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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
7
A moral essay warns women on heartbreak from casual male flirtations and men who drift from vows. It urges recognizing true love, avoiding exploitation, and choosing steady marriage over fleeting affairs amid domestic life pressures and neighborly visits.
A reflective essay warns against delaying thoughts of matrimony. It argues a man in his twenties should study marriage seriously within five years for lifelong happiness, while older bachelors risk losing new affection and courting a sister for her brother remains a long standing custom.
A writer recalls riding a crowded streetcar with a small nephew who sat between two well nourished women. After they alighted, the boy was left with large empty spaces beside him. He called to his Aunt to come sit with him, amid amused passengers.
An Irishman in a New York post office ponders a mail puzzle. He faces three slots labeled City Domestic Foreign and jokes that Maggie is a domestic in the city and a foreigner, wondering how to place the letter into all three holes at once.
Ora McDermitt describes the Rio Grande project in New Mexico and Texas, noting Elephant Butte as the world’s largest concrete storage dam with 865 billion gallons capacity. The piece details diversion dams at Leasburg Mesilla and Mexican sites, plus plans for four irrigation systems and 160000 acres of fertile valley lands under US Mexico convention of 1906.
A Spanish entomologist observed an ant dragging a dead grasshopper and weighed both using delicate balances. The grasshopper’s body weighed more than sixty times as much as the ant, illustrating the ant’s remarkable strength for its size. If a man matched this proportionate strength, he could drag five tons. a medium horse could pull two freight cars over rough ground without wheels.
Villagers in India enclose river bathing spots with bamboo poles to deter man eating crocodiles. Despite the fencing, attacks still occur inside the enclosures, with locals risking life to wash and bathe.
Report describes crocodiles breaking into enclosures at night through fences by using strong claws to seize bathers. Crocodiles cannot carry away bodies due to fencing and face danger from villagers who may kill them.
Dr William P Cunningham of New York argues in the Medical Record that no stone-crusher equals the one time force of human jaws and no finely tuned machine matches the precision and delicacy of the human eye in achieving visual discrimination.
A quote attributed to Charles W. Eliot notes that thinking men and women find main satisfaction in life, besides domestic joys, from the productive work they perform. It underscores work as a core source of fulfillment for educated individuals.
A clipped analysis notes that team names mislead. Cubs full grown Indians not savage Browns not brown Dodgers dodge cars Cardinals use not pro fane language Yankees diverse in origin Pirates are not thieves Reds linked to anarchists in Cincinnati, as umpire reports hint.
Jack Graney, left fielder for the Cleveland Indians, has become a key slugger since Tris Speaker joined the team. The veteran notes a contagious burst in the lineup as one player ignites the others, lifting the entire club’s batting.
Jack Miller clashed with umpire Klem after a disputed strike in a St. Louis game. Miller teased Klem, comparing the claim to a string of catfish and prompting a sharp exchange with Philadelphia catcher Killifer observing the add on. The incident echoes Klem's prior reputation for ejecting players who taunted him.
Reports from the West say Tobin, the Browns’ outfielder, has become a fan favorite in St. Louis. Formerly with the St. Louis Feds, Tobin was signed by Fielder Jones who expects him to be a season star due to his speed on bases and strong hitting and fielding.
John Heydler NL secretary instructs that an error between two outs breaks continuity and negates a double play. Example: runners on first and third none out, shortstop’s throw to first misplayed, allow from third to score, but runner from first is caught attempting second. not a double play.
Frederick J. Wright , president of the Jefferson Highway Association, notes a rapid unrolling of a gravel and concrete road from Winnipeg to New Orleans. The project gains bond approvals in Texas and Louisiana and aims to create a 2,000 mile hard-surfaced route linking Canada with the Gulf of Mexico.
Good roads boost social progress as towns and cities gain, while farmers benefit most from time and labor saved in marketing farm products.
Observers imagine highways bordered by trees hosting feathered visitors including bluebirds robins thrushes catbirds song sparrows bluejays and orioles living within view. The note emphasizes natural scenery and bird life as a roadside delight.
Level cultivation yields advantages for most crops, though poorly drained soils can be better suited to ridge methods and vines of sweet potatoes may cover the ground, reducing the benefit of level beds.
A pondering note on travel and weather asks if rain will hinder a day trip by car. The author muses that roads would need rain proofing to eliminate weather concerns for outings.
A humorous quip from the Yonkers Statesman describes a couple delaying for the theater. The husband scolds a slow wife as she insists she has been ready, but is still preparing by putting on her spats. The exchange highlights comic domestic timing.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura skin and scalp emollients for pimples redness and roughness. It offers a free sample by mail via postcard to Book Cuticura Dept L Boston and notes availability everywhere.
A young man asks Mr. Cumrox for permission to marry his daughter. Cumrox declines noting the man is cheerful but worries about how he will turn out under his wife’s influence. The speaker quips that time is money to a man who buys on time.
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