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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
3
Practical advice on fitting candles with hot water, improving veal roasts with spices, preventing pie juice overflow by resting apples, lengthening short blankets with muslin, cleaning coffee pots with bicarbonate, softening shoe pinch with boiling water soaked rag, airing bedding before making, blending grapefruit juice with pineapple and raspberries, and preventing apple skins from shriveling when baking.
An illegible dinner invitation note to a new doctor is handed to a pharmacist. The chemist deciphers it and provides the meaning concealed in the text, charging $1.50 at the counter.
Mr. A. tells the lady of the house to remove two mice found in a trap and send their carcasses across the street where the neighbor’s cat may eat them. He requests the rodents be moved and consumed by the cat, praising the feline’s appetite and suggesting the mice are detestable and troublesome.
An angry woman bursts into the clerk’s office with a marriage license. She demands to know if the license was issued for her marriage to Albert Briggs and says he has escaped.
In a playful exchange a child notes a conjurer’s trick turning a half-dollar into a silk handkerchief while a parent counters that mothers can transform a five-dollar bill into a small hat. The dialogue highlights playful boasting within a family.
A terse note hints at an attractive girl linked to a steel magnate father. The piece suggests social interest and implied fascination centered on family connections.
A mother tests which son catches the maid Norah’s eye. Norah answers that both have been fun but for a real spree she would pick the master, a playful line revealing family tensions through humor.
In a domestic exchange, Ruth rejects the notion of fleeing to her mother when upset with her husband. She instead proposes having her mother come to their home, suggesting a strategy to influence the quarrel.
A playful exchange about a baby’s looks and lineage ends with the mother noting the child resembles the father in mischief while the father is described as more of a rascal than cute. The lighthearted dialogue highlights family traits and affection.
A playful exchange centers on fashion and affection as a couple discusses gowns that cling and a husband’s appreciation. The dialogue highlights flirtatious humor and intimate remarks in a domestic setting.
A brief exchange shows Mr Kallow boasting of a Bachelor of Arts degree while Mrs Wise warns that many arts are needed to remain a bachelor. The playful quip highlights social mores around education and bachelorhood.
A professor asks who read the twenty-fifth chapter, then reveals there is no such chapter, catching nearly all students off guard and turning the discussion toward honesty. The moment highlights a teachable misdirection about reading and credibility in class.
A collage of brief items: Helping Hana society asks for household scraps. Miss Jane Evans brings home a large dog after a 12 minute Piney lake fight. Miss Bina Parrish injures ribs in a china closet ladder collapse. Miss Lillie Hobard and Clem C. Nash wed in Boston amid local praise.
A humorous exchange unfolds about political smears and a boast about a garden. Pahson compliments Rastus on a fine patch of cabbages while musing on divine ownership of land, prompting a witty comeback.
Sam at the wash rack chats with his girl Liza about wearing the flowers he sent the other night. Liza confirms she wore nothing else. Sam frets that she must have nearly frozen in the cold.
A boy asks a woman for a nickel so his little brother can imitate a chicken. When asked what he will do the boy replies he will eat a worm, not cackle, in a humorous street exchange.
A noted physician asserts life may be prolonged by cutting out unnecessary noise. A reply from a friend dismisses the idea, suggesting the man is simply tired of married life.
Willing to oblige Mandy who washed for Mrs. Frisk came to work with a tale of woe to awaken pity. Mrs. Frisk consoles Mandy and tells her there is no use in worrying as she reflects that the good Land sends tribulation for people to tribulate.
Jeannie asks why dishes are boiled after her influenza-stricken father uses them. Her mother explains boiling kills germs and why cleanliness matters, turning a kitchen question into a lesson on infection control.
A court scene notes a suspect who admits breaking into a tobacco shop for a ten cent cigar and being found in the cash register, the exchange framed as a wry dialogue about motive and action.
A humorous exchange features a father noting his oldest child is 65, and a younger man wondering when children stop being a constant worry. The banter highlights enduring parental anxieties and lighthearted self-deprecation.
The piece notes the boom in American history films led by Hollywood Cavalcade marking the industry’s fiftieth anniversary. Alice Faye and Don Ameche star amid slapstick return of Keaton and Keystone cops, while Howard Hughes backs new talent and John Charles Thomas enters cinema in Kingdom Come by Producers Corporation of America.
The singer Nelson Eddy will not return to his Sunday night radio program due to his concert, recording, and film work. Admirers may be uneasy about his departure as he prioritizes other engagements.
Edward G. Robinson favored realism in radio and film. A chair sound effect during a broadcast backfired when the chair slipped and struck an actor, sending him to the Hollywood emergency hospital.
Metro finally puts Not Too Nar row Not Too Deep into production after years on and off the schedule. Joan Crawford and Clark Gable star in the new project as Paramount promotes Moon Over Burma starring Patricia Morrison and Robert Preston. Barbara Jo Allen plays Vera Vague off Charlie McCarthy and Beth Holly on One Man's Family. Producers seek hopeful comedies to lift audiences after the war.
A how to guide describes making a bed spread for a 36 inch mattress using blue and tan colors with red gingham bands. It provides a cutting guide, seam placement, and corner shaping, plus notes on fabric needs and edge finishing. Also announces Sewing Books Nos. 1 2 3 4 and quilt block patterns offered by Mrs. Spears for 10 cent editions and free patterns with four book orders.
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