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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1922
Page
7
The article explains pruning needs and best rose types for lawns borders arbors and cut flowers. It notes native varieties suit lawns best, climbing roses require post bloom pruning, and cut flowers need strict culture and heavy annual manuring. It also covers soil, transplanting care, and the rule of thumb for maintaining plant moisture and root protection.
Home builders planning shrubbery should study shrubs and select plants that endure. A careful study of the lawn soil position of buildings walks drives water bodies and surrounding structures is needed. Evergreens struggle in urban smoke zones or near factories.
The article explains how asparagus thrives in well drained soil, best in deep mellow sandy loam. It covers soil preparation with manure, two planting methods, root transplantation timing, and how to spur shoots by ridging or mulch. It emphasizes careful pruning of knives and safe blanched growth.
Article promotes a compact 36 by 24 foot two story dwelling built of frame and stucco with seven rooms and a bright living area. It highlights a kitchen with pantry and outdoor icebox, a parlor, three upstairs bedrooms, and a rational layout designed for independence and easier upkeep, arguing small homes fit housing shortages and lower rents.
A simple plan suggests back yard plots can supply the average family with fresh vegetables through the growing season. The idea centers on home gardening as a source of daily produce.
Americans should eat more greens and salad vegetables for health. The garden provides family tasks and space efficient crops like lettuce between tomato rows. Plant onions early from seed or use sets for beginners. petunias thrive in borders and boxes and roses need annual pruning after freezing weather.
The Himalaya legends of a new human race are debunked as langur monkeys. A stuffed langur from Tibet is exhibited in a museum gallery as proof, per Mr Goodwin Austin and Lit Nature, countering sensational claims of monstrous Himalayan inhabitants.
A Milwaukee Sentinel item notes a Sunday school teacher in a Pennsylvania town questioning a pupil who claims to be christened in the orthodox way. The girl cites a mark on her arm as proof, prompting a wry exchange about baptismal status.
An advertisement promises simple instructions in each Diamond Dyes package for dyeing or tinting worn dresses skirts waists coats stockings sweaters draperies and home textiles. It guarantees no spotting fading streaking or running if the dye is used correctly and asks buyers to tell their druggist fabric type wool silk linen cotton or blends.
Five workers toppled a 148 foot smokestack in 55 minutes using a new method. The 47 foot diameter, 350 ton stack was on Staten Island New York. Base openings allowed wooden shoring blocks to create a 4 foot high gap then a kerosene soaked center block burned out. The stack fell with great force, bricks buried two feet but many remained intact for reuse.
Margaret three and a half, a confirmed early riser, could not keep quiet on waking to avoid disturbing her convalescing sister. In a third morning fit, under a rule of quiet, she sneezed violently as she tiptoed to her mother. She whispered she could not make her Sneezer be still.
A brief exchange shows Mrs. Ashby affirming she remains married and faithful after years apart. She notes her husband is busy and she dislikes infidelity, calling it common.
A brief exchange features Nathaniel asking about the meaning of college bred. The father replies with a joking line calling it merely a big load.
A wry reflection contrasts romantic loss with the burdens of alimony payments, suggesting financial costs can outlast the emotional highs of relationships.
A Chicago Journal item recalls a distressed young mother asking for their own place after baby arrival. She explains her mother in law treats the infant as mamma’s boy and later tells the child to go to auntie, illustrating family tension over child care.
In a note of the incident Mrs White endures trouble as another servant leaves without notice after a gunpowder accident. the girl was blown through the roof, while Mrs White bears the burden of multiple departures.
A sharp music critic wields bold rhetoric in a verbal sparring match about a new score. The piece uses statistics to argue its case while challenging readers to judge the critic's knowledge and judgment.
In natural history notes the polar bear and grizzly are identified as the strongest members of the bear tribe, surpassing lions and tigers in muscular power. The text compares the claws and bite force across big predators.
A basement room near the oval room in the White House hosts a historic antiques display. Highlights include Dolly Madison’s cookbook with handwritten ideas, a blue and gold French bowl, Abigail Adams silhouettes andSaltcellars, a large silver goblet, and White House china sets from early days to the present. The Harrison turkey platter features animal paintings and vegetable designs.
Sardinia, an Italian possession, will host artificial lakes among the world’s largest. The projects aim to supply irrigation and hydroelectric power. Mining, notably zinc, currently drives a quarter of Italy’s output, with 200000 tons yearly shipped abroad for processing.
Samuel Untermyer, a prominent New York lawyer, at a Ritz Carlton dinner derided social distinctions, likening them to war profiteers. He joked about a Fifth Avenue party with an orchestra and a butler announcing that the first and second violins dine in the dining room while the rest eat in the servants’ hall.
A Baltimore American item features a wry exchange about a man with horse sense and speculation he's pursuing the grass widow, reflecting local humor and speculation.
The phrase the yellow streak is interpreted as self ishness indicating a personal flaw or cowardice. The note links moral weakness to a character trait that undermines courage and self responsibility.
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