Nebraska Wheat Talk and Farm Prosperity Nearby
Farmers push for fair grain prices while Nebraska outlook sketches a growing wheat era. Reports note Mammoth wheat on Phi McCray’s land yielding 1228 grains from 52 heads, Osceola comments echo caution on idle labor, and land appraisals by Kennedy of Omaha show varied prices. An August farm wheat crop yielded about 550 bushels from 30 acres, with yields per acre discussed by local growers.
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Thelan
Entleman
Will
C. M. Pulver
Wm. Vanhoozen
Hackberry Precinct
Wheat market unsettled as prices advance in Chicago
Friday's trading saw wheat rise to 1.07 in Chicago but the market remained volatile. A mix of crop yields and local notices fills the page with reports from Seward, Osceola, and Silver Creek, including yields, business updates, and shop news.
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Chicago
Brown's Grand Oxy Cal•cium Stere optic Exhibition at Osceola
A stereopticon show arrives at the Osceola school house next Friday evening featuring 300 views. Domestic scenes include the Centennial exhibition and the Capitol at Washington, with foreign views of London gardens, Paris, Rome, Jerusalem, and more. Admission 95 cents, children 15 cents. Doors open 7:40, exhibition begins 8 PM.
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Brown
School House
Osceola
Capitol
Washington
New York City
Niagara Falls
Yosemite Falls
California
Horticultural Gardens
London
Windsor Castle
Paris
Mont Blanc
Cascades
Canton Tesson
Switzerland
Colliseum
Rome
Pyramids
Jerusalem
Mosque of
Omer
How to Kill a Town Rules for a Failing Community
A satirical piece outlines steps to cripple a town, urging empty buildings to be rented at steep rates, hostility to newcomers and local merchants, avoiding domestic goods, neglect of religious and educational funding, and ending with severing support for the local newspaper to hide any business activity.
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Mason & Hamlin
Pert
Ulara
J. T. Bower
Osceola
Nebraska
Frank Leslie’s Sunday Magazine offers September issue
Franx Lesrizn s Sunpax Maca zink for September is available with 128 pages and 100 illustrations. It features articles on The New York Aquarium and its Contemporaries The Tower of London Stories from Talmud The Christians in Turkey Home Pulpit A Time to Laugh and more. Subscriptions are three dollars postpaid to Frank Leslie’s Publishing House New York. The publisher notes it is the only American Sunday Magazine with wide circulation and strong value.
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Franx Lesrizn
New York Aquarium
Tower of London
Turkey
J. S. C. Abbott
Frank Leslie
Pearl Street
New York
America
Old Country
Leslie
Hog Cholera Precautions and Dead Carcass Disposal
Hog cholera hits many stock growers as losses mount. The piece urges responsible disposal of carcasses to prevent stench and water contamination, cites a law with penalties for improper disposal, and notes a homemade remedy proposed by a reader.
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P. S
Wauhoo
New Administration Opens Clarks ville Drug Store
McLean & Co. announce the opening of Clarks ville Drug Store with a gentlemanly clerk and promise lower prices than ever before in town. They invite the public to come and compare prices. August 10, 1877.
Wheat sale ad from August Thelan in Nebraska
250 bushels of Voluntary Fall Wheat offered for sale at 1.00 per bushel. Wheat for Nebraska. Buy before it is all gone. August Thelan.
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Nebraska
Ma Boies
Seward
Albig
Thelan
Horses for sale by Gerrard and Zeyler of Columbus
Gerrard and Zeyler of Columbus offer 250 head of horses for sale. Visit to pick a suitable horse and avoid Hobson’s choice by choosing from their stock.
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Gerrard & Zeyler
Columbus
Hobson
Notice to debtors from Cassius M Fulver
All persons indebted to me by note or book account will pay the same within thirty days from date at the office of A Nance or suit will be commenced. Cassius M Fulver.
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A. Nance
Cassius M. Fulver
Local Notice From Osceola Office in 1877
A brief public notice from Osceola Nebraska dated July 30 1877 states W W Logan and L L Snider operate an office on the Longer Farm and that orders left at the office will receive prompt attention.
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W. W. Logan
L. L Snider
Osceola
Neb
J N Lawsons Musical and Sewing Depot Ad
Go to J N Lawsons musical and sewing machine depot in Columbus for music and sewing machines. Singer sewing machines sold for 30 dollars. All kinds of sewing machine accessories constantly on hand. Opposite Bonesteel Bros Columbus.
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J.N. Lawson
Columbus
Singer Sewing Machines
Bonesteel Bros
Nebraska politicians multiply beyond stray grasshoppers
A Sidney Telegraph critique notes Nebraska politicians outnumber abroad grasshoppers, describing them as more pestiferous. The remark emphasizes local political surplus as a negative compared with migratory insects.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Polk County School Board Seeks Bids for New Schoolhouse
District No 39 Polk County invites sealed bids by September 1 1877 for building a schoolhouse per adopted plans. Copies available at the County Clerk or Myron J Brown Valley Precinct. Cash payments. bids may be left with the Clerk or board members. J M Henman moderator C Grosnickk treas Myron J Brown director. Queensware sale at McCarty's promotes new stock.
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L. A. Beltzers
McCarty’s
McCormack
L. A. Beltzer
Butler County
Polk County
G. Hopper
McCune
The
Republican
Centennial
Polk Co
Myron J. Brown
Valley Precinct
J. M. Henman
C. GrosnicKk Laws
Treas
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Nebraska Railway
Lincoln
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Wailwa
Srasengi
East
Republican Central
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Osmae
Gyudock Pm
J.G. Mickey
Henry Snider
C. H Morrill
Central Committee
Rocal
Wigg Bridge
Eer Square
Stone
Howard Kennedy
Omaha
Leary
Land Department of
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H. T. Arnold
FonDuLac
Wisconsin
Stephen Cunningham
Stephen Bull
Frank
Bartlett
C. B. & Q. Railroad
Galesburg
Illinois
Oscora Rxcorp
Republican Central Committee
C. H. Morrill
Stromsburg
C. W. Atkins
Platte
N. C. Foy
Hackberry
T.S. Clark
Valley
W.F. Heseman
Pleasant Home
R. Krummer
Island
Canada
E. P. Swearengen
Clear Creek
W. W. Maxwell
L. L. Snider
Silver Creek
Lee House
York
L. L. Snider’s
E. J. Baker
Canton
Centennial Bible
Indianapolis
Indiana
F. L. Horton & Co
Raphael
Guido
Canova
John Brown
United States
John McLean
Clarksville
Merrick County
McLean & Co
LYON
é-1-Sun
Epiron Recon
Pivase
Kincey Michener
Maxy Vorens
Daniel Arbuckle
Henry Kisaze
August Thelan
Poe & Ludwig
J. H Chambers & Co
Locust Street
St. Louis
Gaskell
J. Latham & Co
Gton Street
Boston
Mass
Washington Street
Columbus Harket
Aeoereane
McCarty’ S
John Wiggins
Tin
11Th and
Olive Streets
Columbus, Nebraska
J.P. Smith
Corr Suley
Warrior
Fremont
Bes
James T. Bonner Jr
Henry Mahan
Miller Bros
Warre
Union
Miller Brothers
Water St
Cleveland
Ohio
Mason
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