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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
5
A local ad urges shoppers to save money with special prices on men and boys overcoats and ulsters. The store says the sale makes room for new stock and promises good values for customers in need of a coat.
Patchy reports describe trees and other vegetation beginning to sprout in the crater of Mauna Loa Hawaii. Notes mention immigrants and domestic service desires, old coins found, marriage license details, and historical food price swings.
A horse racing roundup covers Onward Silver sold for Europe and many stock farm horses like Oakland Baron Daniel Kamita and alero shown in top form. Major Delmar and Lou Dillon are discussed as the season approaches. The piece then shifts to Darwin and the origin of stresses, arguing some hogs revert to a primitive solid hoof, with reference to elotherium and hoof evolution.
The report lists multiple productions and stars for an upcoming season. Actors James I and Paula are noted in various shows, with Nell O'Brien joining Lew Dockstader's company as conductor and superintendent. Jefferson De Angelis plans a new production titled Pantana opening in Chicago. Adele Ritchie Julia Sanderson and Adele Parry are linked to the season’s bills.
A collage of brief newspaper quips on topics from wartime prose to political forecasts. The Milwaukee News notes a late night arrival at home after marriage. the Oregonian predicts a New York president. the Cincinnati Times-Star mocks kleptomania claims. the Boston Traveler jokes about 1850 fashion. the Wall Street Journal estimates US fire losses at 3 billion over 26 years. the Detroit News-Tribune decries the loss of thousands of lives.
Readable cooking notes advise using tarts from puff pastry trimmed carefully. Listen for cake done by ear rather than timer. Keep potatoes white by using a dedicated kettle. Freezing requires extra sugar for sweetness loss. Do not reuse old coffee pot. transfer to a jar and reseal when needed.
Rural postmen in England will handle parcels up to eleven pounds. Portsmouth’s Dickens birthplace house opened as a Dickens museum. Thames loach boats number about 400, described as miniature floating palaces. Birmingham seeks doctors to report tuberculosis with 2s 6d per notification. London Hospital mails 2.5 million pills and three tons of cough lozenges yearly. Dressing for patients uses 92 miles of lint and 476 miles of bandage in a year.
A late railway order requires that commutation tickets between Philadelphia and Wilmington include photographs of the ticket holders. The rule aims to verify identity and prevent misuse of passes.
Ugly Father Knickerbocker, Boston is at last getting even. President Eliot says New York is squalid and ugly. Is that the reason why Boston people like to visit the metropolis?
The text recounts Alexandre Dumas’s rise to wealth and luxury, building a grand Monte Christo chateau, hosting all visitors with generous pomp, then facing ingratitude and decline. It notes he left Paris in fall 1870 during the siege, ending his days in modest means yet with persistent cheer and a quip about having two napoleons in his pocket.
A Magyar-Czernya woman received a long-distance call from her lover in Taba who asked if she wanted to hear how he would shoot himself. She heard a gunshot and later learned he had committed suicide.
A roundup of prominent individuals includes Samuel Farb of Indianapolis a self made bondsman who cannot read or write Dr Jameson Cape of Good Hope premier now in London and suspected Cape native disenfranchisement schemes Captain Arthur Mostyn Field named hydrographer to the British navy Colonel William C Capelle surviving Massachusetts war governor staff Rev Dr George Washburn resigns as president of Robert College W M Spalding resigns botany chair at Michigan and Desert Laboratory Tucson H H Robinsor sets Pike's Peak ascent record in 2 hours 56 minutes with snow covered terrain and unusual gear
The Osceola county board met January 19 with all members present to approve deposits and audited claims. Bank list includes Osceola Bank First National Odell County Bank and others. road work and general fund disbursements noted along with adjournment to February 7, 1905.
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