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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1879
Page
1
Mil east arrives 8 45 P M departs 6 30 A M daily. Mil North and West arrives 12 noon dep 4 1 P M on Mondays Wednesdays and Budas. Mil South arrives 12 noon departs 1 yp M on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
Perseverance Lodge No 206 I O G T Osceola Nebraska announces regular meetings every other Wednesday evening at 7 30. N W O F Bray W C T 8 C SmrrMan Secretary.
In Norwich Connecticut no license prevailed and arrests for drunkenness dropped from 161 to 53 over five months while commitments for crime declined from 127 to 27.
Sir James Nannen, president of the Court of Probate and Divorce, states from the bench that most litigation over marriages for dissolution and contested wills stems from drinking habits of the spouses or the testator.
Charles Reed entered M. Hellman & Co. in Omaha and stole 13 yards of cloth valued at 4 1 2 dollars per yard. The value nearly reached 35 dollars needed for penitentiary. He received 90 days in jail and a 50 dollar fine.
Governor Williams forms a temperance society urging pardoned convicts to sign a pledge against intoxicating drinks. Those who drink face return to prison for the full term originally served. So far only one offender, a farmer named Und, has been sent back.
Mr. Medill of the Chicago Tribune cites a home remedy to curb strong alcohol urges. A blend of Peruvi an bark cinchona rubra soaked in diluted alcohol is strained and reduced to teaspoons. doses begin every three hours with tongue-moistening between. Day counts range ten to fifteen, sometimes thirty, with seven as average.
A heated exchange labeled Heretic mocks the Small Boy persona over school governance and revivalist rhetoric. He denounces politicians, warns patrons against fear tactics, and urges clean, well-run classrooms before the school year begins.
The Pleasant Home Ed Record notes scarce precinct representation in their column and reports corn husking, warm stove contracts, and the Brass Corner Band’s improving music led by E S Reichard. It mentions a Blue Hill singing class with 25 members, Reichard teaching a district school starting Nov 17, and George N Falkner’s entertaining evening of recitations and readings.
The writer claims alcohol is used in cigar manufacture and that prize cigars are sprinkled with New England rum. Brandy and wine are used in some brands, and alcohol effects are felt yearly. The piece argues reformers smoke to quit and warns of tobacco alcohol links. Several ministers and laymen allegedly fall from this baneful influence.
State notes from exchanges include Hastings fire bell purchase, Lincoln fairground fencing, and convicts at capitol work. Nebraska items report rail progress, new elevators, nail works expansion, and a stalled Hastings murder case amid regional growth and civic projects.
The Nance county injunction case before Judge Post in David City District Court was delayed as a technical informality stalled the manda mus requiring the vote count to proceed.
The old hand car house now serves as a ticket office at Hastings depot and will also house a freight office. A pair of box cars currently serves the baggage rooms as work on the new depot progresses rapidly.
The temporary railroad bridge over the river at Plattsmouth was taken out by floating ice and will be replaced soon. The Platte bridge near Columbus has been repaired and a substantial new bridge is being built across Ghell Creek at Gleason's Mag.
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