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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
6
A garbled OCR page shows multiple product pitches and testimonials. It mentions Is han Fitzpatrick as a congressman writing from Washington and promotes Peruna as a tonic for nerves and catarrh. Adds notices about Red Cross Ball Blue and other household remedies with vague claims and prices.
A miscellany notes the day’s happenings with satire and critique. Reflections vary from the theatre to social manners in concise items.
A reflective note on laziness as a creeping vice that weakens virtue, contrasted with a thrifty household approach where the economical housewife reuses stale bread to create something new. The piece emphasizes practical frugality and moral consequence of idleness.
A Maine woman reacted in jealousy by striking her husband's watch with an ax after deeming its face pretty. Police reported the incident as a domestic disturbance with property damage and the suspect in custody.
A provocative note links crude petroleum to growth, asserting influence tied to John D. Rockefeller. The remark centers on wealth and power concentrated in oil leadership, reflecting historical finance and industry prominence.
Mr Carnegie asserts wealth fails to buy happiness and notes he did not present a hundred dollar check to a needy family head.
A Bunko organizer who once held about $700 000 died in a poorhouse. He had a history of crime and likely crossed a farmer or faced misfortune that ended in poverty. The story hints at a dramatic fall from wealth to destitution.
The author questions how American consumers can afford clothing amid rising food prices. He contrasts this with impoverished Hindus who must endure without proper garments, implying hardship and inflation. The piece critiques cost pressures on households and social inequality.
A woman who prayed for money then stole $400 may have equated the act with answering prayer. This case highlights the tension between piety and theft in a single incident.
Local speakers affirm that pot is a cheap wholesome food. They note a direct communication with Hawaii and say there has been no pot trust organized to date.
The fragment notes Dr. Talmage left 300000, and comments that even such an amount is tiny by modern standards and cannot ensure easy entry to heaven, implying wealth does not guarantee spiritual access.
The president of a major company urges that small economies remain essential but must be scientific. He says the era of saving wrapping twine is over and only the minimum iron should be wasted in slag.
The public bears much responsibility for the garrulous nature of army and navy officers. Officials have been pressed to discuss military operations and policies, though prudence would favor silence.
A retired rail maker told locomotive engineers that sons would be running trains at 100 mph and that tracks would be laid straight by 1950. Eliminating curves grows as costs are offset by speed and shorter routes. Railway builders are applying the ruler’s principle first seen in Moscow to connect Moscow and St Petersburg.
The piece argues that women are capable of deep friendship, countering claims of inconstancy. It cites Mrs. Humphry Ward’s Eleanor as a model of steadfast female friendship, contrasts with male friendship in a Stevenson biography review, and recalls Wordsworth’s male portrayal of filial devotion as a standard of enduring bonds.
A fragmented passage reviews contemporary longevity ideas with mentions of Roger Tymey and related concepts. The text hints at personal approaches to extended life and health without providing concrete data or outcomes.
The article weighs pros and cons of medical advances led by sanitary reform and surgery. It praises prevention and longer life while noting middle age health remains unaffected for many diseases. statistics show mortality declines yet more people reach old age with greater self care potential. It ends with optimism about longer, better living in history.
A reader describes a method where two bound prisoners share a two yard cord linking their wrist bindings. The mover lifts the connecting cord so the left hand can grip it and slide a loop over the right hand ring finger, freeing both without undoing knots.
In a Georgia style reminiscence the speaker recalls a harsh winter and a domestic scene. An elderly couple argues in a rural setting as memories surface about storms, feuds, and a preacher visiting after a heated episode. The voice blends humor with local color from the Atlanta Constitution.
Paris Messenger notes that the Sud express between Paris and the Spanish frontier averages about fifty miles per hour. It compares favorably with British and American long distance expresses, highlighting France's rapid railway progress and higher intermediary speeds.
A visitor asks why the area is named The Tenderloin. The mentor, a boarding-house resident, explains it is called that because the district is rough and tough.
A fragment from a Detroit Free Press item uses a light quip about a bluejay and spring, then shifts to a wry line about old maids hoping their nieces mature to attract attention. The snippet ends abruptly with a stray number.
A short, garbled excerpt comments on difficulties in understanding spoken words. It hints at many things to be blocked or blocked by, reflecting confusion or disruption in communication.
Joseph Lewis known as Hungry Joe, famed confidence man, died after Brights disease in an New York apartment. Born under many aliases he operated across Europe and the U.S. His victims included Gen. John A Logan Judge Noah Davis Charles Francis Adams and Oscar Wilde. His downfall came in 1885 with a theft and later prison terms followed by a quiet life until a late sensational escape.
