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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
5
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat retelling, a nurse tending a recovering soldier learns he cherished her all along. He confesses his enduring love, believing his wife never existed, while she reveals she never stopped loving him.
In New York the bookkeeper of a commission house resigns to pursue farming in New Jersey. He jokes that open house by his wife kept con artists away, recalling a past imposter who feigned a chill at the door to gain access to liquor, then confessed after the liquor was gone. The tale comes via the New York Times.
The late Judge Smyth recalls a lawyer once employed as a managing clerk who was discharged after five years of faithful service. The man, now distinguished at the bar and once holding judicial honors, spoke through tears of the hard moment and the mistakes he claimed to have made for his former employer.
Vaughan Cornish clarifies the common belief that waves tower as mountains and cites independent measurements of deep ocean waves. He lists heights from hurricane to strong breeze, noting North Atlantic records show forty to fifty foot peaks as exceptional.
The remark contrasts the gravity of a girl’s romantic liaisons with a man’s view of marriage, suggesting women’s affairs are final and meaningful within social expectations while a man’s are framed differently by that era.
A New Yorker in Berlin in 1800 meets a courteous German who speaks perfect English and proves remarkably knowledgeable about Berlin’s archaeology. The German reveals he is the Kaiser, sparking a reflection on how perceptions of the ruler have changed from mad to clever over the years, as cited by the New York Times.
A professor advocates exposing patients to a substitute pin to prove imagined throat irritation. After a long exam he presents a bright substitute, but the patient reveals he swallowed a black pin, negating the lesson. The anecdote highlights medical bluff to treat imagined foreign body sensations.
A veteran cigar dealer says the difference between mild and strong cigars lies mainly in tobacco filler, not the wrapper. He notes customers often mistake tight wrappers for mild cigars and argues imagination strongly shapes perceived quality and taste.
A Madgeburg consular report shows beet sugar production now doubles cane sugar globally. The rise is attributed to chemistry advancing beet sugar industries, with Germany employing over a thousand chemists in sugar factories. Beet sugar also rapidly expands in Spain after its colonial loss in the war with the United States.
A aging man discovers solace from a woman who would make a mustard plaster for him rather than a partner who would die for him. The odd caregiving dynamic highlights devotion and practical care over romantic sacrifice.
A two wheel barrow built at low cost uses grain wheels and wood from an old binder. Dimensions include 8 ft 10 in sides and 18 in height, six ft handles, with bottom length described.
A home made wheelbarrow features a four foot four inch bed with end boards that slot and cleats on each side to act as removable tailboards. Wheels are secured by a five eighths inch iron rod and share the same hub as when mounted on a binder. Construction is quick and inexpensive if the listed materials are available, with minimal blacksmithing required.
The piece explains lime as a preferred neutralizer with copper sulphate in Bordeaux mixtures, stressing high quality lime, long slaking, and thorough straining to avoid nozzle clogging. It also discusses youth career paths, praising farming while noting parental influence and that success on the farm relies on effort over wealth, quoting Prof. W. F. Card.
The Jersey cow head is described as the perfect bovine beauty with a broad appearance due to a shorter head and greater dish to the face. By measurement the Jersey head is not always broader, while the Holstein head is larger with a heavier face. The illustration suggests the Jersey head looks broader, influenced by facial proportions and eye development.
The article highlights emphasis on the jersey and brain during a campaign style commitment. It notes focus on athletic identity and intellectual leadership as core themes.
The article argues grinding food aids digestion, especially for young stock, with adults also benefitting depending on food type. It notes immature stomachs digest ground food better and warns wheat must be ground for hogs. feeding practices should be practical and tailored to the animal and food.
The United States Bureau of Animal Industry notes that a draft horse is any horse built to draw heavy loads at walk or trot. It explains draft form differs in size and weight from true drafters, and that drafter work is mainly at a walk while other draft types work mainly at a trot.
A National Stock man correspondent asks if washing sheep pays, noting outcome depends on flock housing locality and wool handling. Washing is unprofitable where sheep are kept with oil in fleece and buyers pay by wool condition.
The exchange notes that most or all winter fleece buyers demand a one third discount on unwashed fleeces, but washing before shearing is often needed to prevent shrinkage. Washing harms sheep, especially ewes with lambs, and should no longer be necessary in any case.
A year after grafting a wild sterile grape vine becomes fruitful. The method matches cleft grafting with stock cut near the roots and a straight surface cut. No wax used as sap seals the graft. Earth banks around stock and graft.
The article advocates shipping eggs by express as safe for long distances. It notes farmers fear the cars but claims eggs hatch equally well after long trips. Advice includes a roomy coop to quarantine sick fowl and minimal doctoring, as rest and attention aid recovery.
An exchange suggests early planting and thorough spraying can raise yields by fifty to a hundred bushels per acre compared with late planting and little spraying. Farmers weigh the potential crop gain against risk from the potato bug and spraying costs.
In extremely cold weather dehorning cattle is not advised. Avoid when temperatures fall far below freezing. Properly done with clean instruments in a suitable stanchion, adults suffer no injury. Use a daily ointment of equal parts tar product disinfectant pine tar and melted tallow or lard, cover bleeding with oakum. New England Farmer.
Italian bees outperform native ones with greater hardiness and profitability. They gather honey during partial droughts when natives stay idle and extract nectar others avoid. They are stronger on the wing fly more directly and swiftly and are less irritable than native bees.
A fragment discusses standing water that absorbs heat and evaporates, causing heat loss. It notes many barrels of water can occupy an acre without attracting attention and implies the need to drain or manage excess moisture.
A fragment hints at a long history of len as a favored remedy through hundreds of preparations, known to medical chemists as a traditional treatment. The text is incomplete but suggests widespread use and familiarity among practitioners.
A writer argues that relocating to the country can grant financial freedom and spiritual growth, with minimal taxes, lasting roads as a lasting investment, and ample room for gardens and homes. It contrasts this with city living and notes the value of roads, sleep, and simple meals.
An assortment of home cures and beauty tips. Egg in coffee is a tonic and lemon juice in coffee may relieve bilious headache. Egg white can aid healing for boils. nails benefit from sweet oil and almond oil. A healing soap blends toilet soap with tallow and cornmeal. Black currants honey and vinegar help colds. glycerin with lemon restores a lost voice. A skin oil mix and benzoin-treated tallow smooth and strengthen skin. Apples relieve megrim by counteracting stomach gas pressure.
A guide urges tired nervous women to practice daily five minutes of total relaxation in a private room. It advises shutting out disturbance, declaring cares outside, and thinking of nothing to achieve wide awake repose and nervous relief. It discusses sleep, noting some energetic women prize short sleep as virtuous.
The article praises polka dot parasols as charming practical accessories. It favors dotted white on black or white on white, notes suitable colors to match eras and fabrics, and mentions linen and pongee parasols with dots in brown, black, or navy tones.
Floral predointaeta prints and two tone hand pressed papers suited for parlors and libraries. Avoid buying solely on sales pitches. assess room style. Morris designs ideal for halls and sitting rooms. French panel effects pair with half width frieze prints.
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