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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
2
A fragmentary verse reflecting domestic change as a family adapts to a new mother. The speaker notes bright rooms and cheerful times, while shadows recede. Fathers smile, children feel cared for, and everyday routines like school and meals seem warmer.
As jurors wait the verdict in a Jamestown Creek murder case, Copperthwait, the defendant, joins a makeshift baseball game on the Fort Morton court house steps. The trial’s tension lifts as players, including Judge Hartly and defense attorney Hackett, blend into a lively two-team match, Copperthwait showing nerve at third base while Hardy pitches.
A chaotic scene unfolds as Copperthwait slides safe at the plate amid calls of danger and a whispered juror's wink The janitor and deputy react while the judge urges the game to continue in a bustling ballpark setting.
Prof Bailey notes the new method using desiccated germ cultures in absorbent cotton for soil and seed inoculation. Dr Moore's work, Bulletin 71, 1905 reports encouraging results though field outcomes remain experimental. The method is not a fertilizer nor a panacea but may advance nitrogen supply.
A burglar enters a home using skeleton keys and encounters a sleeping resident. A sharp exchange with a woman voices scorn, the thief panics, drops furniture, and escapes down the stairs. The intruder turns out to be a family man who dreads such lectures.
A miscellany of scientific musings and curiosities includes Capt Stewart’s meteorological ideas linking storms to electrical ether streams, a Bavarian horseradish wine region’s vast 1.38k acre crop, a New York water aqueduct feasibility study from Lake Erie, a Berlin brain surgery case linking senses as colors, and a Venetian gondola night of universal musical language with colors and memory.
Jacob Riis recalls visiting an art exhibition in Charlottenborg Palace. A courteous stranger guided him through the stairs and spoke kindly, later revealed to be the king. Riis and his brother Sophus realized the mystery guide was royalty only after the man left.
The article surveys eccentric dress from Europe and beyond, noting cranks wearing animal skins and leather suits with scales, gold lace, mirrors, and embroidered fabrics. It mentions Linares in Madrid and odd sartorial experiments by artists in Vienna and Athens, highlighting society’s fascination with extravagant, impractical clothing.
A lady from the New York Sun notes that moving from a house brings ill luck if the cat and broom are removed. She observed Mr Snorg carrying the broom to a van and the eldest boy taking the cat under his coat, lamenting the lack of transfer of these items.
The Atlanta Constitution quotes an editor’s critique claiming the poem has nothing but six postage stamps. It notes some people speak well without words and others speak excessively when alone.
A nostalgic portrait of Venice as a once mighty maritime hub now decaying yet more lovely with age. The piece notes Grand Canal palaces, San Marco, the Lido, and gondolas with flags from many nations, before describing a moonlit boat concert along the Grand Canal that captivates revelers.
The New York Press notes Mrs Phil Lydig’s bold use of peacock feather fans and celebrates her extensive, costly collection. Her two cubo cabinets hold empire period art fairs, ostrich plume fans, and painted scenes. rising gifts from friends may fill a third cabinet.
A fragmentary collage of literary references and stray phrases spans jokes, philosophy, and social critique. It shifts between irritable musings on taste and wealth, literary names, and abrupt, disconnected dialogue fragments.
The Philadelphia Record notes Pittsburg plans a single massive terminal, styled as forty warehouses in one. Located along the Monongahela River with wharf and rail water switching, the six story complex covers 370 by 390 feet, offering 570,500 square feet of floor space and a six track ground level terminal. Built with burnt hollow tile and brick, it promises low insurance and up-to-date facilities, with an outlay of about $2,000,000.
The piece traces how social norms restricted women from literary work public libraries lectures abolitionist lecturing and solo errands in stores. It notes pioneers like Han nah Adams Lucretia Mott and the Grimke Sisters and contrasts early restrictions with nun precedents and daily domestic duties limiting women’s ambitions.
A jumbled OCR text fragment containing scattered words, names, and street references with no coherent event or report. No discernible persons, organizations, dates, or locations form a reportable item.
A garbled OCR passage from a Tribune page shows fragmented lines about speech, exclamations, and disjointed dialogue. The text includes odd spellings and stray phrases, with references to a beach, shed, and loud noises. No clear event, date, or identifiable individuals are discernible.
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