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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1881
Page
4
A mournful verse extols a beloved child who has died, describing angels guiding the soul and the family’s sorrow. The poem frames the departure as a heavenly homecoming with cherubs, seraphs, and paradise imagery.
In a tale of Jones the fashionable undertaker, he jokes about near burial mistakes while recounting a past event that nearly buried a living woman. Ben Wade and other locals probe the coffin shop as Jones recalls how providence saved a bride, driving his business and feeding rumors of the occult.
In a tale of deceit and mystery, Jones the undertaker uncovers a ruse surrounding Mary Williams. He recounts the lavish funeral she seemingly endured and reveals she was alive, aided by a doctor’s skepticism. Ben Wade confronts a shocking truth about the Williams family.
A club room anecdote shifts from a mistaken death announcement to a recounting of President Lincoln's assassination events. The narrator details guarding Lincoln's body, the hair lock given to officials, the lying in state, and the funeral procession with a focus on the April 1865 sequence and the personal relics preserved.
A Boston medical journal excerpt argues baldness stems from tight hats and poor ventilation. It says hair thins as the scalp stays in a diseased state, with dandruff and inflamed hair bulbs. It contrasts women’s bonnets for ventilation and notes a microscopic insect may damage hair during brushing.
A scuffle broke out between two men at the Detroit Central market over the interval from the ark's landing to its departure. A bystander, an old bald man with a tally, claims 27 days and challenges any liar to dispute his figures.
An informant from Chicopee Falls reports that St Jacobs Oil cured a severe rheumatic case of Albert Guenther and relieved horse sprains and sores. The note references the Franco German War misidentification incident and mentions color pairings and NSW settlement dates, then garbled text ends with an injury description of Foreman Havever.
A damaged text fragment from a newspaper page mentions a need to breathe and a phrase about a found object in the Neve area, but the fragment provides no clear event, date, or names to identify.
A compact survey of beliefs about mirrors and doom across nations. It traces Bonaparte’s fear after breaking a portrait glass, seven years of sorrow in Cornwall, and Scottish dire warnings. It notes wedding day fears in England, Swedish candlelight superstition, Belgian dream visions, and historic fashion of wearing tiny mirrors.
The passage laments the decline of native game as white settlement expands. It argues natural food sources like buffalo deer wild fowl and turkeys suffer from civilized exploitation, leaving vast lands depopulated of animals and birds once abundant in New England Massachusetts and surrounding regions.
A fragment notes a Worth creation shipped to Philadelphia resembling an omelet with spring lettuce. It mentions leg of mutton sleeves on new toilets as a fashion detail. The tone reads like a period fashion column with playful, eclectic observations.
The article notes southern grain regions with malarial fevers due to floods and vegetation. It promotes Rostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive used for over a quarter century to protect travelers and residents from intermittent and remittent fevers and associated symptoms.
The speaker explains the dangers of deceit in trade, urging traders to answer questions honestly about a mule’s condition. He warns buyers will scrutiny hoofs, teeth, and limbs and favors straightforward dealings over deception, stressing trust and caution in exchanges.
A class of boys chatter about English sportsmen in India. One boy, excited by a teacher’s description, blurts that his father is a tiger fighter. He claims his father fights tigers, while his mother warns they’ll be ruined if he keeps it up.
An old style collage of quotes and product pitches suggests cures by Hop Bitters and Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. The piece blends personal anecdotes, fashion notes, and beauty tips with claims that medicines can restore health and whiten skin.
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