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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1907
Page
7
Disjointed OCR spans discuss liquor issues and temperance debates, labor conditions in Creston rail shops, and regional governance. Mentions men without proper protection, workers’ costs, and general safety concerns. Also references Norwegian and Transvaal governance and local prohibition efforts.
A London Spectator writer notes alcohol harms longevity and discusses life offices offering abstainers discounts. He cites premiums reduced by 5 percent in a company dating to 1810 and mentions profits shared with abstainers as evidence of a health and financial case against heavy drinking.
A Lexington celebration recalls General Robert E. Lee as a brave yet tender leader who loved children and shared rations with prisoners. The piece recounts moments of courage on the battlefield, his courtesy to wounded and needy soldiers, and a noted magnanimity toward foes.
A Civil War era tale recounts a four man death sentence for desertion at Fort McHenry in 1864. A desperate wife and children sought President Lincoln's mercy, aided by a confidant who secured an audience. Lincoln spared the four, and the train trip to Washington proceeded with disciplined response amid taunts.
In a provocative view, Dr. E N Chapin argues for restricting licenses to the city’s worst temperance sinks while closing the first drink for youth in gilded rooms. He contends it is better to curb the impulse at its source than to reward early indulgence, warning against pandering to respectable drinkers.
London tube railway employees receive directives banning intoxicants and public-house visits while on duty. Off duty in uniform, they should not loiter near stations or frequent places selling alcohol. The circular cites the station atmosphere intensifying alcohol effects.
The Russian General Congress of Medical Men in St Peters burg argues government liquor control blocks anti alcoholism efforts. Mayor Badger shuts Columbus saloons on Sundays and nightly at midnight. Roy Harris backs Sunday and midnight closing. English liquor imports drop by four million gallons since 1900. Bishop Warren cites a family where the father’s alcoholism harms multiple descendants including a daughter who dies of consumption and a son of delirium tremens.
A Sherman anecdote during the March to the Sea recalls a soldier halted near a Methodist bishop with a 200 volume library. An order forbidding library looting clashes with a later scene as a trooper offers a massive Creek lexicon and explains it is merely Dutch.
A Boston lawyer recalls a Civil War private wounded in battle who kept a quilt bearing thirteen girls' names and the Northern city. He wrote each sender, received kind replies, and one correspondence led to marriage. They remain a handsome couple today.
On June 6 1861 the Second Michigan left their state and the Nineteenth New York, raised in Auburn home of W S Seward, reached Washington by way of Baltimore. The regiment stood ready for action with above average drill and discipline under Colonel John S Clark who had served in Cassius M Clay's defense of the capital. Clark delivered Lincoln's orders to General Butler and then returned to Auburn where he was elected colonel.
In New York Mrs Evelyn Thaw endures cross examination as District Attorney Jerome wins a ruling to admit evidence challenging the truth of her tale told to her husband Jarry W Thaw. The hearing tests if her statements can sway jurors regarding the Stanford White murder case.
The Antietam flows from Pennsylvania hills through Maryland past mills and bridges toward the Potomac. Farmers formerly forded its shallows as tourists and anglers missed the dramatic unfolding nearby, and the barefoot fisher boy fished with Walton-like patience amid sun and shadow.
An Indiana soldier with a pension application cites 1865 Petersburg Virginia duty, describing being shot in the right forearm by Confederate troops on a skirmish line due to enemy gross carelessness, and no fault of his own, causing perpetual damage.
Worth Reading notes the cost of city electric lights per lamp hour, Egypt interior towns adopting electricity, and a World figure of about 99,000 locomotives with 56,500 in Europe. It adds Emperor William’s visiting cards sized six by four inches bearing ilhelm and Deutscher Kaiser und Koenig von Preussen.
Justice Fitzgerald rules a question on credibility competent while Delmas blocks testimony on events in the young woman's life. Jerome gains access to Boston friend Mrs J J Caine to elicit key details on Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nebsic after Europe 1904, including a hotel incident at the Cumberland.
In Lincoln Nebraska the senate approved Sackett two cent rail fare with an emergency clause by unanimous vote. Railroads committee reported on postponement motions with three proposed postponements not adopted. Two measures were forwarded to the central file and one sent back to the railroads committee.
In committee of the whole the body commended T. B No 267, a two cent passenger rate, and approved the emergency clause. WH No 268 was amended and sent to the railroads committee. later the report was rejected and the bill sent to the standing committee. Thirteen bills cleared on third reading including Root and Saunders items. House bills include the voting tax bill H R No 125 Fries. Leeder’s double shift. Omaha firemen. mortgage taxation aligning with Governor Sheldon.
A Houston jewelry firm was robbed of 50900 to 69000 in diamonds. A stranger asked to view an unmounted diamond and, after inspecting loose stones, left with no purchase and promised to have his wife return in the afternoon.
Four investigations into the Brewster express wreck were underway in New York. Resolutions for a legislative inquiry were introduced. One probe, already under May, was directed by the coroner. another by the state railroad commission. a third by New York County district attorney. a fourth by the railroad.
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