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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1912
Page
3
Dr J N Hurley of Indiana told conservation congress delegates that patent medicines represent a stage of ignorance and are more dangerous than dynamite. He warned they rely on alcohol and argued sale should be restricted to curb disease spread.
Dr Stefanson the explorer vows to appeal to the Canadian government in Ottawa to shield blond haired Eskimos in the Arctic from missionaries and other emissaries of civilization. He says all visitors, whalers, fur traders, or missionaries, are equally dangerous and should be barred if possible. He laments indifference to Eskimo lives and bodies.
Advocates for suffrage mounted boxes and chairs to address crowds in Kansas City Kansas and urged votes for an amendment to Kansas constitution granting women full voting rights in all elections. Twelve speakers led the kickoff as supporters mobilize for the November vote.
A Minden Nebraska meeting in the county courthouse assembly room discussed funding a new survey from Franklin to Kearney for the proposed Kansas Canada and Gulf railroad to Beloit. The cheaper plan reduces cuts and fills by 25 percent versus the old Maildreth route four miles west of Minden. The initiative cost citizens just over 400 dollars, easily raised.
Longmont high school football captain Acton Shrontse died from a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage after a game with West Denver high school. This marks a second Colorado football death this year.
Diphtheria has broken out in an epidemic at Des Moines college girls dormitory, the state’s largest Baptist educational institution. One victim, Miss Florence Loring of Webster City, 18, has died suddenly, and four other girls have contracted the disease.
In Boston Governor Thomas R Marshall of Indiana the Democratic vice presidential candidate greeted President Taft before the Supreme Council Scottish Rite Masons banquet. Taft joked about campaigning weariness as they stood side by side entering the banquet hall.
Couracy representing Brazil at the international irrigation congress presented a resolution Wednesday urging closer cooperation among nations at the congress on irrigation and land reclamation.
Davenport Iowa reports the Chicago Milwaukee railway company was fined $200 and costs in U S district court for maintaining two employees on shifts longer than sixteen hours at a time.
Fargo reports a crop emergency as North Dakota struggles to harvest the vast wheat crop. Officials warn the grain may rot if thousands of laborers cannot be mobilized promptly.
In Valparaiso Chile panic drives residents into tents in parks and open spaces while bands perform to lift spirits and troops police the streets after a predicted earthquake.
The United States joins nations banning absinthe citing health harms. Treasury employee Mrs. Kate Coombs, 80, hoards $3,600 in Uncle Sam warrants, never cashing a $10 monthly paycheck. Postmaster General Hitchcock plans twelve new parcel post stamps. Secretary Wilson warns beef prices may stay high as cattle scarcity grows. The October treasury balance shows a $90,015,494 working balance and a September debt decrease of $211,590.
Reports say the horse disease in Nebraska is nearly stamped out with only rare new cases. The bureau of animal industry allows Nebraska shipments of horses if fed on dry feed cut before August. A mix of unrelated items follows, from train wrecks to politics and travel notes.
In Lincoln the Methodist Episcopal superintendents met to plan finishing the endowment drive for Nebraska Wesleyan University. The eight day campaign raised 241000, leaving 150000 to reach a 500000 goal.
Normal reports show all organizations of the plate normal with one exception and good balances to fund next year. The adjutant general's office announces Second Lieutenant John F. Poucher of Stanton as captain and adjutant of the First regiment, replacing Captain J A Lillie who resigned. Reports from across the state indicate the mysterious disease killing horses is dying out with only traces remaining in affected areas.
Adna Dobson city engineer, back from Scots Bluff, warns seepage from canals in the second bottom is entering first bottom land. The water fills cellars and floods low spots on farms, risking loss of fertility if conditions do not improve.
The address to state university students highlighted the great development of colleges during the last generation and the rising numbers of college graduates in important positions.
Dr. George E. Condra of the state university travels to Indianapolis to join the national conservation congress. He will present a review of conservation progress across states and illustrate with Nebraska researches, highlighting growing agitation in the field.
A teenager, Bugbee, aged 17, was found unconscious in a bathtub at his aunt’s house after being overcome by gas. After two hours of medical care he regained consciousness and the next day planned a 100 mile trip to Munden Kansas to enter a school.
The Nebraska Federation of Retailers proposes a Made in Nebraska exposition of goods for next March in Omaha in connection with its annual meeting. President Cole of the Omaha Manufacturers association has appointed A. J. Eggers F. D. Palmer and P. P. Fodrea to investigate and report.
In a Missouri river course change near here the farm of J. E. Miles receives ownership of acres of accretion land including about an acre and a half of the finest gravel and the rest a splendid plastering sand. Thousands of loads are available for market.
