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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
6
The report notes the execution in Port Arthur of Inchan Angan, responsible for the Harbin assassination plot against Prince Ito. It also covers the Italian cabinet's resignation, Roosevelt's Paris visit plans, and various political, scientific, and local incidents.
Dr. Cook is said to be in poor health and financially strained while Panama Canal construction progresses rapidly. The era’s headlines also note Fairbanks welcomed home in Indianapolis and Sir Chen-Tung Liao Sheng named minister in Berlin.
A House committee favorably reports a bill for universal one dollar daily pensions for incapacitated veterans. A new policy lets squatters in national forests gain title to 160 acres before surveying where homesteads exist. Senate public access limits on corporate reports prompt House opposition after debate. Indian citizenship will be governed by new competency boards after a trial with the Omaha Indians.
Personal disclosures emerge from Pittsburg cases while the Rooseevit party tours Cairo. Memorials honor Judge Gaslin in Lincoln. Nebraska Rep Morris reports many congratulatory letters. Rumor says Abdul Hamid may be insane despite government denial. King Albert of Brussels noted for hard work. Norris of Nebraska mocks Cannon’s speech. Senate passes military academy bill at 1,856,649 dollars. Hinshaw of Nebraska withdraws re election plans. Elkins and Cummins clash over railroad policy. Chicago imposes misdemeanor for long hatpins in public. women face $50 fines.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Maupin cites record demand for farm labor this spring with over 400 farmer applications but fewer than 300 job seekers. He notes 60 married workers placed at 30 to 35 dollars monthly plus housing, and about 150 single men supplied, while many eager farmers offer board and higher wages to attract experienced hands.
The State Teachers association reading circle approves and recommends books for schools and enters contracts with Heath & Co Rand McNally and the Ginn company to cover meeting expenses and advertising. Members include State Superintendent Bishop and several county superintendents. Twenty five books were adopted for libraries and teachers books were set at a price, with publishers to supply them. The circle can only recommend. districts may choose to buy.
The supreme court rules a woman may hold the office of county treasurer in Cherry county in a mandamus case brought by Gertrude Jordan. Judge Rose writes the opinion, with Judge Fawcett dissenting and Judge Letton concurring for different reasons.
Jess Miner of Friend called on the governor to show photographs of a forest he planted thirty years ago. From an acre he recently cut 16 000 feet of lumber.
The supreme court rules that when the regents present a warrant to the state treasurer for constructing two experimental stations in western Nebraska the treasurer must cash the warrant from the temporary university fund.
L. C. Thompson, agent for a Chicago grocery house, was arrested and fined last week for selling misbranded goods to farmers in the northern state. Food Commissioner Mains warned that Thompson planned more deliveries by mail. Attorneys contend such shipments cross state lines and fall outside Nebraska law.
Governor Shallenberger outlines a proposed auto tax based on horsepower to fund roads. He will present the plan in the upcoming legislative message and defer detailed mechanics to lawmakers. The scheme begins at one dollar per horsepower the first year with gradual reductions in subsequent years.
Victor Rosewater editor of The Omaha Bee will speak at the University of Missouri during Editors Week under the auspices of the School of Journalism. His subject is The Editorial Page as part of a program featuring prominent newspaper men from outside Missouri and leading editors.
The chamber held an hourlong memorial for the late Judge William Gaslin with resolutions by C. C. Flansburg and eulogies from Judge F. G. Hamer, W. J. Furse, and Judge W. D. Oldham. They praised his fairness, determination, care for truth, and judicial mind while noting sympathy for his family. A copy of the resolutions will be entered on court records and sent to his relatives.
The town announces a plan to add a new morning Oxford to Hastings train and return in the evening. Protests surge from affected groups and stakeholders over the proposed timetable and service changes.
Harm Dirksen of Boyd County receives a six year penitentiary sentence with no relief from the supreme court, presenting a final, unredeemed outcome after appeal.
A Nebraska report notes widespread class prosperity with a humorous aside about a man who could not sign his name and had to make his mark on an automobile license application.
The Nebraska school fund is invested across state, county, school district and city bonds. State bonds total 4,237,309 dollars while county bonds amount to 3,138,900, school district bonds 243,881.25 and city bonds 517,500. Massachusetts holds 972,000 more in bonds than any other state, Tennessee follows with 793,200 in Nebraska funds, and Idaho is a close third.
Captain R. H. Hamilton retired from Omaha has been chosen as adviser for the adjutant general of the National Guard and will move to Lincoln with his family. He is West Point graduate and son in law of Peter Iler. Hamilton served as engineering officer on Major General Wood’s staff in Cuba, where he contracted yellow fever before being sent to the Philippines and retired there.
