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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
6
An old advertisement extols St Jacobs Oil for relieving muscular soreness and stiffness after over exertion. It recommends vigorous rubbing for minutes, claiming it hardens muscles and removes pain. The copy asserts global use and offers a 25 cent bottle as proof, with Vogeler’s Curative Compound also promoted.
A rustic exchange unfolds as an old farmer teases a suitor about marrying his daughter. The young man hides his nerves, pockets a few pens, and recalls planting twenty potatoes last spring, prompting a proud reaction from the elder.
A garbled caption from the New York Sun describes wide trousers used in holy stone and deck work, noting they can pull the knee and waist, with a small cloth at the waistband. It mentions folding and a small boat, implying practical use but lacking coherent context.
A jumbled collection of phrases and names includes a remark by Tir about youth ambitions, a reward notice for Fr Cheney, Toledo druggists, and references to Gen Lawton. Also includes old medicine ads for soothing syrup and other products, with scattered personal names and generic claims.
An association of all Protestant educational institutions in the province of Chile has been formed. It brings together Methodist Presbyterian Congregational and London missions under a single name Pekin university. The Methodist group aims to obtain a charter while the union of all Protestant schools is allowed under the new arrangement.
Stendal Indiana March 10 Mrs Barah A Shrode of this place says she suffered kidney and bladder troubles and found relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills She took nine boxes and claims the remedy cured her completely and recommends it to other women with similar ailments The pills are praised as effective for female weakness as well as bladder and kidney disease
On the Mangishlak peninsula Caspian Sea there are five small lakes with varied features including one salt crusted crossing for a beast and another round rosy lake emitting violet fragrances from seaweed. The text notes the Bible Genesis mentions gold in Genesis II eleven as the earliest book.
An advertisement promotes Bly's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal sufferers using an atomizer. It preserves healing and soothing properties without drying secretions. Cost 75 cents including a spraying tube. available at Ely Bros. 56 Warren Street New York or by mail.
A report notes that over one third of France's manufactured goods are produced by female labor. The finding highlights the significant role of women in the French industrial sector and its economic impact.
Across Washington departments hundreds of clocks and chronometers cost the government thousands annually. The expensive chronometers, valued at $400 each, are aboard every U.S. warship. The marble room clock in the Senate and the clock in the House speaker's lobby are most consulted, with hundreds daily correcting their watches.
Salzer's new onion culture method claims yields of 1200 bushels per acre or more. The Salzers distribute about 1.25 million pounds of onion seed annually, selling at 6 cents, with seeds and a mammoth catalog offered by John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin, including 150 kinds of seeds and a market gardeners' list for 2 cents postage.
The passage traces Charles Dickens’s lifelong money worries from his early years through his 1844 crisis, noting he never saved much until age around forty, and remained anxious about the future until his profitable 1867-68 American tour.
The rag doll should be steamed to disinfect regularly. At teething age a pure gum rubber ring should be provided for chewing. The cracker ring, while valuable in theory, becomes dangerous if used by a child to wipe the floor as a succulent mass.
Advertisement notes a National Automatic Needle offering a sewing machine for five dollars with a self threading needle. It claims agents can earn twenty six dollars weekly selling them and invites readers to write for particulars at 130 Nassau Street.
A collage of anecdotes includes Bunsen mistaken for a cousin, Li Hung Chang ordering beheading, a turkeys dispute between Mrs. Adams and Samuel Gardner, and Grant clobbered by a policeman amid a New York fire. Also notes on fashion missteps and moral warnings from the Baltimore News.
Recent judicial notes summarize how slight contributory negligence bars recovery in Teseh vs Milwaukee Electric R L Co. and how Illinois rules void liquor licensing discrimination in People vs Harrison. Other items cover insurable interest for a sister in Sternberg vs Levy and jurisdiction when a defendant’s Christian name is misstated in Stuyvesant vs Weil.
A physician warns that ventilation and sensible clothing prevent illnesses such as tonsillitis, rheumatism, and appendicitis. He criticizes fashionable wear that exposes neck and chest, urging uniformity in winter dress to protect health and beauty amid harsh weather.
A tale about President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley shows the late leader’s care for his wife. The anecdote recounted with Mr. Scott at the Oregon plant underscores McKinley’s considerate nature and charming jest about cribbage.
A story from St. Petersburg depicts a financially troubled lieutenant facing dismissal for an insult to the uniform. The Czar, in a colonel’s dress, rides a tram to the barracks and asks the officers if he should resign. They react that the emperor cannot degrade the uniform, and the lieutenant cannot be cashiered, so both remain in service.
A farmer who lent his dog to a denier a distance of thirty miles kept the animal and fed it. The dog proved useful and was kept. The owner, angered, released or attempted to release the dog but was outwitted as the dog returned with the sheep, taking the dog back to its master.
A clipped exchange from the Philadelphia Press notes a trivial domestic spat about a chip found in a pocket and a wife’s accused shoulder chip. the line hints at witty wordplay and a light domestic moment.
A comic exchange from the Semerque Journal recounts farmer Wayback accusing three boys of tying a tin pail to a dog and chasing him eleven miles. The boy’s reply implies the animal belonged to farmer Weypeck, prompting a mock legal threat.
A Central Ohio Sister Superior endorses Piso's Cure for Consumption with positive notes from a reader in Fostoria Ohio. The item includes diverse odds and ends such as a Jamaica toothbrush plant, a dye product claim, glow worm behavior before storms, and a note about Dr John P Wood of Coffeyville Kansas celebrating his hundredth birthday and long practice.
The Philadelphia Record notes a hotel clerk greeting guests as they arrive, offering Mr A his old vacant room 304, a fire in the open grate at 172, and a sequence of polite exchanges with guests Mr A Mr B and Mr C as they check in and receive letters.
Italian statistics indicate about 160000 Italians emigrate to America each year. Roughly half return to Italy eventually, while the remainder stay abroad.
Dr. D Dowd Paulson of Chicago argues that alcohol use and stimulant desire rise in many cases from highly spiced meals and the liberal use of pepper mustard and similar relishes.
The notice promotes hay production advice and seeds from John A. Sulzer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin. It highlights shipments and pricing for bale weights including 50 lbs, 100 lbs, and freight details.
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