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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
3
The article discusses Austrian noble rules on rank and marriage as Franz Joseph’s era nears, highlighting views on royal birth versus titles. It expands into psychology notes noting mind over body, and social reactions to wartime civilians and decision making.
German brewers face tight limits as wartime demand reduces beer output to a fraction of normal needs. Authorities permit use of last quarter 1915 raw materials for workers, allow inter-brewery transfers, and require pooling half of fourth quarter 1915 allocations to ease production without halting operations.
John Drew condemned war at a Bar Harbor luncheon calling man not much different from lesser animals. He argued humans sometimes resemble beasts in folly and cruelty, citing a foolish man with a red parasol disguising a fern as the source of folly.
A garbled dialogue hints at a quarrel with Dubhwaite and remarks about weather. One speaker mentions a shower of rain and carrying an umbrella on cloudy days, suggesting a domestic or social dispute conveyed in fragmented phrases.
A sport fruit packer estimates California dried fruit output and value for the season. The state may produce 79 million pounds of peaches 40 million pounds of apricots and 30 thousand pounds of raisins with total value around 22 500 dollars and substantial prune production also anticipated.
Fragmentary quotes show a tense exchange as a man named Lud recalls a brief confrontation while another speaker, identified as Person, questions the incident and a third party named mae allegedly caused trouble. The text preserves uncertain dialogue and fragmented narration.
Natalie Curtis reports that an American Indian melody based composition by Busoni received its first American performance in Philadelphia with the composer and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Curtis notes the piece relies on authentic Indian songs, recorded from West Coast Indians. The conductor praised its significance in musical development, likening it to Debussy’s break from tradition.
The Liskelle peak in the Carinthian Alps is renamed Hindenburg Height to honor the victor of Tannenberg and the Masurian lakes. An obelisk will rise on the summit, begun under architect Arnold of Hanover, with Field Marshal von Hindenburg expected to attend next summer with his wife.
Mica mining in the United States began in 1803 at the Ruggles mine in Grafton county New Hampshire. Before North Carolina began mining around 1867 New Hampshire supplied all U S mica. By 1914 North Carolina led in mica value with New Hampshire second and NH still yields material from old mine dumps.
Louis Grazorello, sixteen, of 716 Kater Street, was struck by a trolley while riding a bicycle and sustained injuries that permanently destroyed his vocal cords. He was taken to Howard Hospital where doctors initially puzzled over the sudden loss of voice and concluded he would never talk again.
Sylvester Onyskow of Jenkins Kentucky sues over an umbrella with a folding blade fan beneath the canopy. The device includes a motor battery and switch carried by the umbrella to drive the fan, allowing air circulation under the canopy.
A fragmentary note discusses a tan and summer scene with incomplete dialogue. Readable bits mention a question about a tan and references to last night, leaving the full context unclear.
The National Geographic bulletin praises Meran as a health and pleasure resort in the Tyrol, attracting wealthy Americans with grape cures and mild winters. Aquileia, once Italy’s second city, now lies ruined and reused as stone quarries, though its Roman relics attract archaeologists as Trieste and Venice inherit its faded fortune.
Col George W Drewry of Kentucky, in Raleigh, notes the US government could drop coins under a dime for Northwest towns. He recalls months in Montana and Idaho and says two bits buys most items. Shoes shine costs 15 cents for polishing, he adds.
A past sighting near Waterloo Bridge is recounted with claims of a woman in black vanishing on the parapet and divers noting the ghost story tied to the London Bridge of Sighs. The piece also notes Newfoundland lumber to pulp shifts and a wartime revival of export trades across the island with higher profits for shipments.
The article notes Britain faces acute timber demand due to wartime needs, prompting a shift in trade as Newfoundland timber exports, previously minimal, are revived to meet critical supply during the conflict.
A Bronson Alcott quote urges finding the man within to inspire manliness in others, emphasizing self-development as a path to influence others. The message links personal virtue with leadership, urging inner growth to spark broader moral impact.
A 1914 New York report urges the highway department to hire convicts as workers at the same pay as free laborers and without convict status during work hours. It notes logistical challenges in Green county, but finds convicts performed as well as civilians when properly managed. The study stresses accountability and reward systems to ensure success in convict road work.
The passage blames a pad road thief for slow travel and damaged horse and wagon, causing lengthy delays and ruined sale value for farms. It urges opening drain ditches and using the king road drag to stop the nuisance and protect road quality and farm access.
A message urging better roads and modern homes for farmers emphasizes that securing these improvements will more effectively build up rural communities than any other two measures. The call advocates practical infrastructure to empower agriculture and local prosperity.
A description emphasizes a high narrow grade with steep sides and a flat surface making the road dangerous and poor for travel.
A farm ten miles away on a hard road is closer to town than a farm five miles distant on a soft road. The comparison hinges on road quality rather than distance, highlighting how infrastructure affects travel time.
Instruction urges more workers to train in road construction skills rather than merely planning routes, stressing hands on learning over mapping.
Crowd the ducklings and goslings to promote strong growth and larger fowls. Proper crowding helps increase weight and improves the flock’s overall standard as they mature.
A farmer advocates higher draft costs arguing that quiet draft livestock require little handling and by market time they cover the raising expense while leaving almost all selling price as profit.
In Vilna, now under German control, Peter Laptieff born in 1789 is called Europe’s old man. He hid from Napoleon’s invasion as a forest-dwelling youth, witnessed the emperor, served as a 36 hour guide to the vanguard, and later fought the French at Borodino and the English in the Crimea before turning to brick making and retirement with his descendants.
In a rural justice court a defendant was sentenced to 30 days in jail after addressing the judge as Bi old boy. The judge asked for any defense and the man replied it would be bad for the judge when he gets out.
A brief dialogue recalls a father’s romance and rheumatism as a judge mediates a playful exchange between daughter and mother about past and present.
She orders him to leave the house at once while a line from a tense encounter hints at a looming kiss. The exchange centers on a command to depart and an implied romantic or confrontational moment between a man and a woman. The dialogue suggests a dramatic domestic confrontation with unresolved intent.
A saying notes fortune visits all, yet convincing a man of its arrival remains a challenge. The adage reflects doubt and the elusive nature of luck in everyday life.
A humorous but telling piece notes recruits at the Charlestown navy yard who misjudge naval duties. A man at the Wabash receiving ship sought work unrelated to service, another asked to meet the captain and offer to care for a captain’s horse, a third wanted to enlist as a roofer, and a gardener sought employment.
Dialogue reveals a boss informs an employee of a raise. A tip suggests not telling his wife, but she already learned of it two weeks earlier via the boss’s wife disclosure.
A quoted exchange questions remarriage rules and fidelity. The dialogue suggests a wife challenges social norms about remarriage after divorce or widowhood, while the husband denies any plan to marry again, implying disbelief or loyalty. The snippet hints at a moral or domestic dispute within a society context.
A brief note suggests hate acts as a weak flare rather than lasting danger, describing it as a powdery substance that ignites briefly and then fades. The remark frames hate as a transient, surface-level force rather than a sustained threat.
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