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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1902
Page
5
The story recounts a logger’s joke about a wildcat mine that yielded only cats. A bear hunter kills twenty seven wildcats in a tunnel, dynamite is placed, and the charge sends several tons of cats spilling from the hole as the crowd watches in disbelief.
Readers learn of a cursed royal ring tied to Alfonso XII and Mercedes and the later misfortunes striking those involved. The tale spans the ring's gifting by the Duke of Montpensier, its passage among royalty, and its alleged fatal influence within the royal circle.
A chaotic scene unfolds in a city hotel lobby as a group of Wildcats miners clash, with one miner described as a wildcat by the Oregonian. Security intervenes while bystanders report heated words and tense moments during May events.
An old man recalls boyhood friendship with Smith that deepened through school college and business but ended in betrayal. Both men fell for the same girl at a social party. Smith plans to leave and turn over his stake, sending the narrator to Australia where the narrator marries the girl, sparking the feud.
The article credits Thomas Jefferson with several everyday use inventions including a three legged folding camp stool the revolving chair a light wagon and a copying press. It notes a device for measuring his walking distance a plow and a hemp cultivator and that his plan earned a gold medal in France in 1790. It emphasizes he never profited financially from his inventions and believed they should be freely available.
The French preacher Pere Monsabre counsels a troubled woman who sought guidance for vanity. After confessing she judged her appearance in a mirror, he reassures her that making a mistake is not a sin and sends her away in peace.
An oblique, garbled note laments a death with unclear details, mentioning an elderly relative and expressions of insincerity toward the recipient. The fragmentary text lacks coherent facts to establish a clear event, names, or a location.
Opinion column notes that despite science and liberal thought, churches show vitality through imposing cathedrals and rising building activity. It cites London Roman Catholic, Broadway Tabernacle, St John the Divine, and Methodist expansion as evidence of popular church loyalty and expansive giving. The piece contrasts public growth with concerns about decline, urging reflection on these facts.
A Washington Times essay discusses tracking worries to see their basis, noting only two of years of anxieties proved substantial and trivial. It argues worry wastes time and energy, harms vitality, and unsettles others, urging action if possible and otherwise shifting focus to pleasant topics.
The article argues mothers judge suitors by character and worldly prospects, often favoring wealth and lineage over virtue. It urges selecting a clean, decent man from the same class who is humane, worldly experienced, liberal, and loving, over handsome or rich but dissolute partners.
A Baltimore Herald editorial laments the fixation on monetary success in American business and society. It argues that measuring worth by pay and profits erodes true religion and hinders Christian revival, urging a return to spiritual values over the dollar gauge.
A Boston Transcript essay argues roads reflect civilization and progress. It contrasts luxury versus necessity, cites Romans and Puerto Rico highways, and calls for nationwide effort toward smooth, continuous highways for industrial and commercial growth.
A reflective note on affording purchases by life and liberty. The piece cites Thoreau and Stevenson to suggest a measure of affordability: what living one must exchange for money and what income one can honestly afford. It tests whether a higher income is worth the life cost.
Winfield Scott Stratton, famed Cripple Creek bonanza king, dies in Colorado Springs after years of sinking a shaft toward Battle Mountain seeking the mother lode. He had spent about seven million dollars on the project and believed vast riches lay beneath Cripple Creek. Born in Indiana in 1848, Stratton rose from a carpenter to a mining titan, with independence mine profits funding his probe into the heart of the mountain.
Pearson's recounts dangers in Alpine tunnel work from heat and high altitude to flooding at Simplon. It notes Fatalities to engineers and workers, ventilation debates, Saccardo's air system, electric traction as a solution, and improved worker care at Simplon with meals medical help and changing facilities.
The Lucanyan Indians with Columbus named the island Cuba when it was discovered.
A struggling actress complains about a company and her wage earnings. She says she feels wretched because she cannot wear her own good clothes while performing.
The essay argues that the kingdom of heaven is a guiding force behind human striving for excellence and justice. It contrasts earthly ambition focused on rewards with heavenly desire for real value, urging nations to pursue virtue, patience, and peace over mere material success.
The article argues for teaching the Bible in schools as literary and cultural heritage. It contrasts sectarian views, notes Europe and America face educational crises, and urges using the Bible as a universal fountain of life rather than sectarian conflict.
The passage attacks legal fraud and corporate greed as a rising threat to public life. It compares modern wealth, personified by bonds and mortgages, to Samson’s strength and warns that greed at the top harms vulnerable groups, calling for divine timing and public reckoning.
Fragmented sermon notes discuss socialism as a world movement and moral appeal, arguing it is right and Christian and capable of erasing class distinctions. Reverends Null, Alsop, and others emphasize duty, sacrifice, and following Christ, linking religion to finality and universal blessing.
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