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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1919
Page
2
A lively discussion extols many pies from apple to huckleberry and black raspberry. The author notes pastry quality and the cook’s temper shape a pie’s glory, then shifts to local social notes and visits across several towns.
The Los Angeles Times extols Japanese women as charming and graceful, noting their gentleness and culture. It lauds their Western adaptation, influence in social life, and even cites a Japanese opera singer as proof of national prowess.
The Columbus Dispatch asserts General Sherman stated war defined in Columbus during a Civil War veterans reunion at Franklin Park on August 12 1880 President Hayes attended. Sherman spoke despite rain delivering the line this is not soldiering the crowd applauded then he moved to another remark about war and horror.
Miss Florence Miller visited Lincoln while E Hinemeyer left for Laramie on business. Emil Schott rode to Shelby Saturday afternoon. Mrs Mabel Wolpert of Shelby spent a short time in the city. Headstroms from Stromsburg were in town Friday. Mrs Wm Fetters and Mrs Arthur Johnson of Stromsburg were in the city.
The article reports on claims that fairies still inhabit remote parts of Ireland despite the popular belief they vanished after mid 19th century storms. Investigator Elizabeth Andrews notes continued fairy sightings and old tales, including Ballynahinch and Killevy anecdotes suggesting elves linger in secluded regions.
Peter Oscar Chindgren a Polk County pioneer long active in Swede Home business and local affairs died October 25 after a paralytic stroke. Born 1851 in Sweden he lived in Illinois Nebraska and Oregon guiding a general store post office service and Meadowbrook farm with his sons. He leaves wife Ruth six children and multiple siblings and was active in Lutheran church and community organizations. Funeral services were held at Colton with bilingual sermons and tributes from friends and relatives.
The passage discusses how different animals cope with water. It notes many land birds drown if wet, mammals like seals and bears swim well, and various mammals such as moles rabbits horses and deer show diverse swimming abilities. It cites a jaguar and horses crossing rivers, with many examples of fur soaking and the need to swim or retreat.
The article profiles James Bowman Lindsay as a pioneer in wireless telegraphy and electricity for heating and lighting. It notes his early Tay crossing system and his seven year effort to translate the Bible into multiple languages, now incomplete and on display in Dundee's Albert Institute.
State police uncover a counterfeit operation in the Adirondacks where $20 $50 and $100 notes were being duplicated. Banking experts say the device splits notes and transfers ink to waxed pages producing exact copies, with two halves matching. The secret device and sample notes are now in custody for federal investigation.
Obituary snippet notes A L Chindgren and associates at a funeral with mention of HON and Ady Cru Chua, Cannada relations needing to leave with relatives and friends.
Osceol area residents and visitors gathered Friday for assorted calls and social visits. Mrs Samrouge and relatives from Shelby greeted friends, as did Jerry Drawhaugh and Bay from Shelby. H L Glenn of Seattle and Lincoln connections were seen, while Florence and Mapore Evant traveled to Omaha to visit their father.
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