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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
2
A fragmented Osceola Record item notes Germany’s cheer, US food trade with Imberger cheese, and a bold claim about exporting coal to France not easing friendly sentiment toward America. The brief combines distant references to Carnegie Scotland and tartan imagery in a speculative, non-specific context.
The article notes that if basing is banned at West Point the cadets may pivot to exclusive study. It mentions Morgan buying curios in Europe, part of his broader pattern as a multi millionaire with a large stamp collection.
Pa Zimmerman asserts the Duke of Manchester can manage independently after his marriage showing the duke’s capability. The exchange centers on the duke’s self sufficiency demonstrated by his wedding.
A woman was robbed of her ewers after ignoring a spirit's warning. The text cautions that angering spirits carries danger, particularly when the offended party is a woman.
The article argues that purely classical programs please critics but fail commercially. It asserts music must please the audience to attract public money and sustain the industry. It emphasizes practical balance between artistry and popular appeal.
Archaeologists examining Asian library ruins uncover Croesus’s supposed wealth listed as one million dollars, undermining the boast of a four hundred million fortune. The piece notes America swarms with Croesuses who could buy the era’s wealth.
The piece criticizes Americans for valuing personal success and wealth over moral considerations. It notes widespread praise of magnates like Morgan, Carnegie, Schwab, Gould, Hill, Harriman, Rockefeller, and others who shaped modern capitalism, while questioning the legitimacy of their methods.
The Chicago American says the Booz inquiry shows insubordination at West Point and favors a clean sweep replacement. It notes five cadets expelled, several suspended, and urges full reform to align the academy with national expectations.
The article notes the British House of Lords authorized a 33 mile Manchester to Liverpool line aimed at 110 miles per hour. It describes an inverted V mono-rail with cars hung on two sides like mule packs and claims the train will be its own locomotive with an efficient brake for safety at high speeds.
The Rev. Mr. Brown praised the union of Prof. Herron and Miss Rand with lofty phrases about timeless love and the soul of the cosmos. Critics note the speech clashes with practical concerns and suspect commercial undertones behind the ceremony.
A few white rhinoceroses remain in Natal and Zululand, likely under twenty worldwide. A party including the Natal governor sighted a group of five, with four adults and a three-quarters grown individual, the same day another trio was seen. The species is strictly protected with heavy penalties. extinction seems likely. The quagga is extinct, and the blaubok and besbok have nearly vanished amid hunts. Other rapidly vanishing animals include the gnu and southern giraffe. Quaggas once roamed the Cape and Orange Free State in large herds, now gone. The young quagga resembled a domesticated horse, with red-brown to white coloring and zebra-like head stripes.
A controversial critique portrays Prof Herron founder of the New Local Apostolate as a deserter from his children. It accuses him of marrying for wealth, accepting a large alimony-like sum to divorce his first wife, and abandoning his offspring to pursue a life with a new, affluent partner and her influential mother. The piece condemns such “social apostles” for denying conventional family obligations.
A compilation of recollections detailing racism in Tennessee mountains and Memphis, recounting a white traveler’s view of a Black driver facing a hostile mob, and a humorous vignette about elderly ex slaves. The pieces reflect period attitudes and urban contrasts with modernization examples like electric lighting and street life.
A New York Sun piece contrasts a refined Indiana avenue lamplighter with rougher routes, praising a courteous, well-equipped trolley service. The article notes polished conductors, suspended starts, and well-kept lamps while describing pedestrians, a hardy umbrella wielder, and a calm, compassionate rider as emblematic of the street life.
After observers at a hotel discuss the Wall Street whirlwind a quiet man with an unlit cigar is asked to contribute. He blushes as he considers a tale of making a good profit from a bad stock snap.
A man analyzes women by how they carry umbrellas, judging alertness, activity, and inconsiderateness. He dismisses one cautious, routine worker and another energetic, domineering spinner, then admires a cheerful, playful carrier, while labeling others by habits and temperaments. The dialogue uses humor to caricature manners in rain.
In Jersey years ago a man was lured by a greedily promised gilt edged share scheme tied to a small line from a willow tree to the Pennsylvania Central. He paid three times the market, lost most, then recovered $17,000 after a quick fall from grace and a rough confrontation with a lawyer. The would be speculator never reached Congress but did land in the penitentiary.
A bride and groom pace a railway platform awaiting a train in a London Spare Moments vignette. The exchange grows tense as the stationmaster asks if they will board, sparking humor over privacy and impertinence before an express rushes by. The couple’s frustration peaks as they retreat to their destination.
In Acworth Georgia during 1864 Confederate Col Merritt defends his plantation with a huge iron kettle wedged in a tree. Federal troops attack, shots ring out, and cannon prepare to blast the fortification. The kettle withstands fire and Merritt preserves it as a war relic while the tree dies.
A storm struck and the house withstood rock strikes on its sacred walls and flooded water trapped a possum inside. The structure and the grand old tree were finally destroyed by a lightning bolt in 1884.
An extended Civil War narrative recounts the execution of Doyle, a defiant Confederate deserter, detailing his stoic final walk to the grave, the silent refusal to re enlist, and the drum beat that accompanied the grim procession amid Bragg era discipline. It portrays Doyle as a principled solitary figure and notes his mysterious past as a warrior with a guarded, somber fate.
A retired admiral, visiting the Athenaeum and United Service Club during renovations, demands his umbrella in the hall. When told a gentleman might have taken it by mistake, he rants that bishops caused the theft and storms out, illustrating clashing club cultures and old tensions.
In 1864 a surgeon seeking milk on Bolivar Heights is mocked by a scornful woman as soldiers endure hunger and sun stroke. The absurd interview echoes through the regiment, tracing a moment of levity amid hardship and a distracted pursuit from Harper’s Ferry to Frederick.
A Civil War-era quip from the Washington Post portrays a wounded prisoner answering a Virginian that he belongs in Pennsylvania and explains he fights with Uncle Sam who goes everywhere.
Canada maintains the same number of wards but spends only one fifth as much annually, highlighting a cost efficiency difference between the two nations.
An Milwaukee Sentinel report recalls a Sunday sermon in a Milwaukee area parish urging husbands to kindness and restraint toward wives. A local elder replies that the message would sound different after three months of marriage, highlighting the humorous clash between ideal vows and married life.
A New York minister asserts marriage is not a failure and cites 2,560 of 3,012 couples he joined as happy. He offers six do nots for hopeful spouses: don’t marry young or before you can support a wife, don’t marry a girl who can’t cook and sew, don’t live beyond necessity, don’t marry unless you suit each other, and don’t seek a divorce from him.
Report estimates 270000 visitors rent Riviera spots each winter season, about 150 days, totaling $00,000,000 in spend. Average daily outlay around $400 with English-speaking guests comprising 90000 people, including 60000 British and 30000 Americans.
A brief Philadelphia Press quip notes one speaker admits little talk while another retorts with a sharp line about being outspoken. The exchange captures a moment of social banter in a newspaper ad or column snippet.
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