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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
3
A dated essay on love and courtship explores how pride and absence test couples. It argues not to cling, notes men seek companionship away from home, and urges effort to understand each other and keep harmony through mutual respect and good sport.
An essay urges couples to share in each other’s interests, arguing that a husband's love of sports and social outings strengthens marriage. It advises wives to join hikes, walks, fishing, boxing, and races, noting companionship improves understanding, while acknowledging limits after childbirth.
A reflective piece discusses how kissing influences love and fate. It contrasts foolish and wise maidens, warns that casual kisses tempt insincere suitors, and argues kissing should signal betrothal and marriage to protect a woman’s prospects and dignity.
The article notes that in the stone age the horse was largely unknown as a burden animal and likely small and unappealing. It suggests early humans used horses mainly as game for food rather than transportation or labor.
The passage extols life’s daily opportunities as beautiful chances of manhood and womanhood. It speaks of time’s open hand offering treasures of immortal worth, inviting individuals to seize meaningful moments across every hour. Washington Gladden is quoted praising these invitations from destiny.
A robin saved from a cat by Edward Beltrande a Red Lion shoemaker chose to stay near his shop when others migrated. The bird never was caged but visits the shop during the day and sleeps there each night keeping close to its rescuer as reported by the York Dispatch and New York World.
In a heated discussion a speaker labels Dabsworth a sentimentalist while another defends him. The exchange notes Dabsworth’s alleged extremism tied to his push to selling a toricar simn, indicating factional tensions in the community debate.
Walter Fischer notes the Rio Negro as Patagonia’s largest river and Argentina’s second largest drainage area. He describes its Indian name Curu Leuvu, the arid southern coast, prevailing spring and summer winds, grazing pastures, diverse wildlife, and a cosmopolitan population. He outlines travel routes from Buenos Aires to Neuquen and Chichinales, and highlights irrigation driven farming, vineyards, and diversified livestock in the valley.
Summary of Sweden Norway and Denmark items including Danes fighting at Gallipoli, the British crown potential Danish princess rumors, a Danish princess linked to Queen Alexandra, a Copenhagen bank capital rise, a rat extermination project at Aalborg, and planned copper works across Sweden and Norway with Ramien and Breshow inventors. Also notes Swedish rural farming lectures and a government land inquiry for northern provinces.
A Cleveland golf club member recalls Richmond judge Crutchfield whose snappy line ends a petty theater tale. The defendant, a bold colored man, tries to deny wrongdoing but is curtly labeled a Virginia nigger for six months. The judge then moves to the next case.
A thoughtful man defends traditional sports as a relief from Edison era tech. He argues sports remain a field of human effort untouched by inventors, contrasting them with mechanical innovations.
Effie complains her husband’s suspicions rise as she defends the high price of a new military costume. He mutters foreign sympathies while she laments the quarrel over attire costs.
Swedish athletic authorities favor inviting an American track and field team for international meets next summer. Ernie Hjortberg may visit America to arrange tour details. Also noted: stock of Sweden’s neutrality policy, rail receipts reach record levels, and government actions on mail reprisals against England.
The Oscar II arrived in Christiania December 18 with Ford peace delegates who received no official welcome. Norwegian press and public mixed sympathy with disappointment as discussions at the Norwegian Student Union illustrated tensions within pacifist circles.
A Brooklyn Eagle feature profiles Bosco a Russian bear at Prospect Park Zoo nicknamed the plumber bear. He studies the water tank in his cage and imitates human plumbing using a tray and improvised tools. Bosco shows curiosity and progress toward understanding plumbing while remaining good natured.
The article notes women adopting masculine dress in English industry and highlights achievements such as Eva Cunningham winning a male contest in Haverhill Massachusetts, Florence Powdermaker becoming assistant chemist in Baltimore, and Countess Benchendorff among London’s top bridge players. It also reports 300 women in Cleveland foundries operating punching and drilling machines alongside men, and Ella J Slutz, a blind freshman at Ohio State University, pursuing a four year degree despite obstacles.
A French sergeant, wounded in the head in 1879, endured periods of normality where he could not smell or feel. The correspondent argues such a man would be ideal for trench service in the current unpleasantness.
A brief exchange between two women recalls a youthful rejection and a later moment of gratitude. One friend introduces the other as an old acquaintance, and the other woman acknowledges past refusal with reflective courtesy.
A classroom exchange probes why homes endure distress with a student suggesting that infant crying represents the crying evil in every home. The teacher asks for expatiation while a pupil voices the common concern of parental patience.
A short excerpt notes marital strain over luxuries and quiet, reflecting dissatisfaction in the home. It suggests Beth missed something and hints at divergences in needs between husband and wife, with concern about material comforts and domestic peace.
Advice to treat a hollow tooth with a cavity stuffed with absorbent cotton, vaseline, and dipped in burnt ale to ease ache.
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