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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1881
Page
4
A whimsical catalog lists many types of people from society including speculators, swindlers, statesmen, sculptors, salesmen, sailors, scholars, shepherds, and soldiers. The poem sketches contrasts among quiet and loud, sunny and shadowed lives, ending with a parade of everyday roles and vices.
Abel Kentridge, a ragged young man claiming to seek work, draws a portrait of Mr. Horton after being invited into a cottage garden. Horton and family are impressed by the talent and feed him, leading to a warm welcome and discovery of Kentridge’s modest background as the son of a deceased miller from Queensport, North Dakota.
After failing in Philadelphia Abel Kentridge finds work at Mr Horton’s estate where he proves skilled with grounds work and shares in a patent scheme. Horton exposes a swindler named Silas Northwick, recovers the true Abel patent, and offers partnership to launch a turbine wheel venture with Bella Grattan a key ally.
A Honolulu Commercial Advertiser report from Hilo describes advancing lava threatening Waiakea plantation and mill. The flow divides into channels toward the sea, with two outlets risking Kukuao and Waiakea areas while natives evacuate. Crushing rushes to preempt losses as locals brace for possible town-wide impact.
A discussion on binding materials and styles highlights morocco as durable and preferable to buckram. It notes library symbols on back covers identifying genres, examples of themed bindings such as French Revolution volumes in tri color, and a fading art of gilt edge paintings once perfected by a Yorkshire binder.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent describes Saratoga ladies and their elaborate fans. From flowering net circulars to ostrich feather pieces, fans serve as coquetry and social signal. Priceless diamond settings and hand painted designs highlight the season’s display.
The London Standard reports a German inventor proposes using an electric battery to execute condemned criminals instantaneously. Experiments on animals reportedly killed them instantly and a magistrate near the device was killed by the apparatus. Adoption seems unlikely despite the humane aims and artistic accessories.
A collage of quotes praises Hop Bitters and Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy from clergymen and a Parker Dakota attorney. The notes claim these medicines are effective for family use and stomach ailments, with a side mention of Glann's Sulphur Soap advertizing hair dye.
The passage traces the vast Aryan literary heritage from the Vedas and epic Sanskrit works to Norse and German lays, noting that much lore survives orally as folk tales and proverbs. It argues that folk lore blends with high mythology, shaping views ofAthene and Odysseus alongside Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella.
The article surveys famed parliamentary orators from Addison to Bright and describes the 1819 Montreal atmospheric event. It recounts a greenish sky, a soapy soot rain, and a dramatic cross shattered by lightning, with widespread alarm and no explanation.
A bleak portrait of the Maquis in New Mexico focusing on isolated villages, shrunken tribes totaling 1600, abandoned ruins, and the quiet decline of Indigenous peoples as tribes vanish and remnants seek safety among neighbors. Destruction and endurance are contrasted in the desert landscape.
A sensational tale recalls an 1808 French duel in the air over Mademoiselle Tirevit. Two balloons were launched as weapons. one duelist shot the other balloon, causing a deadly plunge for him and his second. The survivor is believed to have won Tirevit’s hand.
Bayard Taylor cites three rules for success labor, patience and forbearance, and faith. He urges that effort is required for any achievement and that fortune offers no free ride. He emphasizes time’s slow justice and the need to believe in a higher order beyond personal dreams to reach loftier aims.
The article explains that the torpedo, named after a fish studied by surgeon John Hunter, is found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic waters. Ancients used it therapeutically and it can stun or capture prey. The fish lies buried in sand and a step on it can cause collapse. It is sometimes sold for food in French markets.
A Norristown Herald piece recounts a fictional scene of a couple parting at night with repeated kisses and lingering goodbyes. It also includes culinary notes on steaming potatoes, timing them to finish with dinner. A Mount Morris physician asks how he might ease a dying patient’s final hours.
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