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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
3
A collection of light verse and cartoon captions features quirky exchanges about lightning rods, baskets of fruit, and a political gathering rule. The Washington Star notes the humor centers on oddities, local banter, and sly social observations from a rustic, folksy perspective.
Fragmentary dialogue features names like Sal Whittetree and Josh amid a garbled exchange about land, money, and a peach orchard. The grainy text hints at a playful or surreal conversation with no clear event or outcome.
In a brief exchange from Somerville Journal, Lett. Wylkins asks if Watkins ever ran for office and Watkins admits he ran about twice as fast as Wylkins did, highlighting a humorous quip about campaigning speed.
A Washington Star quip has Senator Sorghum defending congressmen against swift judgment. He says one cannot assess if a lawmaker wastes time without examining a private ledger, urging restraint in early conclusions.
Two girls in public school voices stand before a Third Avenue drug store window. They discuss sponges piled high, joking about their many uses, while one mocks the other’s “crupanton” and the window is to be washed, capturing a playful street scene from New York.
A Baltimore American note says a man won 1000 dollars for a spring poem used to advertise a car, calling the winner a lucky fellow and reflecting on the promotional prize.
In a sharp exchange from On the Beat, Joakley condemns what he calls a Copper Trust as Philadelphia reporters press a rising issue of police greed and corruption. The dialogue frames public anger over police conduct and organizational power.
A man in a macintosh explains he stopped his wife from disposing his unused clothes by threatening to reveal a letter she had given him to make him wear the coat last worn. He claims the tactic cured the habit decisively and with satisfaction.
In a local chatter from Indianapolis, a resident recalls rumors that burglars entered a house and carried away the family silver. The tale references a mantelpiece pile of silver and a dollar plus a quarter for groceries.
A dialogue fragment shows Dashaway Miss Calloway seeking the speaker’s opinion on Earnuecet Worshipper. Cleverton hopes for a sharp send off from an elder. The speaker contends he never made love to a girl without genuine intent.
A mine explosion at the Pittsburg Coal company Port Royal operation in Port Royal Pennsylvania leaves sixteen dead and seven injured. Rescue efforts continue as smoke and dangerous gases hinder attempts to reach entombed workers.
Rome reports the pope is presently in excellent health with daily drives and walks. He spoke to his nephew of captivity and expressed a desire to sail at sea again, recalling a 55 year old memory of swimming near Antwerp under a physician's guidance.
United States minister to China J H Conger passed through Chicago en route to Washington to confer with President McKinley and receive final instructions on administration policy. He will sail from San Francisco on June 17. Conger declined to discuss the Chinese situation.
In Emporia Kansas on June 12 officials report a spate of personal crisis incidents. The mayor and board of health ban publication of details in local papers to curb a perceived contagion by imitation. the mayor argues public health overrides press liberty and threatens force if needed.
The battleship Illinois proved fastest in its class on a 66 nautical mile government course from Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise and back. It maintained an average speed of 17.31 knots for four hours, completed a 300 yard circle in 3 minutes 10 seconds, and showed steady reserve power with near equal outward and return speeds. Officials including Rear Admirals Sampson and Evans praised the trial.
Havana June 13 delegates vote sixteen to eleven to accept the Platt amendment as passed by Congress and recommend adoption as an appendix to the Cuban constitution. Washington dispatches report official reaction along with anticipated ratification by Cuban officials.
George Younger, son of Jim Younger the convict, was moved from Minnesota to a federal prison in Scoryr Kansas and charged with defrauding an Indian at Mound Valley. I. T. Younger served as a lieutenant in the Rough Riders.
A Red Lodge Montana dispatch reports serious trouble with the Arapahoe Indians in the Shoshone Reservation Wyoming. Indians openly defy authorities and prepare for the sun dance. State militia ordered to the scene.
Washington June 13 After the sensational news the following statement was issued Mrs McKinley's physicians report she continues to show improvement.
June 13 Krex reports Emperor William with Prince Henry and staff arrived to witness the launching of the battleship Saeheringen at the Germany yards. The emperor boarded the yacht Hohenzollern as warships fired salutes, weather prompted postponement of the ceremony to the afternoon.
A Newport News dispatch reports 1000 more workers will lose jobs at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company due to the machinists strike, bringing total laid off to 2000 and signaling a possible full plant closure by Saturday night as yards nationwide refuse to meet the demands.
