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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
8
German towns boast opera houses in many centers. Berlin tramcars allow dogs but require containment in laps and fare as passengers. A giant loom for artists’ painting cloth spans forty eight feet. The Institute of German Physicians warns youths against studying medicine due to a glut of new doctors.
Wages for Ireland’s common labor rise near double of twelve years ago. London Zoo adds four Japanese apes with stumps for tails. Land near Charing Cross bought for suburban cemeteries at 406 pounds per acre as Times notes rapid suburb expansion with 900000 residents settled in new houses within five years.
The piece outlines autumn fashion trends with a return to black for evening wear, high color emphasis in millinery, ray hudies and pipings on many smart dresses, pointed shoe toes and higher heels, guipure or chantilly scarves, and Japanese designs shaping the season. It notes Dolly Varden silk mulls and reproductions of Louis period styles as key features.
A fragment recounts a legendary royal court where fools debate faults and a king's requests provoke figures such as a 23sion, mythical beasts, and a crane believed to live 600 years without sustenance. The text blends satire with mythical imagery from an archaic narrative.
In a remark attributed to Talleyrand he jokes that both he and Mme de Stael are depicted in her novel Delphine in the guise of women, with Stael as the heroine and Talleyrand as an elderly principal character, provoking light satire.
A clipped dialogue hints at motives behind entering a trade to earn money. The exchange contrasts taunting happiness with the burden of sorrows, presenting a view of personal usefulness and restraint as a form of benevolence.
The German government runs 15 200 telephone stations and 4 000 student duels occur annually. Coal output for half year hits 68 825 000 tons, up 8 336 000 from last year. Lubeck reasserts minting rights, last claimed 1801. A Haifa colony, 34 years old, now supports ninety families growing grapes and producing alcohol free wine for natives.
A collage of quotes about women and gender roles from the Atchison Globe Pittsburg Press Somerville Journal and other magazines. The lines compare apologies religious conviction bachelor girl and male judgments reflecting early 20th century views.
A Japanese account recalls Taeyasu seizing Osaka Castle from Hideyori and Lady Yodo locating 300 gold ingots valued at $500,000 in modern terms. The gold was left to Yoshinao, first Owari feudal chief, for national emergency use. Marquis Girei, head of the Owari line, told Yoshinao’s spirit the treasure would serve the nation and then delivered it to the treasury.
At a Buckingham Palace children's party Queen Alexandra enjoyed a moment with a three year old son of Lady Lurgan. The boy, admiring the red bandsmen, offered a bouquet of daisies but, after sizing up the queen, handed her grass instead saying no grass for you.
A Kansas City Journal note introduces Chefu as a new slang term for astounding tales and rumors. It suggests calling someone a Chetu as a milder, less rude alternative to saying you’re a liar. The piece hints the term may immortalize the enterprising place behind it.
St. Nicholas asks readers to verify whether the year should be 1908 or another value, debating whether 1 418 years since the Christian era is correct and urging consulted authorities for accuracy.
A villain exclaims control as the heroine counters with a final ploy. The doctor warned against sweets, prompting a dramatic quip and the foe’s retreat as the scene closes.
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