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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1925
Page
7
A six year old boy protests being called pretty as his mother dresses him for a party. He replies he would rather be told he looked like a big bum, preferring not to echo gendered praise aimed at girls.
A brief Toledo Blade quotation argues men should value women's work by setting aside a Husband's Laundry week during roasting-ear time. The fragment highlights social commentary on gender labor expectations.
Native Chinese theatre often casts men as leading ladies while women take male roles. Historical practice results in gender-swapped performances, reflecting traditional stage norms and gender expectations.
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as everyday toilet preparations to cleanse purify soothe heal and perfume. It claims the trio keeps skin clear and completes a toilet table.
In a Charleston Daily Mail note, readers ponder how modern strain may relate to earth’s crust fractures near Straining Point Well. The item cues concern about geological activity and local curiosities.
A playful exchange uses a pun on cold storage to tease fresh blood. The banter centers on a light jab about being chilly versus newly arrived.
An elderly man questions a girl at the library desk about a phrase in a book. The girl responds promptly, noting the title or content as part of the dialogue. Capper's Weekly reflects on the brief encounter.
A playful conversation about a dance ends with a passenger noting the loss of slippers in a good cause at the University of Illinois. The exchange highlights lighthearted campus culture and small personal mishaps.
Scientists from the Bishop Museum in Honolulu study Tahiti Marae ruins inland from former settlements. They report two newly found Marae of a different temple type, suggesting an earlier race displaced by later Polynesian arrivals. Further work aims to define the lost group's characteristics.
The Bronze Cross, Britain's highest Boy Scouts honor, was posthumously awarded to Fred Gsell of the First Tientsin troop for sacrificing his life to save his father during a house fire. Gsell warned his parents but stayed to aid his unconscious father, perishing before hospital care could help him.
Malaria is practically unknown in Sweden but the Royal Bacteriological Institute of Stockholm studies Anopheles mosquitoes that carry the parasite. The insect is harmless unless it bites an infected person and parasites develop in its system. Sweden faces slight risk but would act quickly if an epidemic appears abroad and travelers bring it.
Ed Howe laments his self neglect while advising others. He notes a bad stomach and medicine use reveal neglect, and a debt causing nightly worry drains energy. He admits personal foolish actions and humiliation, urging self care.
The 1923 tally finds 483 girls under seventeen years as brides in Australia, youngest at thirteen, with 73 women aged sixty five or more. The oldest groom was eighty six. A twelve year old mother and six thirteen year olds bore children. The Health Association head notes 122,479 children under five died in 1918–1922.
A rural journey with his mother sees Little John hosted at several relatives' homes where he is well fed at meals and in between. At his grandmother's house he sighs that even a little boy must quit eating sometime after being fed everywhere.
In New York City assessed valuations of property were reduced from 17 000 000 dollars in 1911 to 7 000 000 dollars in 1947 marking a sharp decline in property values over the period.
A Terre Haute housewife describes improved health after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She touts restored strength and well being before and after childbirth and offers to answer letters from other women. Sold by druggists nationwide.
A Cleveland newspaper contributor recalls a hen running through busy trade with a bright tail ribbon. The piece mentions a traditional "preaking up" method using red cloth on a setting hen and questions why red flannel is preferred, noting boys enjoy attaching the streamer and watching the hen’s antics.
Mrs Thit Jensen, departing on the Oscar II, declares upon return she will preach and write that Americans are the ideal husbands while Englishmen are not. She recalls an English remark on Hobson's choice and quips on immediate action in a premeditated loaf.
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