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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
6
A fragment from The Selection shows a curious exchange about eating fish for brain benefit, with one character asking about possible weakness in the fish. The snippet hints at a humorous or skeptical tone within a larger dialogue.
An advertisement touts Boschee's Syrup as a trusted remedy for coughs bronchitis colds throat irritation and lung troubles. It claims the syrup helps patients sleep without coughing and expectorate easily in the morning and notes its long history of use in homes worldwide.
A playful column line suggests the typical girl appears to be born with an ice cream spoon in her mouth. The remark frames a lighthearted stereotype about youthful indulgence and manners.
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving, bathing and shampooing. It claims double razor efficiency and promotes skin purity, comfort and health with no muggy soap, germs or irritation, even with twice daily shaves.
Brooklyn inventor Benjamin Franklin Leavitt promotes a self contained diving suit designed for four hour submergence under extreme pressure. He cites a 861 foot depth in Grand Traverse Bay and disputes other claimed records while detailing armor features, air supply, and nitrogen mix to preserve the diver.
A reporter details salvage finds including a 52 year old hardwood from beneath Lake Huron and a strange old shoe. Leavitt discusses copper salvaging from the Pewabic wreck, divers’ dangers, and upcoming expeditions to recover silver from the Merida and gold and securities from ships like the Lusitania and Arabic. Also included is a USDA feature praising cow testing shows in Vermont boosting milk production and net income per cow.
A Dutch consular pamphlet argues Holland bore severe war pressure due to geography and trade disruption. It notes shipping declines from 36,229,000 to 3,363,000 net tons, cargo restrictions, unemployment, and heavy government debt with taxes rising sharply.
An official report says since the war began the United States and Japan have control of most of Indias export trade formerly held by the central powers. The US leads in iron and steel and machinery while Japan dominates electrical goods copper paper glassware textiles and beer. British exporters struggle to supply India due to wartime conditions.
Norman Oklahoma University student John H. Merkle is rapidly recovering from a football injury that dislocated a cervical vertebra and briefly blinded him. He wore a ten pound neck weight for ten days to straighten his neck, and his vision returned. he is now hospitalized in Shawnee and lives in Maud.
The piece argues milk is an almost perfect food essential for the family and nation. It urges saving cows and stock, expanding milk production, and using all dairy byproducts for nourishment and profit. It emphasizes selling less and using milk to feed hogs, chickens, and calves.
The article explains skim milk and cream handling after milking. It notes skim milk should be collected quickly and cream cooled, aiming for 35 to 45 percent butterfat. Rich cream stores well yet remains stirable and testable.
A vintage dairy farming note urges removing unprofitable cows and using coop cow test associations to pick the best animals. It stresses conformation, proper feeding, and record keeping, noting milk cooling practices and the importance of clean milking machines.
In diary notes from September 8 1819 Lady Shelley recalls the Duke of Wellington at Maresfield park Sussex during a gun errand. He wounded a retriever peppered a keeper s gaiters and joked with a cottage woman who claimed the moment as her proudest of having been shot by Wellington. Napoleon reportedly shared the same poor marksmanship with a dog as his only game bag.
A stump speaker asks about the pot of gola at the rainbow’s end. The vet’s reply from the Home Sector warns the salvage gang may arrive first to claim it.
Quicksilver or mercury is described as scarce yet versatile with several applications. It is used in gold amalgamation on copper plates, in medicine as blue mass, to produce the poisonous bichloride, and as essential in high quality mirror manufacture.
A quip from London Answers features a wife asking if sharpening a pencil with her razor annoyed her husband. He confirms twice the irritation and recounts giving up shaving and then trying to write with the pencil.
Fragmentary dialogue centers on Maud resembling a public office figure as one speaker questions why eighty keeps recurring. The exchange hints at pursuit of a man amid perchance political or social commentary.
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