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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1909
Page
7
A letter from Ranfurly Alberta dated May 10 1903 details a Missourian who moved to western Canada. He relates hardships and rapid gains from homesteading near Birch Lake, noting growing settlement, cattle expansion, and a thriving market for produce despite a bad harvest year.
A Nevada legislature committee advances a resolution urging California to pass strict anti Japanese measures and blocks any perceived federal interference. It denounces Theodore Roosevelt and warns of war if needed to prevent Japanese footholds and land ownership on the Pacific coast.
Mrs M A Schwerin of Detroit relates that from about ten months old her child Vivian suffered spring head boils that resembled scalds. Using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured the sores completely, with a later mild flare behind the ears treated similarly, leading to full recovery in two years. The note is dated February 24, 1906.
A traveler seeks a linen duster in a dusty village store but finds the clerk has none. He is offered a feather boa instead, illustrating the problem of substitutes that do not meet the request.
The Hardy bone mill east of Kearney burned Tuesday around 5 pm. The idle mill suffered major damage and fertilizer and feed were destroyed. Loss exceeds 5,000 dollars with 2,000 dollars insured. Owners are C. A. Robinson and Robert Hardy. Rebuilding is likely.
Bertha Luich, 18, was revived in hospital after being chloroformed in front of a home. A note pinned to her dress claimed the killer was the boy who pursued her there and claimed he would be at the foot of Cherokee street. Miss Ludwig recognized a boy at a party but did not know his name.
Boston report states President Roosevelt will not accept a $10,000 bequest from Benjamin Hadley, a Fast Somerville recluse who died December 16, 1907. The will also left $150,000 in property to others and named the president as beneficiary.
For an hour the port of Gibraltar resembled a naval engagement as American battleships arrived and exchanged salutes with shore batteries and foreign warships. Connecticut fired 21 guns to salute Vice Admiral Sir James Goodrich and the harbor commander, with gun for gun replies from shore.
Eddie Root and Fogler hold a slim edge over Walker and Palmer Moran and Kramer Mitten and Bardgett and DeMara and Hill. Devonovitch suffers another injury but escapes with bruises as a mid race update shows leaders at 390 miles 5 laps and others within several laps. President Roosevelt plans to veto census bill citing civil service appointment concerns.
In Wahoo Nebraska, mild temperatures slowed ice cutting after a big storm. Hudie Bros and farmer Thos Sech built a large pond near the city, installed an engine, and pumped water for a time to harvest ice.
Notices mention Japan preparing a real census to replace estimates from birth and death returns. An ad for Anna D. Adams Theatrical Beauty Purse offers 10,000 prizes for solving it. Other items promote Hamlin Wizard Oil for rheumatism and throat relief, and Brown's Bronchial Troches with samples. Brazil posts Japanese immigrant railroad workers.
An 19th century style advertisement fragment promotes Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup claiming teething relief gums pain and colic cure at 250 per bottle The text also contains a rhetorical question about a man who works everywhere but at home.
An advertised claim promises cure for piles with PAZO OINTMENT in 6 to 14 days, backed by refund. A Great Lakes steamship line tests concrete floors for durability. Various quotes note humor and reflections on wealth, memory, and roses, citing La Nature Paris about color-shifting roses.
A testimonial claims Grape Nuts food steadies nervous fatigue and supports brain function. The letter from a Wisconsin bride recounts nervous strain before marriage, improvement after using the cereal, and how it helped her keep her job. The ad cites Postum Co. and urges readers to read The Road to Wellville, noting the phrase There’s a Reason.
A vintage notice cites the California Fig Syrup Co claiming exclusive production of Syrup of Figs and Senna and asserts medicinal claims while noting other parties dispute the origin and distribution of the remedy.
The passage humorously contrasts washday chores with domestic commerce. It notes a husband shopping for his wife’s birthday gift, praises steady work like delivering a load to the barn, and remarks on women’s disposition to love a particular man, even if only a husband.
Compressed street waste in London is processed into a material resembling garden mold and marketed as a fertilizer. The practice raises concerns about safety and labeling as curbside refuse becomes a commodity.
An ad claims Marine Eye Remedy soothes watery eyes and throat pain while noting it adheres to the Pure Food and Drugs Law. The page also interjects social observations about marital supremacy, gender, and perception, ending with a reflection on vision shaping reality.
The Canadian Government raises homestead land to 320 acres per claimant. 160 acres are free and 160 must be purchased at 3.00 dollars per acre. The lands lie in the grain rising zone with mixed farming shown as successful. A future railway to Hudson Bay will bring markets nearer.
In Verona New Jersey Edmond Condit and his son Edmund hosted a lawn party for the boy’s ninth birthday. Albert Woltz, 13, trained his white rat Jimmy to climb a rotted flagpole and thread a line through a pulley to replace the halyard. The rat’s clever work allowed the flag to be raised safely for the celebration.
The article notes adobe telegraph poles built in Bolivia from La Paz to Oruro, five feet square bases and fifteen feet high, spaced 361 feet apart over 156 miles to keep lines above animals. It also mentions an English engineer in Uganda using growing bari cloth trees as poles and Dutch East Indies setups with poles over the road.
Advert says Lydia E Pearl Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female troubles avoiding operations in Louisville Kentucky and Adrian Georgia. Mentions thirty years of success and unsolicited testimonials. Includes odd home tips on perfume and sewing care with general musings.
In polar regions wild flowers carpet arctic flats each June to August with cotton plants forming white silky tops. Miners note ice lies below where cotton blooms and industrial use remains limited to dawn gathering for pillows. Dwarf flora includes purple larkspur bluebells monkshood primroses and arctic geraniums amid continuous daylight.
A woman complains her tooth hurts and refuses to visit a dentist because she owes him money. The man notes their shared bad luck. She describes in comic detail how her car breaks down in front of stores she owes large sums to.
Two men possess extraordinary intellect that doubles output, while an average man lacks the same productive burden and insight. The idea contrasts genius collaboration against solitary effort.
Sylvanus Verrill of Milford Maine recalls a five year battle with kidney pain and paralysis after an injury. Doctors warned of a dying right kidney and implied he could not walk but after taking Dean's Kidney Pills he regained strength, discarded crutches, and fully recovered. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo 50 cents a box. A chalk tooth cleaner and orris root paste offer teeth whitening and fresh breath.
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