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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
6
A humor filled collage of preschool quips and childlike questions about eating raisins angels and teeth. The piece captures playful dialogue between children and adults with light reflections on manners aging and faith.
A New York Commercial report notes that in the Yangtse Valley Chinese laborers rely on native tools like the heavy mattock, while agricultural machinery is virtually unseen. Plows are rare and foreign aids are scarce, with limited use only in Manchuria due to Russian influence.
Joseph Jefferson urged young men to marry, recounting a bachelor’s defense of remaining single. He warned that delaying could leave them behind while noting the proverb there are many fish in the sea and questioning if the bait may stale.
Arctic explorer Greely has likely experienced the widest temperature range among living men. He recorded 66 degrees below zero at Fort Conger in Lady Franklin Bay and 114 degrees above in the Maricopa Desert of Arizona, far apart in climate.
Witty dialogue snippets reveal tensions over marriage and money as Agnes marries for security, while a speaker questions loyalties. A sharp aside notes a baby’s sleep as proof of conscience, illustrating domestic satire and social mores of the era.
In a peculiar case a man, long treated by a local physician, remains alive but never improves. For three months the doctor visits his patient at the house, yet the man does not die, nor does he recover, leaving scholars puzzled by the stubborn condition.
Speaker Cannon faces opposition from his lieutenants as he emphasizes words amid delays over the railroad rate bill and the meat inspection measure. The dispute signals mounting friction in Congress and potential changes to key regulatory proposals.
Local items report new Burlington freight agent at Plattsmouth M F Lodell succeeding A E B Gass, a Beatrice building project, and a railroad hold up thwarted by a brakeman. District reports include drownings, accidental injuries, illnesses, cattle disease, missing youths found, and a Beatrice cottage inspection.
In St Petersburg the opposition in parliament moves to force Emperor Nicholas to replace the Goremykin government with a responsible ministry. The regime frets as troops show revolutionary sentiment, while peasant unrest grows in several provinces and landowner patrols receive new permissions.
Speaker Cannon and leaders say Congress will not adjourn until all major legislation is enacted. The pure food and immigration bills, meat inspection, railroad rate, and several appropriation measures are in conference or stalled, with no adjournment date set.
In New York the belief that children’s throats were being cut led to panic and the closure of fifteen public schools with about 25 000 pupils. Rumors linked to adenoid removal spread among Hebrews, igniting fears of a Hebrew massacre. crowds surrounded schools, police protected buildings, and several sessions were halted as distraught parents sought to rescue children.
Emmet Hileman and wife discover a man in the last throes of death in a second story room at the Great Northern hotel. A pint bottle with powder and a ten cent purchase of powdered strychnine under the name John Reed suggest possible poisoning of gophers. the man later dies before further details emerge.
Pittsburg reports the home of Mrs. William Thaw mother of Harry Thaw who is charged with the Stanford White murder was robbed of jewels and silver plate valued at 60000 dollars in recent weeks. All cities have been notified with a description of the jewels.
TECUMSEH Nebr The large new barn granary and buggy shed of J M French southeast of the city burned including the granary contents and harnesses and implements. Horses and buggies were saved. The buildings were fully insured. French suspects his four year old son was playing with matches.
New York report by psychiatrists retained by the district attorney finds Harry K Thaw sane. Thaw refused to answer questions and demanded force for any physical examination. He defied defense counsel Olcott and offered only small talk during the session.
Mrs. Charles Eble, widow of three weeks and mother of fifteen, tried to drown herself in the Norfolk river but was saved by John King, a nearby fisherman who heard splashing. She sought the act after her husband’s death and ensuing insomnia, while the Eble family were prominent in Norfolk.
A tornado virtually leveled Tittzewah Oklahoma with almost every building torn from foundations. No serious injuries were reported as residents sought shelter in caves. Livestock losses were heavy and crops ruined in the disaster.
Decomposed bodies of Alfred Bettles and his wife were found in bed with a bullet hole in each head. Circumstances indicate Bettles murdered his wife and then killed himself. The couple lived alone and had not been seen for days. Bettles was known to be jealous. authorities suspect a quarrel after they went to bed.
A long ad style piece extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as safe and effective with numerous testimonials from Miss Charlotte Van Salisbury and her sister Sarah. It notes price, availability, and free pamphlets, followed by a miscellany of odd trivia on laws, bees, and home tips.
A bizarre Indian clock lacks a dial, features a suspended gong, and bones beneath it that form twelve skeletons that strike the gong at each hour. The piece then scatters back into the bone pile. The column then lists assorted curiosities on cactus raising in Europe, rat poison, cooking tips, dam water softness, razor trade, women on police, electric mouse traps, biblical shaving, chess in schools, Turkish offices, and other varied notes.
Captain S. Crute of William Watts Camp U C V Roanoke Virginia reports long suffering with back pain and gravel attacks. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills he passed a bean sized stone and has remained well. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Indiana patient credits a prominent local physician with curing twenty years of stomach trouble without medicine by recommending diet changes and quitting coffee. The patient switched to Postum with cream, reports full recovery for two years, and endorses a ten day Postum trial and the book The Road to Welville.
Disorder and disruption surround a palace complex with imperial family and servants confined inside. Security measures and a strengthened garrison emerge as reports detail observers and authorities seeking to control access and monitor activity around the grounds.
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