Lancaster County commissioners Wednesday morning reviewed claims filed for pursuit of three penitentiary escapees Gray Morley and Dowd. The claims totaled several hundred dollars with many disallowed or reduced and some fully allowed.
Cliff Brown of Waco was pinned under his overturned car north of town for nearly an hour before neighbors freed him after a passerby found him. He suffered a sprained shoulder and arm but shut off the engine himself.
Ainsworth saw a record weather day with snow and rain all day, a steady 32 degree reading, and a stiff north wind. By night the thermometer fell to 24 degrees and the next morning ice formed to about half an inch.
Dr. Davidson and assistants report no more steps possible in Nebraskan horse disease inquiry. They have not released a report naming the disease or prescribing a cure. State Veterinarian Bostrom calls the illness spinal meningitis and proposes prevention, but acknowledges no cure.
A conservative countywide estimate reports about 500 horses dead from the equine epidemic in York County. Farmers value the animals at about 150 dollars each, totaling roughly 7 500 dollars in losses for local farmers.
State records show Secretary D. D. Price transferred 2526.95 to the state treasury as the month’s total irrigation fees. The payments come from filings by firms seeking water power sites on the Loup river, under new law imposing substantial fees for public stream appropriations.
F. T. Sherwood, a prominent farmer north of the city, was mowing cane when his team of mules frightened and bolted, throwing him under the mower. His arm broke and shoulder bruised but he was spared more serious injuries.
State education chief Delzell endorses medical inspection for town and rural schools and supports parental choice of any physician for disease treatment found by inspectors. A national association condemns the program as doctortrust influence and an unjust curtailment of public liberties.
Seward-Elsie Sovereign, four years old, was hit by a car in Ruby and rendered unconscious. Doctors say no bones are broken but fear a brain blood clot and possible internal injuries may have occurred.
Ed McElroy of Wilber Nebraska slipped while boarding a moving Burlington freight train at this place and his left foot was crushed under the wheels. A local physician attended him and he was removed to a Beatrice hospital. Amputation is feared.
Fire Commissioner Randall credits Nebraska fire departments and volunteer groups with saving more than 25 million dollars of property from fires in the past two years. He bases the figure on reported conflagrations and notes salvage values of 14,977,109 dollars for 1911 and 10,762,780 dollars so far this year.
A group of Fairbury business men organize a No Air Tire association and plan to establish a factory in the town to produce tires without air components.
The state railway commission granted permission to abandon the protor car service for the St. Joseph and Grand Island railroad after evidence showed the service was unprofitable. The decision rests on the condition that the company discontinue the service.
Shubert Mrs. Jay Tipton, the only daughter of Editor and Mrs J L Dalbey, was instantly killed in an automobile accident at King City Missouri. Her husband and children were with her but uninjured.
Congressman Maguire reports that work on the federal building addition will probably start around December 1. The notice comes from local word received by the congressman.
The state normal school at Peru enters its forty sixth year with favorable conditions and an enrollment over six hundred. Upper classes are large with at least two hundred seniors expected this year.
The Nebraska supreme court continues the Stehr murder case from Madison county until November 18. It refuses to appoint an attorney or to order abstracts and briefs printed at state expense.
Early Tuesday morning a flour mill in the town burned to the ground. The cause remains unknown. The mill had stood vacant for a year, was repaired at a cost of 3000 dollars, and had just resumed full operation about a month ago, performing well.
Nebraska state penitentiary inmates begin nightly rehearsals for the upcoming Christmas program promising a bigger and better entertainment than in prior years and inviting public attendance.
H J Wagner and Ernest Sanberg, local carpenters, fell about forty feet inside a silo under construction on Saturday afternoon and suffered serious, possibly fatal, injuries.
Representatives of a major middle west producer urged Chancellor Avery to monitor promising students for possible placement in the company. The aim is to fill ongoing vacancies in the first of officials.
The industrial survey issued by Labor Commissioner Guye shows 71 000 private individuals and business concerns employed as wage earners in Nebraska. Among them 145 094 are males and 41 340 are females.
London chronicle recalls Jonas Hanway born 1712 in Portsmouth who popularized the umbrella in England and Europe. The piece notes his philanthropy and travels, the ridicule he faced, and how umbrellas spread worldwide, marking the bicentennial of his contribution amid record rains.
In Hugené Oregon F J Schofield owner of a chemical works punished James Daughty with fifteen lashes for alleged petty theft. Daughty was tried by a jury of fellow employees and Schofield acted as judge before being given three hours to leave the city.
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