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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1880
Page
5
A jumble of numbers and symbols shows advertised rates and a note for notices under this head. It mentions births deaths and marriages notices, priced at 10 cents per line, with fragmented column formatting and invalid OCR artifacts.
Osceola merchants advertise a busy mix of goods with West's Cash Store claiming new stocks in clothing groceries and hardware. G W West promotes bargains while J H Anderson sells J I Case threshing machine repairs and Stromsburg hosts a Garfield and Arthur club. The paper notes local weather and community updates amid vigorous promotions.
C F Brewster purchases the property north of J H Mickey’s and is adding an extension to the building as part of improvements.
Ground south of town donated to the University will be platted in a few days and the lots placed on the market.
Rumor says Mr. Brewster has disposed of his interest in the Home News to B F Buffington Esq. Rev Norcross is due home this week and will supply the pulpit at the Congregational church next Sunday. Juvenile Temple meets Saturdays at 4 PM with drills in music and elocution. University campus site lies on ten acres donated by J H Mickey, half a mile southwest of the M E church.
Accommodating barber Joe Spain is confined to his room with intermittent fever. Jim Matthews, Ben Joy, and others have been bar baring pro tem as staff discuss temporary operations and safety measures.
E P Scull says about six hundred bushels of wheat will be raised this season, signaling resilience for farmers. Mr Thompson delivered the first new wheat last Friday, bought by L J Blowers, plump, clean, sixty one pounds per bushel. An article by C S Harrison on the first page is urged for readers.
When days turn hot and oppressive nights bring relief with cool air and balmy sleep. The comfort of restful slumber restores energy to face another day's wear and tear.
Notice of proprietor change for the Pioneer harness shop. Crosby and Brown form the new firm, with Crosby’s partner in Valparaiso involved in the purchase.
John Abbot and his visiting brother returned Monday from a cross country drive to St. Paul where eastern friends reside. They report the crops around St. Paul look well and are not suffering from drought.
The Johnson County Journal notes that over the past three years residents of the famine region have lived on faith. It adds that next year the diet was reduced to hope and presently they subsist on charity as reported by the Kansas magazine.
Mr. W. W. Maxwell of Hackberry precinct reports a hopeful crop outlook. He estimates wheat at ten bushels per acre and corn at fifty bushels per acre even without rain, and believes many neighbors will fare as well.
Henry Roberts received advice that relatives in Illinois were sick but found they had improved. He will remain in Osceola and take a permanent position at W. F. Miller's hardware store. He is regarded as an estimable young man and will remain a citizen of the town.
The Sunday evening harvest service at the Presbyterian church featured wheat and corn festoons, fruit and flower garlands, and a prominent wheat and oats sheaf on the pulpit. The worship was marked by scriptural readings, pastor remarks, and choir songs in a crowded, observant congregation.
Mrs Jas Joy wife of a harness maker tried to start a kerosene fire yesterday the oil ignited the can exploded and the fragments bruised her face. There was little oil left. The Presbyterian festival Friday evening drew a large crowd and raised 25.50 with all costs covered. The cornet band and vocal singers earned thanks from the committee.
Local farmer yields improve small grain crop. R. E. McConoughey begins building a 22 by 60 foot two story store room for D. C. Brannan. J. B. Dey provides muster rolls for a post at the place. veterans may sign at the office. Messrs. Hunter & Co. praise K. B. Browne for purchasing a half interest in the Osceola RECORD. Bittenbender & Browne formed as the new firm.
The Osceola Record issues debut with I. B. Browne at the top and a salutatory, praised by the Stanberry Sentinel. The note mentions Browne and partner Bittenbender, and recalls old ties with E. B., a Republican ally, while the author leans Democrat and Hancock English.
Special inducements are offered to attend the Grand Triennial Conclave in Chicago on August 16 to 19 1880. The event promises world representation with thousands of dollars in prizes. Lake Front Park tents loaned by the War Department will shelter attendees. A large Passion Cross building, Grand Exposition, and a major Prize Drill at the Jockey Club are planned. Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad cuts fares to 2 cents per mile, August 16–18, return by 21st.
A Osceola column recalls a social tour to Lincoln and Saunder s county. Residents including Hirman Whiman Monson Scull and Crosby headlined visits with Bar ber and Makeever, Crosby moving to Osceola, and a lively Leap Day feast at Scull’s Grove narrated with local humor and prophecies.
Notice from Osceola and Canada precinct farmers forbids shooting trapping or pursuing wild game or pigeons on their premises and prohibits dogs on the land after August 3 1880. This public notice restricts access to township 14 range 2 west and urges compliance by all.
A Cincinnati Gazette remark suggests democracy would be amused if it could seize the capital of a principal Indianapolis bank led by Mr. English, highlighting political tension around financial power.
A fragment advertising assorted produce and prices from H T Arnold & Co. Items include peaches two cans for 25 cents, white wax cherries two pounds for 35 cents, tomatoes three pounds for 15 cents, blackberries two pounds for 25 cents, one gallon Erie apples for 30 cents, strawberries and raspberries priced per can at 18 cents.
All persons entitled to replace trees from the Bloomington Nursery should band in their orders at once to D. KE. Frenca & Co, Blair, Nebraska.
A historical listing for Abbot's Drog details various lubricants and oils named Golden Machine Lard Amber Sperm Machine Castor and Black Oils used for machinery. The entry catalogs products and their sensory distinctions in a shopfront record.
One Hapgood Sulky Plow in good order for sale cheap. Seller J. Rose located 31 miles south of Osceola. Contact details not fully clear in the notice.
After purchasing the Pioneer harness shop of Mr. A. N. Jay the new owners announce continuation of the business at the old stand. They will manufacture harness saddles collars and perform repairs promptly with skilled workmen and strive for perfect satisfaction in work and price.
Stop spending on fine clothes and vile humbug medicines. Buy healthy food and real clothing at lower cost. Put trust in Hop Bitters, the simple remedy that cures at a trifling cost. Try it once and expect better times and health. Read more in another column.
A letter from Joan Weeks of Batler New York attests that three bottles of bitters cured six years of bed-ridden illness totaling 1200 dollars in harm. She credits her wife with taking over house work for a year and claims no days lost.
Farmers gathered at the Osceola Bank rear to view Deere and Co. implements including the new Spring Cultivator praised as the best in use. The display drew interest from local buyers and passers by. Sold by O. Guonell.
Jack Everett advertises horses for sale or trade for cash or cattle with a large stock always on hand.
A revived man tours to advertise Brown's Liver, insisting all druggists stock the remedy and wants everyone to know of its availability and claimed benefits.
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