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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1913
Page
7
A brief Kansan City Star note recalls a curious scene in Atchison where a husband in the room was asked if his broth could become a cat. It reads as a quirky local quip referencing a stork sighting.
The text presents a jumble of phrases with a youth questioning a man about land and politics. It references Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething, claiming gum softening and pain relief, and includes discordant lines about a jealous woman and untainted gasoline.
A six year old Brown Leghorn hen stops laying only to hatch a brood. The article argues profitability depends on know how not breed, noting some hens yield $2 per fowl and urging continual improvement in poultry practice.
A farmer advises curing feather pecking by allowing range access, deep litter scratching, and engaging activities. If confinement persists, hang seeds to induce work and provide greens meat scraps and bone. Apply carbolated vaseline to bare areas to soothe irritated skin.
Poultry notes emphasize sanitation over medicine and prevention. They advise culling nonstandard chicks, early care, and proper hatch timing, with guidance on goose duck feeding, capon prices, and avoiding lice. Recommendations include melted lard and sulphur for scaly legs and limiting corn in summer to reduce disease.
Big league scouts report a shortage of young pitching talent as they comb from Canada to Cuba and Maine to California. Twelve debutantes have already emerged this season, with a dozen strong moundsmen in the majors, led by notable rookies like Boehling Engel and Demaree. Infield and catcher talents also show depth, with names such as Viox Cutshaw Groh and Gossett Howley rising as early stars.
Jiggs Donahue, famed for his time with the Dayton club and later stars, died in Columbus. A left handed thrower, he became a trusted first baseman for the Chicago White Sox and helped win the 1906 pennant and a World Series against the Cubs. He was celebrated for his cheerful spirit and broad fan appeal across cities.
Umpire Bill Kiem has faced no protests to President Lynch this year or in recent seasons. He is described as developing into an arbitrator of merit.
About 250 Boy Scouts from Kansas City staged a water baseball encampment at Elk Springs Missouri. In four feet of clear water the diamond formed by rafts hosted a lively game with players swimming in place. The Scouts in red swimsuits edged the blues 8 to 5 as the umpire’s raft was swarmed after a controversial call.
Athletics manager Connie Mack cites Washington and St. Louis as the hot cities where teams must be 20 percent stronger to win. He notes heat and humidity drain players’ vitality and even short series leave the A’s low on energy.
The piece highlights a standout season for left-handed pitchers led by Boehling of Washington with 11 wins and no losses. It lists records for Plank Gregg Collins Russell Hamilton Mitchell totaling 141 games with 91 wins and 50 losses for a .646 era of success.
An ancient Irvington house near Newark, once a sawmill and muskets hideout from the Revolutionary era, was razed by a wrecking company to clear a site for a new suburb playground. Local protests failed to halt the demolition despite calls to preserve the relic.
Denver figure Wilbur F. Cannon argues in favor of X-ray use and slit skirts. He cites air circulation, reduced hip strain, fewer underskirts, more frequent bathing, freer movement, and less clothing care as benefits.
Omaha, Neb Frederick Gross Von Alvensteben, a 42 year day laborer, received notice from German counsel in Chicago that he has fallen heir to an estate in Germany valued at 2 000 000. Von Alvensteben grew estranged from his family thirty years ago and came to America, saying he believed he would someday receive a large inheritance.
London reports the death of Reynald Lee, one of the two sailors on watch when the Titanic struck an iceberg on April 14 last year. He died in Southampton, ending a long illness.
A Belle Vue Ohio woman attests her back pains nervous issues and periodic troubles vanished after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement urges others with female ills such as inflammation ulceration and irregularities to try the tonic and claim its proven record of aid.
An advertisement asserts Carter's Little Liver Pills shrink constipation by relieving symptoms and claim permanent cure. It targets biliousness indigestion sick headache sallow skin and promotes a small pill dose and low price with a genuine signature.
An old miner from Alaska recounts a night crossing a canyon with a fallen log. Mike crosses carefully while muttering prayers and a quip about the devil, ending on the far side with a defiant yell at an imagined foe.
Parents are urged to examine every bottle of Castoria to ensure it carries the SOR Stella signature, highlighting a trusted remedy in use for over 30 years. The notice emphasizes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria, reinforcing the product’s longstanding reputation.
A clipped exchange from the Boston Transcript shows a tense marriage proposal meeting a cruel response. One party admits the plan to torture a dog was a motive for proposing, revealing domestic bitterness and moral conflict.
Summer annoyances like prickly heat ivy poisoning insect bites and offensive perspiration are relieved by Tyree's Antiseptic Powder. Drugstores or write J S Tyree Washington DC for a free sample Ad.
In a exchange highlighting car maintenance, a speaker notes patience is essential to operate and preserve a vehicle, with a doctor replying that this trait is well understood by physicians. The dialogue frames car upkeep as a mindful, persistent effort acknowledged by medical professionals.
A dramatic courtroom exchange frames a high stakes trial. The defense fights to sway a jury as prosecutors press for conviction, amid public suspense over the prison sentence. The case hinges on whether the jury can be persuaded or if judicial action ends in execution.
A quip notes that a woman may not be faithful to a color she wears, even when she applies it herself, reflecting playful domestic sarcasm and fashion commentary.
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