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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1923
Page
2
A 1922 Tanganyika report depicts dangers in British East Africa including lions leopards and elephants menacing natives and crops. Infanticide by Wa pure and witchcraft blamed for infant deaths while missionary rivalry and disunity hinder effective Christian outreach.
London architects are sending complete sample houses to prospective buyers to spark pride of ownership amidst a housing shortage. The mailed models aim to aid residents choosing the type of home to build as London suburbs expand.
Washington reports plans to establish a national training school for white girls on the Ludlow farm in Prince George's county Maryland. The site was sold to the Department of Justice for 25000 dollars to convert the Pagan home into an administration building and teacher housing. The ten acre farm will house about 150 pupils with living quarters to start immediately.
Washington reports urge similar to Canada to curb wholesale whale hunting off the Atlantic coast. U S Bureau of Biological Survey official BE Nelson warns uncontrolled slaughter risks extinction and cites fur seal treaty as a model for international action to protect sea mammals.
Los Angeles reports the prize elephant Charlie from Universal Park is slated for execution at dawn following aggressive incidents.
In Europe an air traveler must obtain passport visas for every country along a planned route even if no landing is intended. Officials say the rule prevents travelers from ending up in a foreign state without proper documentation after a forced landing or accident.
Over ten years auto fatalities in Cook County totaled 4192, with 500 deaths in the current year. Ages show 419 under six, 192 between forty and seventy, and 200 past seventy. Auto deaths outpaced all 14 listed industrial hazards. Heat and drowning had far fewer fatalities.
Northern Holt county faces nightly phantom sightings as luminous orbs drift and hover over farms. Ranchers James Connellley Thomas Gallagher and Edward Early report repeated encounters and near misses with auto headlights mistaken for the lights. despite gunfire no effect is observed.
In Denver, Judge J Foster Symes denied Kalholias a naturalization, citing his Belmont hotel at 2058 Larimer Street as disreputable and instructing him to exit the business and start anew. The hearing opened three days for naturalization with 29 admitted. The docket lists 153 cases.
Arlington, Iowa reports Christian Mathes born 1833 in Ludwigshafen Germany celebrating his 90th birthday while serving as Burlington city treasurer for nineteen years. He traces public service to 1868 and plans retirement after state examiners certify his books kept on an 1860s system.
The Illinois plan of legal aid expands access to justice as the Illinois Bar Association notes many poor residents use the free service. Chicago hosts an organized legal aid bureau with a governing committee, while the Carnegie foundation models after a state contract. Nationally, over 100000 cases are handled annually by legal aid groups.
Allister McCormick, heir to the McCormick fortune, wed Joan Tyndale Steven in Paris after a swift courtship. Joan, eighteen, is daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Charles Melton Astley and connected to English aristocracy. The match follows his long wait for Mary Landon Baker.
The article notes Primo Rivera’s Spain following European fashion for dictatorship. It describes Spain’s imperialist drive, Morocco disaster, Cortes dissolution, and Rivera’s military directorate. It also mentions King Alfonso’s acquiescence and renewed talk of federation with Spanish-speaking America.
The resignation of Amherst College President Alexander Meiklejohn raises a major question about control in higher education. He argues professors and presidents may feel only self directed responsibility while urging clear outside accountability to students, parents, donors, and the truth.
The article portrays Dr. Gustav Von Kahr former Bavarian premier as military dictator under Ausnahmezustand. Berlin proclaims siege and transfers executive power to Defense Minister Gessler to back Bavaria against potential uprising. Viewpoints differ on whether Berlin seeks independence with Prince Rupprecht. Von Kahr, a monarchist, says Bavaria has no plans to govern itself independently.
The piece describes Adolf Hitler as the Bavarian nationalist leader Blittler and portrays him as urging a nationalist revolution in Germany. It claims the German situation is unstable and condemns the 1918 socialist revolution while advocating blood and sword to restore Germany’s might.
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