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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
7
A clipped dialogue warns against impracticable schemes and urges readers not to chase rainbow investments. The speakers debate skimping on risks and the allure of quick riches, reflecting wary sentiment about financial schemes.
An old advertisement touts August Flower as a sovereign remedy for indigestion fermentation of food sour stomach upset and constipation. It claims to gently stimulate the liver cleanse the intestines and improve digestion during the summer harvest season.
In Indianapolis a women’s rights moment unfolds as teachers’ federation members seek a female president. A young woman faces opposition from male peers who claim women lack parliamentary knowledge, then buys four books on the subject that are all authored by women.
Australians show strong meat consumption with average intake around 264 pounds per person yearly. The data compares Australians to English French German Swiss peers, noting higher meat and staple consumption, including wheat and potatoes, with Tasmanians listed for potato intake.
A State department report on Bangor Maine describes a cemetery as a city institution amid general business condition notes. The document criticizes grandiloquent consular language and urges including clippings on distant topics as examples of overstated reporting.
Fragmentary overheard lines recount a conversation about life and a man named So Mivak, with a note of someone rifling through ashes near a tennis racket. The readable text suggests a casual exchange amid unidentified surroundings.
The readable text mentions a dog and a person with unclear actions. Details are sparse and several words appear garbled, preventing a clear event or outcome from being established. The fragment offers little substantive context for a definitive news item.
A short reflective note extols Ma'r'mony as a strong institution offering solace. It suggests the practice helps a man forget his other troubles and find comfort.
Richard, a Ohio farmer, sent his son to a music school and bought a half violin. As progress grew rapid, the boy outgrew the instrument and the shop offered many violins. The father chose a full violoncello, hoping the child would not outgrow it soon.
William A Radford outlines rural housing advances emphasizing running water, electric wiring, and efficient layouts. He notes farms now adopt angular 30 by 34 foot designs with 20 by 9 foot front porches, aiming to reduce labor and improve family comfort while supporting productive livestock and crops.
Fragmentary text mentions Miss Gladys and a butter spoon with a strainer. The passage appears as stray notes about purchases and objects with no clear event, date, or readable context.
Fragmentary line suggests someone seeking twenty dollars amid confusion about acceptance and finances. The garbled text mentions a swelled idea of popularity and a request for funds, but specifics and context are unclear.
George Slater, en route to Burma to oversee drilling, announces that India’s great oil fields will be developed using American machinery, tools, and methods under his charge. The plan involves U.S. involvement in the exploitation and extraction efforts.
The article outlines a seven room house with a large hall entry, bright 16 by 12 foot living room, 16 by 11 foot dining room, square kitchen with pantry and wash room, and three second floor bedrooms with a central hall. It notes flexible design, cost efficiency, and room for expansion such as a sleeping porch, recommending input from architects and builders.
A Dallas News note reports M Le Roy, citing Comptes Rendus, describes experiments with an inflammable resonator that allegedly set paper, cotton wadding and other materials ablaze. He suggests certain conditions might let wireless means ignite inflammable substances like cotton bales bound with hoop iron.
An old advertisement promotes OLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a fountain of youth. It claims the kidneys filter blood every three minutes, removing poisons and uric acid to keep the body in prime condition. The copy extols Haarlem origin, 200 years of Dutch use, and urges purchase from a “cruskist” with no substitutes.
A Capetown firm completed a tank with 20 250 gallons capacity, 1e feet deep and 20 feet diameter, and 16 people dined inside the tank to celebrate. The report highlights the unusual event and notes the tank’s dimensions and contents. Also includes an advertisement for Cuticura line claiming relief for baby rashes with soap ointment and talcum.
A courtroom exchange features a judge debating a curious prophecy about a husband’s fate and a doctor’s involvement. The judge remarks about a possible outcome if the husband does not comply, framing it as a near consequence.
A boy known for constantly stumping his toe keeps injuring it despite summers of pain. His mother warns she will whip him if he stumps another toe. An hour later the boy proudly reveals the incident is the same toe, not a new injury, triggering a humorous twist.
A Birmingham Age-Herald item notes an accused figure with an easy air on the witness stand. The remark calls back his wartime service in the army purchasing department and his familiarity with congressional cross-examinations.
A caustic note questions a school for the weak minded and tuition honesty as an excuse. The speaker references subscribing fifty dollars and argues charity should be mutual, invoking Miss Keen and Reggie as named figures in the terse exchange.
In a London Chronicle discussion, primroses are described as floral ruffians. James Ruskin admired them for delicate towers yet editors note they are hardy Alpine plants. The piece claims primroses survive fierce ecological struggle, grow from Europe's mountains to the Himalayas, and may be poisonous though eaten by none except pigs.
An early beachgoer was seen performing a jazz dance on the shore with an odd partner described as a large crab with developed claws. The report notes the dance appeared to have some foundation and cites Jaz Ventmor as a possible source.
Greyed bristles described as set in ends of a new coat hanger may be repurposed as a small brush. The fragment notes possible utility though details are unclear.
Japan widens its beverage production as sake and beer share the market with stronger potations. A $500,000 company is forming to distill Tum from sugar cane, led by the active spirits in Nagasaki Community and Nagano, president of the prefectural assembly.
A fragment recalls Sir Martin Frobisher’s 1577 voyage seeking gold in stones found near a Cathay dream. The account notes ships outfitted to collect supposed gold and mentions a surge of curiosity about island finds and strange spiders.
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