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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
5
The article notes forests of leafless acacia trees in Australia that respire through a stem acting as a leaf. It mentions historical Caesar conquest of Britain in 55 B C and Roman rule until AD 410, nearly five centuries.
The article notes a Russian reputation for possessing the finest teeth among civilized people, attributing it to the habit of regularly chewing sunflower seeds.
Advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure promises a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured. Endorsed by F J Cheney Co and Toledo wholesalers Wast Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. Claims internal cure works through blood and mucous surfaces. Price seventy five cents per bottle. Testimonials free. Bali's Family Pills praised.
A phonograph served as witness in a Boston railroad case to reproduce train noise near a building, upheld as valid evidence. Other items include a Parisian buys a will worth $80,000 at a sale, Chinese and Malay fishing methods, feather cleaning tips, Tecumseh saloon petition, and a series of local incidents and San Francisco relief efforts.
A Wilkes Barre nurse recounts relief from headaches and indigestion after switching from coffee to Postum Food Cereal. She notes improved milk flow for nursing mothers, reduced nervousness, and urges proper preparation by servants to enjoy the beverage.
Orrin Squires buys the stock feed and provision store of O. D. Knox at Seward. Houston Bros. of Tekamah finish shearing about 17 000 pounds of wool. Two coach loads of Russians pass Beatrice on Union Pacific to Kansas sugar beet fields. Miss Jeanette Hummer of Beatrice severely bruised after a stairs fall. Harry Druery of Crab Orchard wounded in left hand by accidental gun discharge. Lewellyn Stevens home near Tekamah destroyed by fire. only sewing machine saved. Langdon Bros. of Gretna contesting John McCarty land title declared erroneous. Miss Ethel McCall dies at 23 after long invalidism. Dr. Stewart of Beatrice loses a horse to strychnine poisoning. poison found in feed box. Authorities will investigate. Jacob Wagner west of Tecumseh kicked in the face by a horse. nose broken but he is recovering.
Army officials take charge of a city food distribution effort starting today. Dr. Devine outlines Red Cross plans while streetcar service is promised and electric lights are turned on. Key organizers include public health and relief agencies coordinating logistics and supply distribution.
Paris reports show the strike situation easing as government forces mobilize hundreds of troops and police to curb disorder. Plans center on limiting protests to the east and preventing spread to central Paris while labor groups hold meetings and push for an eight hour day and weekly holiday.
A tornado swept Bellevue Texas destroying the town, leaving at least eleven dead and many injured. Fire followed the wreckage as residents sought shelter in cellars, with extensive property losses and relief rushed from nearby towns.
Nine year old Johnny Bartley, son of Mr and Mrs Victor Bartley, was struck on Leavenworth street by a car driven by Dr Wilson C Bridges. He died of head injuries after being taken to a drug store then Clarkson hospital.
Another quake lasting nearly three minutes caused alarm but no injuries. Weak walls of burned structures fell while sturdy buildings withstood the tremor. Oakland and Berkeley also felt the shaking, though less severely and briefly.
Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings were filed against John Alexander Dowie before Judge K M Landis. Ransom F Walker, guardian of Ethel B Foley and conservator of William T Foley, is a petitioning creditor with claims totaling 7000 dollars. Dowie faces disputed Zion City property valued between 15 and 20 million dollars, claimed by two church factions led by Dowie and Wilbur Glenn Voliva.
Mrs. Dowie wife of the deposed head John Alexander Dowie visited him in his apartments at the Auditorium Annex, a first meeting in months. She arrived with her son Gladstone Dowie and stayed about thirty minutes, amid reports of reconciliation talks and proposed move back to Zion City.
The piece discusses how all women, whether at home, in church, or in commerce, face similar physical strains and female health issues. It highlights Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy, with testimonials, and touches on other varied topics such as fashion, trains, and a Berlin legal matter, all in a dated period voice.
A Philadelphia mint has scales delicate enough for a thousandth grain, easily upset by dust. A Dalmatian catfish carried a fifteen dollar chain purse and thirty five dollars in bank notes. Pickpockets discard purses into street boxes. A facial eyebrow growth tip uses coconut butter and vaseline. Adventists interpret the second coming differently. In Mexico a jail is an oak tree with chain and staple attachment.
The Washington based Chinese minister tells a tale of a Chinaman with three dogs. Each night he whips the dogs for sleeping on his teak couch. On the third night he finds the couch warm and the dogs cooling it with their bodies, prompting another whipping.
In New York acute liquidation swept the stock market. Selling followed conditions triggered by the San Francisco disaster and losses from it. High grade investment stocks and seasoned dividend payers led the declines as fire insurance company liabilities were cited.
BEATRICE Neb C J Wilson engineer on the switch engine in Burlington yards lost his right foot while fixing a leaky injector valve. He lay between engine and tender with his foot on the rails when the engine backed over it crushing the ankle. The fireman shouted and applied the emergency brake.
A distant AP report from Salinas describes three additional very strong earthquake shocks lasting about four seconds. No damage reported yet, though Salinas faces over one million dollars in quake danger. The Salinas River may be sunk ten to twelve feet, straining bridges that are condemned and must be rebuilt.
Representatives of the Western Meat company report readiness to resume normal output for fresh meat in San Francisco. Slaughterhouse damage repaired and beef dressing progressing rapidly. Cattle cars rushed to the city by the Southern Pacific on special orders.
Cambridge police issued a warrant for Erich Munter a Harvard University German instructor on a charge of murdering his wife in Cambridge about two weeks ago by arsenic. The body was later moved to Chicago and the case remained undisclosed until recently. Munter formerly taught in Chicago before joining Harvard less than two years ago.
Mrs. Selina Jones of Ansonia Connecticut credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing seven years of back pain weakness and fatigue. She recalls severe pain and illness that confined her to a room for extended spells before relief within a week and full recovery over time. She endorses the product and notes 50 cent price per box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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