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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
2
Philadelphia hosts the oldest fishing club, founded in 1382, a playful statelike body preserving records of angling over generations. Notable entries recount Ben Seull’s fifteen inch trout from Schuylkill and a four foot sturgeon boarding a frigate in 1791, with vivid, humorous chronicling.
A Philadelphia Times retells a legend where white wildflowers envy brighter colors until the Autumn Wind and rainbow fairies dust them with gold. Dawn reveals goldenrods in vivid hues while rivals fade with envy. they guard fields until winter bids them sleep.
A party at Col de Minge watched Mr. Birkbeck fall half a mile down a snow slope toward the Glacier de Minge. He slid feet first and sideways, stopping at a crevasse edge after a five hour rescue effort. nearly half his skin was abraded.
Reports detail demands for shorter hours and higher pay from carpenters in Toledo and Camden, and a London society voting to reduce unemployment dues while offering a state pension. It also notes 4000 workers soon at work on New York underground, Rankin furnaces boosting steel output, and President Hill replacing Japanese workers with white labor in Great Northern shops.
An illustrated mechanism replaces oars with a pair of pivoted levers over the stern driven by a foot operated force. Slanted boat runways host sliding blocks that press to raise and lower levers, freeing hands to steer. Patent secured by John F. Kerns, Buffalo, New York.
London Kentucky reports the Baker Garrard White Howard feud in Clay County ends after thirty years of violence. Kin factions funded armed mobs, state troops with gatling guns battled in the hills, and a rift between the Bakers Garrards Whites and Howards caused multiple deaths. A pledge from Gen Garrard and Jud Beverly White aims to stop the bloodshed.
Denver Times recounts Harry Wright a 25 year oldUnion Pacific clerk who joined the Thirty-sixth U S Volunteers to go to the Philippines after failing to engage in the Spanish American War He sought combat to leave his future child a storied memory and to honor his country His quiet sacrifice contrasts with the parade of Denver’s heroes, leaving a lasting testament to ambition and fate.
In Sieradz, Russian Poland, professional beggars skipped Friday visits and threatened to march to Czenstochan if each house did not give two groschen. They claimed pilgrims would bring a miraculous Holy Virgin stave and a rich harvest, prompting residents to continue alms.
Whimsical fragment depicts Winter delaying Spring as a second Lowy jumps high and mocks a reader in Chicago papers. A stray line hints at cultural satire and playful mischief among personified seasons.
A disjointed note from the Columbus Ohio paper contends that a man with no opportunity to do wrong is as good as a woman, reflecting a moral reflection on gender and opportunity in early 20th century discourse.
A London Wing piece recounts a mistress scolding a servant girl nicknamed “children and fools.” The mistress tells new help to say she is unwell if Mary is asked for, then overhears Mary telling two visiting ladies that Mrs B- is at home but in bed after eating too much pudding for dinner.
The Maryland Legislature granted the first U S railroad act of incorporation to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company on February 28, 1827. On April 24, 1827 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company became the first railroad in the United States. Peter Cooper made the first Baltimore to Illicott's Mills journey on August 28, 1920.
In St Joseph Michigan county records a will from a Niles township farmer from before the Civil War speaks in a strange tone. The document leaves 50 cents to his daughter's husband to buy a rope to hang himself with.
A humorous note on election night depicts a loafer watching returns with a smug, knowing expression as results flow in. It captures the mood of idle spectators awaiting outcome.
In Sandorsalva Hungary Croneiich and Franz wed sisters Katieza and Marie respectively. A church error led to Ganerich with Marie and Franz with his brother’s wife. The father of the brides postponed verdict and sent the couples to await law court decision while the wives remained with no husbands.
Col Sim Baston of Cheyenne recalls being paid $119 after years of waiting, receiving a check months after first filing for government pay. He describes chasing the post office, a distant recall from Washington, and an eventual Denver letter with the overdue sum, cashed amid a string of near-misses.
Baron Steuben the Revolutionary veteran inspired many namesakes. A CT sergeant named Arnold took the baron’s suggestion and became Jonathan Steuben, later passing on the name to his son Frederick William Steuben who served in the War of 1812 and died in service.
FF Paul B. du Chailly plans a Russia trip to gather material for an impartial book on the czarist dominion. Ida Tarbell revises Na poleon and reissues as Napoleon and Josephineafter selling 100000 copies. Edgar Fawcett writes New York a novel with a convict hero now based in London. James A. Harrison previews Glimpses of Poe additions. Beulah Marie Dix previews The Making of Christopher Ferringham. T Edgar Pemberton writes a Bret Harte biography. Harte says much should rest in his tomb. Daudet’s final play a Petite Paroisse sparks disgust in Paris. Arthur Sullivan’s Life Story to be fully rewritten with new material.
The origin of English surnames traces to parental home locality and personal traits. Early patronymics used ing and later son, with examples like Gamelson. Then place based names such as York and Winchester, occupation names like Smith and Carter, and nature or animal names like Fox and Buck. Norman conquest popularized place derived names. the de prefix faded by Henry VI.
Hiram Cronk of Otsego County New York is the lone surviving male pensioner of the 1812 war born in 1800. Enlisted in 1814, he served with distinction and at 101 remains active. Cronk’s family is noted for longevity and a 100th birthday reunion drew over a hundred relatives. He votes Democrat and quips that reaching Grover Cleveland marked the time to quit voting.
A South Tiepea, Maine citizen possesses an assortment of aged deeds notes bills and other documents including one dated 1729. The papers were discovered in a cabinet over 200 years old handed down through generations and well preserved.
A witty remark contrasts clergymen who trade in rhetoric with those who rely on logic and common sense, noting the appeal varies by gender and labeling sex as the minority that values the third approach.
A fragmented phrase hints at a clock that keeps its hands to its face while time slips by. The snippet evokes restraint and subtleness, suggesting a moral about humility reflected in everyday objects and the passage of hours.
The Maharaja dies and his ten year old son Ticea Sahib becomes nominal ruler of about two million people. Though young he plays cricket well and is an expert rifle shot. His father was famed in cricket riding and boar-hunting, with a notable recent feat of twenty one runs in eight and a half minutes against the Bombay Pirates.
The proposed trolley route from New York to Philadelphia would pass through Somerville New Jersey using the Philadelphia and New Jersey Railroad and the Philadelphia and Bristol Railroad tracks. Heavily laid rails would support high speed service with a $1 fare between Philadelphia and New York, per the New York Tribune.
A mangled Baltimore American quote shows a man confessing self mockery about being henpecked and humiliated. The fragment hints at a humorous, self deprecating line about spousal pressure.
Dialog shows Mr Ascum and Mr Lochurch arguing over a minister's shift to ritualism. The exchange questions the proper state of his faith and duty, with skeptical tones about how he now presents himself.
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