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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1907
Page
3
The text presents a fragmented poetic passage reflecting winter scenery with forest sighs and a lordly river. It gestures toward a heroic figure, Williams de Bryant, whose fame may endure beyond the current year as ages pass.
James Parton recalls Washington and the Continental Army at Valley Forge. He describes huts built by soldiers, the harsh hunger and cold, Lafayette’s praise, and the strategic grip on Philadelphia that shaped the 1778 Monmouth campaign, urging preservation as a historical site.
A portrait of George Washington in old age at Mount Vernon depicts his daily routine. Custis sketches his dignified life as he rode out each morning to oversee farms twelve to fifteen miles distant, guiding overseers and caring for the enslaved community, with his war horse Nelson greeting him daily. The piece honors his quiet, unostentatious final years after Yorktown.
Major William Pierce records recounts an anecdote from the Philadelphia convention. A lost copy of secret propositions fell to Gen Mifflin and President Washington warned the members to guard against premature publication. The tale notes unease and the strange twist of the writer finding his own copy later.
The Wakefield estate near Vope’s Creek in Westmoreland County is marked by a fifty one foot obelisk and a long wharf built by engineers in 1894. A two mile road to the monument passes the burial vault of Washington’s ancestors and authorities seek funds to repair the damaged landing. Boats rarely reach the site now eight miles away with no nearby railroad and rough travel from Washington City. The piece notes the nation’s effort to keep Washington’s birthplace as a memorial.
A long poetic tale recounts George Washington appearing as a handsome young athlete in a village romance. It follows Harry Carroll winning a prize, the stranger gifting the prize to the rightful victor, and a wedding between Annette and the unnamed hero. Years later Washington visits Col. Carroll and jokes about the famed 22 feet 1 inch reach.
In 1778 Virginia villagers gather for a whimsical trial to win Annette, daughter of a wealthy farmer. Contestants leap for distance, with Harry Carroll achieving twenty one and a half feet to win the prize as a mysterious military stranger watches.
Major Sehenezer Burges Ball declared by the Sons of the American Revolution as the closest living relative of George Washington. Ball bears striking likeness to Washington in uniform and appearance, tracing kinship through Mary Ball. His life spans Ball's Bluff Virginia birth to a Civil War Confederate service and later pension office work in Washington.
The birthplace monument, unlike Mt. Vernon, is rarely visited and lies in near isolation on the coast near a major city. It marks Washington's birth in silent vigil as fifty thousand Americans visit Mt. Vernon yearly.
The article outlines a Washington birthday theme with hatchet souvenirs or decorations, period costumes, parchment invitations tied with red white and blue cord, and wax seals. Menu ideas include salads oysters and sandwiches, with frosted cakes decorated with candy hatchets. Activities feature old fashioned games, needle threading, senses tests, and a historical drawing contest for prizes.
Walden Fawcett recounts how Mrs. Washington restrained George from joining the English navy, kept a large Rappahannock plantation, later lived in Fredericksburg, and greeted Lafayette with charm. She was a loving, homebound figure, never seeking public attention, save for one public appearance after the Revolution.
An ingenious inventor has patented a folding bed that can be carried on a motor car. The bed opens trellis fashion, holding a mattress and pneumatic pillows. When open it serves as a table. when folded it becomes a front seat for the car.
A compact, cautionary line noting that assistance tends to fail in building wealth while opposition or sabotage is more common. It reflects a skeptical view of collective support for financial success and emphasizes the fragility of prosperous ventures.
The steamship Larchmont bound from Providence to New York sank after a collision with the schooner Harry Krowleton in Block Island Sound. Ninety survivors, including Captain McVey, reached land in small boats. several passengers died from exposure during the transfer. Estimated passengers 150, crew 50, total 200. Death toll uncertain, reported as high.
Rescue efforts after the Larchmont and the schooner collision near Watch Hill Rhode Island left eighteen bodies recovered by noon. The Harry Knowlton foundered with the crew of six escaping in boats reaching shore. Captain McVey reported the Larchmont stayed afloat only minutes after impact as passengers battled high seas and exposure.
Captain McVey, rescued after a disaster, dictated to the Associated Press the account of a schooner collision off Watch Hill. He described returning to the pilot house as a schooner veered and struck the port side, breaking the main steam pipe and severing communication.
An eyewitness account details a schooner disaster where the vessel split and sank after taking on water. The narrator, with six crew and four passengers, ordered evacuation, leaving no one aboard unrescued. The lifeboat carried them toward Block Island as the steamer disappeared.
Chicago police investigate the disappearance of Glen Alan Moffat, nineteen, a piano student at the Chicago musical college. He left his rooming house at 558 Division Street en route to college from Gordon Nebraska. since then no word. His brother D W Moffat of Gordon arrived and appealed to Captain O'Brien of the detective bureau.
A boy ran under the horses of a carriage in Potsdam belonging to Princess Victoria Louise. The princess stopped, stepped out, and followed a policeman carrying the child to shelter before being ordered to move on. A servant confirmed she had permission to take the boy home.
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