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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1915
Page
3
An American man Warrington and American girl Elsa converse aboard a Rangoon bound boat. He dismisses romance and danger while recounting a decade of labor and travel across Asia. Elsa teases with Parrot & Co and presses for adventure stories, noting her independence and curiosity about his life.
Elsa debates a stranger Warrington aboard a ship to Rangoon as she notices a new emotional tint in her reading and he contemplates an apology. He fears his own impulses more than her safety and recalls a boyish past as the parlor drama unfolds.
A dialogue blends mystery and attraction aboard a boat near Prome as Elsa probes a man about his past and mother while vivid East Asia observations unfold. The narrative shifts to fashion commentary praising a gown design, its fabric, cut, and potential afternoon or evening wear details.
Millicent, duchess of Sutherland, moves through a Malo les Bains hospital aiding wounded soldiers. She directs patients to surgeons, oversees ambulances, and helps load stretcher parties as trains of casualties arrive from the front.
The London Chronicle recalls a lord mayor who entertained Charles II and boasted wine with such gusto that he grabbed the king by the hand and urged him to stay for another bottle. The monarch smiled and echoed the old line that being drunk doesn’t diminish a king’s dignity.
A brief column on etiquette advises balancing warmth and boundaries to ensure visitors feel welcome while your team maintains composure. Tips include attentive listening, modest hospitality, and clear expectations to sustain professional harmony.
The feature highlights plain shirtwaists with mannish lines. One silk striped blouse uses a high collar and buttons to the throat. A dainty handkerchief linen option offers a very simple plain effect.
Use plain velvet or velveteen. Choose a heavy open pattern of lace with a clear design. Wet the lace, place it on velvet right side down, cover with a dry cloth, and press with a hot iron. Lift the cloth to reveal the design on the velvet. To remove the impression, only steam the velvet.
Two hats designed for middle aged women showcase refined materials and rich colors. The black lace hat features chantilly brim and velvet accents with a blue ribbon and pink rose clusters. The amethyst milan braid hat forms a turban shape with velvet trim and a leaf wreath, finished by a silk fiber aigrette. Julia Bottomley.
A Louisville item notes a husband who reads constantly despite a doctor’s advice to exercise. He has started golf by mail to satisfy the push for activity, illustrating a humorous take on balancing study and health.
Quip about a good laugh being sunshine in the home meets a sharp reply calling a laugh unstable like a horse. The exchange ends with a puzzled query about meaning.
The piece surveys bows as a recurring fashion motif. It notes bows appearing on hats bodices and skirts with dainty flouncings and parasols while odd wide flat bows decorate skirts at the hem. The tone conveys a curious ubiquity in everyday dress.
The ramie used in inverted mantles originates in China. Previously it was shipped to Germany for de-gumming and conversion into thread, but now the complete operation occurs locally.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger sentiment notes the divide between quality authors and hack writers. The literary man contrasts the value of original effort with low effort, questioning what authors deserve versus what hack workers receive.
Senate File No. 1, a revised public warehouse bill, clears committee but faces a long path through senate and house stages. The measure would designate grain storage elevators as public warehouses if storage lasts fifteen days or more, requires a bond and a $2 annual license, and mandates monthly grain reports with bonds adjusted as stored grain grows.
The libel bill H. R. 683 clears a constitutional majority 511 to 41. It allows a newspaper that printed something false and injurious by accident to issue two retractions on the first page within three days for dailies or within a week for weeklies. Plaintiffs may claim only actual damages. The bill exempts certain cases including late published candidate libel and charges against a woman’s character.
A floor fight occurred over a bill altering county board salaries. The measure, originally setting per diem for road overseers, was replaced with a new grid assigning fixed yearly salaries by county population and township status. Some counties would shift classifications, but objections were minor as the bill was redrafted.
Finance committee backed measure and the house approved it in committee of the whole and sent it to third reading. The bill to merge the fire commission with the labor commissioner's office faced stiff opposition with Broome Lanigan Hostetler and Mockett arguing it would weaken the fire commission and reduce efficiency.
Senate committee recalled the Torrens land Bill and added two amendments observed to save it from being labeled a relief measure for blank book printers. The Henry of Colfax amendment requires no county purchase of books and records for system installation unless a petition signed by one percent of freeholders is presented.
A joint conference committee agreed to April 6 as the adjournment date for the thirty fourth Nebraska legislature. The compromise favors a later date after the house preferred April 3 while the senate argued for more time to finish late appropriation bills and related trac e work.
The railroads committee of its house made a clean sweep of Wednesday afternoon, indefinitely postponing every bill remaining in that committee. Six bills were killed including the two and a half cent fare measure and several other old timess, one involving a conductor on a light engine and another to require roads to stall siding.
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