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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
7
An eyewitness account describes a prison scene where Confederate guards hear 30,000 voices sing the Star Spangled Banner inside the Andersonville stockade. The powerful rendition echoes through the walls as prisoners without legs or strength still raise their voices in a final chorus.
Dan J Anderson of the First Kentucky recalls a March march from East Tennessee to Louisville with John Folsom from Bragg's army. He details their odd partnership, near capture, and meeting General Nelson after two days of joint reconnaissance. Anderson believes Folsom remains alive and may be in Chicago.
A Plymouth bound American steamer wreck near Salisbury eight miles from London at 2 AM leaves twenty three dead and seven injured. A high speed derailment on a sharp curve tore apart three coaches with the engine plunging into the Avon bridge and rescuers contending with extensive debris and identification delays.
Letter recalls the 1862 action at Island No. 10 involving Colonel Roberts Forty second Illinois and fifty sailors from the ironclads Mound City and Grampus. Thos McElroy Acting Master U S Navy describes capturing a rebel flag and reclaiming it after the evacuation. He notes 1904 railway mileage worldwide as context.
In Berkshire County Massachusetts 250 headstones a week are produced under government supervision for soldiers sailors marines scouts nurses and others who served in the U S military or naval service. The government furnishes the stones free upon a relative friend or veteran group request. Each stone is three feet three inches long one foot wide and four inches thick weighing about 250 pounds with a sunken shield or wreath and the deceased's rank and regiment.
A narrative describes the silk flag draped over Lincoln's box on the night of his murder and its worn preservation as a Civil War relic. It recalls General Phil Cook of Georgia leading Confederate troops near Washington, a Home Guard flag purchase by Washington women, and the flag’s birth of a storied history. The piece notes prize distributions to Brussels housewives, Holmes's odd memorabilia, Irving’s reticence after his fiancée’s death, and the count of dry goods merchants in the United States.
Edward Wek editor of the Ladies' Ironic Journal argues never tasting liquor to avoid damage seen in brilliant minds ruined by wine. He cites editors and writers who lose positions, salaries and credibility to drink, noting one formerly paid editor now writes newspaper wraps for a dollar per thousand in a city cellar.
A destitute widow recounts how a rumseller ruined her husband and son, leaving her widowed and childless. The speaker laments the mercantile vice that consumes families, while the audience vows that God will hear the widow’s cry and seek justice against the seller.
The Kansas City Star and its Evening Edition backed Governor Folk against brewers who pulled liquor ads. The Star's stance shifted toward temperance, boosting lawful reform and advertiser revenue. The St Louis Post-Disputed echoed opposition to liquor, declaring sale of liquor not a necessity.
A Glasgow bill proposes a system similar to a family council in France to treat habitual drunkards. A parent or relative, with magistrate consent, petitions the Sheriff to summon the person to a jury trial. If the jury finds him fit, the Sheriff may order detention in an inebriate reformatory.
On his second American visit Dr. Lorenz, famed European surgeon, rejects wine at a New York banquet. He explains he cannot be a temperance agitator but must keep brain clear, muscles firm, and nerves steady, since alcohol dulls his physical powers essential to surgery.
Rev Dr Madison Peters argues New York spends about 1,000,000 dollars daily on liquor, exceeding half the U S government running costs, with the annual liquor bill rivaling tariff receipts. Chicago reports forty two breweries taxable from 6,066 saloon licenses.
In a Dublin talk at the Society of St Vincent de Paul meeting, Rev. Father Paul decried drink as the great sin corrupting the Irish poor. He cited that Dublin squanders about one million pounds yearly on alcohol, enough to start factories and fuel nationwide industry. He urged the society to save the rising generation and aid families.
The Wirnischen Jahrbuch cites Leipzig investigations by Professor Guttstadt of Berlin comparing death rates among drink trade workers with those in orthodox professions and Gotha Life Insurance. Bartenders show far higher tuberculosis deaths and accident rates than clergy, teachers, doctors, or miners, with beer culture blamed for six to eight liters of daily free beer.
The article notes smooth progress under Lord Balfour’s 1963 licensing act, with earlier closures of licensed houses in three cities leading to shorter hours for shops. The trade suffers reduced receipts, but attempts to overturn the decision fail, while clubs for drinking decrease. It highlights widespread hygienic education for school children about alcohol and tobacco harms.
The piece notes Ohio population figures and liquor restrictions amid federal temperance rhetoric. It cites 306000 in nonvense districts, 1371 townships with UT S dry and 200 of 763 municipalities under prohibition. Lincoln is invoked stating eradication of the cancer of liquor.
In London Mayor George B. McClellan of New York avoided a deadly rail wreck by choosing to remain on the shipbound path. A steamer delay led to a last minute decision to travel to Cherbourg then Southampton, but he changed plans and his baggage stayed with the ship as the tender departed.
Miss Lacey Lloyd 34 killed her sister Miss Della Lloyd 37 at their home seven miles north of the city. The younger sister confessed after the sheriff and coroner arrived, saying she choked her sister as they prepared for bed and had brood over the fear of separation and mental strain.
The preliminary hearing for Martin, Ryan and Wade before County Judge Humphrey examined the Moran store burglary at Calloway on June 16. They were arrested at Kearney, brought to Broken Bow, and bound over to district court after John Moran testified and identified most of the property.
The coroner’s jury exonerated Missouri Pacific trainmen after investigating John Bajek Jr.’s death in Plattsmouth. A collision between two handcars injured section man Robert Steele with two broken ribs. Burlington physician treated the wounds.
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