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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
3
In a colloquial exchange a mother explains that a trous seau refers to the clothes the bride wears for three or four years after the wedding. The dialogue uses casual terms and focuses on traditional attire.
A terse remark suggests purchasing a summer coltaze as the easiest method to determine one’s number of relations. The line hints at a quirky or humorous solution without citing details or context.
A humorous line notes a man asking to kiss while driving is inappropriate. Fanny counters that driving requires full attention and cannot share the moment. The exchange reflects light rural wit about manners and safety while on the road.
Boy Friend-A city in Iowa.
A deaf woman enters a church with an ear trumpet. An usher whispers a warning about one toot and out, delivering a quiet practical joke in a church setting.
An employer questions a blonde applicant about experience. She pauses then recollects a humorous incident from last night, sharing a light anecdote in response.
A sensational report claimed the United States Supreme Court agreed on a decision, but it proved erroneous. The piece notes growing disputes among justices over legal meanings, likening confusion to baseball scores and highlighting police court lawyers' steadier interpretations.
The decision, backed by five Justices, overturns a 75 year old rule while three justices favored sustaining it. The piece notes two justices were absent and mocks the system as the public reacts with dizziness, lower courts with chuckles, and lawyers with a quip about Blackstone.
The passage suggests Supreme Court justices apply distinct methods and systems, unlike ordinary lawyers who seek settlements by presenting cases to the high court for resolution.
A reflective verse by Margaret Mann portrays a doomed figure inspired by a dictator. It laments grandiose self image, fear, and decline amid ruined power, portrait of a leader in exile and a shaken regime.
The piece recalls wartime nostalgia and public mood from Normandy reports to Mussolini’s or Hitler’s image. It mentions ODT urging restraint to ease railroad congestion and notes a butcher fined $50 for threatening an OPA investigator.
Congress passes a fire protection bill to boost private forestry and limit government takeover. W D B Brooklings notes private forestry as a commercial enterprise facing risks like fires and pests while farmers must increase lumber production from farm woodlands and supply labor for forest industries.
Fragmentary OCR shows a radio play stage listing for Virginia Vale, staged by Westen. Details are unclear but indicates a radio program and release.
Newspaper column recalls a mishap when Bob Hope plagiarized a scene from Jean Arthur and Lee Bowman for The Impatient Years. Colin Porter incident noted with Cole Porter walking in at the Waldorf and requesting Begin the Beguine to be played by Xavier Cugat and his Latin Americans.
Texas agricultural experiment station tests show steamed bonemeal can be replaced by defluorinated superphosphate in broiler rations. Rations had 18 percent protein and a calcium phosphorus ratio of 1.6 to 1. Gains, feed efficiency, and mortality were similar across paired lots. Presence of animal protein did not affect comparative efficiency.
The War Food Administration urges growers to pick tomatoes at the mature green stage to reduce skin breaks and decay. Avoid harvesting in wet weather and use crates with the smooth slats inside to protect fruit during packing. Immature tomatoes show higher skin damage risk than mature green fruit.
After a year under contract with Warner Bros Joan Crawford prepares for her first starring role Mildred Pierce The story centers on a divorced woman and her grown daughter Crawford recently appeared in Hollywood Canteen playing herself dancing a jitterbug with Dane Clark Kate Smith guested on four Sunday shows We the People Silver Theater Bandwagon and Hall of Fame before her show left the air She will resume radio September seven to eight EWT Sundays marking her first Sunday series in 13 years
Pat O'Brien, filming in San Diego for Marine Raiders, is asked to record a Knute Rockne style pep talk adapted to war for every marine in training. Col. George Hall proposed making the talk a permanent training feature after O'Brien appeared on Halls of Montezuma radio. Jay Jostyn recalls his favorite virile sea captain role from a long-ago station.
Eddie Cantor returns to Hollywood after two months in New York broadcasting from hospitals and service HQ. En route he will perform his Purple Heart rehabilitation circuit with ad libs from Harry Savoy during NBC Thursday broadcasts. Crowds cheer as Cantor jokes with Jimmy Wallington and asks fans to wave handkerchiefs.
Notes from Hollywood outline a batch of upcoming projects. Kay Kyser returns home for a special production segment in Rocky Mount North Carolina for Battleship Blues while Flower Parry reappears in Hollywood Can tee. In New York soldiers and sailors win free passes to Back Home in Indiana at 99 Park as Roy Rogers and his Sons of the Pioneers perform Dont Fence Me In for Hollywood Canteen.
Sewing Circle highlights Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1990 for sizes 12 to 42 with a one piece gown featuring a wide shirring finish and ribbon ties. It lists fabric choices rayon chiffon crepe satin or soft cotton batiste and notes material yardage for size 14. Also introduces Barbara Bell Pattern No. 19382 for sizes 6 months to 3 years with yardage for dress play suit slip and panties.
Simple notes on keeping brown sugar soft with bread in a glass jar a method to prevent cake sticking by dusting powdered sugar first and quick lace cleaning with fruit jar suds. Also suggests fingernail polish remover to remove paint and gum from skin noting odorless result.
Russia now has more than 4,000,000 religious people who regularly attend about 5,000 Orthodox churches, 1,800 Roman Catholic churches, 1,300 mosques, over 1,100 Protestant churches, and 1,000 Jewish synagogues.
A Wilde witticism asks what a cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. The quip contrasts monetary cost with true meaning, noting cynicism undervalues deeper worth.
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