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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a local business Lewes proprietor and service sticks, with unclear details about the event or announcement.
Mary Kennedy Hewett Germanic Landburg born aboard the White Star steamship Germanic on the second day of the voyage. Abram S. Hewitt gave a £12 purse to support the mother. Names honor ship and Capt. Kennedy. Mrs Lundberg travels to Osceola Nebraska to join her husband, with a first class ticket and sleeping car passage.
The excerpt notes 105 465 Chinese in the United States with three fourths in California. It mocks California politics, cites a Fort Scott Texas Record presidential ticket, and criticizes Pennsylvania’s six month legislative session and self payment, reflecting partisan commentary of the era.
Reports warn that operatives selling lottery tickets and related frauds are under intense legal pressure from federal authorities. The piece notes aggressive actions by Uncle Sam's courts to curb these schemes amid rising concerns in Chicago.
The Bee and Herald publish two columns defending Laird while anti monopoly papers in the state attack him and mislead the Gees. The piece emphasizes consistency as a virtue in public debate.
General Augustus Ceaser Dodge dies at his home in Burtington Iowa on November 20. A lifelong Democrat, he was Iowa’s first U.S. Senator and later minister to Spain under President Pierce. After the Civil War he remained a private citizen and a notable public figure.
Leading Democrats in Polk County speak about organizing for the fall campaign. They oppose being forced to vote for the anti monopoly ticket and note many on the ticket are on it to capture votes. Only one Democratic nominee on the ticket has any real hope of election. the rest, including Savage Mills, are seen as vote catchers or campaign expenses.
Congress met on December 3 and elected Carlisle of Kentucky to avoid a speakership scramble. Nebraska travels to Washington with a solid House delegation for the first time in state history, moving from a single representative to three and potentially five or six after 1890, as eastern states lose ground and Nebraska presses toward prominence among the great states.
In 1862 the first steps began toward building the Union Pacific Railroad shaping Nebraska. On December 2, twenty years ago, the first spade of earth was turned at Omaha, with the project driven by government creation and later aiding border settlers to establish homes. Peter A. Dey, an Iowa engineer, led early work and later served as an Iowa Railroad Commissioner. The Omaha Bee issue of December contains a detailed history of this enterprise.
A confused OCR fragment describes hair loss and appearance with references to a hair balsam claim. It mentions an investigating committee of singers and an aging, dismal look. The text attempts to present a product remedy but remains garbled and uncertain.
A Washington correspondent recalls Ben Butler’s Washington visit in 1883. Butler, then governor of Massachusetts, defends his anti monopoly stance and signals a 1884 bid while hinting at party splits over corporations. He criticizes Tilden’s influence and notes unions against political bosses.
An aged tabloid style ad touts Dr Dosanko’s pile remedy as a cure for piles including itch salt rheum and ringworm. It promises immediate relief from nightly sighing and asserts all forms can be permanently cured by the ceruat remedy. The text is a rough OCR fragment with branding and merchant details.
County committee recommends standard works in spelling readers and arithmetic White's text similar to Ray's revised, with emphasis on business mathematics. Readers already in use across districts. charts and maps urged for early lessons. many schools equipped with dictionaries and globes.
The Polk County committee at the 1883 institute met in Sromspura Nes to select uniform test books. They favor White's New Elementary and New Complete Arithmetic and McGuffeys Revised Spelling Book, contingent on Harry G. Wilson's Oct. 22 1883 proposal terms.
The proposition dated Vet. 22 1883 offers to supply White's New Elementary Arithmetic and White's New Complete under exchange terms for Ray's old books. Other titles priced with specific old book allowances and small cash adjustments, plus introductory prices. A mail delivery option adds the named book at the introductory price on receipt of payment.
A plainspoken plea asks if any Greenback members in Polk County will organize again and vote. The office invites those interested to come forward and make their intentions known.
A testimonial from William Coleman, Buffalo druggist, praises Parker’s Toxin as a sleep aid and tonic improving nerves digestion and seasickness. The maker Herditz Hiscox & Co announces dropping the misleading ginger flavoring label to Parker’s Toxtc-omiting, confirming no change to the formula.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a brief from Osceola Nebraska with unclear details and unreadable names. The readable portion mentions a local event or notice but lacks concrete actions, dates, or participants.
Notice to all persons having claims against Elizabeth Bowser late of Polk County deceased. Claims must be filed within six months from November 8 1883 with the County Judge at his office by the first Thursday in January and March 1884 and May 8 1884 at 10 o clock for examination and adjustment. Dated November 16 1883 by C W Aikins County Clerk.
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