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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
3
Pullen of 1604 Crotona Park East has ceased keeping a private aquarium famed for containing more than 200000 fish. Visitors once came from far to study his collection and fish life lore. He claims summer profits of over 2000 dollars raising fish in a small Bronx yard though he now gives up the hobby.
The article describes Mr Pullen’s aquaria practices including preparing live foods for goldfish. He explains using mosquito larvae and other insects as nourishment and notes careful feeding to keep fish healthy. He also breeds tiny insects that serve as eggs and meat for the fish, supporting a self sustaining aquarium system.
A white baby stolen in 1895 grown to Howard Wilson, raised by Nez Perce, is identified as Robert Denley. He plans to sell lands and cattle left by an elderly Indian woman, then move to Oakland to join his birth mother Mrs. Denley, after confirmation from Nez Perce.
Eight year old Henry Smith who fled from Mrs Crittenden in Bredford was found in Concord after escaping police once more. He previously dodged officers, slept in a rock garage, traded bicycles for food, and lived on rear piazzas during his stay. His early record includes stowaway captivity at age four and petty thefts traced to his door by the Watch and Ward Society. A Massachusetts city police squad once arrested him at age five during a burglary scare.
Father Richard Hawe scoutmaster of Troop No. 10 sails from New York to study scouting in England and Ireland. He will survey the movement abroad and bring back information to aid Catholic Scouts in the United States.
A blue-eyed infant born mid Atlantic aboard a worn Norwegian whaler prompts the worried mother Mrs Creece and father to seek nationality. Captain Johannesen tended the child and saved the day with care while the family seeks British status to match siblings.
President Hough of Northwestern University spoke at a Mansion House reception in London and urged humor as a Christian asset. He argued that the world has become a union of mutinous nerves since the armistice and that God himself laughs at times.
Eleanore Hegstad, 18, accused of stealing $265 in clothes from Mrs. Phillips, seeks consolation in finery as she faces a court case. A dramatic pursuit for a judge leads to bail and a midnight wedding after Mr. Letzler vows to marry her, sealing a hopeful but uncertain ending.
Charles Johnson, an Alaska fisherman of full Indian descent, sought a marriage license after meeting Della Botton of 260 Peralta Street Oakland California in a downtown store. He admitted he had not asked her name age or address. The license was issued and they married by Judge Herbert D Wise at the city hall.
The Internal Revenue Bureau acts after continuing deaths from denatured alcohol used as beverages and external applications. Commissioner Roper orders all labels to state the exact effects of the alcohol on the human system.
A man employed four months by a feed and fuel company in Anaheim California regains memory after three years and identifies himself as the Rev J Paul Reeves formerly pastor at Morrowsville Kansas He says he lost himself en route from Morrowsville to Washington Kansas and has written to his father Rev J A Reeves of Stella Nebraska.
Archaeologists on theSyrenaica coast have uncovered a Greek city’s ruins, led by Prof Lucio Mariani. Finds include statues of the Graces Hermes Eros Alexander the Great and the Aphrodite of Cyrene, said to rival Venus of Milo in beauty though it lacks head and arms. The site is described as possibly richer in past civilization than Pompeii once fully explored.
A study by the bureau of education and children's bureau found that a boy who stays in school until eighteen earns about $2,000 more by age twenty-five than one who leaves at fourteen, with higher education yielding over $900 extra annually. The statement compares this to an $18,000 investment at 5 percent and notes future earnings will favor the better educated.
Gen Marlborough Churchill heads the intelligence department and discusses its delicate nature. He notes that inexperienced officers are less useful, likening them to a college man sent to a lumber camp who tires and must step back from the saw.
Notice from James Collings of Cottage Lane Birmingham offering thirty guineas for the author of a malicious and unfounded report about James, John and Thomas Collings. The report alleged disguising as the devil to extort money. Reward offered for information, Birmingham April 14, 1806.
The London Chronicle notes Timmins died at 21 and reportedly recited the entire Hamlet from memory. It recalls Samuel Brandram, famed for memorized Shakespeare, among other poets and humorists, as an example of such feats.
A worried man at the club complains that his flat is unsettled by a chain of noise. Children waking neighbors, neighbors’ piano playing, the dog barking, and more noise keep all children from sleeping, causing ongoing disturbance in the building.
A terse exchange notes that usefulness is gone as drought tightens the region. A speaker mentions many poisonous snakes in the country but dismisses danger, arguing there is no point when every place is dry.
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