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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
2
Sweden Norway and Denmark events highlighted for Scandinavian Americans. Highlights include political shifts, cultural notices, and notable societal developments affecting communities abroad and in the United States. Names of leaders and dates appear as context for ongoing regional affairs.
War tensions ripple through Scandinavia as Swedish and Norwegian observers report wood embargo tensions, stockpiled shipments halted by German cruisers, and calls for neutrality. Norway expands suffrage and relief efforts while figures like Hallward Askeland caution regional alignments. Alexander Bull, son of Ole Bull, dies at seventy five in Christiania.
Rear Admiral D Schliefers assessment lauds U-9 undersea success on September 22 destroying three English armored cruisers in minutes. He credits German thoroughness and caution, warns against overgeneralizing from one feat, and stresses maintaining a balanced fleet alongside submarines.
Danish newspapers in Jutland resume after a three week ban but face heavy censorship. Editors must publish state messages and withholds. publishers may suspend papers. American consul general Winslow and Mrs Winslow hosted a Thanksgiving dinner in Copenhagen for about two hundred Americans awaiting transport home. Speeches praised President Wilson and the state department for aid to Americans stranded in Europe.
A Daily Thought reflecting on Milton warns that revenge, initially sweet, backfires and harms the avenger as remorse and consequences mount. The piece captures a cautionary view on vengeance and its moral cost.
The little kingdom of Roumania boasts the only beautiful queen in Europe Queen Marie wife of the new king. Queen Marie is the daughter of the duke of Edinburgh second son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Her mother was the Grand Duchess Marie favorite daughter of Czar Alexander II.
Officers Wilson and Keane found a two year old Mexican boy in a barn acting out a playlet by hammering a door and shouting September Morn before curling up in a dish pan of straw. The child slept as the officers reunited him with his sleeping siblings while parents worked nights. The tale ends with a wink from Keane.
German information service quotes Belgian soldiers in Holland blaming England for insufficient aid at Antwerp. They claim 25 000 British troops came instead of 120 000 and accuse the English of destroying food supplies and burning canning factories without Belgian approval. A Belgian officer cites a letter from an English colonel describing 3 000 English troops moving westward the night before Antwerp fell.
A column advises young women on social etiquette in visits from men. It stresses comfortable seating, natural conversation, and listening to the caller while avoiding banter about suitors. The piece urges modesty, warmth, and ease to keep a caller engaged and respectful, warning against forced topics or flirtation.
Baron von Skoda reports in a Vienna newspaper that Emperor William is in excellent health at his headquarters. He notes the emperor bears daily fatigue, takes long rides, and remains energetically vigorous despite wear from the war rumors of gray hair being unfounded.
Fred Robeson, once injured in a 1911 Scranton coal mine explosion, reunites with his wife Mrs Robeson in Richmond California after a four year search. She had suffered mental illness following the accident and long separation, living in Ohio asylum before recovering and moving to Richmond. The two meet when a mine explosion film frightens a theater audience and Robeson recognizes his wife in the crowd.
Luther Kelly, a traveling man, died after illness and lack of funds. A check for a substantial amount arrived within an hour of his death directing that all bills be paid and that the sick man be sent home.
An excerpted reflection likens love to a coveted gown, noting how passion fades with novelty. It argues women recognize waning interest first, while men may pursue regardless. a weary cycle where rekindling affection fails and distance grows. The piece trails into garbled lines about duty and contact.
An essay argues that overprotective parental rules harm daughters by denying social contact with young men. It urges letting girls meet suitors, making careful choices, and not pitying them into hurried marriages. Mothers are urged to balance guidance with opportunity.
The text traces sugar's origins from ancient Egypt and Persia to Greek and Roman use, noting honey predates other sugar forms and was cherished in early civilizations. It asserts early humans relied on fruits and vegetables with natural sugars before refining sugar use.
The Philadelphia Ledger recounts the legend of the Island of the Seven Cities founded by seven bishops fleeing Moorish Spain. The tale says men visited the island but none ever left its hospitable shores.
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