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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
3
A determined woman attempts to fill a money order form with a pen provided by the post office in Montreal. After several trials she gives up and glares at the clerk, asking if the pen was used by King John for Magna Charta. The official directs her to the next window.
A young man in evening dress hurries into a police station with a suitcase containing pajamas and shaving gear. He tells the sergeant he is off to a party with the boys and expects to return later.
A humorous item notes a seller recounting a parrot sale to a buyer amid banter about a women’s club and the parrots talkative nature. The brief reflects a playful exchange and a casual market transaction.
A brief joke from the U S Naval Training Station News about a husband who stays out late and a wife who treats his late nights as history, prompting a witty exchange about being historical rather than hysterical.
A visitor notes a cemetery lit with lights in the town, a striking sight for an unusual visit, reflecting local character and atmosphere.
The dialogue hints at strained marriage aboard a sea voyage. A wife asks if her husband worried for her while isolated, while the husband jokes about receiving letters hinting at infidelity. The exchanges reveal tension amid travel and distance.
Handling Him notes the rival’s Sailor past as Wrestler vows confidence and a superstition about salt over the left shoulder ahead of next Tuesday bout.
In a terse classroom moment a teacher questions a pupil’s engagement asking if the student is teaching the class. The pupil struggles to respond, and the professor rebukes the behavior as not befitting the setting.
A passenger asks the captain if a light diet or an ordinary meal best prevents seasickness. The captain, a keen bridge player, replies that the choice depends on whether one prefers discarding from weakness or strength.
Joe Prepp boasts about a new machine calling it safe cheap to run and capable of taking corners on two wheels. The other speaker replies with a punchline revealing the device is a bicycle.
A lighthearted exchange about visiting a college football game and noting a player’s appearance. The dialogue suggests curiosity about a son’s involvement with the team and hints at a witty remark about the player’s presence on the field.
A tense moment as bystanders flee after a bag labeled Paris Green triggers fear of poison gas. Officials inspect the scene, confirm no exposure, and warn residents to avoid fumes. Local police cordon off the area while investigators determine the bag’s origin.
The vicar remarks on Mrs Jones considering marriage again. Mrs Jones, defiantly, confirms it has happened five times and jokes that as Heaven takes them, she will marry again.
Dialogue from a historical piece shows Amos and Nat arguing over a note. Amos demands payment and threatens legal action if the debt remains unpaid. The excerpt captures tense language and a warning of a potential lawsuit.
In a terse exchange, a son charges his father with bigamy after learning the father has two wives. The pap defends, insisting he is not a bigamist while the son asserts the marriage in question leaves him responsible for two families.
The speaker recalls learning to swim from multiple instructors at named locations: Atlantic Cove, Rose Beach, Serf Beach, Breaker Point, and from Tom, Dick, Harry, and John.
In a playful exchange Miss Cayenne notes the value of non money things, and the intruder responds that money makes many things accessible. The dialogue centers on the tension between wealth and aspiration in a light narrative.
Members of a professor's class tied a goose to a chair and slid it under the desk. The professor, upon entering and pulling out the chair, found the bird seated, and joked about the improvised class meeting.
A Minneapolis Journal item recounts an Atchison African American man questioned about his father's death during a life insurance exam. When asked what he died of, the man replied he did not know, adding that it was not serious. The remark underscores the era’s attitudes toward illness and race in insurance contexts.
Sandy ponders a cryptic line by calling a man the dear est friend he ever had, revealing a joke about a man who married three times and cost him two wreaths and three wedding presents in six years.
Village constable reports a call alleging that a person named Schubert is being murdered near the concert venue. Police investigate the threat as a potential crime.
Dialogue presents a father questioning a child about the phrase woman’s sphere with a blunt answer that ties the concept to the earth. The exchange hints at gender roles through a rural, comic dialogue style possibly from a speech or column.
A student asks a roommate to wake them if they are studying and the roommate enters the room. The exchange centers on maintaining focus during study time and timely interruption for breaks.
A brief exchange shows Jim asking why Jess looks unwell and Jess replying that patience is gone. Jim jokes that he thought she ran out of paint, implying a misunderstanding or humorous frustration.
A dialectal exchange reports a man hanging from a window sill while a woman pressures another to tell her father. The fragment portrays a tense scene with regional speech and a dramatic domestic moment.
In Africa there are miles without a school and children need schools. The dialogue shows children debating why they should save their pennies to fund travel expenses for a missionary to reach Africa.
A quip from a Philadelphia Bulletin exchange shows a blunt line about borrowing and a despite joke about Wilson. The fragment preserves a wartime tone of casual rural wit.
A motorist calls to a man he has run over to watch the road behind as the injured party asks if he is dying and if the man will come back. The terse dialogue captures a fatal moment of a street incident.
A brief exchange about vacation time reveals tension between work demands and the need for rest. One participant notes not taking a vacation this year, while the other counters that a rest was needed, highlighting common attitudes toward downtime.
Cherie Nicholas notes colleges guide students in campus wardrobe planning. Stores offer consultants for tops and coats, pleated skirts, sweaters, and velvet gowns with bi color detailing. Emphasis on plaid, nailhead embellishments, and cloque fabrics for prom and daily wear.
Leather dressed outfits gain glamour in haute couture with leather accessories. Robert Piquet introduces a basketball shaped bag that completes sports costumes. The bag resembles a regulation brown basketball with a detachable top revealing a luxe interior and vanity items.
Fashion news highlights fall fabrics with surface interest. Coats by a leading designer feature smooth rough boucle, a novel take on an old idea, delivering luxurious and smart textures.
The feature notes windmill hats shown in four directions for day wear in Paris collections. Evening pieces include chin tied monkey fur hats. High buttoned boots in black and colored kid leather appear as new daytime or evening footwear.
The article extols sugar as a high energy, easily burned fuel, noting two tablespoons equal the calories of several common foods. It highlights sugar’s historical value, price drop from ten dollars per pound in medieval England to a few cents today, and the reliability of branded products for quality and purity.
The article explains how sugar is quickly absorbed after eating, delivering glucose to blood and muscles within minutes. It notes sugar's stimulant effect for fatigue relief, its use by athletes and soldiers, and the wartime push to ration sugar for the army.
Like all sources of great power, however, sugar must be handled with care. Too much sugar may prove as disastrous as too little. Possibly because of this, several
Mildew removal for white linens uses boiling water with two tablespoons peroxide per quart. Winter tool storage requires kerosene or grease to dry tools. keep in dry places. Children need ground floor storage for books and toys. Proper hanging and brushing cuts ironing needs. Foods measured by cups and tablespoons with conversions given. sugars and flours explained. Sugar forms include honey, molasses, corn sirup and blended syrups. sirups aid digestion and energy in meals. Molasses supplies calcium and iron and helps cookies, while corn syrup adds calories and palatability.
A period sewing note explains a simple two-piece hat with lining using a woolen fabric. Instructions cover pattern, cutting, back seam, stitching, turning, gathering, and finishing with ribbon or bow plus a feather. The piece cites Mrs. Spears Gift book offerings and price details.
The piece argues against myths that sweets always cause indigestion and tooth decay. It notes moderation applies to all foods and that minerals and vitamins, not sugar alone, affect dental health. It recommends limiting sugar for children to prevent reducing intake of nutritious foods, favoring desserts like puddings fruits juices and milk beverages.
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