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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
2
A playful vow from Mayie George promises he will go through fire and water for his partner, tending the furnace and keeping the wash tabs filled after the marriage. The sentiment echoes traditional vows of care and devotion in domestic life.
Scarlet fever cases reported near Peru. Beatrice council directs Treasurer Jones to buy 2000 dollars of 3 percent bonds at 95. Edison church group harvests 115 bushels of corn raising 38 dollars for the church. Me Goo Junction faces higher taxes due to a village judgment setting levy at 58 mills.
The Nelson Morris ranch near Herman shipped sixteen loads of fat cattle to Chicago. The cattle were full fed and described as a fine stock.
In New York acting on an anonymous letter, agents found five year old Edmund Pullman starved and wrapped in rags on a top floor tenement. His mother Lillian Pullman claimed the boy is heir to a trust fund of fifty thousand dollars.
Daniel F. Loveland son of a Sandusky merchant has been taken into custody twice this week over forgery allegations from Elyria Ohio. He was released again after police told to stay away. Telegrams claim he is wanted while another says not to hold him. He insists on being sent back to Ohio.
An early medical column argues many female illnesses are uterine in origin and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe tonic and nerve remedy. It touts gentle reform of symptoms, including nervous disorders, insomnia, and fatigue, and mentions Pleasant Pellets for digestion. It also notes women’s banking and 1620 coin minting in England.
The article highlights rapid railway growth in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with about 11 000 miles total by 1906 and 189 064 settlers including 57 7 Americans moving west. It argues rail expansion opens new farms boosts grain exports and spurs town growth and free homesteads advertised by the government. It notes a Canada westward population shift and optimistic economic prospects.
A large blaze in Wakarita destroyed buildings including a barn as residents narrowly escaped. The fire spread quickly and prompted emergency crews to battle the flames, with several homes damaged and alarms triggering evacuations.
H. Maxson, official from Reno, Nevada, recounts a massacre at Lanche a litt town on the Yaqui River and Pacific railroad. He says his train paused an hour there and rumors of Yaquiwar danger spread, though station master Thompson and his wife chose to stay at their post.
Colonel Maxson and party fled the station as Yaquis struck, killing four Mexicans and Americans. Station Agent Thompson and his wife escaped aboard a work train, defending themselves near a barricaded door. The train later returned toward Sancho after the station house burned and four bodies lay along the tracks.
The American National Red Cross reports a new subscription of $1,000 brings total Chinese famine aid to $6,000. The Chinese minister thanks Secretary Root for U.S. goodwill. San Francisco residents pledge $4,009 to the Shanghai relief committee.
Desperadoes halt near wrecked station to search for survivors and bury four warm bodies found on the line. Four more Mexicans and Americans are found dead along the tracks as the party vows to hold off the Yaquis until Rurales arrive for summary justice.
Washington reports that discussions with Japan’s ambassador Viscount Aoki touched on potential legal action in California regarding Japanese children in San Francisco public schools under the treaty. The Justice Department has the papers and the suit may be filed in the California Supreme Court on an agreed facts statement. The attorney general has held up filing while compiling the government’s contentions.
London endures two inches of snow with deep drifts hindering mail and rail traffic. Coastal storms wreck several schooners and the Hazeldene sinks off Cloughey as life-boat crews rescue the stranded sailors after a dramatic effort.
Unknown individuals threaten to blow up a Northern Pacific train if a $25,000 ransom is not paid. The dispute follows a dramatic court escape and a prior conviction for dynamiting trains, with authorities and railroad officials noting the stakes and possible actions by the St Louis Burlington line.
Mrs. Eliza A. Wiley of Liscomb Iowa reports eleven years of eczema on hands. After trial and failure of doctors she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills. Her hands healed after using a cake of Soap and half a box of Ointment. She recommends Cuticura Remedies. Oct. 18, 1906.
German heritage born in Paris, Herrmann made his professional debut at age eight in St. Petersburg. He achieved early fame as a child musician and died in 1896.
Sarsaparilla based Brandreth's Pills touted as a premier blood purifier for all organs with a single grain extract and two grains of blended vegetable products. Advert says one or two pills nightly yield surprising results and notes century of use and wide availability in drugstores.
PAZO OINTMENT guarantees cure or money back for piles including itching bleeding or protruding piles. Effective in six to fourteen days with a refund if not cured. Coupons and pricing implied.
A blend of speculative science and miscellaneous notes claims birds are descendants of reptiles with fossil evidence. It cites penguin wing rudiments, windmills for farmers, gendered walking side preferences, ancient coinage, and curious trivia about eyes and gold purity. The passage also mentions dogs at a funeral of George Penn, a London dog fancier.
A testimonial claims coffee irritates nerves and stomachs in women who use it for years. After switching to Postum the headches nasal belching and dizziness eased, eyesight improved, and the writer urges others to read The Road to Wellville and try Postum.
Fights along a white and black traffic dispute in Wahalak, Mississippi escalated into deadly riots. A Mobile & Ohio conductor Robert Harrison died after an ambush, and two Simpson sons were killed. Local whites claim the deaths occurred after a lynching prior to troops arriving. authorities and residents discuss the hidden scale of casualties as unrest spreads.
In Kansas City Missouri fifty black residents fought at Seventh and Washington using clubs knives and stones. Patrolman C M Barrabee intervened as S R Johnson swung a baseball bat hitting the officer. White bartender James Hulty struck Johnson with a stone, another bystander James Maricol was severely injured. Several windows in American Express stables were broken and Johnson among others were arrested.
In Fort Sheridan dining room during Christmas Shiner, Sergeant John Griffin shot and killed Corporal William Taylor after a quarrel. Both men are described as colored. Taylor died of a breast wound en route to the hospital. Mayor McComb ordered a rigid investigation.
In Topeka Kansas a melee led to one man killed another fatally wounded and two more seriously injured after a drunken brawl police reported.
In Morristown New Jersey George Davis 25 died attempting to save neighbor boy John Arke who broke through ice on Rockaway River. Davis cut a clothesline to reach the boy but the rope broke and both men perished leaving Davis’s wife a widow.
In New York on Fifty eighth Street two grooms at a fashionable riding academy clashed over tips from patrons. James Cassidy allegedly struck Thomas Connolly with a pitchfork, penetrating his eye and brain. Cassidy was arrested as Connolly sustained likely fatal injuries.
William Anderson former assistant paying teller at the First National Bank of Kansas City was arrested here and later found in Austin. Between 8000 and 9000 dollars were stolen with the exact amount recovered uncertain though the bond company agent says the sum is large enough to cover the ten thousand dollar bond.
An elderly Bellinzona resident, aged about 102, testified in a law case. She struggled on cross examination, admitting shame at her age as the discussion touched on witnesses and aging. Receipts from the New York fire are cited as far ahead of others in the world for the year.
An 1906 notice asserts Postum Cereal and Elijah's Manna are pure and not adulterated or misbranded under the National Food Law. It attributes intent to prevent adulteration and misbranding in foods and recalls certification by C. W. Post and partners.
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