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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
2
Old court records from 1738 to 1788 reveal harsh punishments for petty crimes, including flogging and public humiliation. A butcher faced a wooden horse and public shaming for serving dog and cat meat, while a father’s debt led to harsh penalties and debt crime.
Paris report details that Mile. Ernestine Labielle twenty wore a white fox fur to a St. Uraine dance when a friend snapped the stuffed fox head on her nose. She died from blood poisoning attributed to the animal's teeth.
A young girl learns to suppress her crying as the tears start to redden her nose. The adjustment comes amid attempts to appear composed in social settings and maintain calm during distress.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science urges an international system of museums tracing the original American wilderness. It calls for complete conservation in U S and Canada parks to create a continental scientific exhibit for future generations. The proposal seeks legal amendments to protect park classifications until study supports changes. The AAAS has about 1,000 members from both nations.
Door-knob thieves plague Berlin households and buildings as brass fixtures vanish. In a leading hotel brass fire hose nozzles and many other brass fittings disappeared in a single night, illustrating the scope of the thefts across hotels, apartments, offices, and private homes.
Pottsville resident Harry Cotler chased a long shot to recover a diamond ring valued at 1500 dollars. With city approval he tunneled into a sewer drain and retrieved the missing precious stone after dropping the ring in the passage.
An image of Budha made entirely from human bones will be dedicated at Jogwanji temple Fukagawa. The head priest says more than 2600 deceased bones were stored over ten years in the temple charnel house for those unable to bury the dead after cremation.
Chicago merchant Henry C. Lytton touts a breathing system he learned abroad as the key to extreme longevity. He cites imposts from a magazine article about an island where residents reportedly live to 103 and beyond, urging a sequence of inhaling holding and exhaling counts to boost chest expansion and lifespan.
In Paris a charity displays three white-clothed babies on a black background to illustrate France's declining birth rate. Figures show 1868 population 1,034,000. 1913 746,000. 1926 around 300,000. The piece links Germany's higher birth rate to future war outcomes. France seeks policy incentives to raise births.
Raul Silvio Sobrero of Los Angeles discovers Rome papers declaring him a baron. The title was granted to his father for service to the duke of Genoa in a battle and now passes to Sobrero by hereditary right.
In parliament, Stanley Baldwin reported 80 000 Britons liable for supertax last year with total income 470 million pounds. Those earning over £500,000 yearly numbered 28,800, contributing 367 million pounds.
Fish are cold blooded and their body temperature follows the temperature of the water around them. The concept explains how aquatic life adapts to environmental heat and cold.
Standing of ball teams at week end. Shubert to build a forty thousand dollar schoolhouse this spring. A railway bomb injured Eugene Feltz in Keystone. Ak Sar Ben coronation ball announced. Horseshoe contest at state fair offers five hundred dollars in prizes. Orleans Equity Union creamery to hold third annual picnic June 1 serving twelve thousand with one thousand gallons ice cream. Agnes Dunway wins first place in American Boy Magazine writing contest. Robbers flee Barneston banks before entry. P E O Sisterhood elects Lulu Walford Lincoln president. Bank safe and vault robbed. funds missing. Omaha churches urge religious instruction in public schools. Over a hundred Omaha businessmen on a 2300 mile state trade tour by ten-car train and band. Mildred and Fred Hahn buried alive in sand pile accident. Eight workers hurt when hospital nurses’ home section collapsed. no injuries. Capt. W J McVicker dead at North Bend. Potato acreage to fall in Kearney district. overall drop thirty-one percent. Beatrice Episcopal church to mark semi centennial June 10–11. Alfalfa damage from frost poisons hogs in Adams county. O Neill Checker Club claims unique self-owned home for checkers. West Point hosts first annual peony festival June 8. Agriculture graduates ninety from campus. men thirty nine and women fifty. John Ruetz escapes fatal neck wound after vehicle crash near Salem.
The Sixteenth annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans will be held in Omaha from June 12 to 14 to mark the war’s 25th anniversary. Notable speakers include Antonio P. Bentenza and Rev. C W Marin, with events for veterans, initiation by Knights of Ak Sar Ben, and Flag Day observances.
A detailed look at a modern gambrel roof dairy barn 112 feet by 36 feet, designed for 40 cows, featuring a roof suction ventilation system. Editor William A Radford offers free farm building advice, urging planning before construction and noting the barn’s layout aids light, airflow, and cow comfort.
The guide describes a modern dairy barn setup with a fully equipped stable, steel stanchions, overhead track, and ventilation to keep air clean. It stresses site planning, drainage, and concrete work, advising careful placement across from the house and considering distance for comfortable breezes.
A reflective piece on books as friends and guides, recalling how aging volumes evoke youth. It paints scenes of evening light, an elm tree, a hedge, and distant cow-herds while characters fade from the page, naming Corinne and Bernardin de Saint Pierre and Homer.
The Detroit News New York letter notes three curiosities from the recent Madison Square Garden circus. A European woman dubbed the homeliest in the world emigrated with four beautiful children. An Australian man arrived as the original Tarzan with a program contract. Zip the What-Is-It seeks to someday play Hamlet despite wealth from Barnum fame.
A guest teased the young son about a baby, asking if he was sorry the stork didn’t leave it there. The boy answered, with sly humor, that they would just get another one since Daddy always brings something new home.
A Japanese proverb notes a woman's tongue is short yet deadly, saying three inches can kill a man six feet tall. The saying highlights sharp speech's impact in social dynamics.
Parents are advised to have children cut illustrations of peaches pears apples and other fruits from seed catalogues. Save the pictures to waste on fruit cans as they can be identified more easily than ordinary printed labels, even in a dark closet.
A reflective column extols laughter as a shield against threats and gloom. It argues that humor dispels shadows and fosters resilience, urging readers to choose lighthearted merriment over cynicism and sharp tempers.
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