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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
3
Alan MacKenzie and Joyce prepare for a wedding that promises lasting happiness. Amid reflections on Veronica and past trials, their London afternoon by the Thames renews their devotion, and the couple anticipates a lifelong union free from doubt. The piece portrays hope, affection, and a prosperous future together.
Miss W Elizabeth Alden Curtis, niece of United States Attorney General Griggs and a Rubaiyat poet, enjoys geology and mountain exploration. While at Lake George she and companions gathered minerals and showed a rose quartz containing plumbago to guests. An old woman claimed the stone was merely pencil lead, challenging the party's finding.
The Alaska earthquake extended about 4 000 miles and permanently altered the coast. Lands were swallowed or uplifted, glaciers including Muir Glacier were mutilated, mountains shook to their bases, rocks dislodged, and forests leveled. The Muir Glacier front, a wall of ice 200–300 feet high, shed 45 000 tons of ice per minute into the sea.
A grebe builds a nest from aquatic stems packed with air and gases from decaying plant cells, making it buoyant. When danger nears the mother plunges a foot and paddles off, dragging a raft of water plants and a floating island in its wake, observed by a Cincinnati Enquirer naturalist.
A grand Montmorency arena costing 10000 pounds will stage gala corridas during the exhibition. The matador Mazza ntini is named, with Spanish spectacle flair and horses caparisoned to resist bull attacks. Spectators may still witness maimed beasts and toreadors in the shows.
The piece notes various echo phenomena in churches. In Sussex a local church is said to host one of the most remarkable echoes, Hertfordshire reports a watch tick audible across the building, and Girgenti Cathedral in Sicily carries even a whisper from the great western door to the altar cornice about 150 feet away.
Two of the largest Ruhmkorff coils ever made have been ordered in the United States for a foreign government. They will produce an electric spark forty five inches long and expend energy of three or four horsepower with a potential of about half a million volts.
In Schuyler Nebraska Mrs James Gadsden formerly confined for mental illness, shot at her daughter Annie and herself with a 38 caliber revolver after a day of tensions. Annie was found wounded, the mother disarmed after a struggle. They rushed to St Joseph hospital Omaha for treatment while Sheriff McLeod took the mother into custody. The patient believed they would be killed with hatchets. The daughter's injuries were not disclosed.
Lincoln July 28 Governor Poynter sends a directive to ninety county sheriffs stressing duty to prosecute violations of state game laws. The governor cites penalties for killing game before season and orders strict enforcement by sheriffs deputies constables and police with county attorney support.
An enthusiastic dairy meeting gathered at the Hayes Center town hall to discuss questions of importance to the dairy trade. County treasurer Mr. Blood, president of the local creamery, presided, and Beatrice Creamery supervisor Mr. Wilkenson contributed valuable insights, noting dry weather will hardly affect local dairy operations due to strong milk business interest.
Nebraska state figures show corn shipments last year surpassed the prior year by over 10 million bushels. Other grains declined slightly due to higher home consumption while flour shipments rose by more than 10 million pounds. Hog shipments increased by 100000 head and sheep by 600000 head with little change in other livestock.
Farmers in Bradshaw Nebraska report strong winter wheat yields with many fields at forty bushels and the lowest above twenty bushels. Spring wheat ranges from twelve to twenty bushels, while oats rye and barley are fair and prospects for a good corn crop are flattering.
William Henry Dewey, brother of the Manila Bay hero, is in Omaha staying at a hotel. At 76, he differs from his famed brother by age and appearance, though resembles him with a heavy gray beard. He is a railroad contractor from Nam pa Idaho and travels to New York for the Idaho Northern Railway project.
Lincoln reports the supreme court bar docket nearing printer with about 1,700 cases, surpassing the roughly 1,400 cases on the last ten year docket. State Treasurer Reserve issues a call for state warrants 58 451 to 58 850 totaling 42000 dollars payable August 6.
In Lincoln on July 28 the Nebraska National Guard announced that of forty five officers examined by the military board only three failed. The report will state the examination was creditable and the averages spoke well for guard efficiency. Some officers from the First regiment were ordered before the board for re examination.
