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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
8
Stromsburg hosts Hastings College football in a regional tie on the grounds Friday afternoon. The town items report marriages, relocations, visits, and community notices including clerical work, farming updates, and upcoming Union services led by Evangelist Houser.
District records show attendance for October 30 1903 with pupils listed as present including Elsie Johnson Anton Scholz Grace Bense and others. Teacher Benix notes Johnson visited Thursday with her aunt Mrs Walter.
Route 3 notes threshing finished with the Keller machine stored for winter. Stevens and Severn from Rising City buy cattle. Dist 39 school visit by Mrs J Lisko. A Shelby visitor, C Augustine, drove through county. Lena Anderson in Columbus this week visiting. Mr B N Keller visited relatives. Hardy E Keller quit threshing for year and returned to Osceola. Route 3 folks praised for dog recipe meddling. Bishop to St Andrew s church in the valley Nov 9 with confirmations. John Zipper aids orphans on Route 3. Gabriel Sheldstrom visited Ed Strack over Sunday. J W Strack traveled to Beulah and back Sunday. Local sale notes three twenty dollar suites and three fur coats sold before breakfast Tuesday.
Pini and Paul Timi and wife shared a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Geo Englehardt last Sunday at their home.
Osceola hosts a railroad bond campaign meeting with Dr. H. M. Mills elected chairman and M. G. Thurman secretary. A large group attends pledging support as stakeholders discuss Valley precinct petition for a Silver Creek bridge. Farmers urged to compete in Nebraska State Commission corn exhibition for 1904 St Louis World’s Fair premiums.
Osceola Record notes Jacobson family shows pride in two girls as Wm. Lord and kin plan a California return. J. Skinner nears completion on a new house awaiting a bird. L. M. Locke constructs a frame for a new home and plans to end his chase and bring it home.
Editorial lauds rural carriers as the backbone of the postal system noting their sacrifice for $600 a year. It praises their daily toil braving weather and distance to connect rural farmers with markets and news, linking equality between country and city residents.
The Chamberlain biography describes his method in the House of Commons and at public meetings. He surveys the order paper, then delivers a meticulously prepared speech with calm, precise phrasing and sharp rebuttals.
A jumble of observations on women and men with sharp wit and sarcasm. The piece contrasts romance, aging, and social behavior, noting women’s actions, men’s ambitions, and the allure of appearances in a flippant, satirical tone.
An eye specialist notes foods can affect sight. Stale sausages and sour cream risk harming vision, with a reported family case of rabbit pie causing accommodation failure. Tainted fish is cited as another potential cause, though cures remain unclear.
The post office runs a conscience fund where people who regret using a poorly canceled 2 cent stamp send a good stamp and anonymous explanation. An official pastes the stamp on a large card with a couple of pen marks, mirroring the effect if the stamp were canceled by the sender.
A Nantucket family debates nautical phrases with the mother insisting she never uses them. She challenges the child to carry a message to Cousin Phebe and insists the phrase “this squares the yards with us” when schooltime nears. Boston Christian Register.
The Nashville Banner quotes a saying that life improvement comes not from turning a leaf but from filling the new page with steady effort. It notes that bad habits are replaced by good habits through persistent, often strenuous, work.
The text describes how eighty men assemble German dolls, each performing a fixed part. In some large factories, about 1,000 dozen dolls can be produced daily. After the body is completed, women finish the dolls by painting dressing and packing them for market.
A young lady finishes a Faust selection. An old lady recalls liking Home Sweet Home and notes Minnie plays it, saying she can tell the tune when Minnie crosses her hands.
A Chicago Post quotation defines domesticity as the trait of preferring to stay home when one’s spouse wants to go out. It contrasts male and female domesticity as mutual willingness to stay home when the partner desires absence.
A courtroom voice notes a harsh critique of a floorwalker while a Milwaukee Journal line finds quiet satisfaction in watching someone else face a fresh coat of paint. The Chicago Globe adds a dog remark about natural behavior.
The Birmingham Age-Herald recounts a Wade Hampton anecdote to illustrate his fame among slaves. It notes he owned 4,000 slaves, making him the largest slave owner in the South or modern times.
A garbled report from Vienna describes a young Magyar woman and a distant lover in a troubled scene. The fragment hints at a suicide after a telephone exchange and a mysterious shooting, ending with the statement that a man killed himself.
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