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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
7
In the Ottawa valley report, Charles Mac shows two chelonia species the painted turtle and the snapping turtle. He describes their habitats, behavior, and egg-laying, noting the snapping turtle is carnivorous and often injurious, with nests destroyed by skunks and the eggs and hatchlings failing to survive in the observed beach.
Andre Tridon praises Hauptmann’s dramas Lonely Lives The Sunken Bell Michael Kramer The Rats Colleague Crampton and Gabriel Schilling's Flight for portraying artists facing obscurity. The German writer draws on bohemian life from Breslau Rome and Die Gesellschaft to show artists at odds with their world with humor and satire.
An old anecdote explains the phrase skeleton in the closet. A soldier’s letter to his mother leads to a tale of a living husband forcing his wife to kiss a rival’s skeleton, illustrating ongoing sorrow and depression these bones symbolize.
The article notes experiments by H Fischer showing excess carbonic acid in the air enhances foliage and flower development and doubles tomato yield while cucumbers rise 12.5 percent with carbonic acid treatment. It challenges the idea that 0.03 percent CO2 suffices, suggesting more can be used with ample light. J F Kidd reports excess CO2 can retard seed germination but not injure seeds, and decay-driven CO2 may play a similar role.
Equal parts of ammonia and turpentine remove stubborn indelible ink. Saturate the area well and rub hard to lift the ink.
The piece explains superstition around the deathwatch beetle and its ticking noise heard at night. It notes the insect is small about a quarter inch long with a rounded thorax and burrows in wood, producing a tapping sound most noticeable in quiet night hours.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger recounts a great explorer's capture by savages and reflects on mercy in the face of danger.
A chieftain offers sparing the explorer’s life in exchange for marriage to his daughter. The explorer, fearing the ultimatum, muses that a fashionable wedding would have been worse. They end with a fairy tale ending.
The narrator writes of Africa’s diverse allure and myths about the continent. Liberia stands out as the most attractive spot with Monrovia on Cape Mesurado and communities built by freed colored Americans. A revival meeting in a river town features vivid dialect preaching urging immediate faith and revival.
A Columbus Journal reflection on living well. Thomas Davidson’s maxim urges embodying virtue here and now. The piece argues happiness and nobility come from creating a personal heaven through ones own life, rather than postponing virtue until heaven.
A fragment shows a man arguing with a companion about lawyers. The little man bitterly declares he does not believe in lawyers because he thinks they never say what they mean. The quote cuts off with a retort.
A brief dialogue features a diminutive man denouncing lawyers and twisting arithmetic to claim that adding two to two yields four. He speaks with precision and sarcasm, asserting distrust of lawyers in a caustic, satirical tone.
The article instructs making bandages from clean worn sheets or pillow slips. Rolls six to eight yards long are convenient, one inch to cover fingers, two inches for feet, two and a half to three inches for head and arms, and four inches for legs. Store rolls sealed in a clean glass fruit jar to keep them ready for use.
At a dinner party Congressman Jefferson M. Levy recounts a humorous Pat tale from a hospital stay. Pat, with eye trouble, replies to a doctor's question about sight with witty affirmations that the nurse grows clearer each day.
A romantic girl asks what inspired the spring verse and the poet responds that when he writes well he craves a chew of tobacco. The exchange contrasts delicate imagery with a blunt habit in a playful tone.
A light quip exchanges jokes about Bill being a croaker due to a frog in his throat. The talk plays on a punny image of ailment becoming a nickname. The dialogue frames a playful scene in a small community setting.
A rhetorical question expresses deep loneliness and longing for wild, instinctive release. The line evokes canine howls as a metaphor for emotional isolation and yearning for connection.
A person described as frugal and wealthy prefers solitude over friendships, expressing satisfaction in a life of limited social ties and financial abundance.
A cautionary note warns girls to beware of young males who pose as candy kids, suggesting such encounters may lead to harmful outcomes. The warning emphasizes vigilance and trust in adults and familiar figures.
A dialogue excerpt contrasts two boys at play with memory and ideals. One asks about childhood happiness, the other rejects barefoot pride and notes the pain of bruises from stones. The exchange hints at evolving perspectives on sentiment and injury.
A family scene shows Elsie cutting paper to craft a pig while mother asks about the activity. The exchange reveals a simple domestic moment centered on a child's art project and family interaction.
A short exchange features a proud father remarking on parental duties while a bachelor replies that it is difficult for parents to stop repeating clever lines their children are supposed to say. The dialogue hints at vanity and social expectations in parenting.
The snippet recalls a wedding scene with a humorous reply from Mr. Jack G of Rummy Ridge. A preacher asks who gives the woman away and four men jump in to threaten the would be groom, choking him so he cannot speak, as reported by the Kisag City Star.
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