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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1906
Page
2
A humor column quotes a struggling pastor and parishioners in a scene about building fund subscriptions. A comical exchange shows the leader boasting a carriage while others are described as poor as he plans to drive around collecting pledges.
A Chicago News item quotes Sandy Wikes Yer telling Billy Coalgate to ask the women for pie but Billy says he asks for a cake of soap instead. The quip implies he plans to take offerings before they notice.
A service note records that the caller asks to relay a message to Miss May. The servant promises to inform her immediately and report back.
A brief dialogue from the Glasgow Times shows a mistress asking about a servant girl and a question of certainty. The servant confirms the lady knew the speaker was not present suggesting social attitudes and gossip.
A dialogue on the cost of divorce and marriage contrasts a talkative dreamer with a practical realist. The philosopher argues divorces cost more than marriages while the other counters that value follows worth. The brief exchange appears in the Life section.
A brief exchange in New York Weekly shows a stock drop question answered with secrecy. The second broker asks for a five cent lunch counter, highlighting humorous streetwise tensions in the market scene.
Puzzled customer asks if bread is fresh. baker reassures and declares the loaf is tomorrow's bread, not yesterday's, in a humorous Philadelphia Press exchange.
A magazine couplet featuring Dirty Dunnigan recalling a past life with an extinct old lady and remarks on former wealth. He laments his current state while noting he once supported a wife and six children.
The Philadelphia Press quotes a music critic calling the soprano's high notes full of warmth, noting their ascent into the upper register. The exchange with Jack suggests the notes project with warmth and reach.
The exchange calls Mr. Niblack a skilled golfer while joking about his dialect. The remark highlights fluent play and the speaker’s doubt about language style.
Bobby Skinner asks why Mr B. Z. Marks is called a green grocer. Mrs Skinner replies the nickname stems from his trust in the father, sparking light humor in the kitchen talk.
The dialogue shows a woman bragging about living high this summer while a man asks what she is doing. She replies she is dancing on a roof garden, capturing a moment of carefree urban leisure.
In Stray Stories, Hungry Higgins reacts to a woman who called him an anim ated scarecrow this morning. Weary Watkins replies that he has known Higgins since the early eighties but has never seen animation about him.
A brief dialogue from Smart Set features a man and woman discussing marriage for money. The man asserts he has no time to waste when marrying for wealth, while the woman challenges the notion with a cautious question about hesitation.
A quoted exchange notes furniture insurance and a fireproof flat with no heat suspicion, highlighting a cautious stance on insurance and safety in a Philadelphia Press snippet. The dialogue underscores skepticism about insuring belongings and the inertia of perceived fireproofing.
A reader's fragment shows a wife challenging her spouse about financial gains since marriage. The terse exchange hints at strain over double income and practical support within the relationship.
Mrs Brown reports on Mrs Swellman's new house showing stained glass everywhere. Mrs Parvena criticizes servants for failing to remove the stains.
A vivid Scribner's description portrays Rocamadour as a dramatic oasis in southwestern France. Between the Dordogne and Lot valleys lies a harsh rocky plateau with underground rivers and a sudden canyon leading to a lush, shaded valley where the Alzon river winds through green fields, poplars, beech, and tall trees.
A light exchange reveals Mrs Winks blaming Mrs Minks for not mailing a letter while away. Mrs Minks counters she posted it herself, prompting Mrs Winks to suspect the letter remains in her husband’s pocket, humorously tracing the note’s odyssey.
A lighthearted exchange on love and social roles. She remarks that a man’s life is easier as he can spend evenings with whomever and avoid entertaining arrivals. He counters by questioning why that would be desirable.
Chicago Record Herald notes Miss Oldtime rejected Skinner but now indicates renewed interest. Report claims Skinner was her initial proposal in a dating sequence.
A brief quoted exchange discusses beliefs about early marriage versus waiting until a man has established himself. The dialogue weighs how delaying marriage affects the duration one can hold onto personal illusions.
