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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
3
A reflective admonition on holiday excess highlights poverty in the home and the strain on working mothers. The author contends Christmas should honor the Christ Child by aiding children and improving schools, wages, and living conditions, not sustaining wasteful gift exchanges. The piece condemns social neglect and urges reform.
The piece notes that adversity shapes the mind and heart, teaching discipline and humility. It argues faith grows through hardship, with eternal rewards outweighing temporary troubles, and urges trust in God’s unseen plan and perfect wisdom. It emphasizes spiritual growth from suffering and hidden blessings.
A concise quotation notes that to live for humanity one must be willing to lose oneself. The line emphasizes selflessness as a noble ideal attributed to Frothingham.
A New York socialite commissions a bronze Venus statue, but a neighbor paints the pieces white and then adds red garters to the limbs. The painterly display, meant to enhance realism, amuses the crowd but provokes bemused reaction from the statue’s owner.
A witty saying notes that every woman believes her husband would have been a roaring success if she had steered him correctly. The quip highlights domestic humor about marriage and influence.
A Hudson South Dakota farmer shares a road drag design using two eight foot bridge planks and three four foot 2x8s with heavy spikes to lift dirt from beneath. Iron braces and wagon tire bottom cut the profile, while a chain allows angle adjustment via the hitch clevis. The device leaves space beneath the drag and may outperform existing drags, though the cross pieces might extend further behind the rear drag.
A Michigan inventor creates a device with pivoting curved jaws and hand straps to husk corn quickly. Serrated interiors grip the husk and strip it off instantly, allowing a user to husk ears as fast as picking them up with practice.
The article argues against piling manure in small lots and favors spreading with a spreader. It notes that piling leads to losses through chemical changes and gas escape, while spreading allows soluble fertilizer elements to soak into the soil for greater benefit.
Windbreaks are valuable on farms as they enhance appearance and comfort around buildings and yards, shielding people and livestock from cold and wind. They contribute to a nicer, more functional farm environment overall.
Deputy Highway Commissioner Frank F. Rogers outlines best practices for road work. He covers drainage, grading, and drainage layouts for state reward roads, recommends the plank road float, and explains when to use the float drag. He notes gravel roads are durable, inexpensive, repairable, and reward rich, encouraging locals to build gravel if available.
A simple, easily made implement to break five rows of stalks. Build a 3x8 inch plank, bolt rods four feet from ends, and nail an old wagon tire on the lower front edge with the sharp edge toward the ground. Use when stalks are frozen and hitching is taught by the Practical Farmer. any blacksmith can fabricate it.
The Fenno house on Farr Street Canton, built in 1704 by John Fenno, remains a two story red clapboard landmark. It records the family line from the original settler through Isaac and Elijah Fenno, with the old hearth, crane, ice-chest shed, shoemaker bench, and relics still present. The property has seen generations live nearby, though the original tenants have long moved on.
Stable manure has high nitrogen and potash but lacks phosphorus. Adding phosphoric acid helps balance it and acid phosphate in stable gutters absorbs odors and fixes ammonia, though mixing manure and fertilizer shows no clear advantage over applying separately.
The article notes that the heaviest yielding potato hills are not necessarily best for seed. It emphasizes counting the number of plants per hill to determine seed suitability and suggests optimizing plant density for quality seed stocks.
The guidance emphasizes digging silos deeper to ensure silage compacts well. Deeper silos improve storage efficiency and feed quality by promoting thorough compression and reducing spoilage risks.
A collection of agrarian tips and proverbs advocating early clover seed purchases, soil moisture storage in deep plows, clover and alfalfa seed preparation, hay spoilage losses, and fall plowing to curb pests. Emphasizes rotation to restore soil, storage via silos, and prudent land use for hay and pasture.
Montreal Quebec reports Justin Masson weighing 780 pounds, once deemed the world’s largest woman, died recently. Declared insane months earlier, she was cared for by public assistance. Her rampages caused walls to fail and a round house had to be built outside the main building. A specially built coffin was needed for burial.
A New York Church member recalls Washington White, an aging hod carrier, delivering a blunt domestic sermon on condemning foreign idols while neglecting sins at home. The anecdote contrasts Mr White’s frank preaching style with Dr John Haynes Holmes.
Mrs Geo F Clark of Iberia Missouri says five years of scalp eczema vanished after using Cuticura Ointment and Soap. She reports the ringworm like lesion on the back of the head cleared, hair regrew, and intense itching and burning subsided, after following the ad regimen in 1912.
The editor praises Billy Pennington for a remarkable report on Roosevelts return. The city editor hints at raising Pennington's salary, noting a disputed line about a mass of correspondence being blue-penciled.
A diplomat frets over choosing between a wealthy widow he does not love and a poor woman he loves passionately. His companion counsels listening to the heart and marrying the woman he loves. He agrees and asks for the widow's address.
A recorded exchange features Senator Sorg expressing concern that the dispute surrounding him is largely obscure to casual listeners. The dialogue hints at repeated accusations and a blurred initial characterisation of the case.
Nell asks if Alice will marry Jack soon while Belle debates a ten cent moving picture outing. The hesitation centers on money and romance in a local social scene.
The exchange recalls Mrs Come Up boasting about her husband who could outfight any man. The remark suggests he was once a tailor by trade and is now known for his prowess in a contest or match.
Dialogue centers on the remark that half the world does not know how the other half lives. A wry exchange suggests shared responsibility and the limits of blaming one’s upbringing.
A compact aphorism on horse racing finance and luck contrasts the mare’s value with outcomes, noting that even a loser may drive money if the horse proves valuable. The line reflects betting culture and the economics of racing.
American made shoes face competition in Russia where parts imports rely on American brands produced in Germany. The note highlights cross border manufacturing and branding tensions affecting pricing and market access for U.S. footwear firms.
The quotation reminds readers that opportunity favors those who act rather than wait and that one should pardon others more readily than oneself, reflecting a public moral stance.
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