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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
7
The source quotes a Pearsons Weekly line advising remedies for a broken heart. Bind the broken portion with a gold band and bathe with orange blossom water. Apply raw rice. claim is it will heal in a month.
Public health style advice promotes Cuticura Ointment for itchy scalps and dandruff. It instructs retiring readers to rub affected spots with the ointment and shampoo next morning with Cuticura Soap and hot water. The ad offers a free sample by mail with a book and lists Boston address for distribution.
A playful maxim notes that when fifteen people picnic with fifteen lunch baskets the one basket that goes missing is always the salt, a humorous observation on probability and neglect.
A circus impresario promised $100 to any audience member entering the lion’s cage. A wary man volunteered and asked that the lion be removed first. The impresario admitted the catch and offered the door open, prompting a wry reply from the would-be challenger.
John Wallenmeyer the city sealer leads Board No. 1 in Hvansville examining selectives. He asks a negro about physicians report of his health. The reply says a bad lamp one lung nearly ruined feet flat and a heart that goes pit pat yet outside of that he is a perfect specimen.
A prison visitor and inmate argue over future conduct. The inmate claims he has seen the error of his ways and vows to change after serving his term. He notes a prior big haul from a second story job as context.
A playful exchange mocks a friend’s appearance with a joke about his agricultural college background. The banter plays on campus stereotype and social ribbing amid college humor.
Paris reports overall price hikes of 25 to 200 percent since the war began, driven by scarce labor and goods. Rents rise for smaller flats while large apartments cheaper due to exiled foreigners and subletting. bread remains cheap but darker and day-old, wine and meat prices surge, milk and eggs climb, and utilities and telephones cost more amid shortages and war demands.
Miss Leila S Gordon of Washington wore Chinese attire for a costume ball at Narragansett Pier to raise funds for local charities. She is American by birth, daughter of Mrs. George Barnett and wife of Major General Barnett.
Portland man Uncle John Dowd Sr. of Willamina, aged 105, expresses a strong desire to enlist in the U S army and go to France to fight Germany. He remains active, walking two miles daily and sometimes six miles. Dowd served in the Indian and Civil Wars and shows youthful zeal.
Farmers wives bring produce to the Canton war market while husbands stay in the fields. The effort is led by the local women's committee of the council of national defense after weeks of campaigning. If curb market demand rises, committee women assist by selling wares.
The article details soaring costs in Paris with vegetables like artichokes and lettuce up sharply, clothing and footwear expensive, taxis and hotel rates rising, and tobacco and drinks costing more. It notes French thrift persists despite hardship and contrasts wartime burdens with enduring saving habits. It also includes a northern Europe roundup with Sweden Norway and related trade and transport notes.
A well directed rifle shot killed a lean hungry animal found by the Wards, farmers in the Bull Mountains about eight miles from Roundup, showing signs of a hard winter.
Mrs. A. B. Ward, aided by the family dog, cornered an 18 pound bobcat she believed was killing her chickens by chasing it up a tree and then killing it. This action followed a sequence of poultry depredations in Roundup, Montana.
A dialogue notes a mining firm taking all funds with no dividends while offering a joke excuse about following a vein of humor. The brief exchange contrasts investor frustration and corporate irony in a dated newspaper style.
A Aalborg youth reportedly discovered a new illuminating and heating oil that can be produced from locally abundant Denmark materials. A patent application is in process for the unnamed oil whose composition remains undisclosed. Additionally a Danish court case concerns two Alpha steamship directors accused of buying ships in their own names and reselling to Alpha at high profit, drawing wide attention.
A Kansas City Journal quote recounts Senator Snooks remarking that composing songs for a nation is easier than shaping laws, noting his view that songs can be created without offending powerful interests.
A light exchange asks how progress is going with gardening and notes a quirky hurdle as the speaker learns to eat cucumbers without getting eink, a humorous mispronunciation or misspelling.
The Kansas City Journal quotes a reformed crook who refuses grafting trees for $3 a day claiming the pay is fair but the work yields poor returns. He suggests trying a different farm task as suitable employment.
A boy asks his mother about a nickel given to him. He admits he slipped it into a blind beggar’s hat and explains he then took a dime from the hat. The exchange ends with the mother offering a faith based remark on reward.
A humorous exchange notes a cat that now ignores washing her face and behaves differently around a vacuum cleaner. The "progressive" cat strolls in front of the machine whenever it runs, prompting a lighthearted observation.
A club member recalls picking up a book by another member and staying in his chair until four in the morning. The other member asks if it was interesting, and the first replies that it wasn’t, but he didn’t wake until four. The exchange appears in The Lamb.
An editorial fragment asserts the public is wiser than even the harshest critics, framing optimism about collective judgment and public insight.
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