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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1879
Page
7
An English observer at a Yorktown celebration last month surveyed the area and remarked that he could understand Lord Cornwallis surrendering Yorktown if he owned such a place, adding he would give it up himself.
Five transatlantic cables have been laid linking Europe with North America. The first two ran Valentia Ireland to Newfoundland in 1866, the third St Pierre France to Duxbury Massachusetts in 1869, the fourth Ireland to Rye New Hampshire in 1875, and the fifth Brest France to Cape Cod Massachusetts.
A Minnesota editor moved his office beside a church hoping for uplift from the spire. A week later a wind-storm toppled the steeple, and the editor crawled out from the ruin on all fours, covered in brick mortar and printers ink.
Elmira residents, inspired by Mark Twain's marriage and Rev. Thomas Beecher's Eden remark, plan to raise 2000 dollars for a marble memorial to Adam with an inscription by the community’s thoughtful observer. Eve, it seems, would be omitted from remembrance.
India faced extreme carnage from snakes and wild beasts with 17,000 snake deaths and about 3,000 big-cat and other animal fatalities in 1877. Efforts to curb the numbers yielded little drop, though 127,000 snakes and 22,000 wild beasts were killed and rewards totaling $50,000 paid. British sportsmen reportedly killed millions of felines, leaving many still at large.
An ancient Latin Bible printed in 1500 sits in an Albany bookstore. It was carried by a Union soldier from Fredericksburg on December 14, 1862 and passed to his chaplain who sent it to Albany, where it has remained. The book features the Godhead as an old man with a papal crown, Noah and the flood with birds at the window, manna like a bread cracker, and Moses depicted with horns.
The article discusses varied approaches to novel writing. It cites Anthony Trollope who claims he fabricates incidents to fit the evolving plot and recounts his joke about a forged will and a critic. The piece emphasizes differences in planning among writers.
In Nordkop sping a quiet town two Guards officers named Ohlsson and Bostrom were found dead in a room with both shot through the heart. Once firm friends, their deaths were revealed by letters to relatives. One officer, engaged to a woman of good family, had prior relationships before the engagement.
In Stockholm a Guardsman and his friend duel after a notorious woman prompts an engagement, leading to bloodshed. Bostrom fatally shoots Ohis son and then dies from a self-inflicted wound with a graze mark showing a near miss.
ZaDKIEL's 1880 almanac foresees Mars Saturn influences causing March political friction and May troop mobilization in America. It warns of a restless New York and martial actions by Republican institutions, with eclipses bringing bad harvests and general troubles.
The Georgia home Liberty Hall runs as if untouched by the master’s health. Guests flow in with trains, meals are served at 1, whist remains a refuge for the ailing veteran, who at times joins from his piazza. He rises at 9, then leads the head of the table at dinner before returning to rest.
A French scientist notes memory varies by race and social status. He claims some inferior groups have stronger memory than high civilisations, memory peaks in early teens, and declines with age. Women, peasants, clergy, and the lymphatic temperament are highlighted for stronger recall. Morning and warm climates aid memory.
In Augusta Me three individuals sit jailed for debt. A well dressed young man heir to a $1,000,000 estate after his father's death twenty years ago. a Mount Vernon resident jailed for non payment of taxes. and a man who refuses to pay for a newspaper he read.
A Washoe jury convicts a man of stealing milk from a neighbor. They note the nocturnal milking as aggravated and find him guilty of milking the cow in the first degree.
Fred and Jack Howard learn that Thanksgiving means sharing with others as two homeless boys, Bob and Tom White, arrive on a snowy day. Mrs. Howard softly explains the story of loss and need, inviting the children to feed, clothe, and care for them, making Thanksgiving about generosity.
The article urges farmers to keep notes on crops, acreages, and values to ensure accurate census returns. Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of the Census, appeals for cooperative effort, noting cereals, cotton, fruits, hay, and other products will be tallied for 1879 and 1880.
Baron Borgscn Hixy of Vienna owns a prized horse and has a special loose box built for 12000 dollars. The new stable costs 80000 dollars and features marble floors encaustic tiles silver fittings and frescoes of hunting scenes. His annual income is 1600000 dollars.
The Togus National Volunteer Soldiers Home in Maine comprises four brick main buildings each about 150 feet by 60 feet and three stories high. The hospital adjoins the barracks, both brick, with inmate numbers ranging from 1,193 in winter to 500–600 in summer as furloughs and work reduce the population.
A Denver News piece recounts a Ute tale told by George West about a warm lake northeast of the Colorado River that drained through a canyon forming Grand River canyon. The narrative describes extinct giants, seed-saving peoples, and early incursions by red Indians, with distant mentions of gold in a river bed and health warnings about entering the canyon.
A Chicago Times Rockford correspodent recounts a confidence scam that befell Dr G of Rockford as he prepared to sail from Chicago. A trio of men befriended him, one feigning familiarity, then a staged distraction allowed a wallet theft of 75 dollars. The doctor valued the loss at 1000 dollars in pride and abandoned plans to travel to Michigan.
A Brooklyn factory worker, Ellen Belcher, suffered a severe scalp injury when her head was torn by machinery. At St Catherine Hospital doctors performed skin grafts using tissue from her body and relatives. Transplanted skin began to grow within four days and the case was followed for years.
A fragment lists flour based doughs, puddings, lemonades, cordials and dressings. It covers beetroot and vinegar drinks, ginger beer, cornbread style rolls, lemon sugar beverages, and a rich mayonnaise like dressing for lettuce. Includes measures, ingredients, and prosaic kitchen instructions.
The report covers Willie Cook an 11 year old in Chicago who harmed Frankie Thompson 7 with a snowball globe of ice causing death, ten London Canada youths plotting piracy on the lakes with a stolen $180 fund, a 4 year old in Adame Massachusetts wounded by a whistle, and Dr Camios a 60 year old Muncie doctor who led burglaries and confessed after discovering loot in his home.
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