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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1923
Page
2
A historical analysis shows that male mortality was higher than female mortality for decades in general US and Canadian life insurance data. From 1919 to 1922 female mortality rose above male in whites and blacks, especially ages 10 to 34, with influenza and pregnancy factors cited as potential causes and tuberculosis declines noted among males.
Col. Raymond F. Bacon argues future warfare may rely on gas to create artificial barriers and saturate ground. He notes $2,000,000 spent on research shaped World War outcomes more than larger sums, and urges progress in science rather than abolition to advance humane but effective warfare.
Miss Mary O'Toole one of the five municipal court judges in Washington first became interested in law while working as a court reporter in New York City.
Twenty nine different nationalities are represented among the pupils at a Vancouver public school in British Columbia.
A witty remark suggests a man tied to art may deem his dowry unsatisfactory. The line hints at artistic passion outweighing financial gifts.
Winchester Virginia notes a 183 foot deep Washington well dug by hand during 1756 fort building. The well has operated for 167 years without pollution, with a four inch cannonball found during recent cover work. Washington sourced iron from Principio Furnace owned by his uncles.
Urban L. Penney, a blind resident of Win sted, Middletown, Conn., has completed reading the Bible through in raised print fifteen times over almost fifty years. He began the sixteenth cycle but some volumes show wear from extensive handling. Penney learned raised type at Perkins Institution in Boston in the early 1870s from Dr. Samuel G Howe.
Humpback salmon flood Bellingham Washington cannery district driving prices down to 10 cents from 24. Cannery owners, surprised by the heavy run, avoided fully running their plants and left many cans unused to handle the influx.
Two year old Patrick Salisbury crawled from his crib at a Buffalo home and sat on a railroad rail. He was struck by a train and died within minutes, with both legs amputated.
The Ak-Sar-Ben festival runs to October 6 with daily races at Ak-Sar-Ben field, a pageant parade, military day, athletic events, and a coronation ball. Also noted are a Ringling Brothers circus stop, polo ponies in Omaha, and other regional events across Omaha and surrounding counties.
An illustrated guide extols a 26 by 30 foot frame corn crib with concrete foundation and floor, power elevator, and five cribs. It highlights weather and rat protection, labor savings, and integration with feeding lots to store and present corn efficiently for the 1923 crop.
A New York optometrist developed a eye muscle exerciser using a ball on a bent rod turned by a crank. The method aims to correct nearsightedness farsightedness and astigmatism by training all eye muscles through directed ball movements.
In a theater moment a girl asks when the Indians arrive and the mother explains none are in the show. The girl questions who scalped the men in the front row.
Albert Lovell notes how historical religious tests of truthfulness echo in modern courtrooms. He cites Connecticut New Hampshire and Alabama cases where age and theology limited a child's ability to testify, reflecting changing yet persistent standards of credibility.
A caustic professor challenged a conceited student named Mr Junkins by asking him to write on his visiting card all that he knew. The student, stammering, conveyed he had a card, and the professor crassly instructed him to fill it with everything he knew and return next day.
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