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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
7
Kathleen Norris warns that girls of seventeen fall for older, untrustworthy men who pretend to love. A Knoxville mother recounts daughter Joan, 17, about to turn 18, entranced by Roy Jones, a 35 year old with a troubled past. The piece ends noting there is no cure for first love’s bewitchment.
Frantic parents seek advice as Kathleen Norris weighs a 17 year old daughter’s dangerous attachment to a 35 year old man. Norris warns there is no cure for first love’s pull and urges self reflection after a letter from Caroline Brown recounts four years of hardship and eventual resilience through work and sacrifice.
In a spirited debate on football and academics, Jess Hawley recalls Dartmouth’s 1924 team, largely Phi Beta Kappa members, unbeaten with no players out of position. The piece discusses how smart players balance athletics and scholarship, and contrasts high entrance standards with easier programs that attract stars.
A bygone holiday feature offers a complete Thanksgiving menu with roast turkey and dressing, giblet gravy, cranberry mold, oyster crumb bake, and side dishes. It contrasts Pilgrim feasts with today’s streamlined plan to allow time for conversation and guests.
Antique hooked rag rags show unique charm as women marked designs on burlap and dyed the rags. To draw a rose make a circle with a spiral, use two ovals and a base triangle for morning globes, and trace leaves from real plants for patterns. Leave two inches hem allowance, overcast edges, and center guide lines for balance.
Miss Howe offers time saving tips from her book Household Hints to ease holiday tasks and meals. Readers can order by writing to Eleanor Howe at 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois and enclosing 10 cents.
A bedroom features soft gray green walls with striped gray and red window hangings and dressing table drapes. A cream carpet covers the floor, completing the period look.
A compact reflection on Wordsworth proposing humble dependence on God and manly self reliance as complementary forces for character and success. The quotation frames tension between dependence and independence in personal growth.
A historical advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin as a palatable laxative. It promotes a blend to wake up bowels, ease constipation, and please even finicky children, claiming gentle relief after meals and pleasant taste.
Tacitus quotes the love of fame as the final vulnerability even among the wise. The line underscores fame’s pull as a universal human frailty.
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