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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
7
An old style advertisement praises California Syrup of Figs as a gentle cleansing remedy for children's stomachs livers and bowels. It contrasts harsh castor oil and calomel with its pleasant fruit flavored formula claiming a single teaspoonful can prevent illness and promote easy digestion.
Hee Way quips about a spouse’s discretion as a light humor item in a column noting a joke about secrets in circulation. The line plays on domestic wit and timing, reflecting a newspaper feature's brief comic moment.
A dated beauty note prescribes mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly to reduce dandruff and improve hair texture. Claims no scalp staining and non sticky finish. The text includes garbled dialogue about spoons and forks.
An advertising notice touts Cuticura Soap to cleanse dandruff crustings and scalings and Cuticura Ointment to soothe irritations. Claims superior, economical emollients for all ages. Free sample by mail with a Book, address Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A wife argues for a law ending hyphenated nationalities to be just Americans. Her husband questions the law’s impact on her own hyphenated signature Elizabeth Hicks Magegley, provoking a restrained, satirical exchange recorded by the judge.
The theater manager voices plans to enlarge the lobby saying the space is too small. A patron suggests removing the box office claiming ticket buyers have been blocked for three years by speculators.
A reader compares hearing opera singers on the phonograph to live stage performance noting the phonograph offers nearly the same pleasure and the option to stop playback at will. The exchange emphasizes convenience and choice in enjoying high-priced vocal performances at home.
Mrs. Jones asks about a remedy for nighttime barking. Mr. Smith suggests giving the dog away as a solution.
An elderly testimonial describes coffee causing nervous weakness and poor sleep, then credits Postum with restoring health. The customer details switching to Postum Cereal or Instant Postum, noting easier preparation and steady nerves, better sleep and strength, and urges readers to try the product sold by grocers.
This piece reports Mary Roberts Rinehart’s wartime writings for a weekly magazine and her Christmas message to tuberculosis patients at Mont Alto, Hamburg, and Cresson. It recounts wartime trenches, a Christmas truce observed across four hundred miles of front, and her appeal for hope and charity amid suffering.
British Columbia reports mineral output valued at about 30 million dollars. The 1913 total topped that year, while last year’s production fell about 4 million short of the prior year. The decline stems from World War I disrupting metal markets worldwide.
The exchange centers on a comedian claiming audience laughter, while the opera house manager quips that they laugh to get their money's worth. The snippet captures a backstage humor moment reflecting venue dynamics.
A Punch quotation shows a clergyman admonishing a tattered hobo to abandon aimless wandering and instead defend a home and hearth by taking up work. The exchange frames a moral plea about responsibility and dignity.
A man sits in a trolley car reading Plato, provoking a remark that he is not en route to completing a fortune seeking deal. The exchange hints at character or motive beyond a simple reading moment. The dialogue implies distrust of sharp business schemes in contrast to philosophical leisure.
A dialogue fragment shows a daughter explaining her father objects to the visitor being at home when she calls, while the visitor notes the objection is to presence at the home rather than the visit itself.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes William Metzler of Portland has a dream post with Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company. He will travel between San Francisco and Hawaii as official chaperon for unaccompanied young women on the liner with a strict curfew to ban romantic moonlit meetings at night.
University of Oklahoma professor Frederick Holmberg argues folk songs exist since ancient times though most known today are five to six centuries old. He says folk songs and dances birthed modern music, influencing church and absolute music by Bach to Beethoven.
Simple chicken feed hopper built from a laundry soap box. Sides cut and hinged lid added, front slants ensure continuous flow, top pours in feed, opening guarded by chicken wire to keep birds out. Original construction diagram shown.
After a funeral for a prominent industrial figure, a tombstone epitaph was altered to read Friends added to "He did his best." The exchange reveals a lighthearted take on the defacement and the late captain's legacy.
In a spirited exchange a woman asserts diplomacy is needed to coexist with a husband and Miss Cayenne counters that diplomacy is mainly about seeming to be deceived. The dialogue highlights gendered perceptions of tact and honesty in domestic life.
A lighthearted vignette contrasts a man enjoying a theater laugh with a woman experiencing a good cry, illustrating different emotional reactions to stage moments.
A shopper asks for Coffee and Repartee tea in a book department scene. A clerk directs her to groceries on the upstairs level and notes uncertainty about the brand, suggesting she inquire further.
Guidance on feeding farm hens emphasizes equal parts cracked corn wheat and oats for laying stock with ample litter and exercise. Keep bran middlings and beef scraps accessible. provide green feed, water, grit and shell from day one. use crumbly wet mash when needed. transition chicks from bread and milk to chick feed by day four.
The article explains infertile eggs result from hens with no male bird nearby and that removing the male does not affect egg numbers. It advises disposing of hens after their second laying season unless exceptional breeders, notes pullets need maturation before laying, suggests marking fall lay pullets for next spring breeding, and cites soft-shelled eggs caused by confinement, overfat hens, and lack of minerals.
The article discusses feeding chickens in moderation to promote steady appetite and prevent overeating. It emphasizes giving enough work to earn each meal and avoid waste while ensuring ample food supply.
Guidance on giving green food to hens in confinement urges cutting or chopping into short lengths to prevent crop binding. Cabbage tied to a stake is praised, while a variety is preferred. White clover red clover lawn grass vegetable tops and young corn fodder are good when finely cut for easy eating.
The article stresses grit as essential for poultry health as it substitutes for teeth. It explains grit aids digestion and is an indispensable feed component for healthy birds.
A brief note emphasizes exercise as essential for warmth comfort pleasure and overall health. Regular activity boosts energy, strengthens the body and supports well being.
Linseed meal can aid recovery after moulting by adding a small amount to the mash. The practice supports feather and molt renewal with extra nutrients.
Guidance notes that fowls should be fed to fill their crops with grain before nightfall, ensuring a full crop for rest. The instruction emphasizes proper evening feeding to maintain poultry health and fullness as they settle.
An old advertisement warns falling hair signals dandruff and scalp neglect. It promotes Knowlton's Dandeline a 26 cent bottle claiming rapid results with shinier fuller hair after use, and ends with a brief moral about short sermons versus lengthy reproofs.
A vintage health ad promotes Bromo Quinine as a grip preventive. It touts a quinine mix as germicidal and tonic, claiming it strengthens the system against colds influenza and grip. It notes a single brand with E W Grove signature on the box.
A dialogue fragment shows Great Publisher and Great Author debating trimming material to create multiple novels, while a Judge proposes halving the work to produce tens of novels.
Mrs Mayas Aspaca of North Crandon Wisconsin describes severe health decline after twin birth at eighteen. She consulted a doctor who diagnosed displacement and ulcers and urged surgery. She began Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and reports great improvement with no money to spend on the remedy.
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