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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
6
Bold ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for severe cold and grippe. It promises relief from nasal congestion headache fever sneezing and stiffness with a dose every two hours, costing only a few cents at drug stores.
A Louisville Courier Journal note quotes a worker saying they must stay in the dining room and cannot sit in a private office while a jazz orchestra performs, highlighting dining room restrictions during the show.
The advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly habit to keep liver and bowels regular and to help with biliousness constipation headaches and stomach upset. It claims quick wake up with no grating effect and notes appeal to children with a price range of 10 25 and 50 cents.
The piece notes a cub reporter lacking aim with fiery prose and a proofreading dig at accuracy. An advertisement urges Cuticura products for an itching scalp and clear skin. A closing line reflects on taking things in stride and profit from selling them.
Mrs Dora Williams recalls a year ago she lay in bed for ten months and nearly died before Eatonic helped her regain strength and return to work. The advertisement urges EatoniE as a remedy for indigestion sourness heartburn belching and other stomach distress with a promise of low cost and a druggist guarantee.
The transcontinental line from Perth to Adelaide showcased Australian engineers who conquered the Great Victorian Desert. Five years of survey and construction, aided by Lord Kitchener's strategic vision, finished just before the armistice amid heat and insects and barren, waterless terrain.
The Omaha project spent over £7,000,000 on a great air mail hangar. Surveyors faced extreme conditions with camels transporting stores. Chief engineer notes ink failures and broken pencils in the heat. Relief from sun came by burying in sand holes while insects attacked. Rails were laid from both ends across the desert once the route was chosen.
The Mexican government under de la Huerta ordered the closure of the Mexicali Owl, a famed frontier resort, ending gambling and related activities. The venue emptied swiftly as police cleared dealers and workers, with lights out and no reopening planned. Water discoveries near Kalgoorlie spurred railway progress transforming a desert into grazing country for up to 3,000,000 sheep.
It has just been learned that Capt. George A. Jordan of the Seventy-seventh Infantry at Camp Taylor secretly wed Miss Rose Margaret Hever on August 14. He had planned to marry Miss Elizabeth Griffith of Louisville on New Year’s day after meeting her at Griffith’s bier.
Most coal consumed in Argentina powers railways and industrial establishments. The text notes heavy reliance on coal to drive transportation and manufacturing sectors within the country.
London. After six centuries the Clifford's Inn, oldest of the nine inns of Chancery, will be offered for sale by auction. The first authentic record dates to 1310 when granted to Baron Clifford by Edward III. It was let to law students in Edward II's reign and later housed judges after the 1666 fire.
An expert notes the lengthy Balkan rail route to Paris via Constantinople requires visas from multiple nations including the United States consulate, Swedish legation, Bulgarian vise, Serbian stamp, Greek stamps, and Italian and French controls. Travelers risk overlong checks, and an English passenger once needed a new passport after exhausting space. A Russian colonel arrested in Batum held five passports amid Bolshevik tensions. The piece ends with a remark on a rifle rear sight adjustment making a clicking sound in the dark.
In Connersville Indiana a woman summoned for jury service in a magistrate court refused, citing dishes to wash and housework to do. She warned that if forced to serve she would not return a just verdict.
Washington reports that U S tea consumption did not fall with import declines. George F Mitchell says wartime surpluses and higher overseas prices reduced imports, while domestic demand stayed steady and prices remained high. Prohibition may boost tea use. Knoxville veteran Hector W Church leaves estate to United Daughters of the Confederacy to fund memorials for Jefferson Davis and Civil War generals.
Mrs Frances Fair of Bloomingdale rushed to Danville Indiana in a bid to stop her daughter Mildred from marrying James D Laney of Indianapolis but arrived too late. She forgave the couple on the condition the bride returns home to pursue two years of schooling.
John Hartman of New York city faced a theft charge for stealing a $10 pocketbook from Hose Avey near Bryant Indiana. He was acquitted by Justice Whiteman after producing the pocketbook and taking $2 to pay his attorney Urban Bonifas, who had just been admitted to the bar. Hartman left town with $8 remaining on the road.
A reader from Iowa credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with restoring health after years of being run-down by woman’s weakness. The testimonial claims relief from backaches, side pains, and sleeplessness, and notes the product built strength and vitality. The piece touts the medicine as a trusted, long-standing women’s tonic.
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