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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
5
Veterans recount Marches camp life and foraging experiences during the Civil War. Capt. Charles J. Wubbels recalls Hindman’s execution orders at Little Rock, the paroled prisoners, and Hubbard’s defiance. Stories include Chaplain Lozier and Colonel Moody’s battlefield moments and a veteran’s tribute to brave fighters.
A Chillicothe Sunday school class of nine boys taught by Thomas Beach joined the Union army at the start of the Civil War. Members included the Bonner brothers David John Henry, James Ferguson Hugh McDowell James Ghormley William Kennedy William McCommon and George Perkins. Several died or were wounded in service while others returned home with injuries or to Chillicothe.
The remark notes that dust-producing industries present general danger in trades and highlights concerns about health and safety in common occupational settings.
Mrs. Oliver P Morton recounts Indiana mobilization after Fort Sumter with her husband the governor hosting Lincoln officials at the Governor's House. She describes sewing clubs for soldiers, entertaining guests like Chase and Cameron, and McClellan's relief from command after a Washington visit.
A veteran recalls a foraging captain named Joe who led raids during Sherman’s campaigns from Raleigh to Washington. He notes the shift after Lee and Johnston's surrender when strict no foraging rules were imposed, ending raids and prohibitions on entering yards for water. The piece highlights discipline and self-sufficiency that characterized the later marches.
An elderly veteran recalls his first army footwear being two sizes too large. He describes ill fitting brogans with fluted uppers, the comfort of oversized shoes, and the appeal of cavalry boots versus infantry shoes. He notes both the draw of boots and preference for roomy shoes in service. Source: New York Press.
Colonel Edmund Berkley recounts an incident from the Civil War in which General orders to bind prisoners and march them to Centerville were challenged. Berkley refused to abandon the captives, arguing the plan would cause great suffering on a dark road, prompting a reversal of the order.
The piece notes Japanese cleverness in wartime efforts. Officials saved fur from rats killed during plague control, enough to craft 50,000 ear muff sets for soldiers in Manchuria.
When calamity strikes the first thought is how much has been spared. The remark attributed to Johnson emphasizes restraint and perspective amid disaster.
In a saloon a tramp asks for a free drink and delivers a moving speech about ruined manhood and family after admitting how drink destroyed his life. The scene ends as the glass breaks and the tramp vanishes from the bar, leaving patrons contemplative.
The piece urges Christians to view God as the central issue in every vote. It argues Christians should reject party fealty if it conflicts with divine duty and vote only for the cleanest candidates, especially opposing those connected to saloon and liquor interests.
A London Hospital note suggests interesting yet hard to gauge opinions from intoxicated individuals on why they cannot resist excess. The piece argues feelings are hard to describe and notes drink may dull thought while enhancing happiness and mood.
Temperance advocates point to global harm from alcohol and opium use. Experts note infants dying in England from ignorance, while medical authorities link drunkenness to traumatic injuries and higher pneumonia risk, including delirium tremens and potu as possible complications.
At Gateshead the North of England Temperance League held its forty eighth annual conference with Countess of Carlisle presiding. A resolution thanked Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman for an efficient temperance reform and supported early termination of the 1904 license vested interests and direct local veto on licenses.
A new temperance movement has been launched among English trades unionists. The Trades Union and Labor Officials Temperance Fellowship requires total abstinence and aims to move labor meetings from licensed premises. Within weeks nearly two hundred officials have joined including cabinet members, MPs, and union leaders such as John Burns and Thomas Burt.
A letter argues against saloon closure by asserting bootleggers would not boost overall liquor sales. The writer questions if closing a grocer on a corner would drive hidden commerce, comparing illicit trade to everyday business.
Theodore Roosevelt argued that the liquor trade fosters criminality and corruption in society and politics, asserting saloon business harms the body social and the body politic. The remark appears in a magazine feature from years past.
The century open period reports 30 560 arrests for all crime in St Louis from 1903 to 1904 with 26 225 arrests in 1905 06 during the Claw enforcement era. The Central Railway Company circular enforces strict abstinence on duty and off duty in uniform. Swiss archers and temperate habits are noted. J B Martin a Cincinnati hotelier and prohibitionist seeks to fund prohibition with Alaska mining wealth and anticipates large future yields.
The Bartlett Richards case ended with four defendants found guilty on part of a larger indictment alleging a conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands. The jury, after five hours of deliberation, returned verdicts on November 19 with two days of testimony and arguments to follow.
Accusations target the National Land & Healing firm and partners for fraudulent homestead entries under the Kinkaid law to claim semi arid lands in Cherry Sheridan and Box counties Nebraska. Scores of witnesses testified to schemes offering titles for 3,300 to 1,000 dollars with promised improvements by the company. Several defendants were convicted of illegally fencing government land and fined with imprisonment. Appeals and further trials involve Richards Comstock Fred Hoyt M Huntington James Baird and others, with hearings spanning early January and the U S appeals court. The scheme carried possible penalties up to two years and ten thousand dollars per count.
Judge Munger delivers the charge as thirty days of detention end and outlines the federal conspiracy statute. He states that if two or more parties conspire to commit a crime against the United States and any act by any party advances the objective, all conspirators are liable.
James Murdoch, fourth vice president of the railway unions, issued an ultimatum to railroads centering on New York Central New York New Haven and other lines that unless wage increases of five cents an hour are granted, workers will withdraw from service. About three thousand men are affected.
American minister Gummere protested Ben Mansour and Raisuli over beating a native boy. Gummere, an eye witness, received a most arrogant response and retired to avoid exaggeration. The sultan pledged to suppress disorders in reply to a note from 12 diplomatic corps.
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