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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
2
A compact survey of notable happenings in Sweden Norway and Denmark. The piece highlights political shifts cultural milestones and economic developments affecting Scandinavian communities in America. It traces diplomatic ties trade trends and social changes with emphasis on notable figures and dates.
A Danish merchant bequeaths a private library to Copenhagen's Social Democrats and funds for legal aid. Reynhold Philip, Georg Brandes’ son-in-law, rises to captain in the German army. A Korup farmer is exonerated after an arson arrest, with $100 indemnity. Baron Adelsward leads Europe’s peace movement, visiting Asquith and Poincare. Sweden protests Britain over blockades, seizes ships, and publishes a neutrality blue book. Norway issues and finances bonds, endures extreme winter, and faces Bergen fire losses. Senate critic Knute Nelson denounces German naval policy.
The late Lord Alverstone former British lord chief justice died at seventy three and attributed his vigor to going to bed early rising early and proper physical exercise.
A Boston Transcript note quotes a heated exchange about a novel deemed unsuitable for a mother. The dialogue contrasts filial guidance and personal taste, underscoring generational reading boundaries.
A. H. Huston, pioneer ranchman of the Saratoga valley in Wyoming, long celebrated as the mightiest hunter in the West, has died. Jim Baker and Jim Slade lauded him as the most unerring marksman and quickest gun they ever saw.
A brief reflection on war’s scale shrinking for the soldier. It narrows to the immediate comrades on each side and those just beyond the camp's barbed wire, and to a woman, in the mass battle.
A humorous personal exchange where a doctor assures perfect health while a patient jokes that the doctor has fingers on his wrist watch. The light moment highlights a playful misunderstanding in a medical setting.
A boastful man craves lasting fame but his ego meets its end as a smoking pretender’s name fades in the heat of public scorn. The phrase shows how vanity can vanish as quickly as smoke from a cigar.
A fragmentary note suggests a joke about the Water Wagon and Uncle Bill Bottletop Bays claiming it would gain traction if kept in a garage and fed on a line. The text reads as a playful aside with no clear event or date.
A reflection on Lincoln as a representative American and the danger of elevating him into a mere symbol. The New Republic argues Lincoln was unique not typical, urging readers to value his disinterestedness and intellectual depth over easy praise and cheap victory. The piece links Lincoln's democracy to Whitman and warns against hollow myth-making.
The essay draws a parallel between Lincoln and Shakespeare, arguing Lincoln shared Shakespearean temperaments of melancholy and humor, saw life on an eternal plane, and used language to meet daily needs with high eloquence. It credits Lincoln’s imagination and moral sympathy as nation-building artistry, contrasting him with pragmatic peers.
Elizabeth New Jersey man Loring P. Crosman a 24 year old from Portland Maine pleaded guilty before Judge Owen P Mahon to pranks that terrorized women at night while posing as a respectable daytime citizen He faced six months in jail or a $60 fine and chose the fine Crosman worked in New York and had been engaged to marry a Portland girl The case drew police complaints and he attributed his behavior to a Mr Hyde spell
Mrs. Frances Hinkle, 60, owner of a Wabash farm, sought jail protection from her daughter-in-law Mrs. John Hinkle after a heated dispute over door nails. The sheriff placed Frances in the jail for safety as the son and daughter moved. Mrs. Hinkle claims she was threatened amid the altercation.
Jeffersonville Indiana justice of the peace offices record 1 937 marriage ceremonies in 1915 with December bringing 200 couples and many from neighboring states. The last two couples wed this Gretna Green in the past year from Kentucky. The ceremony for Arthur J Stelzig and Elizabeth C Lackmann of Louisville and Owen Tupman and Kate Bennett of Adair County was performed by Magistrate James Veasey.
Two detectives in St Louis mistake a Paducah man Giles B Read for a thief. Read is told he has just inherited forty thousand dollars and the money awaits him. Read laughs at the claim as the detectives reveal the prank.
In Riverside New Jersey 450 pound safe from William C Maute's hotel office was hoisted into a car and driven eight miles before it was blown open. The thieves obtained some unnegotiable papers.
John Williams of Delton Michigan fell from a ladder while arranging a noose and struck his head, dying from the injury. The accidental death occurred as he attempted to hang himself.
Mrs. Ella Gibbs aged seventy was found guilty of stealing chickens from neighbor Frank Stephen son and sentenced to thirty days in jail and a $100 fine.
An estimable young man, unused to barroom etiquette, shares a courteous toast with a colleague during a holiday rush. The worker humorously curses Christmas, and the young man bows and replies with a gentle, respectful response as the din continues.
An old Chicago advertisement from Marine Eye Remedy Co. claims tired eyes age a person and offers an Eye Book on request to keep eyes looking young.
A reflection on courtship norms where a girl seeks companionship and partnership rather than aiming to fulfill every possible role for an eligible young man. It contrasts complete dedication with embracing a simpler, valued bond as his better half.
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills issued about four decades ago. The copy claims they regulate the liver and bowels and promotes the product as a trusted remedy.
A terse proverb notes that the world rarely sympathizes with men who are stuck at work. The line implies enduring pressure on husbands who bear continuous toil and responsibility.
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