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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1881
Page
4
A reflective verse reflects tides and graves along the shore. It contemplates human grief and hope while asking who interprets the dead’s message as life’s cycle of ebb and flow aligns with divine will. The poem blends song of waves with a plea for heavenly harmony.
Mr James Winkleman clashes with his wife over careless words as a tense morning escalates. His wife falls ill from stress until a tender bedside kiss and kinder tone restore harmony, prompting reflection on speech’s power and more measured replies at home.
London computes smallpox deaths by vaccination status. Among unvaccinated one million, 3350 die in fifty-two weeks versus 90 among vaccinated. For under five, 5950 deaths per million unvaccinated versus 40 to 41 per million vaccinated.
The piece discusses rising public interest in health knowledge and medical science, noting past distrust in professional medicine and citing critics of earlier doctors. It highlights shifts in public perception and the value of accurate health information for lay readers.
The article discusses how overwork and night labor damage the brain and nervous system like a strained galvanic battery. It lists symptoms such as heart irregularities, digestive issues, drowsiness, memory loss, irritability, and sleep deprivation, urging regulation of life and rest as remedies. Mrs. Lincoln’s case is noted as hypochondriacal but improving with sleep and a drive, while stressing many brain workers suffer silently from excessive toil.
Mrs. Lincoln settled in Springfield at the home of Hon. Ninian Edwards wife, sister of Mrs. Lincoln, amid curious baggage totaling sixty trunks weighing about 8000 pounds. Once ill and confined to her room, she now reads papers claiming she nears death while maintaining appetite and sleep, with candles as light and minimal gas use.
The piece compares the Brighton railway murder by Mapleton Lefroy and the Garfield assassination attempt by Guiteau. It notes both men were educated and charming yet criminal, highlighting risk from erratic, resourceful individuals and urging caution against assuming reading and schooling curb crime.
A colonial era piece on dining customs describes a Java style meal with coconut oil and French influence, noting table manners in Dutch Batavian households. It contrasts host and guest seating, salt handling, dessert glasses, and dress codes, ending with a reflection on generosity when giving to the poor.
A mosaic of maxims on temper, truth, friendship, and conduct. Cautious counsel on anger, gossip, and duty. notes on courage, sincerity, and the value of steady effort. Quotes about happiness, misjudgment, and the paradoxes of wealth, power, and social praise. A brief anecdote mocks prestige through trivial “exceptional services.”
Omaha merchants A Cruickshank & Co tout a large fifteen-department dry goods and millinery inventory including silks dress fabrics white goods linens and ribbons. They feature Butterick patterns gloves and upstair dressmaking with samples offered and prompt order fulfillment.
A Rome Georgia report describes a charity gathering where a price list set rates for kissing partners, with a timekeeper and a two-person committee supervising the exchange. Prices ranged by age and status, fines applied for extending the squeeze, and all details remained confidential.
The article notes Sitting Bull’s surrender to Major Brotherton, his sole request for peace and training of his son to live freely on both sides of the lines, and a hopeful view that the Sioux, once formidable, may become peaceful cultivators. It also lists various 19th century advertisements for patent medicines and products.
In Chicago an address by Mormon leaders sparks fears that emigration from European nations will strengthen the church’s grip beyond Utah. The writer questions polygamy tolerance, GOP consistency, and Mormon influence in Idaho Wyoming Montana Nevada and Arizona as rapid settlement expands.
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