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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
3
A miscellany notes etiquette on entry order in doors and theaters, a brief on door leading customs, and a sample of general wisdom. It also lists diverse trivia on seas, oils, clocks, and everyday practices from various locales, including fruits, animals, and foods.
Positive testimonials from Mrs. Willie Edwards and Mrs. Joseph Handy tout Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female illnesses. The note offers rewards for proving falsity or improper publication and invites sick women to write for advice. Also mentions bacteria in money and assorted home remedies and agricultural notes.
Old nursing superstition holds babies rise stairs to gain wealth and fame with a coin in hand and high room position. Charms like corals bells iron wards against witches and night mares. Open hands signal generosity, teething aids and blessings through christening feasts with bread cheese and caudle or wine.
A surveyor informs the farm owner that the planned railway will pass through her barn. The old lady retorts she will not stay up after 9 o clock to open the door for the last train, asserting her readiness to close the farm at that hour.
At the American Federation of Musicians convention in St. Louis a resolution by T. M. Crowley of Hartford Conn. calling for restoring the expurgated third verse of the Star Spangled Banner to its original form was adopted by a large majority.
A witty yet dark quip about a clever old scout who trains dogs and chickens to run into traffic for profit. The piece notes the world improving as it starts to pay attention, and ends with a cynical line about love versus debt.
Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for children teething softens gums reduces inflammation allays pain cures colic price 26c bottle.
A Philadelphia barber goes from house to house calling at doors for shave or haircut. He lands many customers though several doors shut in his face. Most of his calls are made from six to seven o'clock P M.
An advertisement asserts Pazo ointment cures itching bleeding and protruding piles in six to fourteen days or a full refund. The note emphasizes a 60 cent price and money-back guarantee.
A reflective line notes how memory often favors imagined moments over real events. The quote suggests nostalgia alters perception, highlighting the mind’s tendency to romanticize the past and overlook actual experiences.
An Iowa State Register writer argues Western Canada offers the best low‑price land for settlers. Climate, soil productivity, social conditions, and established laws compare favorably with Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Iowa, with land prices far lower. Letters from former U S residents praise Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta for grain growing potential and available resources.
The cantilever bridge over the Zambezi River in Africa is the world’s highest. It spans 650 feet with a vertical height of 420 feet from low water to rails. The three spans total about 30 feet in width and extend to high water clearance.
A 19th century classified style ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh. It claims a constitutional disease treated internally with blood and mucous surface action and offers a $100 reward for unrecovered cases. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The narrator describes Pauline Vere de Vere of Ridgefield Manor at the trysting tree under a fading western sky. She leans her head and sighs that he does not come and she feels lonely, wishing to see a dog fight as a distraction.
The passage urges women to master emotional restraint lest inner turmoil grow. It suggests resting in bed and using a liver pill to calm temperament, claiming the combo dramatically improves disposition.
The New York World records the wealthiest residents of North Hempstead paying the bulk of local taxes. Notables include Clarence H Mackay and family at Harbor Hill Roslyn, the Vanderbilts at Lakeville, Howard Gould Castle Gould, John Phipps Westbury, Payne Whitney Manhasset, and others across Great Neck Port Washington and Wheatley Hills.
A nearly 400 year old violin dated 1516, attributed to Gaspar Duiffoprugear, was found near Slauson Junction in Los Angeles. Owner W H Brown bought the instrument for 150 dollars after a repairable breakage, and his daughter Daisy shows notable talent, inspiring ongoing interest in violin music.
A memoir to the French Academy of Sciences proposes universal wireless signaling posts to broadcast Earth meridian time to ships at sea. A daily midnight signal from the Eiffel Tower would provide captains with exact longitude reference, reducing calculation effort and enhancing safety.
The late Frederick R. Coudert cherished children’s wit collecting quaint phrases from a small manuscript volume titled A Child's Dictionary. Examples include Dust defined as Mud with the juice squeezed out of one and Apples described as the bubbles that apple trees blow.
The passage notes early tar and feathers as punishment around 1189 under Richard I. It cites a law for robbers voyaging with crusaders, requiring shaving and hot pitch and a feather cushion before ashore. Also comments on social opinions about a poor girl and a marriage via affection and annoyance from standing.
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