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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
6
An old advertisement extols Cascarets as a pleasant laxative cure. It promises relief from bilious headaches, indigestion, and constipation with a product that works while you sleep. Emphasizes this affordable remedy over harsher pills or salts.
A terse play script fragment from the Boston Tran features a dialogue line where a character asks if a husband has died and receives the answer that he resigned instead. The exchange hints at a political or personal departure rather than a death.
An advertisement extols Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the true world famous aspirin prescribed for over eighteen years. It highlights the Bayer Cross on tablets and packaging for protection against imitations and lists common uses from colds to rheumatism. It notes pricing in small tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
An establishment style warning advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine with internal use claims and a money back promise. It mentions F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and 40 years of sale with testimonials offered. The text ends with a nonsensical closing line about love and nickels.
Mrs Theresa Deer, 75 Burnett St Newark New Jersey writes that after eight years of suffering with organic troubles she found relief using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the medicine for alleviating back and limb pain and enabling her to resume housework. The letter notes the company offers free confidential advice answered by women.
Advertisement notes farmer agents sought for new hay machine that doubles harvesting speed and reduces labor. Includes illustrations and contact listing for C. Harper at 498 West Broadway, Columbia Missouri.
Cynicus quips that roughly a third of women under thirty gave their real ages to census takers in a wry exchange about honesty and social norms.
Ad touts Cuticura products for baby skin care with soap ointment and talcum. Claims hot baths and gentle applications ease itch and burn, urging readers to purchase Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum at 25 cents each.
A brief item reports Mabel suffered a fearful shock when she discovered her husband telling the truth. The moment underscores a domestic tension and a surprising moral twist.
Consumers urged to inspect Castoria bottles for the Fletcher’s Castoria signature. The ad emphasizes Castoria’s use for infants and children and notes the remedy has been in use for over 30 years. Parents are advised to verify authenticity before use.
A courtroom exchange questions whether breaking up a bon is an offense and notes it is not even a bailable offense. The dialogue suggests a contested legal point without further context.
If you use Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry you will not be troubled by those tiny rust spots often caused by inferior bluing. Try it and see. The man who makes the biggest success is the man who knows how to get along with other people.
Rome reports food shortages rivaling wartime lows as Muriald reveals grain harvest drops 200 million hundredweight and Italy must import 250 million hundredweight for bread priced at 20 cents per two pounds. Costs surge across staples and strikes rise, deepening government anxiety.
The grave of abolitionist John Brown at North Elba Adirondacks is included in a sale of 1200 acres of Essex county timberland near Lake Placid bought by James Hurley of Lake Placid for 60000. Lumbering operations will be carried on. Brown was executed in 1859 and his body was taken to North Elba where he founded a refuge for fugitive slaves.
Blaine Washington and nearby British Columbia roadsmen urge a huge memorial arch marking a century of peace. Tentative plans place the arch in a shared park along the Pacific highway near the boundary, with Blaine ready to fund the American half if BC buys its Canadian half. Samuel Hill of Seattle leads the Pacific Highway association project. Premier John Oliver of British Columbia says he will consider the idea.
The War Department details how five American tanks led by Lieut Higgins performed a stealthy reconnaissance in No Man's Land before the Meuse Argonne offensive. The daring night runs drew a fierce enemy barrage but diverted two German divisions from the Argonne, confirming a shift in battlefield tactics. The report notes the delivery of two Mark VIII tanks to Camp Meade with the Liberty engine improving endurance and crew space.
John H. Kilbuck reports that a year of generosity by the Quigillingok tribe near Cordova led to famine after a Kuvgagyagagg feast. Forty two natives died, saved only by missionary food relief. the host tribe remains impoverished while others grew wealthy in local currency.
The Department of Agriculture reports U S farm animals worth 8 561 443 000 on January 1 down from 8 827 894 000 a year earlier. Horses total 21 100 000 a 1 1 percent decline. Mules total 4 995 000 down 1 1 percent. Milking cows number 23 747 000 up 0 5 percent.
A 1599 Venus and Adonis, one of the world’s most valuable books, arrived in New York in the possession of rare-book dealer George D. Smith. He paid $75,000 on a Cunard liner from Liverpool for Henry E. Huntington of New York.
Vienna reports ten thousand Austrian children are going to Italy as winter guests of various municipalities. Many thousands more are in Switzerland Germany Holland and the Scandinavian regions awaiting arrangements.
A homeowner told the police sergeant someone entered his house last night and stole lead pipe. He noted this is the second theft this week and recalled a prior robbery last Tuesday by the same plumber who had billed for the pipe.
An old ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a quick remedy for severe colds. A first dose clears nasal congestion and head pressure, with doses every two hours until three taken. It claims rapid relief of runny nose, headache, feverishness, sneezing and congestion.
A terse exchange captures a barber urging a customer to keep attire in place while requesting a quick haircut. The dialogue emphasizes speed and practical constraints in a street setting.
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestines, and stimulates the liver to remove impurities. It claims widespread use for indigestion, dyspepsia, sluggish liver, heartburn, and constipation, urging readers to try a bottle and avoid substitutes.
A terse dialogue fragment presents a male speaker calling himself a cipher within his own home and a female replying that she cares nothing for that. The exchange hints at secrecy and emotional distance between partners.
A historic ad describes mixing a home hair dye with half a pint of water, Bey Ram loz, Barbo Compound, and glycerine to darken gray or streaked hair. It promises gradual shade change, soft glossy hair, and no scalp cooling or greasiness. The note adds a quip about a sister offering constant advice.
A political banquet anecdote quotes Senator Sorghum advising to delay speakers until after eating ends to prevent spoiling attendees' appetites. He argues early speeches risk dampening interest and appetite for the event's proceedings.
An old health ad urges Americans to guard kidneys by cutting rich food and using four ounces of Jad Salts before breakfast. It explains uric acid buildup harms kidneys and promotes a daily flushing drink made with grapes and lemon juice and lithia. The ad promotes habit as safe, beneficial, and household friendly.
Fragmentary dialogue shows ostentation and money as a theme with quoted lines from Dustig Brax and Mins Cayenne. The text is incomplete, offering only hints of a conversation about wealth and its influence.
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