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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
3
An excerpt discusses the settling and development of the Upper Mississippi valley states in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. It notes Iowa immigration as typical of the era and cites Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick to illustrate those scenes.
In 1856 Iowa settlers form the Settlers' club to defend land claims against intruders. A night raid near Section Twenty-seven ends with tar and feather threats, a scuffle, and a dawn stand by Rebecca with a shotgun. The narrator recalls the mob action against Old Man Fewkes and others, and vows to force the claim-jumpers off the land.
A poetic portrait notes King David loved the scant Bible of his day, finding daily wonders in Genesis to Deuteronomy and the law. It contrasts with a vaster Bible later with psalms, prophets, gospels, and epistles, imagining his deep reverence for scripture.
A mistaken alarm alarms a family away from town. A maid answers the front door to an angry visitor who thought the family had not been reachable, while the maid believed the ringing was only a telephone. The scene reveals a miscommunication at a domestic setting.
William A Radford explains modern farm barns built for dairy use with two rows of stalls a central drive and carrier tracks for milk and feed. The design emphasizes weather tight construction steel partitions enamel floor drains and silos for ensilage linking to a feed room and mangers for efficient milk production and easier animal care.
The author argues most stories reuse familiar plots, adding polish or new presentation. Writers rarely add wholly new ideas, instead repackaging existing truths to attract attention. Epigrams illustrate this, sticking in minds because they reiterate familiar notions in a sharper form.
A note claims raw onions destroy germs and purify air, noting old village practice of placing sliced onion beside beds or coffins of infectious disease victims. The piece cites no scientific proof and describes a traditional belief without validation.
A verse from Arthur H. Folwell in Leslie's Weekly questions who spreads scandal about divorces loans cars and unhappy domestic life. The quip mocks unnamed “They” as the source of society gossip and sensational rumors.
Britain maintains food and essential stores on 24 islands across the seas for shipwrecked crews. Three are in Iceland's remote corners while the rest are on small Pacific and Indian Ocean islets.
Alphonse Dindon, a French murderer, nears the guillotine with an unlit cigarette. An attendant offers a match, but he refuses and says he will light it when he reaches the device of execution.
Mrs. T J Archer of 1147 Shepard St Peters burg Virginia recounts years of indigestion pain heartburn headaches dizziness and rheumatism before taking Taniac. She says symptoms vanished and she regained full work and life with the remedy. Taniac sold by all good druggists.
A compact line-throwing rocket pistol described in Popular Mechanics weighs under fifty pounds with all gear and is hand fired, enabling rapid distress signaling to vessels in danger at sea.
Backache and stabbing pains signal stressed kidneys from overwork and worry. Dean's Kidney Pills are advertised as the remedy recommended by thousands.
A reader recalls a scam where a soothsayer asked for $1,000 to read the future. The reply explains the money was not given to the psychic, noting the former claim was rejected and the plan would keep the sleeper awake.
A man selling an item remarks that immigration concerns seem secondary when one has something to sell. The comment reflects a pragmatic view emphasizing goods over policy in daily trade.
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