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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
5
An excerpt discusses advantages and disadvantages of wealth and lineage in achieving success and honor. It argues that while wealth and ancestry can aid progress, they are not guarantees, and self-improvement hinges on environment and effort. The piece cites views from the New York Times and San Francisco Bulletin on education and language pride.
An essay argues English may become a universal language through its relevance to modern life and literature. It contrasts Latin and Greek dominance with the rise of science and suggests language and literature are essential for clear thinking and exact expression in liberal education.
The New York World outlines the HayHerrán treaty as a major step toward U S control of the Panama Canal. It notes a Colombian congress session to consider the pact and options from the French company, with total costs projected well over Suez and Kiel Canal levels, vast engineering challenges, and exclusive U S access to a 46.5 mile route including sea level, lake, and Culebra Cut sections.
A London Chronicle summary notes clubwomen debated the happiest day in a woman's life. Points ranged from the honeymoon carriage departure to securing a bargain, reading about herself in press coverage, or awaiting future moments. A final view said happiness lies in anticipation or a moonlit night.
A historical piece recounts early prosthetics and court remarks on the invention of artificial limbs. It notes trials where devices aimed to improve locomotion for amputees, including stories of wooden legs, replacements, and the evolution from the Anglesea leg to modern capable artificial limbs.
The article contrasts modern two game weeks with legends like Radbourne Clarkson Keefe and Meekin who pitched daily or every other day in the 1880s to 1900s. It notes Radbourne’s 1884 Providence title run and Rusie Meekin’s 1894 heroics for New York, ending with McGinnity’s daily usage for the Brooklyn club.
The article notes Mc Ginnity shows vigor with added duties and a bonus, yet later loses effectiveness. It discusses managers of elite teams accepting two games weekly and hiring several boxmen to protect top pitchers and preserve pennant chances.
John Burroughs' Winter Sunshine notes the apple as a masculine open air fruit. A farm boy eats apples constantly from hay mows to traveling bags and even stagecoaches. He prefers the skin and uses his teeth for the first bite, keeping kin on for stew.
Report shows Burma and Assam together produced fifty million gallons of petroleum last year. The figure highlights regional output and reflects ongoing exploration and refining efforts in the area.
The Bodleian Library in Oxford marks three centuries since its founding. It stands as the world’s largest university library and a historic center for scholarly research.
A string of humorous anecdotes follows. A preacher defends old ways saying the hell of our fathers is sufficient. Senator Foraker’s dinner tour ends at an embassy then a mental asylum. A waiter nicknamed Snowball earns a sly retort about a future presidency. A New England pastor recalls gambling in Bowery machines. Lady Barker’s Simla dinner party ends in monkey mayhem as guests arrive to a wrecked table and a postponed concert.
A Philadelphia drummer recounts helping a friend by filling in as second trombone in a concert, only to fail during a Bohemian Girl piece as the first trombone partner could not be heard. The tale ends with a puzzled reader’s note about the mishap.
A pale man claims hoodoo on his right ear after a string of misfortunes tied to that ear. He recalls incidents from childhood to adulthood including injuries to the ear, a razor cut to the nose, and a dining car accident in New Orleans, attributing them to hoodoo.
A new air driven drying method using steam pipe gridwork and a chamber below a slotted floor was tested on carrots potatoes apples and other produce in Worcester England. Samples dried to commercial moisture in six hours at 90 to 100 degrees with low operating cost.
A Kansas City Journal tale tells of Blackmar the fireman who got a bouquet wedged in his mouth when a Moberly girl tried to gift him from a fishing pole as his train passed. He was taken to a hospital with half his cheek wounded. a widow sardonically asks if wedding bells will toll.
A Chicago education tale recounts Colonel Parker correcting a pronunciation in a public school. A Scotch boy says down in a way prompting Parker to call him a football enthusiast while a rear pupil reveals he runs the elevator at Morrison's.
A New York draper employs an assistant skilled in arranging cravats in fashionable shapes. The assistant attends weddings to help the bridegroom and best man properly adjust their ties for the auspicious occasion.
An amateur farmer recalls the burdens of being the only telephone in the district. His wife travels across fields to deliver calls to neighbors and tenants, leading to missed messages, complaints, and family quarrels. The farmer notes rural courtesy conflicts with town neighbors as their “telephone office” role causes ongoing friction.
An Illinois farmer recounts how crows once swarmed the countryside and nearly destroyed hogs, noting how crow numbers have dwindled and describing his past efforts to deter them with scarecrows and shooting. An unrelated barber anecdote ends with a customer requesting a haircut in perfect silence.
A national call for stricter divorce laws is countered by a western era essay arguing divorce can be a rightful escape from a damaging marriage. It says marriage ceremony is only symbolic and exposure of fault, that homes aren’t wrecked by divorce, and urges barriers to easy matrimony to curb youthful impulsiveness and protect children.
Ethel explains that a young woman did not love Algy and led him to think she did not care. When he proposed, she accepted immediately, confirming his deception about her feelings.
Dialogue echoes a family scene with a hypnotist and wife speaking to a child. The wife complains about being thanked, and the husband mentions instructing to show the mechanism to visitors, implying a domestic setting and a showlike element.
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