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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1902
Page
3
Disjointed notes reference Happies of the Day, public provocations, and historical bits about people like Edward, Alcott, and Lind. The piece wanders through social topics, legal defense notions, and speculative questions about Mont Pelee and Slaves with gasolene, ending with a vague outlook.
The text outlines differing army service terms across nations and reserves, mentions the Missouri Africa context, and includes disjointed remarks about British forces and racing references. Overall, it reads as an OCR pile of military drafts and wartime notes with unclear attribution and broken sentences.
The piece contrasts public disdain for boxing with the sport’s mass appeal and notes a long list of products derived from advances in trade and industry. It highlights consumer trends, the growth of exports, and the shifting economic landscape driven by new materials and foods.
A western city scene shows a worldly 10 year old girl boastfully displaying a $50 gown bought in New York. The piece contrasts her vanity with Sally Ann's simple play and argues parents shape such desires, warning of future regret rather than blaming the child.
Two Massachusetts inventors propose a mechanism to prevent overflow in the waste water pan under a refrigerator. The device aims to catch drip from melting ice and alert or stop overflow, reducing summer housekeeping damage and spill risks.
An alarm system clamped to a refrigerator pan signals when the water rises to a danger point. A spring motor on a base with a float at the end of a rod extends into the pan and trips the motor, sounding a gong until the spring unwinds or the pan is emptied. Inventors Philip Yon and Louis Laprise of North Adams Mass.
Two young Americans spent six months traveling through Japan China and the Philippines to solicit trade. They learned Chinese in San Francisco and directly engaged Chinese customers. With limited samples they achieved encouraging results and plan to return with a larger outfit. The method merits attention for U S manufacturers.
Travelers near Twyford, England once found a monastery with a monk at a wicket gate. He offered a cup of ale bread and a penny to every passerby, funded by an old endowment in a will. The story notes faint skepticism about modern people knowing their ailments.
Mrs Enoch Hink shot and killed her husband after he pursued her with a knife during a quarrel at their home three miles above Port Dickinson New York. The coroner calls it a case of justifiable homicide and no arrest is expected.
Fire at two grain elevators in Ashton and a near-by barn triggers a wide hunt. Bloodhounds trail a buggy from Ashton to Farwell and toward Boelus while detectives close in on Robert Watke amid suspicions of rival grain-business jealousy and a possible wife confession.
Mandarin, the Barnum and Bailey elephant and the largest captive, was strangled aboard the steamship Minneapolis after becoming unmanageable. A hawser looped around his neck, engines pulled tight, and after eight minutes the animal died. the cage was sunk at sea with five thousand pounds of scrap iron.
Kalispell Montana November 10. A major search for Superintendent Benjamin F Egan of the Great Northern Kalispell division continues with two large parties covering ground from Essex and Coram. Indian scouts reservation police and sheriff Hunt join the hunt. Egan last seen on the north arm of Half Moon Lake where a deer carcass was found. In St Paul Minnesota a cash reward of 1000 is offered by division employees and Great Northern railway company to find Egan alive or dead. The disappearance followed a few days hunting trip with friends.
An explosion at a Queensborough water pumping station kills two men and destroys a boiler building. The blast ripped the structure apart, sending bricks beyond a thousand feet and tossing the boiler about 200 feet from its base.
Organizers of a women targeted bank in New York have offered Mrs. Sarah JF Dick of Huntington a president role. Dick, twenty year cashier at First Nation bank in Wabash, Ind, retired when the bank changed hands. The venture includes several financiers and aims to staff the institution entirely with women to serve female patrons.
Judge Munger of the U S district court refused a new trial for Letson Balliett known as the mining king. He was fined 1000 dollars and sentenced to one year in county jail for using the mails to defraud. Balliett bought the White Swan mine in Baker Oregon in 1900 and sold stock by monthly payments while collecting over 810 000 from investors nationwide with no mine development.
Reports from Tucson on November 8 describe J C Sullivan, superintendent at La Mesa, traveling with six Mexicans to San Marcial being attacked and killed along with the entire party. Yaqui groups in the area have fled into the wilderness and eluded Mexican forces.
A pastor rebukes a parishioner who attacks the priest’s Roman faith as church tensions surface. Four rows follow detailing dispute within the congregation and guidance given by church leadership.
In Manila on November 7 disturbances erupted at Pandacan church as dissidents clashed with loyalists after a faction announced joining the Philippine Catholic church. Father Sorrondo was accused of violating confessional secrets and was attacked, leading to multiple arrests. The dissenters briefly seized the church, then Bishop Aglipay led mass before a crowd. They later deeded the property to the government, offered it to Governor Taft, who upheld it belonged to Rowan Catholics and urged legal proof, then the dissenters surrendered the building.
Paris reports strikers condemn arbitration on wage raises and plan meetings from Arras to coordinate action. In St Etienne and Lens miners push renewed layoff or continued walkouts while troops uphold calm. Premier O Combes orders prefects to keep peace as leaders warn of possible duel between M Bassy and M La Grilliere tomorrow.
Bina Newton a 33-year-old Lincoln precinct farmer, committed suicide by hanging yesterday. He lived alone with his mother who left briefly. his body was found hanging from a tree near the house, with no motive found. He was described as in good circumstances and intensely religious.
Harry and William Hickson faced arraignment in Justice Archer's court in Plattsmouth Nebr on November 7 for robbery from a person. They pleaded not guilty and await a preliminary hearing Saturday. Prosecutors aim to prove the pair robbed two boys in a Burlington freight car.
Washington dispatches note that ladrones in the Philippines pose increased trouble by sometimes disguising as constables to plunder defenseless natives. The reports claim insurgents have returned to peaceful appearances and are maintaining a facade of lawfulness.
Boston, Nov. 5. State police arrest Allen G Mason a Harvard graduate and head of Mason Hamlin piano firm suspected in a string of Cambridge Somerville and Brookline assaults. He admitted visiting Somerville the night Miss Agnes McPhee was fatally injured. Police note his mental illness history and prior treatments at McLean and Waverly. investigators seek to prove he killed Miss Murton at Waverly while denying involvement.
A mixed feed from Leigh to Falls City details a smallpox case in Leigh of a wild form, burglary at Beeler Bros. in Norfolk with goods stolen, a horse and buggy taken, and other town events. Reports include accidents in Seward and Winside, a murder in the Philippines, a fatal tram collision near Beatrice, and local weather damage in Falls City.
Springfield Nov 5 Governor Yates remains very ill with a fever around 104 degrees and delirium subsiding after a rise on Monday Doctors report his condition improved tonight though the temperature stands near 101 degrees as of the latest bulletin by Dr L C Taylor the governor’s physician
Mrs Annie O Mahoney the first woman imprisoned under the crimes act during the present campaign was arrested at Waterford this morning and sent to jail. She faces a two month sentence for refusing bail while vowing to continue publishing boycotting notices in the Waterford Star. Navitor of the same paper was also arrested and sent to jail.
Copenhagen reports weak interest in the Danish West India company plan as subscriptions reach only about one fifth of the proposed capital near 1 million dollars. Reading promoters clash on the plan with some urging abandonment and concern grows over burdening island residents. Joergen has been chosen as a member of the commission.
A Wheel iog and Lake Erie passenger train hit an open switch near Coshocton Ohio. Engineer Reinold and Fireman Welden, both from Canton, died. John and Melville Powell and Thomas Watson were injured with internal injuries and broken limbs. Several passengers suffered serious injuries.
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