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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
5
A selection discusses varied paths to success, critiquing Nordau on fame and industry. It notes that virtue and public spirit matter alongside talent, then pivots to Volapuk as an amusing universal language failing to endure, despite initial global zeal and many grammars.
A San Francisco Bulletin reflects on how citizens form opinions, arguing that many favor tariffs or free trade without understanding the issues. It laments partisanship, urges studying both sides, and notes ignorance among even educated voters.
Fragments from a century past show committees debating an international language and a written tongue. References to Sir Thomas Urquhart, Leibniz, and Grimm appear as part of long discussions on universal communication and linguistic reform.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger urges teaching children letter writing and regular home correspondence. It cites a daughter who wrote weekly for fifty years after marriage and notes that sustained family ties require active encouragement and guidance from parents.
The Hague court is not a fixed tribunal but a pool of skilled international lawyers ready to act as arbitrators. Each signatory power appoints four members and cases assemble five arbitrators chosen by the parties, with a fifth selected if needed by agreed powers. The Venezuelan case will define the tribunal process once the protocol is public.
The Philadelphia Record argues there is no cure for low mood in labor or capital, and stresses markets control outcomes. It advocates moving back to the land, urging a reversal of rural decline and migration to public lands, including cheaper Canadian arable areas.
In a Boston shop a scene unfolds as two women discuss a bargain highlighted by a blue jacket and a handkerchief. Conversations reveal purchases and modest flattery ending with a final exchange, leaving a lingering sense of shop window theatrics and quiet delight.
The Railway World reports railroads expect extensive work next year with major sums planned. Pennsylvania Railroad may spend over 50 million dollars, including 6 million for Pittsburg yards and 10 million for New York real estate. Baltimore and Ohio projects total not below 30 million, New York Central 25 million, Southern Pacific and Central Pacific about 40 million, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 20 million for Oklahoma lines, among others. The note links such spending to continued business activity and reconstruction efforts across major regions.
The Baltimore Sun notes that large railroad outlays will keep mines furnaces machine shops and factories busy with contracts. If financial conditions stay favorable most business sectors should benefit from the expansion and the ensuing demand.
A Washington Post item recalls a boy on Columbia Heights who misses gifts when his maiden aunt is trimmed with makeup and laughter. At a Christmas dinner the aunt’s teeth drop to the floor sparking the boy to ask to show how she spits out and swallows teeth again.
A Washington Star quotation contrasts a selfish man with the idea of sharing, noting the wisdom of offering others their choice and accepting whatever remains. The excerpt critiques self centered behavior during a Thanksgiving meal or similar setting.
A light quip from the Philadelphia Bulletin notes the subject ends up borrowing freely while avoiding trouble, with the witty line about avoiding borrowing trouble.
A compilation of assorted notes covers trade shares, European shops, construction costs in Cape Town, a London scientist’s violin invention, Ecuadorian rice planting, interurban rail costs, aluminum knife edges, a Hebrides magnetic anomaly, friction power in early autos, cloud formation theories, and Jefferson’s lifelong habit of meticulous personal accounts begun in his student days.
The article portrays Thomas Jefferson as a persistent, methodical worker who kept meticulous records, including farm, garden, weather, and expense books. It notes his precise entries, early habit formation, and interest in horticulture and weather observation, likening them to modern data collection practices.
A table by Mr. Kloffman shows average death by own action mortality for fifty cities from 1891 to 1900 and the 1901 rate. The ten year average was 15.7 per 100 000, rising to 16.6 in 1901. St Louis led with 25.7 and Fall River lowest at 2.9 per 100 000. Across cities 31 increased and 19 decreased in 1901 versus the decade average.
A survey shows widespread union activity across cities and industries from Europe to North America. It notes rising memberships, wage changes, new unions in Connecticut and South Africa, strikes in Boston, and Indianapolis hosting major labor federations amid broader labor movement growth.
Harper's Weekly notes that America faces a persistent horse shortage despite abundant stock. Demand rose with prosperity while supply lagged, worsened by imports, war losses, and the advent of cars. Breeders now focus on high quality stock as exports exceed imports and the New York horse show ties to national industry growth.
A teacher tests students by traps to build listening and thinking. He inserts catch questions in ordinary sets. In two examples the class answers promptly with no voice missed, including who hatchet never lied and who freed enslaved people.
Senator Depew debates price theory with a man who cites a German butcher. The butcher explains a hypothetical price drop when no sausage is available, revealing why prices fall without supply or demand and that the narrator spoke only to talk.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer line mocks the idea that each street car passenger should occupy twenty one inches of seat space and jokes that riding the line twice daily would shrink a man to the required size.
In a Washington Star quip a consumer asks about coal shortages and a dealer responds that warmth could come from the strength of his arguments. The brief exchange frames concerns over fuel supply with a wry, period voice.
The Plain Dealer quotes a playwright explaining a snowstorm scene was cut as the audience could imagine a better one outside. The exchange suggests the production pivoted to rely on viewers' imagination rather than heavy weather effects.
A Prince Edward Island native travels to Boston to find work and checks into a hotel. The clerk requests his origin details and asks for the place of residence, prompting the man to explain he lives on Prince Edward Island and insisting there is no other island as he reveals his homeland.
The Draftsman notes the government loses money in coining gold yet gains in pennies. A $10 gold piece contains $10 in gold plus copper hardening costs, while penny blanks cost 7.3 cents per penny after minting. The government profits by stamping copper blanks bought for 73.0 cents per million into $1 of pennies.
In Alzen Hesse a prominent tradesman was sentenced to twenty four hours imprisonment for grave irreverence after reading a newspaper in court during a trial. The incident highlights strict decorum and the penalties for disrupting proceedings in the local judiciary.
A fragment from a local page shows dialogue where a father defends his son as a close student and jokes about limited spending. The spelling oddities suggest OCR issues but the gist centers on parental defense and frugal funds.
Gabriel Thomas 1696 notes that Indians roasted maze corn and ate hominy, cakes, beans, and crease with meals on the ground. Abbott adds roots and berries while villages show orchards and possibly lotus tubers. Deer and other game appear in village remains, suggesting heavy deer reliance.
A London Answers report explains rose diamonds may explode when heated due to rapid expansion of volatile liquids trapped in inner cavities. Many diamonds remain unfinished with liquid drops and gases under tension, making even small heat cause an explosion.
When Disraeli entered public life he faced an opponent claiming to stand on constitution law and property. Disraeli retorted that he stood on his head, then delivered a decisive speech to prove his point.
A beef promoter and a consumer debate moderation in diet with wordplay on students and money. The exchange hints at caution about excess meat and the folly of taking student opinions as truth in market choices.
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