The Nebraska state board of equalization completes its 1900 valuations posting a total property value of 171,747,592.75 and a total levy of 1,208,984.94, down from 1899. The sinking fund was wiped out, reducing the levy, with increases in personal property and slight land value declines noted. County valuations and levy by county are listed.
Land Commissioner Wolfe prepares to auction about 77000 unleased acres across 33 counties. Leases are projected to yield roughly 8 percent of appraised value, with flexibility to offer at 6 percent to highest bidder when needed to move lands.
In Ansley Nebraska two men busted the safe at B J Tierneys drug store and fled with 350 dollars in gold silver and cash. Sheriff Armstrong chased them to Saratoga and captured both suspects.
An old ad describes Marquette Michigan as a healthful Lake Superior summer resort with attractive scenery, good hotels, and immunity from hay fever reachable via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rails. It offers a pamphlet on the region for four cents to Geo H Heafford. References include Piso's Cure for Consumption and a quip about women driving nails crooked or hitting their fingers.
A collection of vintage ad line blurbs promotes Magnetic Starch for linen, Beeman's Pepsin Gum for digestion, and a remark on marriage, self and work noting the ease of running someone else's job.
An advertisement claims Coke Dandruff Cure will positively cure dandruff and keep hair from falling. The text provides a 1:00 time cue and an unrelated proverb about the early bird.
A vintage advertisement states Allen's Foot Ease powder makes tight or new shoes easy to wear. It claims to cure swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 5 cents with free trial by mail to Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
VIA Omaha and St. Louis R R announces reduced round trip rates from Omaha starting August? to Niagara Falls Alexandria Bay Toronto and Montreal with half rates plus 2.00 to many southern points on sale August 7 and 21. Visit 1415 Farnam St or write Harry E Moores for details. We eat with our eyes as well as our palate.
An inventor urged to consult a consulting engineer before hiring a patent attorney to save costs. Contact Wreck J. Pearson in Omaha for value and reliability analysis. A separate London sale reports a striped Burns waistcoat fetching £3 5s. Putnam Face Less Dyes claim to colors on Silk Wool or Cotton. A general love advice line ends with a romantic maxim.
Nebraska selling agents for Union Carbide Co. invite orders for calcium carbide used in acetylene gas production. Pacific Storage and Warehouse Co. lists address at 912 914 Jones St Omaha Neb for supplies.
Milford Nebraska July 27 The community reports satisfaction with the two rural delivery routes and petitions for another route serving areas south and east of town. If approved it would remove the need for the Camden post office.
A Chicago grain speculator has invested 100000 dollars in a mining outfit intended for operations in Cape Nome, signaling a shift from grain markets to mining ventures in Alaska.
The remains of 18 year old George W. Moslyn arrived from Manila by way of San Francisco and were taken to his mother's home in western Plattsmouth. Mayor Tom E. Parmelo urged flags to fly at half mast and all county and city offices and businesses to close during the funeral. Moslyn served in Company C Thirty ninth regiment Nebraska volunteers U S A and died on shipboard.
The J. and C. Maguire Medicine Company of St Louis announces its long record since 1841 of delivering Benne Plant and Candurango products to the Army and Navy. The firm boasts no failures in fifty nine years and offers a free booklet. Do not miss trying Benne Plant for diarrhea dysentery or cholera morbus as guaranteed by the company.
Nebraska report states C. E. Cotton, late cashier of the First National Bank of Syracuse, is charged with false entries totaling 12000 dollars dating from June 9 1898 and later dates. The shortage is said to exceed that amount and the full sum will be revealed at trial before Judge Munger. Commissioner A P Jackson plans a hearing next month.
Old sea dog Admiral Sir Charles Ommaney has received a Greenwich hospital pension at age 86. He entered the British navy in 1826 and served as midshipman at Navarino. He joined Sir James Ross on Arctic expedition in 1836 and first found traces of the Franklin expedition in 1850. He commanded in the Crimean War in the White Sea.
A concise quotation attributed to George Washington notes that few men possess the virtue to withstand the highest bidder. The line emphasizes integrity and steadfastness in the face of corruption.
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