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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
3
A fragmented reminiscence piece blends Civil War raid memories in Caroline County Virginia with a frontiersman tale from the Llano Estacado. It recounts Confederate raids, tales of theft and defiance, and a Lincoln anecdote about Capt. Burke and Fort Lafayette, contrasting Bastille imagery with wartime liberty.
A collage of notes describes Ireland’s western counties and Dublin plans to letter carts in Erse. It mentions a deaf mute telegraph device, Lutzen battle commemorations, Duxhurst asylum, Jain fasting, Pekin barbers seeking customers, and a barber’s mobile shop ritual.
A fragment from the National Tribune traces R. B. Brown of New Concord Ohio to a Civil War rise from private to Republic commander in chief. It recounts his Ohio Department leadership in 1885, later journal work with the Zanesville Courier, and a tellable tale of a Christmas Eve night near the Rappahannock with wounded soldiers, reunion bands, and a skirmish return.
A veteran recalls the skirmish near Atlanta Georgia on July 22 1865. He describes advancing through woods to the city lines, losses suffered, and the moment Gen McPherson fell as Confederate forces surged at about 2 oclock.
The article recalls "Mother" Bickerdyke, famed Civil War nurse, honored with a monument in Galesburg. Her bold acts included tearing down breastworks to build fires for freezing soldiers, quelling theft with tartar emetic peaches, and earning respect from generals like Sherman. Soldiers praised her care and memory.
The American Grocer reports last year Americans spent about 1.549 billion dollars on alcoholic drinks tea coffee and cocoa, up 21 percent in five years while population rose less. Per capita spend reaches 18.68 with spirits about 16 of that. Beer consumption stands at eighteen and a half gallons per year. Zion's Herald notes the national drink bill could fund government expenses.
Manhattan consumes about one hundred thousand barrels of whiskey annually costing 2 560 000 dollars. Add thirty thousand barrels of other spirits for 500 000, two hundred thousand cases of champagne for 5 500 000, four million gallons of wines and brandies for 27 000 000, and five million barrels of beer for 100 000 000. Total 735 500 000 dollars. If all beer and liquor were fed through a tap at a gallon a minute, it would take ninety years and thirty six days to empty.
A tale about Nicolo Paganini the famed violinist at Queen's Hall London. A listener notes two performances with slight blurred notes and Paganini replies that he had a glass of wine before those windows on stage. He says he felt imperfect in the toughest passages due to the wine.
A Midland Methodist writer condemns past adages about liquor as harmless. He argues liquor acts like a serpent and adder, biting and stinging whether from a sideboard or barroom, brown jug or hidden bottle, and warns of its poisonous effects.
In Holland license applicants must have their names published for public hearing. Virginia liquor dealers lobby against state prohibition via concerted action. In Ireland many churches use fermented wine in communion, including Presbyterians and Methodists. An elderly woman offers gin on Kensington Road, prompting a clerical quip about the workhouse.
A distressed widow laments the ruin caused by the liquor trade. She recounts how a rumseller despoiled her husband and son, driving them to poverty, crime, and death, and questions what life she has left. Her plea ends with a mournful call to end the fuel of tavern vice.
A temperance record recounts a saloon keeper placing his bar between a factory and shops to influence workers' wages. The licensed liquor dealer boasted that laborers pay his bar first after payday, while questions arise about whether grocers and provision dealers tolerate such wage effects.
A Danish poster urging abstinence from alcohol is displayed in all railway stations. It labels alcohol as cause of mental illness and crime and promotes total abstinence as the safest weapon for national well being and prosperity.
Vermont counties show Montpelier dry and Barre no license, Burlington narrowly license. Windsor county towns mostly vote no, statewide sentiment favors dry as towns switch from license to no license, with 36 previously dry towns altering to support license in scattered returns.
Dr W B Palmore condemns liquor as crime not business, noting eight cents profit per ten cent drink. New Orleans printer abstaining from drinks saved health and money, amassing about $100000 in twenty years while coworkers became alcohol dependent and lost jobs. Police in Hamilton discourage officers drinking or gambling, with dismissal risk.
In Omaha Nebraska a fight at 2102 Cuming street left Niels Jensen badly beaten by four drunk men. A brick was thrown striking Jensen in the forehead and fracturing the skull. Jensen's condition is serious after surgery at Omaha General Hospital. Three men D O McMellen William Kennedy and EE Wilson were arrested for involvement, with a fourth companion逃to be sought as a possible killer. The incident followed a dispute over a dice game at the saloon.
Major General Leonard Wood denied a rumor that a Japanese army officer was arrested in Manila for sketching fortifications. He said no arrest occurred and no Japanese took sketches. He noted Japanese have mapped the Philippines since American occupation, with no law prohibiting it. Wood had returned to Manila from a hunting trip.
HAVANA. The provisional government intends American troops to conduct extensive practice marches nationwide. The aim is not to threaten but to bolster confidence. General Franklin Bell orders officers and enlisted men to show utmost courtesy to Cubans of all parties.
A blaze starting in the basement power room damaged the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, valued at six million dollars, with the building saved after efforts to extinguish the fire. many attendees in the music hall escaped unharmed.
Sheridan Wyoming reports a conference between Utes and troops led to an agreement. Ute chiefs Red Cap and Black Whiskers will travel to Washington to discuss the issue with President Roosevelt while the Utes return with Colonel Rogers to Fort Meade South Dakota for government care. The Sixth Cavalry will escort the party. The Utes remain armed.
A Central Railroad eastbound freight locomotive derailed near James Street in Rome New York plunging into a saloon. Engineer Albert Deown of Little Falls died from scalding as Brake N an Robert B Vandevort of Albany was crushed under the tender. Fireman Hugh L Grover of Syracuse escaped through the cab window.
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