A quip from Mrs Newlywed about her husband John. she recalls his praise comparing her to others. Her mother replies it need not cause tears. The exchange reflects shifting self worth in a light humor strip.
A short quip features Knox and Proxy debating honesty with wives in a Philadelphia Record style exchange. The joke centers on what to tell a spouse and what not to reveal in a private discussion.
Dialogue excerpt portrays a juror misjudging expert testimony. The exchanged quip shows a juror claiming to understand the experts, prompting a judge’s acknowledgment of the man’s impaired judgment.
A speaker objects to a dog being set on him, noting it as a risk of the business but finds a water spaniel especially excessive. The remark reflects frustration with the animal involved.
A station master questions a man about loitering at the platform for days. Uncle Hi explains he lent $4 last Thursday and is waiting for repayment.
In a muted morning scene the 7 01 train was missed by passengers. The mounted policeman assigned to pace the commuters broke his bicycle at the outset.
In a witty exchange a inquiring philosopher asks why more old maids appear in the area. An astute native suggests the rise may be linked to a growing number of old bachelors nearby.
In a sci fi vignette the Martian crew on an exploring airship passes a shifting world and learns it now belongs to banker J P Morgan, a twist on a famous label. The steersman notes the place once known as the world is now a private estate.
A quirky Chicago News item uses dialect banter about miracles and a camel eye to mock sensational claims, featuring exchanges between Denny and Larry-Phwas about a 200 pound woman visiting a pocket bed.
A South American woman expresses a premonition that something dreadful will happen to her husband. She asks if he is involved in a revolution, but it turns out there was no revolution that day and he went out to test his new automobile.
Dr. Lucien Morisse of Laguayra promotes forest work in Venezuela claiming sap gathering can yield up to 241.25 dollars a day with 300 workdays yearly. He cites 74 million forested acres and argues energetic northern labor could earn about 72 thousand dollars annually.
Dr Carl Peters reports eastern Mashonaland ruins belong to the Sabaeans Phoenicians, possibly Ophir land tied to Punt Egypts early gold trades. A 5,000 year old Isis statue hints Egyptian influence. Zimbabwe named as Phoenician Johannesburg, with inscriptions in Semitic-like script and Massapa Rusapi names.
A Baltimore American note describes a rat catching method using specific scents and a barrel trap. Prepared bait is scented with powdered fetida oil of rhodium oil of aniseed lavender and a small amount of water to lure rats. A barrel covered with paper and a top access plank holds cheese scraps as daily rations, then a rock and water setup traps the first rat and sparks a chain of fights drawing in others.
Isaac Perisho, 83, recalls beating Lincoln in a 1845 rail splitting contest. The Philadelphia North American subject, visiting with daughter Mrs. 0. C. Bower, says Perisho lived in Illinois for 76 years after moving from Indiana. He preserves personal memories of the rail splitter and President Lincoln.
A classic account on Borneo tribes describes animal omens guiding daily life. Birds such as the barking deer and hawk, the kingfisher, trovon, tailor-bird, shrike, and Malay bear are linked to misfortune or success, shaping journeys, marriage, hunting, and disputes.
Emperor Francis Joseph, exhausted after a hunt, asks a peasant for a ride. The peasant declares he is the Shah of Persia, while the emperor admits his own title. The humorous exchange ends with the emperor learning he is sharing a wagon with a royal impersonator.
A Memphis Scimeter story recalls a girl fleeing upstairs as her mother threatened a switch. The father rushed up in three steps to comfort her just as discipline loomed, the child exclaiming that he had arrived in time.
The barkentine Fremont crew reportedly set a record with 177000 codfish brought to San Francisco. Most of the haul came from the Bering Sea.
A columnist remark notes that telling the truth about a neighbor can lead to lawsuits for damages and that a married man is not a Hercules for enjoying his club. The piece uses humorous critique to explore reputation and social norms.
