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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
7
A tormented mother pleads guidance to deter her daughter from leaving home for a questionable suitor. The piece argues against outright control, urging direct appeal to the girl about the risks of independence and hardship in boarding houses, with warnings about lost security and future regret.
A nostalgic look at summer pleasures contrasts hotel life with camp vacations. It notes women and men seeking appropriate social scenes, dancing, and flirtations, then suggests many girls will swap glamour for practical camp routines. Morning hikes and shared chores shape a rustic, communal holiday experience.
Smyrna boasts a storied lineage claiming Homer as a citizen locals point to the Meles river and a cave where he wrote poems a temple dedicated to him and a history marked by earthquakes and massacres of Greeks by Turks in earlier eras of conflict and upheaval.
In Topeka a Sunday school teacher asked a girl if she remembered to say prayers morning and night. The child replied that her papa does. The teacher asked what his prayers say and the girl answered that he prays, Lord, how I hate to go.
Practical guidance on dairy farming stresses clean barns, record keeping, balanced rations, and selective sires. It notes the impact of climate and fly control on calves, feeding limits, and the need to encourage milk production through care, breeding, and environment.
Kansas State Agricultural College agronomy researchers report sweet clover outperforms alfalfa as cattle pasture and excels at improving soils with low organic matter. It is valuable under specific conditions, not universally ideal, and serves as a substitute for alfalfa or red clover where those crops fail.
Artificial means are necessary to cool milk in warm weather and it should be cooled promptly after drawing to near 40 degrees. Sterilize vessels, draw carefully, chill immediately, and use a thermometer to ensure low enough temperature. Keeping milk below 50 after chilling extends freshness, and spring water can aid cooling when ice is added.
Swallows are beneficial as their nests add charm to barns and help control pests. The colony’s principal food is insects that are injurious or annoying, making tearing down nests a mistake.
Instructions describe bending a table knife blade at an angle to the handle to create a compact weeding tool for use close to plants. The improvised implement allows careful scraping and pulling of weeds with a small, rigid blade.
Professor C W Woodworth reports in Gleanings in Bee Culture that arsenical sprays used for moth control in apple orchards do not injure visiting bees. A University of California hive placed in a 40 acre Watsonville orchard showed no internal arsenic or honey contamination after spraying. Bees died only after the hive was moved back to Berkeley and opened, with arsenic found on outside surfaces.
Affected colonies form unsightly tents in trees and strip foliage. Nests and masses of eggs appear in midsummer and can be destroyed by cutting, burning, or spraying with paris green or arsenate of lead, carefully avoiding damage to trees and adding lime to the mixture.
Poor binder twine causes time loss and costly delays when hiring helps. Do not buy cheap twine and waste money in the long run.
Farmers note that poultry netting around gardens is often essential to prevent damage by cats and dogs to freshly planted beds and minimize garden mischief.
A mild man who lives by patience and trust discovers the limits of meekness as he faces economic hardship and betrayal. He shifts from forbearance to toughness, ending with a warning about how kindness can be exploited. Moral: whom the gods would preserve they first make mad.
French surgeons described in the Lancet extraordinary facial reconstruction at Val de Grace and Bordeaux. M Morestin detached a destroyed nose, cleared nasal passages, stuffed the cavity with gauze and rubber tubes, and grafted rib cartilage to reshape the nose. In jaw injuries casts of both jaws guided repair enabling chewing and speech.
Pat, jobless and thinking of emigrating, spots a shop placard reading Situation in France. He asks about it and, after a pun filled exchange with the news agent, declares he will take it regardless of its meaning.
Sandstorm Smith, a famed Oklahoma cattle baron, enjoyed a Kansas City cabaret show. He commented on the chief singer a solemn young man, saying he would like to see him at a funeral.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quip uses mining imagery to joke about dental work. A dentist asks, What instrument, and replies I must drill your tooth, and wonders if blasting it is planned.
A college debate centers on a question of great academic interest. The topic asks whether fish horns are superior to cow bells for annoying the tow folks.
A literary man defies editors and public taste by writing what he thinks posterity will want. A rich aunt leaves him half a million, yet editors and readers ignore his work. The moral remains unclear as to whether posterity will read him.
The Penn family claims to Pennsylvania were extinguished during the revolution. The commonwealth paid Penn heirs to relinquish their proprietorship.
A quotation suggests that civilization is a veneer masking underlying savagery when daily survival forces tough choices. The statement contrasts self control with primal need, highlighting social critique about work, class, and behavior under pressure.
The article argues that the clash between white and Native American societies makes survival unlikely for the Indian under advancing civilization. It condemns submission to change while blaming tuberculosis as a major destroyer of Aboriginal life, noting government efforts cannot reconcile old ways with new tech and mobility.
Mr Flipper tests a new car horn making a loud squawk intended to frighten pedestrians. His wife dislikes the device saying it mimics the language he uses while firing up the car.
A lover presses for a diamond ring as Christmas gift with insistence, while the beloved hints at a surprise change in plans and ultimately seizes the ring. The scene portrays tension over an anticipated holiday exchange and the risk of relinquished jewelry.
A concise remark notes that while formal freedoms exist, the speaker highlights limited exceptions. The line suggests a critical view of civil liberties with emphasis on partial freedom rather than total autonomy. It echoes debates over rights and government limits in a broad political context.
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