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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
3
Mrs. F. J. Lynch of Grand Rapids Michigan writes praising Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio. She states a persistent cough was cured quickly after using two bottles and she regained excellent health in weeks, calling Peruna a true friend to women.
Chronic catarrh is described as a widespread, multiform scourge affecting all ages and body systems. The piece extols Peruna as a proven remedy and claims medical endorsement, inviting readers to obtain a free complete guide from The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
The article describes the Chililitli, an open top passenger car built by the Pullman Company for the American Tourist Association. Designed for steam railways, it evolved from a work car to a dining and observation car with 68 removable seats and 56 dining places, featuring electric lights and Chinese lanterns.
A new fabric treatment named Maghetic Stargh promises to prevent cracking in garments. Manufacturers claim the formula strengthens fibers and improves durability during wear and washing.
In a humorous exchange a wife asks a doctor about her husband’s irrationality. The doctor jokes about heat prostration and a pun about Allen's Fact-Base, then quips about a fast express train delivering fresh milk before the cream rises.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Kanse powder for tired, cold and damp feet with sweating soreness and tight shoes. It claims relief and offers a free sample, with 25 cent retail and mentions the seller Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy New York. The closing line adds a proverb.
A claim is made that Garfield Tea yields good complexions, pure blood, and relief from constipation, with the added note that users show a glow of health. The text also mentions the first striking clock being made in 1295.
An International Food Co of Minneapolis offers a valuable stock raising book to readers. An ad elsewhere in the paper promises full particulars and declares the firm reliable. Also noted are Omaha and Nebraska advertisements for a business college and dental hair products.
Ad promises a single day cure for a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Refunds offered if it fails to cure, with E. W. Grove's signature on the box. Then a separate line asserts that a woman should rely on a man to earn her bread.
A fragment advertises Mrs Winslow s soothing syrup for teething pain and wind colic at 23c a bottle. It touts Magnetic Starch as durable and urges patience over medicine. C H Crabtree of Des Moines offers to explain the Gladiator Gold Mining company on request.
One hundred dollar reward offered for catarrh cure not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin, Toledo druggists vouch for F. F. Cheney and company. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price per bottle, sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills also advertised as best.
An old列advertising fragment extols Magnetic Starch as the best laundry starch and promotes PUTNAM FACELESS DYES with a simple boiling method. The excerpt uses literary quotes to frame the advice about starching fine linen and dyeing fabrics.
An advertising notice promotes Grain-O a grain based coffee substitute sold in 15 and 25 cent packages. It claims even the most delicate stomachs tolerate it, costs about a quarter as much as coffee, and benefits children who may drink it.
A stranger in Grand Island Nebraska peddled three dollar watches for ten and offered a repair guarantee from local jewelers. He claimed these guarantees and posed as an agent of several jewelers to deceive farmers, including at August Meyer’s shop where the watch was brought in for repair.
Kearney Nebraska faced its second disaster when the canal pipe feeding the electric light plant burst and flooded the lighting facility, causing about fifty thousand dollars in damage. A later gas plant reservoir fire, sparked by a worker with a lantern, consumed the entire tank though the fire brigade saved surrounding structures. The city relies on gas and electric power with insurance covering the losses.
Governor Dietrich announces the appointment of Dr. Kern of Wood River as superintendent of the Hastings Asylum for Incurable Insane and says his inaugural address will likely advocate a State Board of Control for state institutions. He adds that minor appointments go through the institution superintendents. The inaugural ball is slated for January 3 at the Auditorium.
Burwell Nebraska reports dozens of cattle dying from a suspected poison in corn stalks. Farmers must yard and feed cattle indoors while veterinarians advise cutting and burning hundreds of acres of stalks. Straw and hay prices have risen about a dollar per ton as cattle are wintered.
Plattsmouth Nebraska reports Brigadier General Buffington informs congressman Burkett that Fort Milburn Philadelphia has been ordered to turn over a 42-pounder cannon to the local Grand Army of the Republic post. The gun is expected to arrive before the next year.
Emerson Neb December 3 Louis Larson village marshal found dead in alley beside Denielson’s saloon. He was alone and likely died from internal injury or heart failure with no external wounds. Suspicions of foul play arose and Coroner Rubel of Allen has been telegraphed for and an inquest will be held.
In York County Nebraska, corn huskers are in high demand as jobs quickly fill. Women and even matrons join the work, cribs overflow, and corn piles in driveways. Fine weather aids progress as farmers aim to finish before cold weather, with strong yields and good quality at current prices.
C W Wiggins and Foster and Fonche of Ames acquire 2240 acres of grazing land ten miles south of Gothenburg for a sheep and cattle ranch. It is set to become one of the region's largest ranches.
3 000 000 acres of new lands to open to settlement with The Kiowa Chief offering subscription for one year at 1 00 and a 10c single copy. Subscribers receive a free illustrated book on Oklahoma and Morgan's Manual Settlers' Guide with map for 1 00. all above 1 75 to Dick T Morgan Perry Oklahoma.
Lincoln reports the Treasurer Reserve issued a call for war rants registered from 60 931 to 61 370 totaling 50 000 payable December 8. The state official s elect meeting was postponed to December 14 due to Charles Weston being in Wyoming. Minnesota football backers reportedly lost about 5 000 on the game in Lincoln with most bets on scores.
In Holdrege Nebraska a second section of passenger train No. 3 collided with passenger train No. 17 on the Valley branch near Oxford. Engineer Charles Lundberg of Holdrege and Fireman George Paver of Hastings escaped instant death after Lundberg reversed the engine and applied air and sand to halt his train.
The Census Bureau reports Nebraska’s population at 1,069,589, up from 1,058,910 in 1890, an increase of 9,629 or 9 percent. The 1880 figure was 452,402, marking a 134 percent rise to 1890. County figures follow.
NORFOLK Neb December 1 A four year old daughter of Fred Lau living west of town found a rat poison vial and ate strychnine. The child was rushed to a doctor for treatment but no further details are given on her condition.
Captain Fred J. Mack of Company M Nebraska National Guards was shot by a comrade during a quail and rabbit skirmish at Albion. Shot entered his nose neck and hand. injuries not serious but considered a narrow escape.
Jackson, a coal freighter bound for the agency, died when he fell from his wagon on the road between Rushville and Pine Ridge. Wheels passed over him, killing him instantly.
Mrs. Maria C Blake aged eighty three died in Fremont Neb after a fall on an icy sidewalk worsened by asthma and bronchitis. Her husband John R Blake, once a prominent Fremont resident, died about five years ago.
A quirky adage proclaims Magnetic Starch has no equal. The line humorously notes selling a dog is tougher than giving one away, reflecting a period advertising quip.
An old advertisement urges that bowel health fixes many illnesses from headaches to cancer. It promotes Cascarcets as a natural cure that produces easy movements, costs 100 cents to start, and warns to beware imitations.
Nebraska selling agents advertise Union Carbide calcium carbide for acetylene gas. Pacific Storage and Warehouse Co. lists address 912-914 Jones St Omaha Neb for supplies. Also includes unrelated testimonials and quotes about starch and cures.
Advertisement fragments promise a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York and advertise cures for corns bunions and foot ailments. Also promote Garfield Tea for digestion and a $148 upright piano on easy terms from Schmoller Mueller Omaha catalogues.
The article extols Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound for women's ailments. It claims women provide crucial details to doctors, praises Pinkham's twenty five years of guidance, and highlights a testimonial from Mrs Chappell of Grant Park Illinois who credits Pinkham with curing ovarian inflammation.
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