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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
3
A reflective meditation on how men and women approach marriage proposals. The piece contrasts the bashful suitor with the practical, businesslike wooer and explores why many women seek a loving home. It notes the hardships of homelessness and the enduring hope for a secure, happy home life.
A reflective piece on women's romance and idealized love versus reality. It traces how young women dream of heroic partners, endure longings for admiration, and later reassess lovers as flaws fade and virtues emerge. It notes that patience and evolving judgment shape lasting affection.
Cromwell named 150 commissioners to try Charles I. 70 acted, 59 signed the death warrant. After the Restoration 29 signers faced trial, 18 were executed, and three fled to Massachusetts William Goffe Thomas Whalley and John Dixwell who lived in concealment in New England and Connecticut for years. Dixwell took the name James Davids and raised a family, while Goffe kept in touch with his English wife but never saw her again. He was buried at Hadley Mass where he aided residents against Native attacks.
A practical, step by step guide by D Ward King describes using a cheap drag to move earth toward the road center. Riders position one horse on each side of the right wheel track and drag at a 45 degree angle toward the center, repeating after rains to widen the road. The method works best when used before the surface dries and can be extended by plowing a shallow furrow to spread material inward.
Massachusetts highway chief William D. Sohier proposes a uniform color system for New England road signs to indicate local versus state roads and directions. New Hampshire and Vermont already use distinct schemes, with Connecticut Rhode Island and Maine pledging cooperation ahead of a highway official conference.
State Highway Commissioner James R. Marker honors a joint effort by Crawford and Wyandotte county commissioners and Lincoln highway boosters from Bucyrus Nevada and Upper Sandusky. The route Bucyrus to Upper Sandusky is designated Market Route No. 3 as an additional state road.
The guidance urges lowering all grades to at least five percent where feasible. It notes that some states require road layouts along section lines and over hills but advises avoiding steep grades when possible to reduce maintenance costs and travel hazards.
Guidance on preparing a yard or pen for piglets and providing extra feed once they reach three or four weeks old. Emphasizes secure space and early feeding to support growth.
While in St. Helena Napoleon was asked what would endure he replied look at the roads of France. The piece argues such durable roadways could be built in this country and lauds France as a model for modern infrastructure.
The guidance states pigs should be kept growing steadily with feeding that runs just under full capacity. Consistently feeding slightly below maximum supports better weight gain and health than overfeeding.
Oswald F Schuette reports Germany issues an official memorial with 81 affidavits detailing alleged Russian crimes in East Prussia during first and second invasions. The charges describe murders plundering, torture, and mass mistreatment of German civilians and prisoners, with violent acts against women and children and orders to drive male inhabitants before troops.
William J. Smith Cary, the Connecticut youngster shown in the illustration, will inherit 1,000,000 upon reaching age twenty-one.
In Muskogee Oklahoma Mr and Mrs Frank Scott of Highland Kansas seek a large land rich home. They have been married nearly ten years and father to nineteen boys with thirteen living all under five. They hold records for five triplets and two sets of twins. The 13 boys ride with one first class ticket after showing the conductor their family Bible with birth dates.
Miss Ruth Waters, noted in New York Philadelphia Narragansett Pier and Palm Beach society, secretly marries Prince Ludovico Pignatelli d Aragon, a Spaniard kin to King Alfonso. Parents opposed the match due to her youth and the engagement was not publicly announced.
The U S forest service urges public cooperation with ten don'ts to curb spring fires from Maine to Arkansas. Rules include fully extinguishing matches and cigarette butts, keeping campfires small, clearing bare soil, smothering fires with earth or water, avoiding burning near woods, and calling forest guards for help. Fires in March burned 6,500 plus acres on national forest lands, with private lands adding nearly 5,500 acres. April remained severe before rains aided relief.
Mrs. Josephine Davis Hill formerly of Macon now lives in Millbrook Alabama. She became a mother at thirteen and a widow at sixteen. She remarried at twenty-nine and earned the title of grandmother at twenty-nine years and one day.
Mrs. M. A. Gowdy a 16 year old bride weighing 587 pounds caused a station scene in Kansas City as crowds missed trains to glimpse her. She, formerly Miss Josie Jolly, says she is happy with her weight and even danced a buck and wing in Miss Anne Shelton's parlor.
Everett Morris nicknamed “down and out” saved two boys from drowning in the Hunson river at Roundout New York. An onlooker paid him for a meal in gratitude.
Mrs. Josh Ham of Shamrock Missouri reports severe health issues including weakness nervousness hot flashes and pains. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier she claims full relief and restored strength appetite and sleep. She notes renewed energy and happier home life and invites special advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
A brief cartoonish dialogue notes a very rich man in the varnish business whose family is portrayed as lacking finish, prompting patter about wealth and business success.
A reflective quote by Oscar Wilde on poetry and artistry underscores that true poets write by choice not compulsion. The passage emphasizes conscious, deliberate creation rather than spontaneous inspiration.
Over 100000 packages of Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder are used by German and Allied troops at the Front. It relieves coins bunions and inflamed feet and makes walking easy. Bold claim to try it today and not accept substitutes.
The Baltic is noted for its perilous wreck record, averaging about one ship loss per day. The source cites a humorous line about Jack’s popularity with girls and jokes about handling them with ten pairs of gloves annually.
An ad from Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago touts a product called Marine Eye Remedy for eye comfort. The blurb invites readers to try the remedy and mentions a Book of the Eyes.
The recent year recorded deaths in Irish workhouses with the notable fact that seventeen residents reached ages of a century or more. This highlights prolonged lifespans amid harsh conditions and reflects broader social and health patterns of the period.
A brief aphorism notes that most husbands do not fully align with their wives' idealized views, suggesting a spectrum of perception. The remark contrasts expectations with reality in married life.
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