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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1880
Page
6
A nostalgic verse describes a youthful dream of a cottage with airy rooms and a garden. The speaker envisions morning glories, lilacs, honeysuckles, and an apple tree, but fate denies ownership while dreams promise an Eden of home and garden in the mind.
A mill bricklayer recounts a near fatal fall from a chimney top during a January crisis at Easgarven Mill. Katie, a laborer’s daughter, inspires rescue by tying a stocking thread to a rope for a life-saving lift as Squire Philip’s kite plan fails. The father's blessing follows, uniting Jim Forde and Katie in marriage and a happy ending at the mill community.
Reader notes celebrate a 10 mile race near Havre France in which two velocipedists reportedly beat a railroad train. The item aggregates sensational bits from abroad about eccentric feats and curiosities, including a Paris cabinet maker and a royal cost report.
The Crowder family and four children travel to Sugar Island under strict rules. The parents enforce discipline with lectures and bans on ice cream, pennies, and rough behavior. The children endure a solemn ride back as a newsboy mocks the family for their dignity.
Rebecca Harding Davis describes remote North Carolina settlements as solitary, with empty houses and broken roads. She notes mica mines and gold legends, educated yet frugal residents, rustic homes, and a life free of fashion while travelers find welcome in simple rooms with relics and warm hospitality.
A village rifle team on the plains of Wyoming sighted an elk at 800 yards. A man lay prone with odd poses and failed to shoot as wind and device tests delayed the shot. The elk fled while two men placed flags to mark the bounds of the attempted hunt.
James Martineau argues that mere years do not constitute life. True life arises from knowledge, truth, love, beauty, goodness, and faith, which energize existence. The emotional experiences—mirth, tears, music, prayer, doubt, mystery, struggle, and trust—nourish the human being.
The tale portrays William Tell as a top Swiss archer under tyrant Gesler. Gesler demands obeisance to a hat on a pole, forcing all in Altorf to bow or die. Tell refuses and vows to defy the tyrant rather than bow to the hat.
A St. Louis Paper recounts a monkey at the fair who uses demonstrations to obtain a banana. A female observer rewards a clever approach by sliding a banana toward the animal with a parasol, triggering a series of gestures and chattering as the monkey signals for the treat. The scene ends with the animal bowing before eating.
A moralistic reflection urges against pride in marrying above one’s station. It argues love brings harmony, prosperity, and happiness, while choosing a partner from a higher social rank disrupts life, shortens it, and opposes biblical guidance for peaceful, thrifty households. The piece pleads to let love prevail.
Dear Sir my daughter suffered from nasal catarrh bladder and kidney issues and tuberculous diathesis. After exhausting doctors in Selma I finally used Vegetine and was astonished to see her health restored. I write as a simple statement of justice not an advertisement respectfully T FE Callier MD
A.R. Gridley of Rome New York testifies that after using VEGETINE his one year old son’s severe eruptions of erysipelas and salt rheum cleared up within days. He praises the remedy as a charm and notes he is a long time city watchman.
Testimonial from Mrs G Thatcher of Westminster Conn dated June 19 1879 praising VEGETINE. She reports a scrofula sore on her child’s head spreading under the neck and face that was healed after two bottles of the medicine. Letter signed MRS G KR THATCHER.
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