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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
4
A Detroit interview recounts a westward trip with a list of mining stocks. The speaker recalls Nevada mines like Lone Tree and American Eagle, noting fortunes, disappointments, and later selling all shares after a risky era. The tale weaves in place names, dubious claims, and a $4,000,000 figure amid curiosities.
William Ordway Partridge discusses Christ as an ideal man with focus on personal appearance and spiritual influence. He describes Jesus as commanding in figure and presence, and contrasts his kingdom of spirit with other prophets, noting the impact from Galilee to Jerusalem and the Jordan.
An old waiter who married Texas Governor Hogg is replaced by a younger servant. The new waiter humorously reveals he won the former waiter’s money at craps and now serves the governor. Also recounted is a tale of a doctor delivering flowers and a cook mistaking a hat parcel in a kitchen.
An article notes the decline in legible handwriting as typewriters grow dominant. An observer at a major publishing house cites easier reading modern papers bring, better tools, and fashion for neat writing, yet warns penmanship may become a lost art while readers struggle with old scripts.
Beatrice Nebraska endures 24 hours of fire and flood with losses near a quarter million dollars. The Blue River rose to record highs, streets flooded, bridges washed out, and a large fire ignited in the heart of the business district threatening the Klein Mercantile and Masonic temple. Fire brigades from Lincoln aided but transport remained crippled.
A New York man missed weekly prayer meetings due to last summer heat. His minister joked that no cooler place exists in New York than their prayer meetings, underscoring a light mood at the Aldine Association gathering.
A brief quip from the Philadelphia Press comments on humorous interactions about health and diet. It reflects the paper’s light social humor rather than a news event.
A young society man recounts hosting Jack Tiptop for dinner while his wife trims expenses. No crackers no salad no coffee and a single beef roast leaves his appetite frightened away. He vows to abandon economy tricks for better meals and clothes.
Herbert Hill, 21, shot and killed his sister Mrs. Alice Riley at a Roxbury home and wounded his mother Mrs. Armelia Hill with a pistol butt. He fled through Dorchester toward Franklin Park and disappeared. Police tracked his trail and feared the mother’s condition would become fatal.
Washington reports Lieutenant Charles R. Barnett of the quartermaster's department killed himself on July 5 by leaping from a fire escape at a Battle Creek sanitarium Michigan. The War Department notes the incident as a death by his own action.
Two coal laden ships join the overdue list as of July 9 in San Francisco. The Cumberland is forty eight days overdue from Newcastle to Tal tal with 25 percent paid by underwriters. The Earlscourt is seventy three days overdue from Newcastle to Valparaiso with 15 percent paid. The Breun, a French bark, is 183 days overdue with 30 percent paid.
Mate Dan Green of the steamer Dubuque shot and killed Christopher Leonidas and his son, both long haired medicine men from Central City, as they boarded near Rock Island and reportedly attempted to seize the vessel. A coroner's jury acquitted Green, ruling self-defense, and he was released.
Great excitement in Tulsa area as surveyors report cracks in mound sides releasing gas with loud hissing. A small volcano action observed at the summit of the highest hill, suggesting pressure beneath.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on Friday the Reding Mill disaster claimed many lives as rescuers pulled 87 bodies from the Cambria Steel mine. A second, ongoing search found more remains three miles in, with 31 corpses in reachable heading by 4:35 p m. Six living miners were saved that afternoon, some by crawling to a valve to cut airflow while others were carried from the mouth.
State inspectors permit Cambria Steel mine sections to reopen except Klondike pending repairs after the blast. Two more victims die bringing fatalities to 114. Funeral services and church collections aid bereaved families as rescuers finish grave preparations in Morrellville.
Washinon July 11 The papers in the case of Ganur and Greene seeking Justice Department aid from the State Department to secure the extraction of the man named have reached the state department. They have been referred to a reviewing authority and application will proceed to be considered. It is not certain when the application will be presented.
