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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
2
A column from Osceola Nebraska features humorous musings on surgery theft liss bug loneliness and mistakes. It jokes about a student lingering around a pot becoming a chiropodist and notes a man with eyesight to see a pretty woman.
A married woman reports her happiest moments occur while using the desk in her husband’s den as a cutting table, suggesting a domestic habit that brings personal satisfaction within their home.
A brief note suggests President Palma of Cuba could turn to authoring magazine articles if his government does not endure. The line frames a post crisis career possibility linked to Cuba's political uncertainty.
Canada will profit by lessons from recent wars and increase its army to 100000. There is nothing like being prepared for emergencies.
A reader questions the recurrence of seventeen-year locusts across cycles and asks for a precise frequency in historical context. The note explores the idea of interval regularity and regional variability.
A chorus girl learns she is an heiress to $100,000, stirring wonder and chatter about forgotten ancestors. The fortunate reveal highlights the era's sensational intrigue around sudden wealth and social ascent.
A Mississippian with seven prior marriages just wed a man who had been married six times. The couple evidently needed no rehearsal for the ceremony.
A Connecticut divorce suit reveals the husband was drunk twice daily for 364 days in a row. The reason for missing the 865th day remains unexplained, and the testimony highlights a prolonged habit.
The wife of a Connecticut millionaire died of paralysis linked to the strain of her social duties. Foxhall Keene and the Chicago man who fainted at the altar amid the ante nuptial campaign will likely find the case of interest.
A 19th century account traces truck farming from a Charleston anecdote to a nationwide system delivering vegetables and fruit year round. It notes railroads, refrigeration, and shorter routes boosting perishable produce, plus the strong economic and public health benefits on households and communities.
The piece reflects on coping with blindness, citing examples from Mil Honaire Réuss, Omar Schober, and others who faced loss with courage. It highlights a range of responses from despair to resilience, praising those who persevere, work, and bring sunshine despite total or partial sight loss.
In Brookline on Walnut Street a colony of bold squirrels taunts resident cats from elm trees. The tame squirrels take nuts from hands and dash about, defying the felines with swift tails and fearless play, a daily spectacle noted by the Boston Transcript.
The claim that Tillman served in the Confederate army and lost an eye in the war is unfounded. He never joined the army and likely lost an eye from a diving accident in a mill pond. A mother’s troublesome influence is noted in town when her daughter visits.
This poem urges American boys to earn greatness through effort rather than lineage. It emphasizes duty, courage, and steadfastness, urging readers to stand by the nation, pursue honor, and build a life of pure gold under the stars and stripes.
Rolfe Burton returns from the Philippines with plans to marry George Ames and Alma Phillips. He is welcomed in Millville but discovers a rift between the Phillips and Ames families. A lawyer, Mr Russell, drives toward the Phillips and Ames farms as Burton contemplates his next move amid unfolding family tensions.
Russell, Burton, and the Phillips and Ames families clash over an eighty acre strip. A fireworks explosion destroys legal files and leases, sparking a truce and a plan: Uncle Rolfe will buy the land for George and Alma to wed next Fourth of July.
A historical note describes George Washington using ill fitting false teeth made by Dr Greenwood. A letter from the Philadelphia dentist warns about port wine and other acids corroding teeth and offers odd care tips including wax filling, soaking, and frequent replacement to preserve dental work.
A sharp editorial notes hazing spreading beyond colleges to Sage College and other girls schools. It describes freshman sophomore pranks including abduction, coercion and public speeches, with flour on hair at Wellesley and bashful honors at Vassar, concluding Ithaca leads in the trend.
At a Fakenham concert the violin and violoncello players struggled with sight reading. A tenor, hired for the evening, began an operatic piece that unsettled the ensemble. The violin asked the cello where the tenor was, and they agreed to keep to the open string while the search continued.
An old man doubting a distance call shouts Hal low, Sarah, into a telephone, then lightning strikes the wire, knocking the main down. He shrieks with relief, declaring That’s Sarah, every inch.
The piece surveys folk beliefs about bread across Europe and America, noting cross signs on dough, witch protection, and rites at kneading troughs and ovens. It explains how Christian practice adapted earlier customs, linking Good Friday buns and Easter rites to ancient festival foods and home rituals.
The incident shows Representative Payne of New York attempting to name a conference committee for a Senate passed bill. The process hinges on the originating committee chair attaching a slip with preferred members, which the speaker then announces.
A nurse sues a physician for morphine and cocaine use in treatment claiming harm from therapeutic doses. The jury sides with the plaintiff, but the trial ends with doubts about accountability for physicians prescribing controlled drugs. The piece notes dangers and questions about redress in medical practice.
A New York Sun article quotes a physician urging women to value fresh air to prevent colds. It argues proper ventilation, not drafts, boosts health and links closed rooms to skin and complexion issues, recommending light clothing and careful outdoor exposure in winter.
A fragment recalls early droughts in England with references to years 879 993 904 and shifting impacts on land and workers. The piece mentions a man gaining two pounds in ten years and a misfiled remark overheard in a store regarding a mistake.
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