A boiler blast blew apart the engine of freight train No. 17 near Havens Nebraska. Charles Fullmer and Fireman Jenkins were killed, Brakeman Fleming severely injured, three Fullmer family members among Union Pacific engineers. Conductor Wallace led the train. Central City medical aid arrived by Grand Island local. No cause given. first such explosion in Union Pacific history.
The trial of H W Happle port steward of the commissionary department began in Manila on charges of receiving monthly installments from a stevedoring company. The defense claims the funds were for extra services and that Happle used an assumed name. Also noted are related cases and military actions in the Philippines as the insurrection continues.
In Shreveport Louisiana on June 14 a planter named John Gray Foster was shot and killed by Prince Edwards a negro at the FEneter plantation five miles east. Armed white posses scour the countryside to capture Edwards and arrest a dozen or more alleged negro participants. Foster a brother in law of Tennessee Governor McMillian and part of a prominent family, faced long standing tensions with overseers. Edwards remains at large as posse hunts continue.
In Kansas City on June 14 the case of Lulu Prince Kennedy heads to the jury as testimony closes. Judge Wofford ruled out a conversation with Kennedy before the killing, undermining a defense claim that Kennedy admitted ruining Lulu Prince, with arguments set to begin tomorrow morning.
The Steamer Miowera brings word of the massacre of Rev. James Chalmers and B. F. Tomkins with 14 native teachers in New Guinea. Troops who investigated found a jaw bone thigh bones hats and portions of trousers belonging to Chalmers. White missionaries were eaten by cannibals.
West Baden Ind June 15 The Mineral Springs hotel a leading Indiana hostelry was totally destroyed with losses estimated at 250000 plus 110000 insurance and 50000 in guest diamonds and clothing 268 guests escaped amid smoke and chaos The blaze started in the ground floor kitchen and the spiral fire escape saved several guests while others fled by rails later.
Former President Grover Cleveland and family settle in a Berkshire hills summer residence at Tyringham. Esther Ruth Marion and Richard Cleveland arrive with a nurse, staying in Washington's room once used by George Washington after Saratoga. Local farmers invite him to fish in trout streams.
Lincoln Nebraska Hagenow's band won first prize in the prize contest at the Woodman meeting. Bandmaster Hagenow and manager Gildersleeve received congratulations. The band departs for home and will reach Lincoln on the Burlington Sunday at 10 a.m.
In Marysville Kansas on June 15 an extension was granted for Oscar C. Pusch to file a reply in a breach of promise suit. Louise M. Knight of Hebron Nebraska sues for 50000 alleging he promised to marry last October. The new deadline is July 12. Pusch is a traveling salesman and son of a Marysville cigar manufacturer.
The bacad laureate service at the College of the City of New York was held at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant preached a sermon urging graduates to beware materialism as wealth and opportunity shape society and education. The address highlighted fortunes, libraries, universities, and the rising influence of millionaires on culture and industry.
John Alexander Dowle claims in Zion tabernacle that local figures plot to kidnap him lock him in a detention hospital and torture him to induce insanity He warns male Zion members to stay after services to plan self protection and alleges doctors loosened insanity procedures against him amid claims he is Elijah reincarnated and immortal He calls for vigilance as “emergency is great.”
LeXisna Kentucky June 16 After a quarrel over a dent on the street Sam Forsythe fired five shots at Harry Patterson Both men are noted horsemen Patterson was wounded twice and two bullets passed through his hat Patterson and Forsythe are prominent in local horsemanship.
Topeka dispatch reports ex-Congressman R S Peters received a Washington call to accept the pension commissioner position. The note states the appointment is under consideration by federal authorities.
Athens Alabama June 11 George Harris a negro was hanged by a mob in Limestone county northern part last night. Harris was suspected of setting fire to a farmer’s barn where he worked. His grievance involved a fellow farm hand who had lived in the barn.
Lord Kitchener cabled from Pretoria that 250 Victorian mounted rifles from General Biaston's column were surprised at Steenkoolspruit on June 12 at 730 pm. Boers attacked the camp, killing two officers and sixteen men, wounding four officers and thirty eight men. Only two officers and fifty men escaped to Beaston's camp.
Colonels Infant and Guivara signed for General Cailles to assemble his troops at Santa Cruz in Laguna province and surrender to American authorities. The force is not precisely known but likely exceeds 500 men.
Leavenworth June 17 reports tell of unrest among local African Americans over revolvers bought from soldiers at Fort Leavenworth. Since the Fred Alexander fire incident, race tensions run high and authorities move to suppress the mood and recover the weapons.
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