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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1906
Page
6
A long reader illustrates how aimless living harms futures and why purposeful plans matter. It contrasts calls for self discipline with concerns over urban smoke nuisances and the spread of phonographs affecting singing, featuring views by Sousa and Senator Smoot on cultural decline and public health.
The article argues that removing the tax on industrial alcohol ends oil trust dominance over liquid fuel for light heat and power. It notes Germany and France already use de natured alcohol, expects quick adoption in the United States, and highlights cheaper, plentiful fuel from vegetables.
Pa Jones argues with Ma over cooking oysters for the tribe. He arms himself with a kettle and kindling, fails to start a stove, and ends with Norah cooking the meal while Ma mocks his culinary theatrics.
A London Punch verse describes a May wedding where guests flood the couple with gifts, mostly impractical items and trinkets. The poem notes the couple’s mounting debt and growing disdain for relatives as church bells toll and the knot is tied.
A Philadelphia Ledger snippet shows a restaurant proprietor exposing a bad half-dollar and the customer retorts that the dinner paid for was bad too. The brief exchange highlights a comical but pointed clash over payment and service.
Reports from the New York Herald Washington bureau describe rising costs for staples and broad price increases worldwide. Consuls note scarce bacon cheese eggs and butter in England driven by demand in America and Germany, with Germany raising wages and boosting prices in its hotels and labs as other European markets follow suit.
In an old Lentley library visitors find two antique casts a Demosthenes and a goddess of war. Two women joke that the Demosthenes statue looks wrapped in a gown while one quips that the minister’s wife figure appears misshapen and henpecked.
Philadelphia Ledger recounts Diogenes entering a grocery and critiquing a passerby’s integrity. A lantern quest fails as the supposed honest man is revealed to have swiped the lantern, leaving the philosopher skeptical of modern virtue.
A Kansas City Times item reports Dr Cutter considering urgent surgery as the patient improves rapidly and may be well by tomorrow, prompting a shift from planned operation tomorrow to today.
A reflection on aging reveals a preference for cherished heirloom furniture over contemporary pieces, signaling comfort and continuity in long-standing home interior choices.
A narrative honors David Farragut, praised as a great naval commander for overcoming line and fort battles. Born on the Tennessee frontier, he faced Indian attacks as a child, learned resilience from his mother and Admiral Porter friendship, and survived yellow fever aboard the Fement while continuing duty.
Mremueh experts report a Paris described technique by M Eugene Lemandire using two synchronized jets of heat and oxygen to cut steel. The method heats the metal red hot with an oxyhydric pin and directs a near distant oxygen jet to burn and remove oxide, yielding clean, narrow cuts up to 3 mm on thick plates. It works on hard or soft metals and patterns can be shaped without changing results.
The life of Letitia Tyler Semple daughter of former President Tyler and mistress of the White House is recounted. Once a Virginia belle and musician, she became invalid and later led a charitable life at Louise Home in Washington after Civil War hardship.
A Scotsman and his friend enter a tobacco shop. Donald asks for two thrue penny cigars and lights up. Jamie the Scot questions the shopkeeper about price, proving his thrift with a sixpence and a playful request for more cigars. The scene ends with a humorous barter moment.
In a brief Houston Chronicle note, a girl named Gladys asks her father the time. He answers eleven, she says twelve, and she reflects that eleven plus twelve equals twenty three before a young man leaves.
A man speaks in loud rapid tones all day in the Housven Post style, delivering a piercing shout that echoes the newspaper voice and imitates a porous plaster shed.
The Washington Star quotes Candid Berlarudton declaring, What I want is reform. He outlines a reform type that aims to replace opponents with his own followers, signaling a shift in political power dynamics.
The passage shows a tense exchange where a young speaker insists his aim is not to sway auditors but to keep them in their seats. A later remark reflects on a man past fifty who remains deeply attached to his work, inspired by many who sparked his career.
Havana dispatch reports surrender of major insurgent leaders in Matanzas and Santa Clara while scattered fighters seek amnesty. Citizens in Havana Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara show rising unrest, with fears of recruitment and talks of peaceful settlement fading as government prepares to suppress the movement. Insurgents led by Pino Guerra are pursued by Col. Ayelos. estimates place the main force at about 2 000. Government arming and provisioning progress despite no immediate crop disruption.
In Jefferson City Missouri attorneys for Armour 4 Co and Armour Packing Co of Chicago ask Secretary Swanger to file affidavits stating the firms are not members of any trust or combine. Three anti trust cases are pending in federal courts in Arkansas Tennessee and Chicago.
Torrential rains across Puebla damaged railroads street-car lines and roofs. Low-lying areas flooded housing suffered, with San Diego area wheat production hit hard. Estimated total damage near two hundred fifty thousand dollars, with wheat losses prominent.
The Texas attorney general issues an opinion affirming E A H Green of New York as the Republican gubernatorial nominee. A split in the party led to separate conventions with one faction sponsored by the reorganized Republicans and the other by the regulars. Green was nominated by the reorganized faction.
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