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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
6
Readable excerpts present idealized female virtue, social behavior, and humor in early 20th century discourse. The pieces praise purity, charity, and restraint, describe a well-bred persona, and praise a nurse’s long service, with side notes on humor, cat breeds, and folding into domestic norms.
Des Moines Unitarian minister Marie H Jenney resigns from her pulpit to wed Cleveland lawyer Frederick C Howe. Jenney, daughter of the late Col E S Jenney of Syracuse, has served five years in Des Moines after Meadville Seminary graduation in 1899 and Sioux Falls assistant pastorate. Howe belongs to Garfield Garfield and Howe law firm and aligns politically with Tom L Johnson.
An exhibit in Nottingham shows a portable 2 to 4 horsepower vacuum device with an air pump and dust filter. A long rubber hose reaches up to 700 feet, ending in a flat slit cleaner that lifts dust from carpets and upholstery including underfelt, and walls. No skilled operators needed.
The passage offers health tips for beginners in outdoor exercise, eye care with vinegar and water, and seasickness prevention. It also discusses beauty routines, face treatments, and early fashion notes on fabrics, dress patterns, and the latest shoulder styling.
Fashion writer previews summer linen trends with white and light shades favored while black and white remains popular. Advice covers linen coats with color pops, avoiding dull yellowing, careful use of neck and wrist color, and selecting Sicilian fabric for a crease free white gown. Light black fabrics like lawn and organdie offer stylish options in hot weather.
The article touts a novel lawn mower with circular toothed cutters that cut any length grass in one pass, powered by ball bearing spindles to reduce friction. It notes inventor Thomas F. McDonald of Cincinnati and mentions a grain cutting adaptation. It also outlines a lime whitewash recipe and previews a favorable year for swine producers with high pork prices and opportunities for dairy farmers to profit from skim milk and butter milk sales.
The piece notes subtle color pairings of white with tan or ecru for gowns and linens, with white dresses dominant yet trimmed in tan, ecru, or lace. It highlights linen suits, white models, and diverse embellishments, plus hats in burnt straw and white gloves as universal. It mentions fabrics, prices, and stylish accessories for summer wardrobes.
The article contrasts city and country farming, warning against fancy or pattern farming and urging inward reform. It highlights the Rhode Island Greening as a durable, versatile standard apple, valued for cooking and dessert use and strong market demand. It also describes a Californian inventor’s nest with automatic pockets to prevent egg breakage and protect eggs from rats while remaining inconspicuous to hens.
The article explains corn breeding as applying plant and animal breeding laws to corn. It notes dramatic gains in sugar content for beets as analogies, and describes how corn yields improve yearly through seed selection, with examples of longer shanks, taller stalks, and variable leaf width as traits fixed by continued selection. It cites Cosmopolitan.
Millet and pearl millet forage yields attract attention as stations report large tonnages with multiple cuttings possible. Massachusetts shows thirty five tons green, Kentucky forty tons, and California over thirty tons with regrowth after cutting. Farmers urged to grow millet on moist loam for best results.
The New York Farmer argues diversification boosts income and stability. Farmers relying on a single product suffer long term poverty as overproduction collapses profits. Each farmer should choose a main line based on location and markets and add side lines to sell year round.
The article urges variety in horse feed using oats hay and oats as core, with roots and bran as occasional additions. It favors grinding or wetting hay before scattering grain, cutting half the hay to mix with grain, and occasional corn for variety while keeping oats as the staple, especially in spring and summer.
A New York fertilizer study praises the law for improving quality and simplifying purchases. It notes fewer brands on the market and urges farmers to use Geneva Analysis I bulletins for guidance on sand quality and relative value.
A garbled OCR-like passage discusses sealing under The Witton Roa case and mentions diary items, a pays, a district, and a law in Washington. It cites Kirkman vs Bird 369 and references a certain amount of exaction, rates, and building association provisions.
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