A collage of brief, old-world vignettes: archbishop and student, political graft via postal cards, a curious British marriage notice, Ingersoll’s Washington encounter with a Bible reader, a Welsh maid and suitor exchange, and a Welsh farmer’s daughter wedding.
Mathias Kneisl, an infamous Bavarian robber, was tried after killing two gendarmes during a burglary and taking refuge in the Machauer Moos. He was found guilty on murder robbery and habitual criminal counts, receiving death on the first count, fifteen years for the second, and lifelong deprivation of civil rights.
The London Express correspondent recounts Sir Henry Irving staying at Hotel Margaret in Brooklyn and taking an afternoon drive to Prospect Park in a closed carriage. The cabby later reported hearing a groan and a troubling remark attributed to the actor, then returned with him after a brief outing.
An army transport voyage to Manila disrupted by timing errors across the Gregorian calendar. The Hancock completed a record run from San Francisco to the 180th day, but July 4, Independence Day was lost during the crossing, preventing celebrations for a distinguished party of American officials en route to Manila.
The piece recounts how John Philip Sousa adopted a new surname after immigrating to the United States, changing Philipso to Sousa and adding U S A to create Sousa Vahiladel. The nickname reflected his Americanization and fame as a mare music master in Philadelphia.
A Syracuse Herald item recounts a hardware store clerk who accidentally sold blasting powder to a customer. When the buyer returned the lump powder, the clerk offered a coffee grinder to grind it, arguing but failing to exchange. The tale concludes with the clerk pleasing employers despite the mix up.
The article quips about a naval clash seen from the surface as bubbles from battleships rise. It humorously describes ramming, torpedoes, and skirmishes below the waves, contrasting with a cautious observer calling it a tame spectacle.
A quoted teller among porters confined in Kansas City due to smallpox claimed the quarantine remained three weeks and the illness was not smallpox, describing it as nuts and phony celluloid excuses.
A Baltimore American snippet recalls Adeline Worcester and a young Brewster wedding. The passage questions the spelling of Adeline's name with playful misrendering, noting the line read Adelina Brorcester in printed wordplay.
Fragmentary letters quote a Philadelphia Bulletin remark on women critics and the iron trade. The snippet references "Poor Mother Eve" and a remark about men containing pig iron, implying a satirical exchange in a historic newspaper page.
The article reports the death of a veteran born 1839 who served in the Union Army and lost an arm in battle. Found dead by suicide with a pistol shot, the man left a letter blaming Ayers and expressing distress from morphine. The incident occurred on a homestead near Antony, western Nebraska.
A man described as insane appeared at the Western round-house in Fremont Neb and caused panic among locals including children. He reportedly sat at a table eating and was restrained by a burly worker with help from neighbors until authorities arrived for insanity evaluation.
In Meath Epilentie Western Nebraska coroner LN conducted an inquest into the death of Miss Anna Kratoehvila Bow ady aged about 22. Found lifeless in a hog slat on a farm about one half mile east of Western. Witnesses described the woman as habitually helpful with chores and possibly struck by a fall or accident. Verdict: suffocation or injury led to death, with the exact cause uncertain from the testimony.
The new French cabinet has not yet presented its ministerial declaration, delaying the official start of government. The senate and chamber of deputies adjourned briefly with little business, aside from a proposal to discuss Emil Zola ashes. In New York Kevin Parkhurst defied a summons, insisting the town is wide operant, while Commissioner Bingham pursues the law.
Fragmentary text describes a fire raging below an interns boundary near San Plego California. Mentions hundreds of ogres and damaged land with limited value. References communications and smoke, but details are obscured and inconsistent.
Fragmented OCR text references a train line near Colorado Springs and a derailment or track issue. Mentions New York police leadership changes and a commissioner statement about service changes affecting precincts and captains, with specific note of Tenderloin precinct.
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