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Sift flour baking powder and salt well together. Beat eggs until light and combine with milk. Add to flour making a soft batter. Bake.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
6
Sift flour baking powder and salt well together. Beat eggs until light and combine with milk. Add to flour making a soft batter. Bake.
Nebraska items include Omaha hosting the third annual all-breed ken nel show in November, prairie chicken season opening for a month, the death of Lin coln teacher Mrs J Belle Corbin, and Bryan will probate. Other notes cover sports at Urbana, a Gothenburg high school contract, D C Stratton’s 90th birthday, cattle receipts at Omaha stockyards, Odd Fellows in Grand Island, fossil teeth found in Beatrice, and 1925 building growth.
A fragmented crossword style puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues covering verbs nouns animals and numbers. It hints at a solution appearing in the next issue and references a prior puzzle and a 1924 or 1925 word game format with several misprinted items.
Nebraska notes report October meeting of Knights of Pythias in Alliance with 200 delegates from nine counties. State officers will attend and an elaborate program is planned. Also noted is the Holdrege sixtieth wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Henry Deadencerfer and the upcoming seventy-fifth for Mr and Mrs S B Cobb. Cobb is 97 and his wife 93 forthcoming.
During the Temple Theatre safe robbery at McCook a stray bullet killed Old Dick a pure blooded Hambletonian horse owned by the Nebraska School of Agriculture. Old Dick was the University of Nebraska Chancellor's official driving horse in the pre automobile era.
Ed Lynch of Cherry Creek country reports a machine measured yield of 106 bushels of oats per acre from 26 acres in the North Platte valley. The weight may push the average to 110 bushels per acre. Albert Farina of Seward named state dairy champion in Nebrland club work, earning a trip to the National Dairy Show in Indianapolis, with all expenses paid by Blue Valley Creamery after seven years of club effort.
A state vital statistics report from Lincoln records the birth of the Reeves family's eighteenth child on a farm nearby. The newborn is a boy born August 14. parents Garrison B. Reeves, 53, and his wife, 45, note all children are living.
A near miss by an airplane startled a team of horses harnessed to a hayrake near Gus Werman’s farm. The 12 year old William Werman was on the rake and was severely injured. Meanwhile Nebraska naturalists report prehistoric animal skeletons up to 20 feet tall at several sites including camels elephants rhinoceros and saber tooth tigers.
Solicitors seek 15 000 acres of beet land on the south side of the river to back a new sugar factory with 16 miles of railroad spurs. Farmers express strong enthusiasm for the project and its potential local impact.
Haskins and Schaffer hay baling team of Stuart won the contest and a $200 prize amid a three-team field. In Grand Island Palmer reports four diphtheria cases prompting temporary closure of first and second grades by school authorities.
A Detroit Free Press clipping notes a wife cleaning house for four weeks and uncovering magazines papers books clothes photos and other items the husband insists belong to him as the rag man is to collect the junk.
A short club operates with a tear gas device released by a touch of a button. Bank messengers and others are offered this protection tool. The note ends with a quote about finding happiness through usefulness to the world, attributed to Hans Ander.
Two reader letters from Mary R Benedict of Kewanee Illinois and A W Hows Bridport Vermont credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and enabling childbirth. Benedict describes relief from headaches backache and fatigue after use and now has two healthy girls. Hows says the remedy helped with organic weakness back and side pain and enabled pregnancy and a healthy baby girl.
15 cent package with simple directions for tinting or dyeing textiles. Suitable for wool silk linen cotton and mixed fabrics. Informs buyers to tell druggist the material type to use the correct formula.
The Methodist Episcopal church claims the largest pastor in Nebraska with Homer Dickerson of Frercont appointed pastor at the recent Nebraska conference meeting in Lincoln. He is 22 years old.
About fifteen hundred Indians gathered for the fifth annual pow wow dinner in Clinton. The event opened a three day Indian air festival with horse racing as the principal entertainment.
A fragment from a Wisconsin scene shows a church altar remark sparking curiosity and a fleeting exchange about lending to it. The odd contrast hints at local wit and communal chatter in a brief column.
Mary L. Eckhardt of Sidney fell from a second story window about 20 feet but after a few hours of unconsciousness she recovered enough to play with friends. The incident left her with a cracked skull yet no lasting disability reported.
Twenty nine cars of cattle were shipped from Gordon in one day last week. Cattlemen enjoy the best market since the war, signaling strong demand and higher prices for livestock.
The Lancaster Hotel company, builders of the new Cornhusker hotel, filed a building permit for 1 120 000 dollars. It is the largest permit ever issued by the city and sets a new high record for any day or month since permits began.
Richmond Hill New York postman H H Roehrig walked over 2400 miles on a single pair of USKIDE Soles for more than seven months averaging about 12 miles daily in all weather and pavements. The ad touts USKIDE as a wear lasting replacement for leather.
A humorous caption from Le Rire contrasts a dog owner who denies keeping a pet with a quip about dogs barking at noises, illustrating playful surveillance of household sounds.
Twenty longtime Hitchcock residents were honored as Old Settlers during Old Settlers Day at the county fair. The event recognized locals with over four decades of residence, highlighting community history and gatherings at the fairgrounds.
A licensed restaurant owner was charged with supplying liquor to three men between 9 and 10 pm without a meal. The defense argued each man received a pie, claiming that satisfied the meal requirement. The stipendiary ruled in favor of the respondents.
The origin of combs traces to ancient times with wooden bone and horn forms found in Swiss lake dwellings. Greek and Roman combs used boxwood while Egyptian pieces were ivory. Modern combs include tortoise shell and other materials. The hair comb likely followed its use in carding wool. New York Telegraph.
An advertisement warns buyers to look for the Bayer name on the package or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin, claimed safe by millions and prescribed for 25 years. It warns imitators may be dangerous and urges saying Bayer when purchasing. The text closes with a provocative line about minority enthusiasm and fury.
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