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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
7
The United States army now numbers 66,000 men and the wave of Democratic alarm over conscription has cooled. Critics warned of forced enlistment, but many who sought to join were turned away for lack of space. The piece likens Democratic hostility to holy water against a war‑era grimness.
The State Journal notes J. C. Brennan, fusion nominee for commissioner of public lands and buildings, as ex-Steward of Geneva reform school where he oversaw an alleged cave with a plastered rock roof. Citizens question future statewide building oversight and safety.
The Crète Vidette laments after Admiral Dewey’s testimony accusing Aguinaldo of pilage and loot in the Philippines. It questions trust in Aguinaldo, wonders if Funston used deception to capture Gen Luna, and predicts shifting opinion among “little Americans” toward the naval hero as events unfold.
The Record reprints a David City Banner clipping on railroads paying less tax than others. The Butler County Press defends local assessments, noting county land averages $40 per acre, total value fourteen and a half million dollars, and questioning railroad valuation at one tenth of value.
A South conference heats the public school question with two Forum articles. Frederic Burk argues for updated educational methods while William J. Shearer condemns rigid yearly class intervals and uniform grading, urging attention to individual differences to prevent bright pupils from being held back and discouraged students from continuing.
In a fragmentary remark, critics argue that many students could have learned more if allowed to progress at their own pace rather than the rigid speed set by a board of education. The quote highlights tensions between individual abilities and standardized pacing.
Freight and passenger trains operate daily except Sunday from Osceola depot with through tickets sold and baggage checked eastbound. Agent A T Runyan.
During June July August and September the Union Pacific will offer tickets from Conad Nebraska Penokie and Wa keeney Kansas and points east to all points in Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin at greatly reduced rates. Information on rates and sale dates available from A T Runyan agent.
The Republican Senatorial Convention for the district will meet at Clarke Nebraska on Saturday July 19. Polk County delegates are requested to take notice.
State Fair management in Lincoln from September 1 to 6 1902 seeks to prove Nebraska leads the nation in staple products with an unparalleled display. Officials urge all residents to attend and bring families for what is billed as a memorable holiday and sight seeing event.
The message extols Colorado health benefits including high altitude dry air and ozone rich skies and promotes Union Pacific low fares and fast service to Denver. Three trains depart Missouri River daily with The Colorado Special noted as fastest. Accommodations range from chair cars to drawing rooms. full information available on request.
List of names of letters and post cards uncalled for at the Osceola Nebraska post office for the week ending July 10 1902. Mrs John Fleak and Mrs Geo Neisl are among the unclaimed items.
A wandering lecturer described villages near Oxford where medicine is scarce and charm cures persist. A superstition tied to a spider sewn in muslin hung as a curtain rod supposedly ends whooping cough. A doctor’s poultice on a chest was replaced by a household misinterpretation of remedies.
The Con science Fund lets buyers who used poorly canceled stamps to confess by sending a genuine stamp anonymously. An official affixes the stamp to a card and marks it, achieving the same effect as if the stamp were canceled by the sender.
A Boston Christian Register item recounts a Nantucket family circle debating nautical phrases. The mother insists she never uses them, while a child asserts otherwise and demonstrates by sending a note to Cousin Phoebe about “squares the yards,” with a nudge to send for almost schooltime.
The Nashville Banner notes real change comes not from a single turning of the page but from constant steady effort. Habits are rebuilt not in a moment but through persistent striving and steady cultivation of good over evil.
The article notes eighty men build a German doll with each man handling a constant small part. In large factories up to 1,000 dozen dolls can be produced daily. After body assembly, women finish by painting, dressing, and packing for sale.
A young woman finishes a Faust selection and the old lady notes Minnie plays Home Sweet Home. She can tell it by the crossing of her hands, recalling a familiar habit and a fond memory. The exchange has a light, humorous tone showing household charm.
In George Horton’s Modern Athens the shopping scene is described as lengthy and elaborate. Buyers and sellers duel over prices, hours pass in negotiation, and a silk yard can move from 95 cents to 30 cents or less as merchants resist and concede to avoid losing customers.
A dialogue cites a man asking how to own a home and a real estate dealer responding. The piece then explores the English pheasant’s naturalization and historic shipment from the Caucasus, noting Roman and Argonaut narratives, medieval prices, and Henry VIII era hints of a pheasant-led tip.
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