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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
2
The repeal of the U S arms embargo spurs a home business upswing and far reaching world effects. The move fuels commerce with belligerents, prompts currency and shipping shifts, and prompts government debate over neutrality. Forbidden word.
Prime Minister Chamberlain notes state of siege not war amid claims of nine U S made planes downing part of a 27 plane German force. Belgium and Netherlands fear invasion, a Belgian Dutch mediation peace appeal is rejected by Britain. Nazi Germany cites speedily staged Munich blast as a warning. Back in Washington, Dies un Americanism probe continues as tax and labor committees map January 1940 actions.
The agriculture department outlined cotton loan provisions at 8.3 cents per pound for 1939 growers within allotments, amid a forecast of 11.845 million bales with 10.1 million bales surplus under government loan. Wheat acreage for 1940 is set at 64.6 million acres with potential 760 million bushels, weather risks likely to depress yields. The federal crop insurance corporation reported a year of premiums totaling 6.769 million bushels from 165,551 farmers, paying 9.462 million bushels in indemnities and losing about $1.885 million.
An article urges focusing on enjoying family over the holiday while still providing a full feast. It suggests prepping turkey, onions, vegetables, and desserts the day before, including parboiling potatoes, cooling turkey, and chilling gelatin salads, to reduce Thursday work and ensure a relaxed celebration.
Practical household hints cover hot water bottle care with glycerine a method to condition rubber. Glass cleanup uses moistened cotton to pick shards. plant tips endorse philodendron. Odor removal with mustard, celery top uses in soups, leather binding care with milk and egg white. Pork roast topping with applesauce and spices. Drawer maintenance with wax or soap. Avoid overstuffing fowl fillings and proper cord handling for irons.
Eleanor Howe presents a compact guide titled Household Hints with practical housekeeping ideas. To obtain a copy send 10 cents in coin to Household Hints care of Eleanor Howe at 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois.
A newspaper column previews next week with simple home style recipes including hot butterscotch rolls and parker house rolls, inviting readers to look for them in the upcoming feature.
The article describes Japan using all parts of whales instead of only blubber, selling prime meat to those unable to afford beef, converting scraps into cattle and chicken feed, and turning blood into fertilizer. It notes blue whales once worth about $40 now valued around $4,000. The piece also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets laxative and an advertisement urging purchase.
A reflective piece notes that true courtesy comes from an unselfish heart as a guide more powerful than formal etiquette. It argues character shapes manners and dissolves social awkwardness through genuine goodwill.
Essay-style reflection on humor as an inborn trait not to be cultivated or forced. The piece argues humor should arise naturally and remain unselfconscious, a ready overflow rather than a studied craft.
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