Bear Creek Wisconsin was razed by a major blaze today thirty miles northwest of Appleton. A dozen stores the post office the Chicago Northwestern depot and a lumber mill were burned by noon. The fire started at 4 pm in a millinery shop and may cost up to 100000 dollars. Residents fought the flames with buckets.
Governor Yates commuted the sentences of John and Thomas Hikeman for the murder of Robert Knox at a Jackson county county picnic at Alta Pass. Each man had received ninety nine year terms set in December 1886. Petitions were presented to the board of pardons but not acted on by Altgeld. Snively dissented from the majority.
George Nye aged twelve and Samuel Fudge aged nine ran away from home on Friday in Weeping Water Nebraska. At first it was feared they might be drowned after disappearing into a creek. A search began until a call from Elmwood confirmed they were safe and en route home.
Two Detroit youths Anthony Rukanz sixteen and Adolph Budelier eighteen drowned today in Casslake while rowing with May Whesler. The accident occurred about twenty five miles from Detroit in Michigan.
H. T. Young a Chicago and Northwestern freight conductor was shot in Rhinelander Wis by a tramp on his train. The ball entered just behind the eye and was removed after an operation but he died. The tramps escaped. Young, a veteran railroad man, leaves a large family at Antigo.
Word reaches Burlington that treasure seekers hunt Hughes farm for buried money after G W Hughes was declared insane and sent to Osawatomie asylum. He reportedly had 800 to 1000 dollars, with 400 recovered from a bank. A bicycle tire is said to mark the hiding place though the tire was found empty.
Nebraska notes report Omaha residents subscribing about 76000 dollars for orphans, changes at Burchard Times and Ling, Presbyterian women of Nebraska City buying a pipe organ, a 75000 dollar quartermaster storehouse planned for Omaha, and a 26 pound baby born to Vaught near Geneva with mother dying shortly after. Also claims of an accidental drowning near Red Cloud, a 109000 capital Lan Building and Loan charter in Cedar County, Beatrice granting a 110 year telephone franchise to Montague Investment of Kansas City, a near drowning of a Conductor Tor boy at Indian Creek Beatrice, the stallion Linden Tree died near Beatrice, and the Chenowith home case with bloodhound losing the trail of a tramp attack on a 16 year old girl.
Axtell man Andrew Soren severed his four year old son’s arm with a mower while cutting rye. The arm was amputated and surgeons expect the child to recover.
J. Datal, 70, left his home in North Bend one morning and later his clothes were found by the riverbank. Authorities suspect he may have taken his own life by drowning in the T street area after a period of despondency.
Mike Mahoney, a former resident of Falls City, was shot by a hired killer after a quarrel. Mahoney reached for a rock and the gunman fired, hitting him in the nose and chest area as the rock was displaced by the impact.
The 10 year old Mont Evans of Decater is reported in serious condition after a Fourth of July mule race accident. He was thrown from his mount and trampled, with fatal results feared.
Molders at the King drill plant in Nebraska City threaten to strike after the company refused to supply the helpers they want. The firm offered talks with ten strikers and a probable compromise is expected.
A severe lightning strike hit Hear Borman’s barn near Portal killing his valuable horse and shattering the structure. Several occupants were inside but escaped unharmed.
The death of H. O. Russell, Schyler post master, creates a vacancy. His bondsmen appoint Mrs. Russell to fill the position until the term ends in July 1903 or until a new appointee among numerous aspirants is chosen.
Heavy rains push the river to its highest level in years as water three feet deep floods streets in Pappillion. Residents on the south side struggle to reach the opposite bank amid renewed flood danger this month.
William Kline of Alliance suffers a fractured skull after a quarrel with 16 year old George Erb. Erb attacked Kline with a tamping iron following a dispute, after he had discussed the trouble with his father Roy Erb.
State Inspector Hayes seeks replacement H Glasgow by appointing E A Church of Lincoln. Glasgow plans to resist. charge claims he accepts oil from small town merchants to pass their goods. Also a quoted dialect exchange about hell and coal adds context.
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