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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
2
A brief editorial note praises the wisdom of a railway company in understanding its customers and refining service. The piece highlights efficient routes and thoughtful scheduling as hallmarks of smart railroad operation.
Noted reader remark from a fragment mentions a boy who would rather give his quarter to a benighted heathen than spend it at the circus, a line suitable for later commentary.
British ship owners merge to target financier J. Pierpont Morgan as collective action grows. The remarks suggest shifting tactics and a push to force changes in maritime policy.
A fragment notes the Southwest region could drill new oil wells slightly faster than the Standard Company can develop them, hinting at a competitive pace in oil production.
A 35 year old man marries a woman from Alabama for love. The report notes his unusual taste in music and lifestyle as part of the marriage’s backdrop. The piece hints at unpredictable personal choices within a modest, early 20th century social frame.
A New York waiter faced a bold accusation when he allegedly licked a man who accused him of being a French count. The incident reflects the era's odd courtroom and street theater as tensions surface in public dining spaces.
The columnist condemns endless stories about butlers and cooks amassing wealth from rich employers. The piece argues the trope wears thin and distracts from more meaningful news.
After King Edward acts, Emperor William must adjust plans to maintain lead. The shift signals a power dynamic change and potential strategies affecting regional influence and leadership standings.
The sultan reacted to a local dentist injuring him by physically attacking the man, an act the article frames as a common impulse felt by many. The episode underscores royal temperament and public reaction to perceived slights.
Professor Moulton suggests a parallel between novel reading and gambling as a speculative venture. The piece discusses paying $1.50 for a modern novel as a gamble, framing readers as participants in risk and reward within cultural consumption.
A stenographer questions whether responding to a matrimonial ad serves as a warning to other women about deceit. She reflects on losing money and trust in men, wondering if her experience offers lessons for sisters.
A document charges a party with spreading tuberculosis, alleging breach of promise and other unspecified ailments. The case involves claims of health harm attributed to the accused and seeks legal remedy.
A Italian engineer claims a submarine can remain underwater for thirty hours. Meanwhile a vessel sank in Lake Superior five years ago and has not surfaced.
A music trust forms amid widespread prayers that one dollar will boost prices of the tunes Goo Goo Bye and Shes Ma Baby. The articles reference a young woman rumored to provoke neighborhood profanity at 11 p m.
When wireless teleg raphy becomes standard on ships, players harmed by card sharpers can telegraph for more money to aid a friend in trouble. The note highlights a scheme tying gambling loss to urgent solicitations aboard liners.
A columnist notes bicycles now fetch high prices and jokes that those who cannot afford cars may win autos as prizes with gum in coming years, reflecting wary optimism about mobility affordability.
A Philadelphia chemist who first manufactured sugar coated pills has died. His principal achievement is commended to creating societies, and opinions vary on whether his work made pills easier to take and if he was a public benefactor.
The text argues the American should stop leaks in household spending and apply large business principles to personal finance. It urges conserving resources at home to maximize the fruits of labor and emulate successful corporate practices in daily life.
The record notes embezzlements and defalcations linked to investments in stocks and grain, reflecting a broader fifty year rise in speculative mania. It argues most offenders are hidden winners and that many losers accumulate wealth, shaping a national pattern of financial crime driven by riskier markets.
In a Brooklyn hospital a lecturer named Crampton had his tongue removed by surgeons. Before the cut he uttered a final farewell, yet days later he spoke again, revealing speech can persist without the tongue and with only minor articulation changes. The doctor noted the unchanged voice tone, challenging the idea that speech requires a tongue.
The article extols the quiet courage of scientists and hospital workers who risk health and life to conquer disease. It notes Dr. Joseph Elsen’s cancer work and hospital cases where doctors face danger in pursuit of science, framing bravery as practical and humane for future peace and comfort.
A Chicago prison blotter notes Count Leopold De Melville has married about fifty women in various unions. The piece condemns his deceitful charm and warns readers against trusting unfamiliar suitors, urging prudence in choosing husbands. It treats the affair as a tragedy and a cautionary tale about bigamy and betrayed spouses.
Duluth man C E Bailey extols American freshwater sailors. He notes schooner fleets on the lakes, dangers from Lake Erie storms, and daring life-saving crews. He praises skippers who navigate Duluth to Buffalo as capable of worldwide oceans.
The Romans feared the Alps as a barrier and only later crossed them. Hannibal crossed in 218 BC, and Polybius described the range. About fourteen routes were later engineered to enable travel and commerce, sparking adventurers seeking riches as gold prices fell 84 percent across Italy.
Nell once boasted of being a charter member of the Woman's Suffrage Club. Now she downplays the boast as Belle notes the club formed fifteen years ago and she was at least twenty when she joined, per the Philadelphia Record.
A humorous exchange has a wife insisting she wears stockings longer than her husband while noting she pays a third of his price, prompting playful rebuke about value and duration.
The line suggests a gendered view where feminine traits are favored in boys as a social ideal. It implies parental preference for sons who avoid athletic aggression and prefer nonathletic activities like swimming, reflecting cultural stereotypes.
A Montana inventor receives a patent for a hoisting device usable as a hay stacker and derrick. The base unfolds in adjustable sections with a locking key, ball-ended side joints, and sliding upper members raised by a ratchet drum. Forked guy ropes and a suspended pulley carry the hoist rope, which can connect to a sling or platform for lifting various materials, as shown in Scientific American.
From the American Cultivator report, three kernel positions on the cob were tested: seeds from the light butt kernels in each row, kernels from the eight tip kernels in the rows, and eight kernels from near the middle of the ear. Tip kernels ripened earliest and often yielded more than middle kernels, while middle-ear kernels produced several bushels less per acre.
