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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1921
Page
2
The Birmingham city ordinance requires owners of transfer vehicles to report all moves to the chief of police. Records are kept in a dated alphabetized book open for inspection. The law deterred bill evasion since 1913 and aided detectives locating bootleggers delinquents and other offenders.
A submarine electro magnet weighing seven hundredweight and capable of lifting 16 tons of metal may enable large scale salvage of steel and metal lost to German submarines. Three magnets would operate together to lift armor plates as searchlights reveal wrecks.
Minister Loucheur reports progress in reconstructions across France with 789000 destroyed houses rebuilt, 6 881000 acres cleared, and 3 420000 acres now cultivated. He notes civic restoration, agricultural recovery, and sustained national resolve for full reparations.
A Hamburg dispatch reports that twenty million marks in gold and silver, believed buried by Germany’s legendary Capt. Claus Stoertebecker, has been unearthed near the North Sea coast.
Harry W. Haley known as general prisoner No 22102 is serving a six months sentence in the United States disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth Kan for desertion, alleged to have been committed by a friend who saved his life in France.
Buenos Aires cleans downtown streets nightly with thorough washing and liberal disinfection to prevent communicable diseases, aiming to keep the city fresh and sanitary each morning.
E D Poe a Kennett blacksmith caught a five pound buffalo fish with its mouth and nose bitten off above the eyes on the Varney river at Tedr Blanket. The fish swam normally in a tank, seeming to pass water through both gill sets while living with its deformity.
Breckenridge Texas jury in the Nineteenth District Court granted A. P. Markwood a suspended year in the penitentiary and formed a purse of about $70 for him. Markwood said hard times forced him into distilling to support his wife and six children, corroborated by his wife on the stand. He came to Breckenridge from Necessity and surrendered after a fellow moonshiner was arrested.
Nebraska reports show Deshler sewer plant contract. Superior cement plant back in operation after shutdown. Beatrice Chamber funds poultry show. Scottsbluff backs education and high school building. Mitchell pupils aid gymnasium. University football loses to Notre Dame 7 0 at South Bend.
Nashville plans a permanent replica of the Athenian Parthenon using Mosaic surface concrete and a synthetic colored stone. Sculptor George Julian Zolnay will reproduce the figures for display in an art museum setting with a flat skylight to maximize interior light.
A memorial in Inca style was dedicated at the grave of James Orton on the forty fourth anniversary of his death. Representatives from Peru Bolivia and the United States attended ceremonies. Orton, professor at Vassar, led three expeditions to the Andes and Amazon regions revealing key natural history and geography findings.
Altoona readers report joy after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. A mother recounts six infant deaths before one healthy baby, crediting the remedy for a four month old infant’s health and inviting others to try the product for female ailments.
A young eight year old Italian boy asks a librarian for a fairy tale about a prince who kills a dragon with a crystal sword. The shelves are empty of that tale, and the boy jokes he won’t harm anyone, prompting a courteous, lighthearted exchange with the librarian.
A Grand avenue school teacher shares memories of teaching among her own people in the Tennessee mountains. She recalls language barriers and a boy’s stubborn refusal, illustrating rural attitudes toward schooling and travel in the region.
A passenger recalls a crowded train car incident when an awkward suitcase blocked the aisle. A passerby asserts ownership and moves the luggage, prompting embarrassment and unkind remarks from others.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes with complete directions for dyeing or tinting fabrics and furnishings. It claims safe results on wool silk linen cotton or blends, assures no streaking or fading, and urges shoppers to tell their druggist the fabric type for best results.
A brief ad style fragment notes cotton and linen prices doubling due to the war. It promotes Reg Cross Ball Blue for laundry and mentions a tax on beauty as a casual opinion. The text cites ad like lines and product shorthand.
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