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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
3
A fragmentary excerpt reflects on the recurring question of what comes next for entertainers like Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley. The piece muses on touring life, repeated queries from hosts and guests, and the fear of an uncertain future after fame.
A witty line contrasts caution about graveyards after dark with fearlessness toward a tank full of spirits. The quip hints at bravado and macabre humor typical of light verse.
Minneapolis reader Mrs. Joseph Aselin credits two years of illness to abdominal pains. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and can do housework. The advertisement urges others to seek advice from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts with confidential female assistance.
A Wisner reader describes years of stomach trouble improving after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He reports rapid relief, weight gain of five pounds, and stomach and bowel health returning to normal within two weeks. The ad promotes trial with a money back guarantee through a druggist.
In response to wartime unemployment, Edmonton city council tapped local gold cleaning in the Saskatchewan river as a rapid work solution. Experienced Klondike veterans taught around 200 men, with August and September yields averaging about $1.50 to $2 daily per worker.
A soldier writes from the trenches about finding enjoyment in war time living. He describes minute by minute living as intense and precious, valuing each breath and the contrast between front line life and being away from the trenches. He asserts life is worth while anywhere when one makes the best of it.
A reader notes Jimmie studies his arithmetic faithfully each night. The class has started percent work and is learning to figure batting averages.
Fragmented text reflects miscellaneous lines about idioms and a mention of Noah's card play. No coherent event, person, organization, or place is established for a factual summary.
A Chicago sports writer profiles a young semi pro named Jake who borrowed $50 from Joe Connolly after July 4 and bet on Braves games. He turned the stake into $25,000 by the end of the World Series, then offered Connolly a $10,000 check for his role in the fortune. Stallings approved the payout as proper.
Gerald Ryan, once a Texas League player, returns as chief umpire at the highest salary ever paid by the league. League magnates say he is a drawing card, well known and well liked by Texas league fans.
The record table covers 64 games including ante and post season interleague play. American League wins total 29, National League 32, with three ties. All-time interleague results since 1903 show 513 games, AL 266 wins, NL 252. Historical yearly breakdowns follow.
Detroit fans praise second baseman Pep Young as Bunny Brief shows power at the plate. Fred Clarke trains Pirates batters against left-handers. Norman Elderfield inks another year with Chattanooga. Matt Stradford named Southern league secretary. Stallings relies on Rudolph James and Tyler for Braves pitching. Pug Bennett released by Vancouver. Harry Niles joins Mike Kelly's St Paul, while Nelly and Haight are released from Fort Worth. Marty O Tool shows spark with Columbus in prep for majors. Branch Rickey resumes daily Browns talks. Memphis Southern league insures players for 75000. Henry Berry pledges a new park for Seal fans by 1916. Stow wins Fort Worth second base. Kneaves shifts to third to keep Jansen out. Speaker Lewis Hooper outfielders share birthdays within days.
A New York Press view argues the Bahamas once barely touched by Europe now faces stagnation and degeneracy on Nassau and Watling's Island. It notes mixed populations, rising leprosy, poverty, and a fading agricultural base amid a climate of easy living.
A farmer suggests hawk control for poultry using wire netting, scarecrows, dummy hawks, tin can deterrents, and high-piled steel traps. The piece also recounts a barbecue in Ligs England where an ox was boiled in a dug brick-lined tank with a scaffold lift and long cooking time.
A description of grand scale cooking by hotel chefs, noting that their feats may not match the revolutionary wholesale cookery achieved at a major establishment. The passage hints at elaborate, large scale meal production and culinary innovation.
On Washington's Birthday a teacher asks boys to raise hands to be another George Washington. All hands rise except Tommy who, in a final quip, says he has told too many Megs, implying a past mischief while remaining humorous.
The piece questions why baseball players hurry everything from dress to meals and travel and then spend evenings in hotel lobby, writing letters or playing pool, arguing the rush serves no lasting purpose beyond constant bustle. It cites A. Batchelor in Detroit Press on the obsession with speed.
James Leslie Vaughn born in Weatherford Texas in 1888 had a long national minor league career. He first saw Hot Springs Arkansas with the Arkansas league in 1908 and quickly drew major club attention leading to a May 16 purchase by the New York Americans. He played in Scranton and Miacon before stints with Rochester and Louisville and later joined the New York Americans again in 1910. Vaughn then moved through Washington Kansas City and Chicago during 1912 to 1913, finishing with the Chicago club in midseason 1913.
Big Ed Pfeffer known as Hasse, a Brooklyn hurler, impressed Giants scouts after minor league stints with Cy Pieh of New York. Dick Sella, astute G team scout, viewed Pfeffer with caution though sees high potential and is willing to bet on him as a gamble for future success.
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