The text describes Abyssinian social order with two fifths soldiers, two fifths priests, and one fifth merchants, plus slaves for domestic work. It explains greetings, calendar quirks, and the peculiar hour reckoning, noting annual leap days as Quagme and the calendar’s 1893 year alignment.
Frank Hinkey recounts a 1893 Yale incident where two country youths, living in a bare room with minimal furnishings, were humiliated by sophomores who later furnished the room lavishly and stocked it with provisions, prompting calls for faculty inquiry into the incident.
Sitting Bull's eldest son Montesuma, Carlisle Indian School graduate, moves from ambitions of banking and trade in Philadelphia to boot black work. He now runs a flourishing shoe-shining business, credits Carlisle for teaching him to do things well, and plans for Winonah of Rosebud Agency to join him as his wife.
A fragment notes public interest in sheriff investigations and arrest decisions. It suggests broad attention to law enforcement steps and possible inquiries by a sheriff.
The article extols the California poppy as a striking symbol of gold and battlefields with vivid historical allusions. It then describes a novel elephant training method using cranes to lift young elephants, teaching them commands by suspended balance and gradually mastering feats in a shortened timeframe.
Edgar Wilson relays an Estes Park tale of Fred Sprague, famed rancher, who claimed to outrun a grizzly after his greyhound diverted the bear. Four witnesses at camp corroborate Sprague’s account, saying his every step covered three dog jumps as he reached safety.
A list of nine enduring guidelines for wealth and ethics outlines early business education, disciplined saving, self employment, cautious debt, and shared prosperity with customers. It emphasizes farming as a moral and intellectual cultivation, prudent budgeting, and mutual benefit in trade, noting experience supports employee-friendly policy.
All gone are alike to Putnam madeless dyes, colors all there at one boiling, soluble by druggists.
A Taine temperance notice declares steam motor vehicles driven by alcohol are sinful. It lists Wise's Cure for Consumption and credits a New York address, 227 Violet Street, with publication dated March 25, 1901.
In several agricultural regions of China, pigs are harnessed to small wagons to perform farm labor. The practice showcases traditional rural methods and animal labor use within local farming communities.
Public notice warns buyers to ensure Cascarets Candy Cathartic are genuine stamped C C C. Do not accept substitutes or bulk sales as these are cheats. Advertises druggists stock at roc.
Lawrence of Putnam County Georgia breeds a hog line with hoofs like a horse rather than cloven feet, a long noted peculiarity in his swine. The description highlights the unusual livestock and its distinctive hoof structure.
An early 1900s style advertisement touts Allen's Boot-Ease powder to relieve tight shoes, burning feet, corns, bunions, swelling, and sweating. It claims feet feel easy in new shoes and notes availability at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a sample offer via Olivier LeRoy, New York.
A cubic foot of pure gold weighs 1203 pounds, illustrating gold's extreme density and material heft. This fact highlights why gold is so valuable and compact for large monetary value.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for a cure of catarrh that fails to respond to treatment by F J Henry and Co and associates in Toledo Ohio. The note asserts a cure taken internally targets blood and mucous surfaces and claims testimonials are free. Some names and firms are listed as wholesale druggists and distributors.
Beth exclaims delight over her aunt Marys new silk gown praised for its vibrant color. The exclamations capture a moment of family admiration and fashion style involving a changeable spring outfit.
In Arctic regions the ice is so cold that it breaks into pieces when hot water is poured on it, similar to how boiling water shatters glass. The phenomenon is attributed to the extreme cold of the ice compared to the water.
Bland Missouri June 30 F B Crider tells how kidney disease began with back pains and gradual onset. He tried many medicines without relief until Dodd's Kidney Pills were used and he credits them with a complete cure and calls them priceless.
Mr. C E Benton told the Society of Engineers in Boston that New York buildings elevators carry more people daily than the citys electric and elevated railroads. He said some elevators transport 10000 passengers each day.
The piece urges school districts to tint interior walls with Alabastine to improve appearance and eye comfort, and to apply a sanitary cement coating for healthier classrooms. It argues many districts cannot fund new buildings yet can adopt this cost effective upgrade.
A man recounts how a chauffeur struck him with a car and pushed both him and his bicycle into a ditch. The crowd questions the term used for the driver and the speaker defends the nickname Jem, while another listener disagrees with the label.
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