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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1937
Page
3
A reflective piece urges originality over imitation across fashion, cosmetics, automobiles, and media. It argues that lasting success comes from unique, personal ideas and cites a pattern of replication in industry and culture, warning that sham and pretense fail to endure.
Betty Wells offers homemaking guidance on securing fluttering curtains with tie backs or rings, and on choosing twin versus double beds for small rooms. She weighs costs, space, and comfort, recommending space saving designs that still look stylish and practical.
Nebraska crop statistics show the 1937 corn carryover at 812000 bushels, the smallest in decades, with total 1937 production near 74 million and grain huskings not to exceed 40 million. Wheat and oats stocks exceed last year. outlook notes seed and moisture concerns for winter wheat.
In El Dorado Arkansas a new oil boom brings rapid production and cautious policing. Five new producing areas, 31 wells completed, and first half 1937 output at 27 239 barrels daily. Drilling expands to eastern Arkansas western Tennessee and northern Mississippi with seismograph work across 200 by 300 miles.
Leonard A Barrett argues modern society grows physically and mentally lazy, relying on easy options and external aids. He warns that convenience and imitation erode original thought, urging readers to resist passive habits and reclaim independent thinking.
The article recalls a notorious 1840s campaign argument against Gov John S. Barry. Whigs claimed he violated tradition by blocking private hay cutting on Statehouse grounds. Barry insisted hay be cut by the state and the proceeds turned over to the state treasury.
Zot offers a simple method to seal dust entering the ashpit door when shaking furnace grates. Readers asked for a fix and the plan uses a spray made from a small pipe connected to the home's cold water system installed in the ashpit.
A simple method uses a short pipe with drilled holes capped at the end. Attach a spray device just before shaking the grates to mist the ashpit, wetting ashes as they fall. This dampens dust, easing cleanup and reducing dust in the cellar with minimal cost.
A collection of tidbits on romance and luck references. Jokes about knowing when to speak, male dreams, a gold prospector with insomnia, a husband driving his wife to care with an “echo,” wrestling as health, and a warned old maid who talked herself out of proposals.
A saying attributed to Joubert emphasizes that a truly virtuous person fulfills duties in their proper sequence, allowing smaller obligations to yield to greater ones as a guiding moral standard.
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