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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1903
Page
3
A reflective column surveys varied topics from fashion and manners to politics and court life. It touches on marriage norms, women’s roles, literary critiques, and public figures, noting evolving tastes and social expectations with pointed quick takes.
A New Orleans visitor recounts a Bay St. Louis tale of a pampered white rabbit and a kitten. The pair initially clashed but gradually grew comfortable sharing a meal, symbolizing an unlikely friendship amid playful tension.
A reflective aside contrasts personal integrity with public law. The author imagines Diogenes meeting Mr Wilkins, praising voluntary honesty over external compulsion.
The Bookman critic James Douglas laments the decline of the Victorian novel and predicts no successors to Richardson, Sterne, Scott, Austen, Dickens, Meredith, and Hardy. He cites Mrs. Craigie as a hoped light, now disappointed, while suggesting new talents may yet emerge beyond the horizon.
The Missouri Valley homeopathic physicians debate kissing, with some members opposing it on hygienic grounds while others argue the practice persists for social reasons. Some claim kissing spreads disease, while others cite an electrical shock theory as a counterpoint. Wissing will continue until a formal convention ends the practice.
Victor Murdoch told the Kansas Editorial Association that within forty years daily city papers would appear in editions devoted to specific news types. Each city would have a single paper controlled by one corporation, with political coverage via authentic interviews and no political bias.
An account from Niue describes King and Queen of the island visiting an English warship near Savage Island. The queen removes her boots before boarding, the captain receives a dollar tip gesture, and the king hesitates at paying for the entertainment, then the captain signals the queen to proceed first and hands her boots down.
Ephraim Stone observes a lively scene by the club grounds where tennis, golf and berry picking mix. He reflects on whether critics of such games feel differently, while five young men chase a lost golf ball and stone’s mood shifts to a quiet sense of contentment.
A Philadelphia Times referenced anecdote follows a young lawyer who charged three dollars for advice to a farmer. The farmer paid five dollars and the lawyer found a way to keep the extra, joking he would provide two dollars more worth of guidance. The tale underscores charging practices in early legal services.
Columbus court opens hearings for the Borchers murder case with defense seeking separate trials for two boys. Herman Borchers faces trial as the alleged shooter while the jury, largely German, is selected amid questions on capital punishment and juvenile responsibility. The defense stresses home life and age while prosecutors recount the plot and motive centered on a farm inheritance.
In Columbus Nebraska on Tuesday the eight-year-old son of Gerhardt Borchers described the plan and execution of his father’s killing. The boy recounted stealing money buying a gun hiding the weapon and the fatal shot. He also related dragging the body to a straw stack and burning it to conceal evidence. Herman Borchers threatened him for disclosure while testimony from other family members and Sheriff Byrnes corroborated parts of the confession and the kidnapping of evidence.
In Carbondale Illinois Noah Moore admits shipping 1200 quail from Franklin county to St Louis in coffins to dodge game laws. He was arrested yesterday for violation. wardens pledge more warrants. Moore had evaded officers for about a year.
In Washington on January 6 Dr. David Jayne Hill will resign as first assistant secretary of state to become United States minister to Switzerland. Francis B. Loomis will replace him, moving from Portugal. Charles Page Bryan is slated to take Loomis’s post in Portugal after confirmation as minister to Switzerland, a post he has not yet assumed. The president sent these nominations to the Senate.
Lena M Lillie must stand trial in district court for the murder of her husband Harvey Lillie. County Judge Skiles set bail at 10000 dollars with consent of the county attorney. The defense focused on disputing the revolver used and portraying the couple as amicable.
Ogden January 7. William Brown who was yesterday sentenced to forty years in the penitentiary for murdering a Chinese gardener near Ogden months ago made a desperate escape attempt. He had sawed through two bars of his cell and nearly severed a third before discovery. A thorough check failed to find the saw.
Georg Clark suffered severe flesh tearing of two fingers while working with a horse and a pulley at a wagon loading point in Elk Creek Nebraska. He was pulling a load when something went wrong and he was injured.
Bank of Commerce in Louisville Nebraska robbed in early hours breaking through post office wall to reach the vault. Loot totaled about 84 200 in gold silver and currency. Alarm avoided and burglars likely to escape as hunt continues. discovery came when Jesse McGrew found the vault wreck and noted the burglary through the door.
The Hermosillo office reports strict quarantine at Guaymas against Mazatlan with a soldier cordon along the Sonora Sinaloa line and no ship entry. Governor Isabel leads operations. sanitation and fumigation are intensified and resources mobilized locally. Washington cautions Arizona of bubonic plague in Ensenada and Mazatlan, with public health officials dispatched to act.
Eureka reports a deadly mine attack where Superintendent Taylor was set upon by twelve union miners. Two are dead and three others severely wounded while a fifth is not seriously hurt and another was given up by doctors. Sheriff spirited Taylor and Assistant Gaskill toward an unknown destination as excitement ran high among miners. Details are scarce due to remote Ely camp and lack of communication.
Reports from Nacogdoches Texas on January 9 claim forged notes and receipts played a major role in the Wettermark bank collapse and a Henderson failure. Investigations allege about 110000 dollars in fraudulent paper, with a firm member vanished and a warrant sworn for forgery.
Reports from Vienna describe severe floods across Austria after ice breaks. Szolnok saw a boat capsized with eight dead, Passau train wreck killed two and injured seven, and nine boys drowned while skating on a Danube breach.
Reports from Utica to Beatrice document deaths burns and accidents, farm sales and mortgages, power and water service disruptions, railroad incidents, cattle disease, a beet growers convention and a planned Chadron M C C building. Notable items include Mary A Flibbard found dead in Utica, Wymore suicide by cyanide, several farm sales and mortgage reductions in Otoe county, and George D Follmer's budget proposal for public lands and buildings.
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