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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
3
A compact 22 by 38 foot frame house, seven rooms and a bath, shown with two story layouts and varied roof lines to create individuality. It suits narrow lots and focuses on economical design while appealing to large families.
A night clerk in a Muncie restaurant laments prohibition and imagines saloons returning. He notes customers’ troubles since prohibition and recalls late-night drinkers who now spill their woes on him rather than bartenders. He mentions factory bosses, marital strains, and damaged social life at closed bars.
The A-1 designation originates with the Lloyds Maritime Insurance association. The A stands for good construction and the 1 for good equipment indicating a first class ship status.
The article surveys last midwinter millinery trends with street, dress, and picture hats. It highlights a tan satin street model with black velvet trim, a crepe georgette soft hat with velvet facing for two-color schemes, and a wide brimmed hat featuring maire ribbon crown and layered marine fabrics with silk appliques.
A fashion note highlights the waistline trend with costly sashes and girdles. Winter frocks feature a straight line from shoulder to hip, requiring a heavy girdle to shape the silhouette. Evening gowns showcase jeweled girdles, colored stone disks, and gold braid, while heavy silk cord girdles gleam in afternoon wear and jet bead and crystal bead girdles adorn black gowns.
The latest French spring suits showcase skirts paired with jumpers sleeveless boleros and even suspender straps reflecting current fashion trends in women's wear.
Diamond Dyes guarantees rich fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics. The package directions explain how to diamond dye over any color and a Diamond Dye Color Card helps match materials. An ad notes leisure seekers prefer to pester busy men.
The article reports fellophobia a groundless fear and dislike of fellow men as a rising nervous disease. It claims shell shock and nervous patients show extraordinary aversions to harmless people and fear encountering them, with corroboration from ex army men.
In Livingston Alent an ammonia plant pipe exploded filling the building with lethal gas. John Larson, an overseas veteran, ran to his home and returned wearing an army gas mask, then approached the cylinders, shut off the ammonia, and repaired the pipe.
In a Louisville Courier Journal reminiscence, Uncle Pennywise muses that many pass up chance because they sit idle to greet trouble, reflecting on opportunity and hesitation in everyday life.
A light proverb notes that every dog has his day and the shrewd can tell when to seek advantage. It warns against overreaching or forcing luck, urging timely action and patience.
A report recalls William I Carey of the Siems Carey Railway and Canal Co seeking concessions in China around 1912. He learns foreign powers claim spheres of influence from a Russian map expert, asking the simple question, Where is China. The anecdote ends with a proverb about straight actions.
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