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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
3
A speech at the University Club emphasizes shared language and culture between the United States and Canada. The speaker urges open trade, closer ties, and the Northwest as a future granary, warning against closing borders and advocating mutual confidence and respectful cooperation.
A woman recounts ten years of severe organic pains preventing sleep and basic care. She describes trying many doctors before starting a “Vegetable Compound” that allegedly cured her, with testimonials from H Griz in New York.
The great automobile ace Stanton drops dead at the start as the twenty hour race begins. He later ignores a pledge from Isa Carlisle who greets him with ten powers, and the Mercury wins the race.
Stanton wins the Mercury Grand with steady driving as Floyd agrees to join as his mechanician. The two sign a pact amid camp praise, while manager Green fears the pairing though acknowledging Floyd’s skill may clash with Stanton’s demanding style. Valerie Atherton Carlisle hinted in a closing florist gift.
A Kansas City area camp tale recounts John Fisher and Frank Cockrell hosting guests near Shoal Creek. J. D. Taylor feigns fear of a snake in his pants but a prank reveals only a frog remains, prompting laughter and a continuation of the Missouri river visit.
In a railroad depot Stanton meets his mechanician Floyd, a handsome eighteenish reader in a gray suit. Stanton, curious about Floyd, remarks he is of a different class than a typical workman as Floyd offers to tune the car on the track tomorrow. The scene ends with a poised tension and a promise to continue.
A fragment notes a meeting with a mad wp who reminds him that not. The text is incomplete and offers only sparse hints of a discussion or satire.
Mrs Mary Stoddard of Fremont received a bronze medal said to be a genuine Continental Army token from George Washington upon retirement. An aged Civil War veteran, her former footman, obtained it from a dying soldier on a battlefield with an agreement to return it to the family. The medal bears Washington’s image and the retirement inscription. Blair men suffer typhoid outbreak while neighbors harvest oats for the sick.
Bishop Tihen of Lincoln dedicates the new St. Pauls church in Dunbar with Father Dowd and others assisting. St Marys Choir of Nebraska City provides music as Dowd, former Nebraska City figure, assumes charge of the church.
Wiloer Abel Cox, 87, of five and one half miles south of town, died Wednesday from clothing catching fire during cornstalk burning. He ran to Turkey creek, jumped in, and drowned to escape the flames. Cox was among the region's early settlers.
Workers excavating for the Security company block basement narrowly escaped a cave in on the north side. Four men were buried briefly. three were unhurt aside from bruises. John Anthony suffered bruises and cuts from paving pieces. A separate fire at the Dorsey ranch destroyed a large barn and outbuildings, killing ten head of stock and causing losses over 20 000 dollars. Clay Center marks the ninety fourth anniversary of the Odd Fellows lodge founding with a joint meeting including Edgar Fairfield Sutton and Clay Center lodges. Sutton boys form a 2 council of Boy Scouts. Tecumseh court action seeks to bar Sunday baseball by village officials and promoters.
Fremont R R Steele, an insurance agent at Valley, was struck by a Union Pacific train a mile and a half east of Elkhorn. Death was instantaneous.
In Plattsmouth the ferry boat cable broke mid stream, nearly precluding disaster for Mr. and Mrs. Sage and ferryman Amos Doty. The Sages, in their wagon, steadied after the team ran wild. local carpenters on shore aided to bring the boat to Iowa shore. In Crete a Burlington No. 1 passenger train fatally struck farmer Joseph Krejen near a Berks crossing, with the engineer claiming the bell was rung and the whistle sounded as the man appeared on the tracks.
A witty debate describes March as turbulent with the March lamb and lion contending for attention while the robin seeks equal publicity. The satire frames seasonal personifications in a playful quarrel about spotlight and status.
The missive urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the proper signature and reassure that the remedy has zero years of use. It notes children cry for Fletcher’s Castoria and hints at a lawyer’s first case yielding modest fees, contrasted with typical large sums.
A humorous fragment features a jest about marriage with lines like My wife treats me like a dog and I wish my wife would treat me like hers. It recalls sixteen years of LEWIS Single Binder ads and a jab about girls and baseball players.
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