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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1906
Page
5
A NebraskA notes roundup reports many local incidents and notes from across the state. Topics include deaths from accidents and illness, injuries to railroad workers and motorists, land sales, farm conditions, business openings, and public notices. Multiple counties such as Harlan, Beatrice, Kearney, Lincoln, and Nebraska City feature in short blurbs about individuals and events.
A misc column touts Peruna for hay fever and catarrh with consumer anecdotes, then pivots to varied notes. It mentions sawdust uses, city quips, travel jests, literary quips, and a fable about persistence and racing without a definite central event.
The fourteenth national irrigation congress closed in Boise Idaho after electing Gov. George E. Chamberlain of Oregon as president for the fifteenth congress and choosing Sacramento California as the 1911 meeting site Jamestown led initially on ballots but Sacramento won on the second. A minority report urging a hundred million dollar irrigation bond failed after debate. shouters for more funds were rebuffed.
L. W. Shurthill of Ogden Utah described early west home building. He was first vice president of the congress and a pioneer Mormon of Utah and Idaho. D. A. Knuppenburg, a Pennsylvania delegate, served on the state board of agriculture.
Two letters respond to an invitation about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The first describes eight years of monthly agony and a doctor urging operation, seeking alternatives. The second reports success after using the remedy and urges others to try it and contact Mrs Pinkham for guidance.
Grievance committees from railway employes seek wage increases with Great Northern and Northern Pacific officials. Car men boiler makers blacksmiths and machinists have met officials, while Omaha and Chicago Great Western operators plan a meeting. Eastern workers have received raises and western lines may follow.
Investigating prosecutor Kimbrell concluded inquiries into an ice trust in Kansas City. Special court commissioner W B Flourney will report to Judge Gates, who will render a decision. Informations filed against W F Lyons president of the Central Ice company and Harry Burk secretary and general manager of the People’s Ice, Storage and Fuel company for perjury and conspiracy to raise ice prices. They were released on bond with trial set for October 15.
When Biggs told his wife he admired a steel trap because it shut up a coald clamminess settled over the household.
Turmoil grows in Mogador on the Atlantic coast as insurgent tribes assault the town. France dispatches the cruiser Galilee while other powers send men-of-war. Sultanate envoy Mohammed el Torres aims to charter steamers to move troops to Mogador.
A black mare weighing 1200 pounds disappeared from Henry Flater’s farm near Havelock. A recently hired worker, who was paid off, is suspected as the thief. the horse was taken around dark. The hired man left after the animal vanished.
An item promotes a new discovery claiming quick relief for dropsy and cures for severe cases with a ten day treatment free. It lists Dr H H Green's son as contact and mentions Box U Atlanta, Georgia. The rest wanders through aphorisms about war, water, salts, and a noisy concert anecdote.
Read a vintage ad offering a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tired sweating hot feet. Claims relief for burning, swelling and aching feet and helps loosen tight shoes. Promotes availability through druggists and shoe stores.
A terse note refers to vacation money and a winter overcast, citing N. Y. U. 944-37 as a contact or reference.
Washington circular bans loaning public moneys to brokers in New York for speculative gains. Banks must use deposits locally or return excess funds to the treasury for proper placement. The policy allows loans at home or abroad only with ample security and appropriate rates, not as agents for call loans.
From Oconto to Green Bay the Chicago aeronaut William Matteray vanished after an uncontrolled ascent in a damaged airship. He drifted fourteen miles and 2000 feet high over Green Bay with no trace. Some think he is in Canada or Michigan, others fear he drowned in Lake Michigan. Efforts seek any news as searchers doubt he survived the ordeal.
Paris reports a grand Notre Dame service after bishops and archbishops met to discuss applying the separation of church and state while preserving church constitution. The entire French episcopate joined, first metropolitan gathering since 1802, with Archbishop Rovere de Cabriere recalling the concordat. Briand signaled a conciliatory tone while insisting the law would be enforced.
Edna Irvine daughter of the state treasurer appeared in Sheridan Wyoming court on a charge of shooting Geo Knighton foreman of the Big Red ranch. Knighton was in a precarious condition but expected to recover. A mystery surrounds the incident and remains unexplained.
A fire in a building adjoining the John M. Smyth school on Thirteenth Street near Blue Island Avenue in Chicago caused around a thousand pupils to be hurt slightly as they rushed for exits. Teachers worked to control the children and restore order.
A fragmented column offers playful yet practical tips and social observations. It notes flattery versus honest opinion, predicts winter’s approach, and promises simple remedies for peach stains and camphor treatment. It also mentions cleaning upholstered furniture, noise cautions, and recognizing that success deserves credit even amid missteps.
An advertisement features Mrs Gardner of Wilsey praising Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for severe headaches indigestion and other ailments. The copy claims dramatic relief from pain and a safer alternative to opiates and urges readers to buy through druggists or mail order.
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