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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1925
Page
2
Mrs. Anna Linder of Dassel Meekers County Minnesota reports two years of chronic catarrh cured by Pe-ru-na. She declares she is now well and the mother of two children and would not be without the remedy. The ad promotes Dr Hartman’s Pe-ru-Na as a long standing tonic sold widely in tablet and liquid forms.
In a southern town two Black residents lament rising living costs. One quips about pork and grits for dinner and jokes that he will “poke my feet under the table and grits my teeth.” The humorous exchange highlights daily hardship and resilience.
An old advertisement urges buyers to verify the Bayer name on packaging or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin, claiming it has been proven safe by millions and prescribed for 23 years. It warns that imitations may be dangerous and urges customers to say Bayer when purchasing.
Government maintained centers in London urge unemployed boys to take up boxing and other sports to fill idle hours.
Renshaw, recovering from a convalescence, is unnerved by a mysterious intruder outside his locked door. A shadowy, panting disturbance and a broken transom hint at unseen danger as Madame Hooesler plots a city journey and adds tension in Campbell’s household.
In the early morning chapter Renshaw, dressed and resolute, contemplates leaving his room and arming himself with tools a flashlight and a revolver. He suppresses self pity and lethargy as he plans to go to town to obtain means to unlock doors and secure peace from his current entrapment. He rejects reporting the night’s events to Campbell.
A brief note from December 1925 credits the Western Newspaper Union and features a quotation about rubbing the brain against others. The line attributed to Montague appears as a clipping caption or filler in a miscellaneous page item.
A dated culinary roundup presents recipes for imperial rice pudding with milk and gelatin, oysters a la Richelieu, Lenten cutlets from fish, apricot floats, baked fish with custard sauce, and a robust Radio Chicken Salad. The collection also includes Dutch Dish using leftovers, spinach masked with eggs, and beef a la mode with extended marination and simmering notes.
Incapacitated WWI veteran Renshaw proposes to wealthy David Campbell to become his yearlong secretary and inmate of the Campbell residence. Campbell’s granddaughter Verity, butler Jenks, and secretive staff hint at hidden dangers as eerie blue lights appear and nocturnal noises surface in the strange mansion.
Readers ask about a puzzling object at Ren Shaws doorway and wonder what impact the mysterious occurrence may have on Renshaw, sparking curiosity and local talk.
Century Magazine recounts Adis Abeba where murderers are hanged and minor offenders lose hands or feet as punishment. A local butcher carries out the sentences by sealing wounds with melted fat. Ethiopians justify it as obedience to the law of Moses as interpreted by Xosea.
The census bureau maintains a core staff of 700 permanent employees to support ongoing operations and data collection efforts. This stable workforce ensures continuity in population surveys and demographic analysis across regions.
Verece Magweed describes Germany’s social insurance system covering work accident sickness invalidity and other compensation. Law requires both employers and employees to contribute to the funds. It is estimated that over 50,000,000 policies are in force.
A San Francisco Chronicle quote notes the limits on personal freedoms. It asserts that free citizens may act as they please except regarding conscience, spouse, landlord, and neighbors. The remark reflects social control and individual rights tensions.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products to remove pimples and blackheads. It urges smearing Cuticura Ointment then washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water for five minutes. Daily use of Cuticura Toilet preparations is recommended to keep skin clear.
A man obsessed with cross word puzzles neglects meals and family. He raves in sleep about clues to a railway engine and an eastern country. A note from his wife poses a seven clue puzzle ending with the line I have gone home to mother Mary.
Ramonaree of Winfield, deemed the prettiest girl in Kansas, says she receives about a hundred letters each mail from women seeking beauty tips. She compares the flood of queries to a bird dealer who faces endless questions about his canary.
A tip suggests adding one teaspoon of Calumet Baking Powder to every four eggs and beating thoroughly to make omelets lighter tastier and more attractive.
Humorist Jim Harry Tate recounts a smallholders club meeting where a despondent member is asked if poultry keeping pays. The man replies that it pays his son Jim because he buys the fowls, pays for their upkeep, buys the eggs from Jim, and Jim eats them.
Pupils in Scipio schools prepared essays on three wishes. Miss Green, their teacher, was chagrined when a pupil read a wish during a visit from four guests, hoping for money to attend college and become a teacher without having to work.
Advice notes rubbing beeswax or mutton suet around boots to repel damp in wet weather. Rub kid shoes at night with a little petroleum jelly and polish in the morning. The treatment also applies to patent leather.
A fragment appears to echo a social moment at a dance with lines about notice and attention. Irene asks if Jack noticed her, and the reply recalls he walked over to engage the scene. The snippet hints at teenage social dynamics and dialogue.
A testimonial from Mrs J H Procter of Pittsburgh Pa praises Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound for curing dizziness weakness loss of appetite and body aches. The ad claims 98 of 100 women surveyed benefited and notes the product is sold by druggists everywhere.
Pharmacists say that when all other remedies fail Joint-Ease will succeed. It is for joint ailments only and advised for sore inflamed rheumatic joints. Joint-Ease limbers up the joints and provides quick results. Sixty cents a tube at druggists everywhere in America. Remember when a Joint-Base gets in joint agony it gets out quick.
Mrs. Brown questions Kitty about not signing for parcels as the expressman arrives. Kitty, shy and firm, refuses to write her name in a stranger's autograph album, saying she won't sign for a stranger.
A Topeka advertisement endorses Dr. Pierce remedies including Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription Anuric Tablets and Pleasant Pellets. Mrs Charles of Dixon notes household use and reliability. Readers are urged to obtain supplies from a local druggist and write to Invalids' Hotel Buffalo for free advice and a 10 cent trial photo.
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