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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1915
Page
2
Readable segments note Eleanor Frances Strain twenty three months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Strain of University Place scoring 99.5 points in the Better Babies event at the Nebraska State Fair. The clipping also covers war news, political moves, and local notices from Lincoln and nationwide events including naval loans, mobilization, and the Carranza government formation.
Reports describe alcohol from chicory root in parts of Germany and cars designed for an electric rail in Ireland powered by gasoline generators. New York leads U S grain production with Vermont Florida and Georgia contributing 97 percent. Norway studies whale meat as sausage material, while Oregon's Siuslaw burro chews tobacco.
Miss Alberta Hill, a prominent New York suffrage worker, wears the new felt hat designed for votes for women advocates. It features a band of suffrage colors and marks a stylish statement in the movement.
A young countryman writes a letter in a hotel and leaves it. Another man reads only a few lines and notes misspellings. The writer insists the letter is to his fiancée, and he proclaims his love with plans of a farm and seventy cows.
Asbestos, noted for incombustibility and fibrous structure, is hailed as a versatile mineral. It is used in theater curtains, lumber, roofing, plaster, and stucco due to its noncombustible and nonconductor properties, providing comfort in extreme temperatures.
In Rome the marriage contract included a feast and a ring placed on the left hand ring finger believed to connect to the heart. The ring began as iron or copper with keylike projections symbolizing the wife's possession of her husband's keys. Over time these rings grew more elaborate and costly.
Kay Mackay a hotel employee was killed in a Clark hotel freight elevator accident. Witnesses Felix Paul Matt Frohnen and Frank Harrington stopped the elevator but could not prevent Mackay from being crushed after starting the car and stepping aboard to fetch a package.
St. Paul-John Pardera, a Howard County resident since 1876, spent nearly four decades in the area. He never left county bounds, avoided relatives and city sights, and kept to seven days a week farming. He fought Indians in earlier years before settling into a prosperous rural life.
Central City board of education circulary warns that health and efficiency of public school pupils are undermined by tobacco use. They cite state law restricting sale of cigarettes and tobacco and seek cooperation of pupils, parents and citizens to curb smoking.
About forty editors from northeast Nebraska gathered in Norfolk on Friday to form the Northeast Nebraska Editorial association. Mell A Schmeid of the Dakota City Eagle was chosen president with I. O. Gardner of Wayne as secretary.
Friends of William Hall push for him as Omaha postmaster focusing on South Omaha. The new candidate is a brother of Dr. P. L. Hall of Lincoln.
Articles of incorporation for a new bank in Stella were filed. A Saturday meeting of prospective stockholders discussed perfecting the organization. The bank will be capitalized at $15,000.
Two thousand five hundred school children marched in double file with American flags, forming a parade over a mile long as the crowning event of the South Platte exposition in Hastings.
Ardis Ordell, two year old son of Sheriff W A Cole and wife, won first prize from 200 entries statewide in the Hastings baby show, scoring 98.8 percent.
Hastings governor Morehead during the baby show here met and congratulated Grandma Briley one of Nebraska's oldest citizens aged about 115.
Short notices report diverse items from across Nebraska. Tax host title is noted as the shortest on record. Fairbury plans a modern pipe organ. Antioch adds potash beds employing sixty men. Lincoln forms a Y M C A ladies bowling league. Powca Advocate claims no rental vacancies. North Bend switches to Fremont electricity. An Omaha woman receives a Des Moines post card after twenty two years. Havelock to build a $25000 school. Ed S Otto becomes Beatrice fire chief. Evangelist Reyburn to hold Fremont meetings in January. Laych mill fire costs $7500 from spontaneous combustion. Fall wheat sowing delayed in Richardson County. An Ashland man dies of heart trouble. Omaha Indian Arthur Ramsey shines at Walthill fair. Todd brothers return to Ireland. Joe Stecher set to wrestle Americus in Lincoln. York districts report 100 percent Edu day parade turnout. South Platte exposition to sue Hastings merchants over unpaid subscriptions. Apple day celebrated statewide with Nebraskan dining in line with tradition. National Guard companion signal set at six dollars.
A fragmented dispatch reports efforts to provide wireless voice transmission across long distances. Officials including John J. (wT) of the American Telegraph Company discuss projects linking Arlington and Chicago with Paris via France using wireless telephony. An operator in Arlington confirms the news as engineers test the system from a wireless plant in Virginia.
Calexico reports confusion over Carranza's status and Mexican governance as foreign arms shipments face an embargo. U.S. authorities say no instructions arrived to curb arms exports to the region amid evolving leadership in Mexico.
Washington endorses Secretary Johnson's plan to form a continental army for brief service and training. Several large firms have approved letters and some offer leave for workers to join the proposed organization. The program depends on cooperation from employers and rapid mobilization of men for two months at a time, with long training periods to follow.
A 1915 rain and flood washed out part of the Union Pacific embankment near Randolph causing eleven injuries in a derailment. An investigating committee praised the conductor and motorman for quick actions and saving lives after the car derailment.
A distorted note reports that more than two million people visited the West, with 20 215 in 1914 and 15 145 in a prior year. It mentions varying totals and dollars recorded, reflecting year to year visitation and spending trends.
President issued a proclamation declaring Thanksgiving Day on November 7 calling all citizens to observe with prayer and gratitude. The notice emphasizes nationwide observance and reflection led by President and public leaders.
Buffalo analyst B. Sherrill, former United States minister to Argentina, argued in a University of Bute address that the United States should seek relinquishment of colonial possessions in the western hemisphere. He warned it may not be in U.S. power to gain favors from Europe if the moment passes.
Eighteen men were detained at the Omaha police station in connection with the murder of Harry Smith Woutcastier. They were held for investigation. none admitted guilt. Suspects included individuals with varied reputations. some residents, others unknown to police.
The Supreme Court denies jurisdiction in a suit by Mrs Milne Wilckens near Timont Neb asking reconveyance of land valued at 5000s. She said her son forced the deed to his wife after threats. The son and his wife later died by suicide and an in law is involved.
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