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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1926
Page
6
A Swift tale by George Sthel bert Walsh sets modern romance on a tropical isle. The heroine is kidnapped and the rescuer earns a fitting reward as financial stakes drive the adventure in a Wall Street influenced plot.
Dick Van Ness idles along a private dock when a yacht named The Pelican anchors nearby. He helps Miss Alice Cutler recover a lost bag, earns a visiting card reward, and contemplates a future tied to her uncle’s yacht while a wary Mr. Blake watches from the shadows.
A fragment titled Chapter II reflects on the shabbiest trick of fate, bringing people into the world with wealth only to disturb that fortune as they grow. The piece critiques the comfort of a silver spoon and the ensuing misfortune or change in circumstances.
The couple introduces a key card that will be used later in the plot. Their meeting promises a pivotal moment as events unfold.
A discussion explains how age is determined in animals. For horses teeth are used for aging, while fish ages are read from otoliths in the inner ear. The otolith stone grows with the fish, helping estimate age as the fish grows larger.
The ruby throat is the only hummingbird that nests in the United States east of the Mississippi. Eastern gardens may show two kinds, but they are the mate and female of the ruby throated species.
A London exhibit displays 18 kinds of playing cards from the Thirteenth century to later centuries. Early packs show horn plates with crude figures, while 1714 to 1765 geography packs feature foreign maps. 1780 cards depict fables with verses, plus natural history, astronomy, and music word cards. The trend toward simpler designs mirrors faster modern brains and quicker play.
A fragmentary passage from The Kitchen Cabinet presents a poetic reflection on domestic happiness as the sole paradise remaining after decline. The text invokes Virtue as nourished by home life and framed in a genteel, moral tone common to 18th century English prose and verse.
A collection of sweet and savory honey based recipes. Dishes include Cheese and Honey Salad and Honey Salad Dressing with mustard and sour cream, Piquant Frappe with cranberries and lemon, and Honey Custard. Also offered are Greens a la Reine Scalloped Oysters Favorite Spinach and Grated Carrot Salad with assorted ingredients and simple steps.
The bridal veil originated in ancient times to shield the bride from evil spirits. It was widely used by Greeks and Romans to protect the wearer as she entered marriage.
A quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin cautions that risking a friendship over a joke is folly. The line emphasizes the value of honest humor and the harm of peer conflict.
A physician's prescription used in millions of homes for 35 years relieves croup without vomiting in 15 minutes and eases coughs colds and whooping cough. The ad urges parents to keep a bottle at home and asks readers to ask their druggist for Dr Drake's Gleasco priced at 50 cents.
Joseph Pennell, renowned illustrator and artist, at sixty five remains hard at work. He shifts from pen and ink to water colors and paintings and teaches at an art school, stressing beginning fundamentals and the chemistry of colors for his students.
An advertisement urges consumers to look for the Bayer name on Bayer Aspirin packages or tablets to ensure authenticity and safety. It claims the product has been proven safe by millions and prescribed for 25 years, warning that imitations may be dangerous.
The city youth asks what the calf licks and learns rock salt from a cow farmer. The boy exclaims about curiosity and jokes about corned beef origins, capturing rural life and whimsy.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving bathing and shampooing promising double razor efficiency and improved skin purity health comfort and cleanliness with no mug or slimy soap and no germs. It claims irritation ends even with twice daily shaving and presents the soap as a single product for all uses.
Phyllis sets a whistle on her alarm to wake Agnes a ring would never wake her. The joke hints a light head to bear a heavier load, a playful line about balance and wit.
Pharmacists promote Joint-Ease as the sure remedy for painful inflamed joints. The ad claims it speeds relief and helps you feel younger, with quick results. Each tube costs sixty cents at druggists nationwide.
The Tanlac tonic is promoted as a proven builder for those who are underweight or run down. It claims to purify the blood aid digestion stimulate appetite and promote weight gain with a global herbal formula. The ad urges readers to buy at a local drug store and start feeling better quickly.
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