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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
7
An old advertisement touts daily hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved digestion appetite and complexion after one week. People with constipation bilious attacks acid stomach or rheumatic twinges are urged to try the regimen.
Palm fiber material is being substituted for cedar in the manufacture of cigar boxes, signaling a shift in material use. The change could affect product cost, durability, and traditional packaging aesthetics as manufacturers evaluate supply and performance differences.
Caregivers are urged to examine every bottle of Castoria for infants and children to ensure it is genuine and safe, safeguarding health and preventing harm from mislabeled or adulterated products.
A vintage advertisement promotes Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, harmless remedy for indigestion dyspepsia and gastritis. It claims rapid relief from sour stomach gas headaches and nausea and endorses keeping a fifty cent box at home for sudden stomach distress.
A twenty nine year old ticket between Kansas City and Gallatin Missouri was used recently after lying in the Leavenworth prison safe during the owner’s twenty nine year term following his arrest on the train just before the conductor's round.
Advertisements tout Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches promising a cleanse of the stomach liver and bowels to end misery and restore health and happiness. The note urges use for both adults and children and claims wide store availability along with a Cuba fruit discovery tied to a separate plant ad note.
Snowbound country youths fill barns for old fashioned dances with lantern light and music. Couples form, romances bloom, and weddings loom as winter brings social vigor. Elders warn of meddling aunts yet celebrate shared oyster suppers and merry mischief.
A reflective feature on romantic commitment. The writer argues hearts are shared among family and relatives, and that lovers cannot or should not promise absolute possession. The piece notes the realities of widows, widowers, and the many bonds that shape domestic life across generations.
A reflective piece arguing that women should strive for virtue without ostentation. It praises patient wives and mothers who aid husbands and children, help others, and bring daily sunshine, while cautioning against excessive zeal or sanctimony in domestic life.
The passage weighs how poets rise to greatness and the changing sense of beauty and novelty. It contrasts pre Victorian poets Byron Shelley Wordsworth Keats Scott and Burns with Victorian successors Tennyson Browning Swinburne Arnold Morris Rossetti, raising the question of the six who follow.
The piece explains money as a standard for trading goods essential to life. It traces value from animal skins to domesticated animals, noting oxen and sheep as early units and that cattle remain a wealth measure among the Zulu and Kaffir peoples.
Mrs Grump asks help to hire a trained nurse to aid in caring for Grump. The exchange shows a humorous exchange about needing assistance for a grouchy patient.
A teacher posits the sun could burn out in under 5000 years if made of solid coal. The merchant’s son retorts that there is plenty more, prompting a compact exchange on geology and resources in the village.
California brags about Lassen Peak as a living volcano the state promotes to attract visitors. The 1914 eruption stunned locals near Mount Lassen with black smoke, ashes, steam, and rock blasts marking a dramatic display of subterranean energy. The article recounts later 1915 eruptions near Manzanita Lake and Hat Creek, the dangers of cinders and lava, and the geological history transforming the landscape across California Oregon Nevada and Washington.
In Quebec a row over a rebel arch reading Carnarvon Terms of Separation led Lord Dufferin to propose changing one letter to Carnarvon Terms of Reparation. He asked the committee to pass under the arch if the motto was altered, smoothing tensions during the procession.
A witty schoolmaster tells of a governess who tried to explain the size of distant countries to pupils. In a written exercise one student altered the line to read that Cambodia is about as large as she is.
Fragmentary report notes some kinds of copra obtained in French colonial possessions contain up to 13 percent glycerin, about double the yield of average animal fats, indicating notable glycerin content differences in colonial production.
An advertisement urges women to obtain Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription to banish pain and restore health. It claims the remedy, made from roots and herbs, is temperance based and available in liquid or tablet form for immediate relief from irregularities, catarrhal conditions, and weakness.
A miner, lowered into a cavern created by a prior blast at Volcano Nevada, could not locate the bottom. Stones dropped and bounded along the walls, but no sound indicated reaching the bedrock.
A historical home remedy advises mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly to fade uneven tones, improve hair texture, and avoid scalp staining.
The snippet records a witty club exchange where one man asks about killing time and the other replies he is simply waiting for it to die a natural death. It captures a published aside with casual, period voice.
A brief exchange reveals a town's shift to prohibition followed by a sudden flood the very next week, signaling nature or fate balancing human actions. The remark implies a cycle of consequence tied to local mood and policy.
Scientists at a Paris medical college report that tobacco smoke injures the heart regardless of nicotine amount. Experiments show smoke from non tobacco materials is similarly harmful, with damage linked to multiple combustion products rather than nicotine.
A San Francisco Chronicle note describes a Third Street printer hangout where a small steel makeup rule is treated as a badge. The host lends money to printers, accepting the rule as security, keeping a stash of the strips in a cigar box.
Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York introduces Anuric as a quick acting eliminator of uric acid. The ad claims relief for back ache, scalding urine, frequent urination, sediment in urine, and rheumatism linked to uric acid. Trial offers include 10 cent samples and a full treatment for 50 cents.
James C. Cleary recounts how the after dinner speech evolved from a barometer of a speaker’s fitness in Nero era Rome and feudal England to a modern rite testing audience endurance. He spoke on this at a Boston hotelmen banquet.
Recent observations at Lowell show Saturn changing color to a pinkish brown tint and darker than its rings. Comparisons with Capella Procyon and Mars indicate the planet's brightness is lower than predicted.
The ice breaking ferry Prince Edward Island on the Straits of Northumberland Canada carries passenger accommodations and is the first of its kind to be gas electric equipped.
A light exchange highlights a family tree as a point of pride and a reminder that some ties cannot be borrowed or transferred. The dialogue frames kinship as a lasting asset within the neighborhood.
A lighthearted adage notes that smiles ease troubles more than frowns, suggesting positivity helps weather difficult times and improve social interactions. The phrase emphasizes mood impact on daily life.
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