Iowa reports 1 295 960 cows valued at 38 358 503 dollars with an average 23 per square mile in sparsely populated areas and 55 in dense regions. Butter prices fell over seven years but rose last year. 1893 27c, 1894 24c, 1895 21c, 1900 22c. During year to July 1 1909 only three oleomargarine licenses issued. Of 936 creameries 42 use separators 71 gathered cream 50 mixed. 501 owned by individuals 349 cooperative 116 stock. Farm separator use rises to 904 in 1909 from 1 762 in 1900 and 3 332 in 1900.
A Hoard's Dairy correspondent explains a device used to hold a cow’s head during dehorning. The illustration shows the rope loop dropped over the neck once the head is secured, detailing the method to keep the animal steady.
The procedure describes looping a rope under the cow and around the nose to secure her head for horn removal. The rope is tied to a post and weighted with a meru to hold the cow, then released quickly after the horns are removed.
Hoard's Dairyman advises using small Uiut corn varieties for siloing with about twelve quarts of seed per acre. Plant when milky, pack tightly to avoid holes, cover with hay, and expect fair silage quality. Large ensilage corns yield more per acre but silage costs more per ton. good ensilage does not injure milk.
Professor Shamel of Illinois College of Agriculture advocates shelling off tips and butts from seed corn. He recalls early teaching and cites trials by Dr. E Lewis Sturte Yanot of the New York Experiment Station at Geneva showing results from drills planted with kernels in row soil.
Massachusetts Ploughman notes that a few pests cause most wheat damage. The chinch bug leads destruction due to wide distribution and yearly presence, followed by the Hessian fly which costs about ten percent of wheat output, amounting to roughly forty million bushels. Additional threats include the wheat midge and grain plant lice, with other pests ranking second tier.
Red top hay is discussed as a pasture and meadow grass mixed with clover. It yields best with clover and timothy and tolerates low moist lands, forming a smooth turf. Seedsmen note falling red top seed sales. A pasture mix of June grass or Kentucky blue grass with red top yields good results, one bushel each per acre, clover added early.
Historical notes describe large goose flocks in England once common, with flocks of up to a thousand kept by gooseherds. Fattening involved five plucks yearly, autumn drives to London markets, and geese traveling about a mile per hour, covering nearly ten miles daily. Travel involved tar and sand to prepare birds for journey.
A correspondent argues against early spring planting for the main potato crop. Best results come from planting June 1 to 15, with a later suggestion of June 25 for strawberries prior beds. Emphasizes well drained ground, clover sod, and prior plowing to settle soil and retain moisture for a reliable late harvest.
Draft horses of good form sell by weight with prices rising steeply as weight increases. Prices run from $125 to $300, with some higher buys and about 10 percent more for matched teams. Dealers note prices have not been so low that a span would not fetch $600 if sound.
Advice notes a deranged gland condition causing thick milk from one udder quarter. Recommendations include rubbing the affected quarter with soap liniment after each milking to improve health and milk flow.
Sugar cane in Hawaii nears 310000 tons for 1900 and Maine’s 175 canneries yield 5 million dollars annually. Farmers earn about 350000 dollars yearly from sweet corn in normal years. The old fashioned apple fades while modern fruit lacks flavor. Raspberry and blackberry gain from continuous cultivation tied to wires. Sugar beet factories operate successfully in many states including California New York Oregon Minnesota Illinois Washington Colorado and Michigan.
A long essay discusses how American slang enriches English, noting regional origins from farmers and loggers to stock traders and actors. It highlights college slang, the growth of phrases into dictionaries, and specific terms like boom bust, jag, mascot, hoodoo, and fake.
James Russell Lowell crafted a long humorous piece titled The Essence of American Humour and read it to close friends. It did not flatter the popular monthly he often contributed to, prompting mixed reactions among his confidants.
The London Standard portrays Empress Taitou as the most regal European queen consort, detailing a vast household and grand appanages across Abyssinia. She leads a sedentary life but appears in public with red umbrella and attendants, while keeping strict etiquette and elegant letters.
An account from France describes Theophile Janiaud, a Normal School pupil in Blois, who walked in his sleep in July of his second year. His brother in law tried to guide him and then tested his sight by a match underfoot, while Janiaud walked a dark path by the river with his nightcap pulled over his face.
A bystander recalls guiding a young girl toward a hospital while she fears being taken to the Salvation Army Armory. The child, about five or six, clings to the observer and repeats fears of capture by the armory people.
The world’s grandest tomb is described as the palace temple of Karnak occupying nine acres, twice the size of St. Peter’s in Rome. The sprawling complex is praised for colossal columns beautiful courts and grand avenues of sphinxes.
The Chicago Post notes a woman has reportedly left the lecture platform and remarks on her status. Her husband is said to have opinions about her departure.
The readable lines show a dialogue about baggage and a life attachment phrase. The garbled text references a sheriff check and suggests a fragmentary scene with uncertain meaning and potential legal overtones. No clear event, date, or names emerge.
Fragmentary notes indicate California fruit dealers ship out tens of millions of cans annually. The text mentions dates and names obliquely but lacks clear details on participants or exact figures.
OCR fragment shows scattered references to fashion items, toothpaste brands, kidney remedies, teething products, and domestic tips. It mentions Mr Watt in Belfast Ireland, an American hunt, and a slice of newspaper advertising culture with various product pitches and informal dialogue. The readable parts suggest a collage of adverts and letters rather than a coherent article.
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