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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
3
A jumbled page fragment surveys public figures and cultural topics from Roosevelt to Vanderbilt Nealison and Andrew Jackson memory. It references fashion plates, biblical studies, and literary criticism while noting social strata, political power, and ongoing debates about wealth and influence in the era.
The piece argues for a slower pace in modern life, noting the American drive for excellence, the need for humor and wit among women, and a call for a Society for Enabling Americans to Stay Home Without being rushed to death. It reflects on tradition, progress, and the desire for tranquil moments beyond perpetual activity.
A Detroit man recounts a street car encounter with a compulsive statistician who drones on about speeds, stopping distances, wall impact, ocean waves, tears and resource calculations. The exchange escalates as the passenger pleads for peace and the scholar pursues his Enlightenment on wheels.
The milky sea and Fata Morgana are discussed as puzzling maritime phenomena. Phosphorescence and essential oils may affect night air and frost protection. Zeppelin experiments propose shallow water propellers. Curie warns radium’s dangerous emanations. Apparitions at Messina Strait are explained by atmospheric refraction variations.
An excerpt from Across Coveted Lands by A. H. Lander recounts an inn in Persia where a traveler’s soda bottle misfire spurred a panic. The man believes a revolver fired and collapses in fear, fearing death as he searches for blood and a bullet hole. Mirrors later help him confirm there is no wound.
Fragments describe a curious scene where a claim of healing in Persia is linked to fear and a bow of gratitude. A stranger’s “extra handsome tip” supposedly leaves the recipient improved, though the meaning remains unclear in the garbled text.
A Civil War anecdote recounted from the Middlesex Club recall of Lincoln's tactful handling of a Bridgeport boy’s coerced enlistment. Brandegee and Dixon sought to free the minor. Stanton refused. Lincoln ordered discharge, but Stanton resisted. ultimately the boy returned to his mother in Bridgeport after a direct order.
In Rhoda on the Nile a large river boat is launched with banners, music, and dancing girls. Workmen labor to move the craft sideways then endure a ten hour process of slips, hitches, and groans before the boat finally descends into the water amid drums and a triumphal procession.
A mission service in New Guinea witnessed a comic vindication of property rights as a boy wearing a shirt, belonging to a White man, is stripped by an older rival who brings a jacket. The congregation supports the rightful owner, restoring the garment and the service proceeds.
Fragments from the Cleveland Plain Dealer quote an exchange where one person questions another about shame and good taste. The garbled OCR lacks clear names or dates, but shows a back-and-forth tone suggesting social or literary critique in a newspaper snippet.
In Oregon a late day cloudburst swept Heppner, washing away most of the town. A wall of water twenty feet high carried residents to death, with estimates of five hundred dead and hundreds more missing. Telegraph lines were down, delaying reports as relief began.
Delegates from three anthracite districts meet in Scranton with National President John Mitchell presiding as 640 delegates discuss conciliation and operator refusal to recognize district conciliators. A resolutions committee will report tomorrow, with many favoring striking if demands are unmet.
June 16 report says farmers and summer residents hunt an incendiary blamed for over a dozen house and barn fires and dog poisonings since January. A $1,000 bounty is offered by the town board for his capture and conviction.
George Parker of St Louis a lawyer railroad man and vice president of the Louisiana purchase exposition visits San Francisco with his wife amid efforts to stir public interest in the event.
The piece notes Mrs. Alice Morse Earle’s next book on costumes in America and Josephine Dodge Daskam’s intention to publish under her chosen name. Ernest Thompson Seton writes a boys' story. Mark Twain’s Christian Science book is delayed. Susan B. Anthony donates books to the Congressional Library. Harper publishes a Western woman’s first novel. Edith Wyatt’s True Love is a comedy of affections. Lavater urged readers to study wisely and reflect on reading.
May Goelet, an American woman abroad, bought fifty hats at fifty dollars each from a Paris milliner on Rue de la Paix. She wears at least five hats daily, reflecting their fashionable appeal and her sensational buying behavior.
Mr Ape siegh urges Maud to buy concert tickets for charity while she questions the value of such events. He admits disliking concerts but supports the noble aim. She suggests donating the money to an institution instead, but he refuses to spend without a tangible reason.
A Maryland avenue church class scene shows a teacher prompting a student to explain the meaning of a biblical line about giving bread to children. The bashful youth George begins to answer with stammered, hesitant phrases as peers encourage him to continue.
The Chauncy Dewey murder trial proceeds with Roy Berry and widow Mrs Alpheus Berry testifying about the Berry ranch shooting. Dewey’s cowboys refuse to testify, blocking state aims, as militia guard proceedings continue with order maintained.
June 17 Belgrade reports that King Peter I will be a captive figure as military rulers take control. Col Maschin and Col Mitschiten lead, with army officers escorting prefects, suppressing republican Backlash and keeping order. Jubomir Schiokovics of the Belgrade Djejek faced coercive pressure to support the new regime.
Fred Mink, who traveled 3000 miles to kill N. Harris and his stepmother Mrs. Adam Mink, sits in Pike county jail corridor near Pittsfield Illinois and talks with quiet satisfaction about his plan of vengeance. About 500 people surrounded the jail but no one attempted to lynch him as authorities held the crowd in check.
New York report says Frank Dean, vice president of Standard National Bank, shot himself in the head at his Orange New York residence yesterday after rising at his usual hour. Family offers no reason. bank officers cite despondency over domestic troubles.
A fragmentary Spokane report recalls a witness to a disaster with terse, unclear phrasing and garbled names, offering a glimpse of a heroic figure amid flood events and local response.
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