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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
3
Henry F Cope argues religion resists complete rational certainty yet remains vital. He notes the pull for definite revelation, warns against visible idols, and urges steady faith while embracing mystery as essential to spiritual life. He sees evolving faith guiding away from sin toward divine harmony and confidence in God’s infinite wisdom.
Rev. A W Snyder urges believers to forget what lies behind and press toward the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus. He emphasizes repentance, mercy through Jesus, and reliance on God for deliverance from sin. The message exhorts believers to seek courage and divine aid, avoiding relapse into past sins.
Rev. George W. Brown urges that true Christianity shows in life not creed alone. Believers must live out their faith through holy actions, letting experience shape character, speech, and conduct so the world recognizes them as Christians.
A collection of aphorisms about living well, risk, self interest, and morality. The pieces caution about vanity, generosity, and ethics, urging practical wisdom and self restraint in daily life. The tone is didactic and reflective, offering practical lessons rather than news.
A reflective passage urges embracing obstacles as opportunities and facing death without fear to gain true immortality. It calls for generous giving, active worship, and honoring others while accepting trials as a route to triumph. It argues that saints seek sympathy in sin and that grand deeds require belief in great things.
The excerpt presents Longfellow’s verses on bells, peace, and doubt during a world of conflict. It contrasts the familiar carols with a cry for justice and hopeful faith as bells chant of peace and God not sleeping.
The excerpt emphasizes living by deeds not years or thoughts. It extols action, feeling, and nobility over measured time, arguing the swift heartbeat lengthens life and that the truly lasting glory belongs to the dead.
A brisk grandmother recalls early bathing days with heavy blue flannel suits and long skirts, noting shifts in public perception and modesty. She contrasts past shock with present tolerance and reflects on changing social norms at Dieppe where waves and fashion meet culture.
The New York Times advises every girl to reserve a dedicated guest room if possible, to furnish it with attractive knickknacks, and to keep a separate space for the guest. It notes sharing a room is uncomfortable for visitors and stresses empty drawers and multiple coat hangers in the closet.
The article advises placing hanging space in guest closets, clearing bureaus, and laying fresh paper. It stresses clean, orderly dress rooms with ample lighting and well positioned mirrors or multiple candles to ensure guests can see themselves clearly during fittings and dressing.
In a New York court a quarrel between two Turkish men, Tsartanan Okhan nesian and Mesrob Mamooling, escalates until Mesrob strikes with a copper coffee-pot. An officer and Casey the clerk struggle with names, a translated royal plea pleads Mesrob’s release, and the judge discharges him, while Casey mutters about their true ethnicity.
The postoffice appropriation bill passes with a 234 million dollar budget after amendments. It transfers 500 assistant superintendents and clerks from the 1000 to 1100 dollar class and removes expenses for division and railway mail clerks while away from headquarters. Debate centers on adding 500 clerks and the legality of carriers acting as salesmen.
In a brief exchange cited by the Houston Post a man recalls that tramps bothered them until his wife began cooking for herself. He notes the visitors stopped coming after she started preparing meals, implying a change in household routine reduced the nuisance.
The Houston Post riffs on social quirks with quirky lines about an apple in a dumpling and a dumpling in a sheath skirt. It jokes about women's economy buying small amounts on separate occasions and notes how patience reveals a man's praise of other women.
Cheyenne Wyoming reports that a broken flange caused the Oregon express wreck near Dana leaving one dead and thirty injured. All injured are improving and officials investigate with Superintendent Anderson present. About 300 passengers were aboard and service resumed on schedule. Mrs Hickox and John Pfeiffer, both over eighty, are seriously hurt.
A wild man living in an old claim shack near Cody Nebraska subsisted on baked potatoes. Foreman Frank Bowman found him. Sheriff Rosseter jailed him for examination by the insanity board. He is unshaven, long braided hair, and has spoken nothing since discovery. Unknown origin or identity.
A blaze at A. M. Kendall’s Bryson Hill home in Dunbar Pa. killed four Kendall children and seriously injured Mr. and Mrs. Kendall who jumped from a second story window to escape the flames.
Multiple notes report property sales in Wymore and surroundings, injuries from a hedge limb and a coal chute accident, church organ transfers to Callaway, illness in Wisner, and a bank robbery case. Sheriff Rohrs tracks horse theft suspects near Johnson while buyers purchase timber near Plattsmouth. Lincoln depot renovations begin, and land near Minden sells for $100 per acre. Community courts address taxes in Grand Island, a wolf killed near Ellis, Hungarian partridges arriving at Valentine, farm auto purchases, and local accidents in Nebraska City, Gage County, and Aurora. An insane man at Nebraska City, shot and subdued, awaits asylum transfer.
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