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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1923
Page
7
Insurance statisticians report about 16 000 Americans died by own action last year, compared with around 10 500 murders. The rate was 15 per 1 000, equating to about 1 life in 150 over lifetimes. The reflection notes that troubles travel beyond death.
An old fashioned advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for babies and children. It claims to ease bilious constipation without narcotics and urges consumers to buy the genuine product from druggists while warning against counterfeit versions.
The English librarian estimates that since the fifteenth century about 16.5 million titles have been printed worldwide. Roughly 4.4 million titles detected since 1900 may have value with about 20,000 still considered valuable today.
Wood choppers have disappeared across major wood centers in Eastern Connecticut leaving thousands of cords unstaked. Experts warn wood prices could surge to or beyond 20 dollars per cord by early winter as supply dwindles.
An advertisement urges buyers to add Cuticura Talcum to toilet requisites as an exquisite powder and perfume for face, skin, baby, and dusting. It promotes the Cuticura trio Soap Ointment and Talcum at 25 cents each, claimed to render other perfumes unnecessary.
A Washington Star quote shows a disappointed friend and a former candidate debating the outcome of an election, noting the plan for an easy win turned into a doorstep challenge. The exchange highlights expectations versus reality in a political contest.
Advertisement urges use of Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry to keep linens gleaming white and says it never disappoints, available at all good grocers.
The Panama Canal stayed busy in the first half of July with tolls averaging above seventy one thousand dollars per day. In June sixty ships each carrying at least ten thousand three hundred tons passed through the canal.
The remark contrasts confidence in pronunciation with wisdom, suggesting that the truly wise may doubt their spoken forms and language precision. It presents a thoughtful caution about certainty in speech and perception.
A survey of women’s costume fabrics and millinery notes bold new materials and outdoor friendly outfits. Descriptions include brushed wool coats with nap, large tri corn hats, orchid cloche and chenille trims, metallic cloths, and fur accents. Chinese influence appears in dressier collars while velvet wreaths and metal cloth flowers trend in hat trimming.
Carnelian jewelry remains in vogue with smart women pairing old fashioned pieces in filigree gold on thin chains. New fall fashion adds slate blue and hussar blue shades, while black felt hats with fur cocardes complete the look.
The piece notes growing popularity of two toned hats and capeline effects as more outfits show dual color schemes, highlighting fashion trend shifts and eye catching color pairings.
The article notes patent leather pumps in new color patterns with a neat colored pattern around the top and interlacing narrow straps, highlighting their novelty compared with earlier styles.
The article describes mounting honeycomb and similar inductances on a removable block to simplify cross-panel handling. The unit can be inserted or removed from the receiver cabinet by loosening two baseboard screws, allowing front-side coupling adjustments without full disassembly.
A device features a center coil held by a vertical holding block with brass spring clip. Two outer coils swing on hinged fiber strips to adjust inductive relation with the center coil. A light wire spring pulls outer coils toward a cam cut from rubber or dielectric, enabling quick adjustment.
The cam on the knob shaft allows changing inductance without disturbing cams. A three coil receiver uses tightly nested fixed inductance coils. The method offers a plain scheme for novices to make RF transformers without data on constants.
Experimenters can build simple pancake inductance coils from No 22 wire on flat wood or metal forms. Two coils serve as primary and secondary in radio circuits with coupling adjustable by sliding. a third coil adds plate circuit regeneration. A 50 foot lamp cord antenna yields strong detector-tube results.
Instructions show how to create small glass insulators from bottle necks by tying a kerosene soaked string around the neck, burning it, and cooling to snap off the neck neatly. The method uses vanilla or lemon extract vials on a nail with a fiber washer.
A ground clamp can be fashioned from a common electric light shade holder. Remove braces, keep one, bend to form a solder lug, discard the outer circle, solder the lug to the ground wire, and slide the clamp onto the ground pipe once cleaned and tightened.
In a Boston Transcript snippet Mrs and Mr exchange quips about a bathing suit while Brassey reacts to a historical image of a lictor with fasces and remarks on golf’s age. The dialogue hints at social banter and curiosity about ancient symbols.
In 1921 only 21 individuals in the United States filed income tax returns showing net incomes of $1,000,000 or more. Ninety two percent of all returns were by those with net incomes of $3,000 or less.
Washington newspaper debates state fair coverage by radio and notes the feature brings public attention. It weighs the value of broadcasting events and commentary at the fairgrounds, suggesting radio enhances the fair experience for residents and visitors alike.
The article describes a finer vernier style adjustment for spider web coils. It explains a mounting that uses a threaded shaft and nut under a slider, with brass components and a knob to control movement.
A reader notes the rise of banking lessons broadcast by radio. The exchange hints at learning to manage money and balance a pocketbook with guidance from the era.
A California minister broadcast a talk stressing the importance of a good home atmosphere. He compared home life to radio, noting that it can harbor static that disrupts harmony and progress.
Fragmentary dialogue notes a quarrel between Mrs Catt and Mrs Platt about a radio, with Mrs Tellyt claiming she cannot hear her husband and asserting the radio has the last word.
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