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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
2
An elderly Detroit resident struggles to recall a visitor’s name on the veranda. A cordial exchange ends with the man revealing he is the sewing machine repair technician visiting to fix her machine.
A miscellaneous snapshot notes counts of public libraries in Mexico nearly a million volumes, Germany and Russia populations, Spanish navy decline, Gettysburg cannons and tablets, a single large Russian shoe factory, and long Swedish miles. It also records women in 19th century wars in China, the cinematograph for the blind, and a surge in the U.S. colored population by 1900 with census figures and historic gains.
In Japan a seven mile line between Atami and Yoshinoma in Izie province uses a single car powered by two muscular coolies who push when needed and ride on downhill. Fares for a round trip with crew tips total 21 cents, and the worker pushers are noted as astonishing physical specimens.
The King of Portugal and Infante Don Alphonso played for the south in the Cascaes tournament against the north for the Queen of Portugal challenge cup. The King demonstrated a hard volleying game and sound judgment, holding his own with Portugal’s top players.
An old account recalls General Sir Evelyn Wood riding a giraffe during a hunt or display. The incident reportedly left him and observers amused yet with lasting unease as the animal behaved unpredictably and caused a fall.
A fashion feature surveys current dress styles with emphasis on bodices worn with separate skirts and coats. It notes popular trim choices, fabrics like satin faced cloths and velvet, and decorative buttons in crystals, faux sapphires, and pearls. Mentions dove gray granitine Voulsine, cream Irish lace, and pale blue garments.
The article surveys current street fashion with coat and skirt outfits, short jackets dominating popularity while longer coats lag. It highlights biscuit cloth jackets with lace and applique, willow green cashmere gowns, coral red tibeline ensembles with black velvet trim, and ornate garnitures and color contrasts.
The article discusses fabrics such as black cheviot, velvet, corduroy velvets, and silks like gran ie Louisine and granite crepe de chine. It notes a shift toward plain colors for gowns, trims with fur and lace, striped velvets for accents, and practical coats and cloaks with stylish yet restrained detailing. It mentions fashionable home tailoring with distinct trims and a trend toward simpler, slender house gowns.
Factional fights within the Knights of Labor recur as courts view labor disputes. A new national labor organization forms in Washington to unite mechanics and laborers at navy yards. Austrian miners win shorter hours after a 1901 law, while the International Typographical Union expands. Westinghouse adopts a quarterly bonus for foremen, and tobacco workers face wage cuts amid potential island relocation and unionization drives.
Annie Rogers faced the recorder after police found her with a razor a dirk and a knife in her stockings. The judge warned she would serve thirty days unless she paid a 15.75 dollar fine.
A dialogue shows a National Committeeman and a Senator discussing forming an independent political club to back the Committeeman’s son for the 1920 presidential nomination. The exchange highlights ambition, political instinct, and a family pursuit within party politics.
A poet laments misunderstood genius facing starvation as begging is illegal and readings are shunned. The piece also notes a social rule urging husbands to be polite and dine with guests without removing coats, and mentions holes in shirts.
A Venezuelan dictator Guzman Bianco erected a colossal equestrian statue. An academic critic noted the horse had no teeth. A palace confrontation followed when the director defended the statue and the professor refused to praise it.
A washerwoman named Camelia is accused of loose tongue and scornful talk in Devil's Dip. Recorder Broyles sentences her to fifteen days in the stockade with Camelia defending her right to speak and denying guilt.
An official notes that ancient knowledge foreshadowed modern skill across art and science. He cites Egyptian bands, Herodotus devices, Roman lenses, and Peruvian roads, arguing progress exists, yet future inventors will unlock more in transportation, power, and lighting.
At the Howard Athenaeum Boston proprietor Mr Stetson chided a performer with poorly trained dogs after a Monday night show. He insisted the act run only twenty three minutes claiming the performer must earn his salary. He ordered the act to be moved to the alley for the rest of the week if needed.
A seven mile line runs between Atami and Yoshihama where pushers move the car when power is needed. On downgrades the pushers hop aboard and ride. The crew tips amount to 21 cents per round trip.
An angry customer accuses a clerk of fast color cloth that faded in two months, while the clerk defends the fabric. The note widens to comment that many women observe their own neglect in matters of appearance.
Henry Green quarrels with a neighbor claiming the other man threw hints. The recorder notes the exchange and quotes the man, then fines Green seventy five cents or imprisonment in the chain gang for a few weeks. The case highlights a peculiar local slang exchange and the judge’s admonition.
A London correspondent notes Queen Victoria never discarded any dress or accessory and kept duplicates of outfits. Her vast wardrobe is described as a near perfect record of sixty years of fashion, highlighting her remarkable collection and habits.
A crude remark claiming a darky with one leg is as happy as a white man with two. The line reflects offensive racial stereotype language and mockery without context or outcome.
The article notes the old iron hinges of the cabinet room door replaced by brass, now owned by Captain Charles Loeffter who served as doorkeeper for eight or nine administrations. It also details the replacement of the north porch door knob with a gold plated knob costing 55 dollars, bearing a spread eagle and thirteen stars, valued for its historic use by many officials and visitors over the years.
A man on vacation endures the heat of the office with two weeks left to his break. He rides forty miles on his bicycle, mops his brow, and pities coworkers sweltering at work while he savors cooler days away.
A patient with severe backache or lumbago is described as the common form of back pain. The article claims ten minutes of vigorous rubbing with St Jacobs Oil will drive off the trouble and restore health, noting back pain is easily caught yet easily cured by this remedy.
In a partial transcript fragment the exchange shows He-Come challenging Carrie about denials and the others noting rumors surrounding her. The visible lines reveal interrogation tone and strained personal tension.
A brief old ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry soap for cleaning clothes to smell and look fresh as new. Sold at all grocers with promotional phrasing.
Germany leads in number of glove concerns with over 1100 firms and 1000 producing kid gloves. Austria Hungary 350, France 225, England 190, Italy 100, others 50 to 60 each. Key centers include Prague Vienna Paris London Worchester Naples Milan Turin Stockholm Malmo and Brussels. Innovation noted.
Captain A H L Bogardus, famed world wing shot, spent the summer in Chicago at Ferris Wheel Park. His shooting school drew crowds with superb rifle handling and exhibitions. He recounts a scare with kidney disease that progressed to Bright's disease, then credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring his health.
A garbled exchanges captures two speakers debating belonging and sameness, with partial phrases like I think we en boys and You but ias different, ending unresolved as they attempt to understand who they are.
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