Andrew Krupicka, 15, condemned for second degree murder and given ten years in the penitentiary for killing his foster father in Cheyenne county, October 8 1909. Governor Shallenberger may grant parole soon as reports say the motive involved mistreatment of Krupicka's mother.
Governor Shallenberger schedules April 2 for the hearing on Walter Barger's pardon petition. Barger was sentenced last September to two years for placing a rail across tracks and signaling a passing train with a torch after losing part of his thumb during a hunting accident. He was arrested, transported to Alliance, where his finger was amputated.
The president signed proclamations granting the minimum tariff to Australia New Zealand British South Africa Newfoundland and Venezuela completing the world wide minimum rate under the Payne Aldrich act. Officials expect 40 to 50 percent of US products to enter duty free and 89 percent of remaining to pay minimum rates. Taft invites Canada for a conference on closer trade relations and duty adjustments.
The Youth's Companion recounts a string of social gaffes from a London bound coach and a Washington dinner party. Dickens style misreads lead to jokes about Cobbett and a mix up of Mrs Duval and Mrs Gibbon. A gaffe about an ugly wife prompts a sharp correction.
Indictments accuse Dr E R Waters former select council president now public health director of taking ten thousand dollars in bribes. Fifteen other former selectmen are named with bribes ranging from five hundred to twenty five hundred dollars. The total indictments reach ninety one in two weeks with more expected per District Attorney William A Blakely.
Sir Ernest H. Shackleton addressed the New York Transportation Club at the Hotel Manhattan urging a complete cessation of the dispute over whether Dr. Cook reached the north pole. He endorsed giving Cook credit for his northern work regardless of final attainment.
In Cleveland Ohio Nores Osak aged twenty two was arrested after a forty five day fast. Taken to county jail she refused food and said she would keep a two month oath of fasting even if it killed her.
Norfolk inmates escape from the county jail in Portsmouth by cutting through the roof and lowering on a rope made from torn bed clothing. Two condemned murderers and a white highway robber fled Wednesday night. one murderer Elijah Rouse, who killed another man, was set for electrocution in Richmond on April 25.
The North German Lloyd express from Hamburg and Bremen to Genoa crashed into the rear of a returning soldiers train near Stressburg after passing danger signals. Four cars telescoped. 21 soldiers dead, 39 severely injured, and over 100 slightly hurt. Passengers on the express unharmed and continued to Italy.
A brief anecdote from Youth's Companion about a small Black boy named George Washington starting public school. The teacher asks if he aims to imitate the famous president, and the boy responds he must be George Washington because that is who he is.
A Washington woman visiting Spain last summer left early after officials mistook her for the dowager queen. At Madrid stations and hotels she received marked courtesy and deference due to her alleged royal resemblance, prompting her to shorten the trip amid safety worries and a desire to avoid royalty-related attention.
English horsewoman Miss Ethel Money notes dark stalls cause horses to shy when first exposed. She recommends changing stalls to reduce restlessness and stresses abundant clean water. She warns against infrequent watering and links poor coat or appetite to insufficient water intake.
Two brothers William Price and Levi Price died at Hasbury England and were buried in the same grave in Halesowen parish churchyard. They were 87 and 82 years old and left upwards of 100 descendants.
The quote asserts that the voice of conscience cannot be silenced without punishment and attributes the line to Ara Jameson. It reflects a moral justice stance and a warning about consequences for silencing conscience. The attribution to Jameson anchors the thought as a personal, declarative remark rather than a report.
An advertisement promotes NR tablets as the sole right remedy for constipation claiming it cleanses the digestive system and kidneys, cures dyspepsia and rheumatism, and acts quickly. It urges taking one tablet tonight and notes a 25 cent box available from all druggists and The A. H. Lewis Medicine Co. of St. Louis.
A blunt speaker asserts candor in a terse exchange with Miss Cayenne. The pair discuss honesty and vocabulary, noting how bluntness and habit influence language and perception.
Distemper cure touted for horses and dogs with all forms and ages treated. Every bottle guaranteed and over 500000 bottles sold last year. Priced at fifty cents and one dollar. Buy from druggists or send to Spahn Medical Co Goshen Indiana. Agents wanted and a free book offered.
A clipped dialogue reveals a sharp rebuke as a romantic line about being the light of someone’s life meets a cold reply about becoming its dead weight. The exchange hints at endings and fractured feelings between two individuals.
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