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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
8
An old ad offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder for feet. It targets worn tight shoes and foot pain from corns and bunions. Sold at shoe stores for 25 cents.
A scrambled clipping reports on circuses in France, fashion at royal courts, and European economies, interspersed with a Vermont tale of typhoid and a testimonial for Dom’s Kidney Pills. The piece references Addison County figures and a Buffalo supplier, weaving diverse items into a single page snippet.
Mrs Emma White of Camden New Jersey describes six months of eczema relief after using Cuticura. Despite three doctors no improvement, the skin at first thickened on face and feet and eyebrows fell out, but Cuticura cleared her face fully. She urges others to try the remedy. April 28 1905.
In Paris Everard, a robber of professional beggars, admitted to murdering a man and a woman during robberies. He claimed they were the only two he killed as he received a life sentence of penal servitude.
A 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional blood disease and cannot be cured by local treatments. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, says it affects the blood and mucous surfaces, and notes it was prescribed by a top physician. Also markets Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An orchard near Red ding California produced a second apple crop in October, despite grasshoppers that stripped the leaves after the first harvest. The item notes the unusual recovery and continuing pest impact.
A railroad worker testifies that seven years of indigestion and irregular meals vanished after using Grape-Nuts. He reports clearer thinking, restored sleep, and no stomach distress since adopting the cereal, noting it is ready to eat in the caboose. The Postum Company advertisement promotes the product and its booklet The Road to Wellville.
In the clash at Marion you see Ben Worstall praise Job Dawson for saving his life while Dawson insists he fought with non-carnal weapons. The scene shifts to a modern Ash Sifter display in New York where sales pitch contrasts old and new ash sifters and notes enduring demand despite changing fuels.
A wide digest reports Oliver Baker found dead at 45 near Nebraska City. Other items note coal and oil prospecting talks near Rockfort, insanity board action for a Blue Springs resident, Beatrice socials, slot machine seizures in Long Pine, a large hog sale, new Beatrice livery, and elevator fundraising at Hoag. Also covered are railroad work injuries at Columbus, Sherriff actions in Columbus, Beatrice hotel fire injuries, Tekamah telephones expansion, a Washington trip for Otoe lands relief, and church building plans in Fremont.
A boarding-house mistress discusses tact with guests and strict but cheerful management. She recalls a table-boarder, Mr Cranson, who habitually placed his hat on plates, prompting her to use sticky fly paper to convey disapproval. The piece ends with a social remark about engagement rings and expectations.
A historical note lists the first English spinning mill run by electricity at Pendlebury Manchester with 8000 spindles and a chimney. It also mentions the Nyngan to Burke railway in New South Wales as the world's longest straight track, spanning 136 miles. It also cites curiosities about water weight beliefs, dry goods, glycerine rosewater for brows, and silk versus vegetable fibers.
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