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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1926
Page
4
Property listing advertises a modern house with two lots located two blocks from the Lutheran Church in Columbus Nebraska. Inquiries directed to P E Sickles in Columbus.
Long-ago notes record births and events in Polk County. A Hartman couple welcomed a twelve-pound son in Valley precinct, B C Campbell turned 70 with a surprise party, J J Gaylord bought John Miller’s blacksmith shop, and Mr Miller plans farming in South Dakota. Uncle John Mickey returned from the Black Hills looking fare, M J Brown’s trotter won 2:27% at the state fair, and a circuit meeting will be held at David City next week. A horse named Brown reportedly refused a $2500 offer. Lu Detweiler departed for Omaha to join the Nebraska Telephone Company central office. A destructive storm swept Polk County damaging corn crops, fruit, and north-window glass.
Freshmen at Washington and Lee once believed signing the skeleton of Traveler the gray charger would prevent failing biology. Generations of inked names darkened the bones before authorities ordered a thorough bath. The skeleton was mounted high on a balcony and locked to stop the tradition.
The article traces the origin of the cross word from Veantius Clementianus Fortunatus born in north Italy around 535 A. D. He crafted poems whose first and last letters formed two verses and others with internal letters reading in a cruciform pattern. The verses were later published in 1603 by Christopher Brower from a St. Gall manuscript.
A London Mail note argues that men are more curious than women about street excavations and navvy work, describing women as unfairly labeled as curious while citing visible male interest in ongoing construction sites. The piece uses humorous tone to challenge gender stereotypes.
A court session centers on Lord Darling who becomes engrossed and misses the adjournment. The judge asks if he notices the clock, and Darling responds softly that he sees nothing else. The incident highlights courtroom distraction and timing.
Elmo Scott Watson notes that pirates arise from varied paths from honest sailors to mutineers to captured seamen. Definitions shift by perspective as Drake and Jones are labeled pirates or privateers by different nations and historians, depending on vantage point. The piece explores ambiguity in terms and heroes across eras.
A new maid is questioned by the mistress who asks if she swept behind the door. The maid replies she cleaned nearly everything.
A light dialogue asks if Adam was the first man and whether he ever received a spanking. The exchange mirrors quaint mother child banter.
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