarifies that no fee was promised for the question but that the charge covers the provided answer. The client disputes the arrangement, while the attorney stands by the billing.
A recipe describes making a creamy dressing with mayonnaise, blending it smooth, folding in whipped cream, chopped dates, and crushed pineapple. The mixture is frozen for three hours and served on lettuce with optional salad dressing, credited to Western Newspaper Union.
Reginald D. White, a blind war veteran, credits his Seeing Eye trained dog Wickee as the real master. For two years Wickee has served as White’s aid and companion, obeying ordinary-language commands with remarkable intelligence and curiosity.
In Mount Clemens Michigan a mother Mrs Nora Simperson reunites with her son Richard Bollore after a 22 year separation. Nora left Richard with his grandparents in 1910 and disappeared. Illness inspired her to place a newspaper ad for news of her son. Beilore, who had long sought his mother, answered the ad and visited her bedside. She is now recovering.
The St. Louis zoo plans to sell four buffalo at 75 dollars each to prevent slaughter for a workplace feast. Officials say the herd is overstocked and unsold animals would be slaughtered if buyers are not found.
A nailing pistol shown at the Leipzig fair delivers tacks or nails with a trigger pull, releasing an automatic hammer to drive fasteners in seconds, reducing the need for patience and skill and preventing smashed thumbs.
A home tip describes using bread cubes fried in fat to judge when oil is ready. It notes browning depends on color additives and lists salt for browns and other hues, vinegar or alum for blues, and sugar of lead for lavenders with a strong warning about poison.
Berkeley researchers Dr. Robert E. B. Cornish and Raymond Archibald report progress on purified vitamins using rats to test fat soluble vitamins. They describe a machine to separate vitamins from contaminants by solubility in octane and solvents, reflecting early vitamin science and animal-based testing.
The note discusses the term vixen used for a shrew or scold and traces its metaphorical use to slyness and cleverness attributed to women. It notes potential surprise at the feminine form of fox and links etymology to German fuchs and filchsen, acknowledging origins in perceived qualities of some women.
Perth story of Charlies Sparkes and Annie, once youths who danced together before a gold rush. Blind since an injury ended his sight, he and Annie, now blind, rediscover each other in a Braille society home. They talk of old dances and recall a shared love. Now they meet often, sightless but young at heart.
A fragment shows Mae describing a personal hardship after an operation and her alimony being cut off. The dialogue hints at financial distress tied to her medical and domestic situation.
H C Bailey and lecturer A Lloyd James discuss a future hybrid English merging British and American forms. They argue the world may speak a blended tongue, though the idea rests on contested premises about who uses American English and regional American variations.
An old candy laxative now has a running mate in trade with the Chocolate Cascarets. The original Cascarets remain popular and both lines push the age old slogan They work while you sleep, as they expand through advertising and consumer appeal.
Industry leaders report fewer potatoes eaten since World War I as dieting trends push claims potatoes fatten. Growers anticipate reports that slim figures are losing favor and may revive demand.
New York. Jack Latorgia, age fifty two, was charged with violating the Sabbath law. Patroynan Coffey told Magistrate Malbin that Latorgio was found cutting the hair of an unknown man Sunday. Latorgia claimed the man was his son and argued the haircut was necessary. Magistrate Malbin suspended sentence, noting a barber may not cut even his son's hair on Sunday.
An armed man knocked at Mrs. Robert A. Lord's apartment in Washington, D. C. and tried to rob her. She refused to reveal valuables, and the intruder left empty handed.
Instructions describe cutting a picture neatly around its edge mounting on heavy cardboard with a back stand. A central white space is filled with a small penny calendar from stores or stationery shops for display.
A playful word puzzle lists two camels three Arabs and two pyramids and asks to remove letters from selected items to spell a country. The prompt then repeats with a second list and letter-removal steps for a different hidden word.
The Golls aided farmers by attracting birds that fed on White-Horn Sphinx moth caterpillars, preventing widespread rye destruction on an 800 acre stand. The birds moved to nearby colonies to feed their young, reducing damage to five acres by month’s end, per the Biological Survey U S Department of Agriculture.
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