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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1906
Page
6
Massachusetts reports the gipsy moth browntail moth threaten forests and crops while Congress debates eradication funds. The piece traces past insect invasions like the Colorado potato beetle and notes delayed action hindered control efforts. A second section examines rising European travel dreams, summer steamship demand, and Americans spending heavily in Europe, enriching hotels and shops.
A Washington Post editorial argues for decisive action against anarchists citing a recent Moscow address and bomb threats. It urges seizing and deporting declared anarchists to remove the threat to orderly society and law.
A man with alternating lucidity asks an accountant to log payments that day. He divides the balance by three, subtracts eight dollars seventy from the quotient, squares the remainder, and ends with checks totaling more than expected. A violent assault, arson, and missing records follow, leaving only the red balance and the black final amount. Experts dispute the original balance by nearly twenty dollars.
The piece notes Elizabeth and Her German Garden published in 1898 with multiple reprints, and discusses literary figures debating divorce and moral decline. It mentions Duke-led campaigns, Sidney Lee’s prophecy on Shakespeare First Folio copies, and records of American collectors Folger and Marsden J. Detro in Shakespearean acquisitions. It contrasts rare bindings with modern colored illustrations and cites royal authors’ earnings for classic works in the 19th century.
The New York Tribune notes a Liberal MP with royal lineage loses his seat after being accused of corrupt practices. The charge centers on entertaining voters at a garden party, highlighting England’s strict election purity.
The readable fragments describe a chaotic narrative with references to a city fire death by suffocation and powder explosions. Names and places are obscured, but clues point to a tragedy involving a militia and a fire set or escalated by volatile substances, leaving questions about the survivors and the witnesses.
The Emerson Park site near Ironton Missouri, famed for the Grant oak, sold at auction to Dr W J Smith for 7000 dollars. The tract contains the tree under which Ulysses S Grant received his brigadier general’s commission and a spring he drank from during his encampment. Local syndicates aim to develop the area and possibly donate it to the United States as a national park. The oak and spring have long attracted visitors from Arcadia Valley and beyond, marking a historic landmark in Missouri.
The passage contrasts Dutch and English childrearing around canals. A Dutch mother admits canal accidents occur and they are hauled out or spanked, illustrating a pragmatic approach to danger. An English observer notes constant risk in canal-adjacent homes and questions prevention versus punishment.
A heritage printed verse praising Union and Liberty with calls to defend the nation and unite against treachery. The poem envisions a united people under a bright banner and invokes divine protection.
An expert notes grindstones wear out quickly from moisture and sun exposed to weather. Ohio Indiana quarried stones from Cleveland center the industry with variations in frame quality. Farmers remain main buyers while emery wheels replace stones in shops and for power attachments.
Technical World Magazine notes ballooning lags automobiling in recreation but Philadelphia forms the Aeronautic Club of the Quaker City. The first ascension by Alfred N. Chandler’s bag proved gentle, lasting about two hours with a safe descent. The sport favors pleasure over record chasing, though risk grows in daring attempts.
A quoted fragment discusses a man’s attitude toward remarriage, implying he would not marry again if given the chance. The text reflects personal sentiment rather than a structured report.
Professor J. See determines the atmosphere’s thickness by noting the sunset to blue fading time. Using naked eye observation and trigonometry, he estimates the height of the smallest illuminated particles of oxygen and nitrogen, yielding about 109 miles. The blue to black change and shooting star method agree within a similar range.
Stylites extols standing on one leg as the best exercise and dedicates a quarter hour daily. He claims it activates every muscle and keeps him in prime condition. He suggests beginners start with a minute and build up gradually.
A traveler in New Zealand asks about Jeremiah Thompson, great grandfather of the speaker. An elderly Maori laughs and replies I ate him, revealing a grim twist reported by the Dundee Advertiser and New York Tribune.
Fragmentary line contrasts royal fear with flirtation and culinary cues. The quirky pair contemplates governance and appetite, hinting at satire or a metaphor about sense in a map and the role of a woman in judgment.
New York and Newport society puzzles over the August marriage of Mrs Burke Rosehe Work, daughter of Frank Work, to Aurel Batonyi the Hungarian count. The union, kept quiet until just before Europe departure, eludes explanation. Both spouses had prior marriages.
A cannon ball buried since 1634 was recovered from a field in Acton, Nantwich. Nantwich and Acton featured in the civil war with Fairfax and Brereton using the area as headquarters and much fighting occurred nearby. Cannon shot marks remain on Acton and Nantwich churches.
Clarice and Virginia discuss a plan to travel to Europe for a cure to Clarice involuntary singularity. Virginia notes she has tried every resort at home and hopes abroad will help. The dialogue hints at a comic view of marriage and social expectations.
News accounts describe a white supremacist outbreak in Atlanta following several assaults on white women by black men. Governor Terrell orders eight infantry companies and artillery. deaths and injuries mount as mobs pull riders from streetcars and attack throughout the city with little leadership guiding the chaos.
A dismembered man, likely Italian, was found in a burlap bag in a 24 foot deep excavation at 604 West Thirty-sixth Street. Police recovered the legs from the knees, arms, and hands bundled with a newspaper dated September 10, plus a woman's skirt strip and hay covered bundle in a freight car at Thirty-sixth Street and Eleventh Avenue. The head and thighs are missing.
Ben F. Dill a 44 year old farmer eight miles southeast of Tekamah ended his life with a self inflicted gunshot. He left for morning chores in good spirits and returned at nine to his bedroom where his wife heard the shot. A jury found he shot himself while temporarily unbalanced after looking on the dark side.
A typhoon struck the Philippines south of Manila causing downed wires and minor provincial damage. Manila remained largely unharmed while Cavite reports damaged arsenal and shipping. The pincoat Arayat washed ashore and several lighters sunk with no loss of life. The storm delays the departure of retiring Governor General Ide.
Gering v. School District No. 28 ends with a jury verdict in favor of Matthew Gering for the full amount of his claim. The case progressed through justice court, county court, three district court trials, and an appeal to the Supreme Court, where the lower Court’s prior reversal was overturned.
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