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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1942
Page
7
Readers tackle a varied set of trivia questions ranging from symbols of good luck to historical queries about Napoleon and Washington. Topics include famous nicknames, wood weights, and linguistic distinctions, reflecting a broad quiz format in a communal leisure feature.
The wartime committee on conservation at the New York State College of Agriculture urges boosting yield per acre as wartime policy and promotes soil conservation. It favors minimal expansion of tilled land, contour planting on slopes, more use of demonstration farms, and nitrogen replacing practices in sod orchards to prevent soil waste seen in World War I.
This article in a series explores how farm products enter industrial markets, illustrating the growing connection between agriculture and industry and highlighting key products shifting into industrial use.
Napoleon's early research fostered sugar extraction from beets, making sugar beet a key cash crop in western states valued at 63 million dollars annually. The industry, aided by the 1937 Sugar Act, produced 1.5 million tons from about 80 factories across Colorado, California, Nebraska, Michigan, Utah, Wyoming and Montana, with by products like beet pulp and tops used for animal feed.
G R Shier of Ohio State University warns that improper metal roof installation on farm buildings causes trouble and expense. Corrugated metal must be laid over slats only if sufficiently stiff. other metals need solid sheathing. Nail every eight inches along side laps, even with short strip supports. Leaks are common on nearly flat topped sheds attached to barns.
United States scientists report extracting anabasine from tree tobacco, a weed in arid Mexico and the southwestern United States, as a potential valuable insecticide. The compound was found in tree tobacco in 1935, with synthetic production and prior discovery in an Asiatic plant six years earlier.
The pattern presents a slacks outfit with a weskit topper worn over a blouse or sweater, suited for beach camping lounging or work. It notes easy hang from ample top fullness, and lists Pattern No 8152 in sizes 12 to 20. Size 14 weskit requires 13g yards and slacks 25g yards of 35 inch material.
Bib top buttoned securely in place this apron will protect your frock through the most strenuous of household jobs. Pattern No 8133 lists size 16 and yardage for plain and print portions plus bias fold. orders should be sent to the noted address.
Pattern details instruct readers to enclose 20 cents for each pattern desired. The notice lists Room 1116 at 211 West Wacker Drive in Chicago as the contact point.
The text invites sewers to reuse cotton scraps to craft an apron. It suggests patchwork or contrasting patterned and plain fabrics as shown in sketches, promising a pretty handmade result in this thrifty sewing activity.
An elderly woman in a pony cart is halted at a bridge by a sentry who says the bridge is destroyed. She questions the status while another soldier humorlessly notes he has been dead two days.
Surveys show tobacco is the favorite gift for servicemen, with pipe or roll your own smokers preferring their favorite tobacco. Prince Albert in a pound can is highlighted by local dealers as a top choice for Army Navy Marines and Coast Guard personnel away from home.
A collage of wry lines on money lending friendship and effort. The piece riffs on lending money, losing friends, daily toil, and the limits of human flight with humorous bite and a folksy voice.
A reflective verse note condemns opportunists who exploit a war era asset for profit while others toil. The lines hint at risk and irony as some workers face peril or hardship, while readers are urged to try again and face the consequences.
A list covers common charms and items including horseshoe wishbone blue bird four leaf clover and rabbit's foot. onions. dismas. giraffe. balsa wood. sinuate means to wind in and out insinuate means to indicate indirectly. lou gehrig. no napoleon is an outstanding figure whose portrait has never appeared on any postage stamp of any country. new york city.
An old dresser without a mirror gains a contemporary look from a new base and open-top shelves. The owner initially planned jigsaw scallops from pattern 207 for the shelves but painted scallops were used instead. Pale gray finish sets off orange scallop details, base, and pulls. Pattern 207 offers many designs for wood, linoleum, fabric and more.
The article advises smoothing rough stove surfaces with sandpaper and avoiding washing waffle iron grids, using a wire brush and dry cloth for grids, wiping the iron exterior with damp and polishing cloth, and keeping a damp sponge nearby for pressing. It also suggests a pastry board brush, washing and drying surfaces to prevent dough buildup, and a chocolate pie flavored by substituting leftover coffee for half the milk.
A cinnamon stick infuses milk and custards with a faint color but no darkening. Beet greens are cooked with bacon, then the bacon is crisped and served with hard boiled eggs as a border around the greens.
A man complains of tooth pain while a friend says the mind matters more than medicine. The sufferer recalls his wife comforting him at home and kissing him, which improved his mood. A separate exchange shows a woman named Appreciated Jean refusing marriage to Bert.
Mrs Green shows off a new hat to Mrs Gray who asks how she gets money from her husband. Mrs Green replies she simply says she is going back to her mother and her husband promptly provides the fare.
Respondent Smith hurt his finger in a reckless driving incident and did not injure his nail, noting only a finger injury rather than damage to the car or nails.
The exchange notes that talk is cheap because the supply exceeds the demand, while a Congress member questions the value of rhetoric versus action. The brief suggests skepticism about political statements compared with actual deeds.
A golf club secretary confronts a player seen driving off before the tee-mark. The player asks why and is told off for violating the mark. The quarrel ends with a sharp retort as the secretary claims the player is completing a third shot.
A witty exchange frames a dispute between a customer who claims low weight for price and a grocer who counters with an overlong wait for service. The genteel banter highlights mismatched expectations in a retail encounter.
A humorous exchange frames a dispute as a playful takedown of a suitor. The girl quotes her lover at odds with her father who humorously bars him within ten miles of the family home. The joke hinges on exaggerated grounds and parental protection.
Prepared to meet war requirements and priorities the American Red Cross outlines how volunteers and staff are mobilized. Women sew and knit with war materials available through the War Production Board while motor corps expand to ambulance support and convoy training. A canteen aide corps is created for evacuations and disaster relief, alongside home service, hospital recreation, and staff assistance volunteers.
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