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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1879
Page
3
At the November election Minnesota voters approved a state constitutional amendment. It bars towns from incurring bonded indebtedness exceeding 5 percent of their assessed valuations. The measure passed 55 148 to 1 702.
Illinois farmers grow 45 million bushels of wheat this year, more than any state. Iowa follows with 40 million and Minnesota 36 million, while Nebraska 37 million and Kansas drops to fourth. Improved cultivation and harvesting could raise yield per acre across Illinois fields.
The Chicago Times reports a proposed monster depot to cost $1,500,000 between Madison and Adams streets to be built early next spring by the Pennsylvania road, the Alton and St. Louis, with Milwaukee and St. Paul likely joining. The depot would be shared among the three to four lines.
After decades of neglect Nancy Lincoln mother of President Lincoln is honored with a white marble shaft in Spencer County Indiana. The monument marks her kinship to the great President and signals a new national spirit of monument building.
London report says a strategic line 1,650 miles long would cost about £11,500 per mile, totaling nearly £20 million. A 5 percent guarantee by a Russian railroad bank aims to cover interest, but European capitalists are unlikely to be drawn.
The text notes that many of the James and Younger gang members have died in action or assassination. It states Jesse James, organizer of bank robberies, was shot and killed near Joplin Missouri weeks earlier after leading numerous successful robberies of banks and express trains.
A water spaniel in Pulaski New York followed its owner into a machine shop. The oily shaft turning 150 rpm wrapped hair around the tail causing the dog to be pulled toward the shaft. The dog and shaft completed about 37.5 revolutions in 15 seconds before freeing the dog. The spaniel emerged out of breath but unharmed.
San Francisco is home to over 100 millionaires per Chicago Journal source. It profiles Mr. Mackey born in Dublin in 1835 who came to America as a boy, worked for shipbuilder William H. Webb in New York, went to California in 1852, and started anew in 1863 with a Walker of Virginia associate. His wealth is estimated between 15 and 30 million dollars, yet he spends much time in a mine at near ten degrees.
The United States reported record exports of domestic merchandise in value for the last fiscal year, higher than any previous year. Total exports reached 711,637,393 dollars while imports totaled 445,777,775 dollars, indicating a substantial trade surplus for that period.
The document states exports valued at $265,859,638 in mixed gold and currency, while imports are in gold. After adjustments the balance on the export side remains about $250,000,000.
A landlord in Iowa bound a tenant with a lease claiming rents on crops and exempt property as perpetual lien. The court ruled the clause valid, ruling that a contract targeting exempt property for seizure is not against public policy. This marked the first such Iowa case reaching the Supreme Court.
A 1876 return shows English endowed charities income at £258710. Later reports place income over $6 million with Official Trustees of Charitable Funds holding about $27 million in 1872 across 6616 accounts. Commissioners and the Court of Chancery hold power over trusts while many misapplied charities have been overhauled and restored to use.
An Italian painter named D Ella allegedly lured a French odalisque from the Khedive's harem via telegraphic signals. They married and now live in Foggia, leaving the Khedive wary of future window elopements.
The article argues that many animals respond to musical sounds with pleasure. It cites birds singing to attract mates and experiments with other animals showing potential broad musical sensibility. It notes dolphins, horses, and dogs reacting differently to various tones and instruments, suggesting a wider appreciation of sound across species.
The first meeting between Moody and Sankey began awkwardly with a poor singing, then a friend urged Sankey to start a hymn. Moody instantly said he had been seeking him for eight years and invited him to Chicago for work. Sankey accepted and moved to join Moody.
A reflective editorial argues some people are doomed to struggle in any venture. It cites a farmer fooled by bad bargains, a teacher lacking pupil inspiration, and a minister whose manner alienates listeners despite effort.
The passage notes that well intentioned people are found widely, they try their best but fail, and while society blames them, they deserve more pity than blame due to their misfortune.
The article portrays Jay Gould as a disciplined, philanthropic investor who leads a quiet life. He reads in a Fifth Avenue library with his sons, then uses telegraph and electric signals to influence Wall Street at market openings. Guards and a bookkeeper protect him during business forays as described by the St. Louis Republican.
The Philadelphia Times reports New York results with Governor and Comptroller leading Republican wins. Wadsworth 439,189 for Comptroller and Cornell 418,636 for Governor head lists with Democrats Seymour 439,615 for State Engineer and Ward 2,437,267 for Attorney General. Overall, governor turnout 896,101 and Democratic gains noted.
A recent East arrival at the McCloud river fishing establishment mistook a large animal on the bank for a mastiff. He approached, shrieked and nearly fell into his boat as a California lion leaped ashore. He escaped unharmed, hearing growls from another in the brush.
Charles A. Shepard of New Haven claims the United States leading meteoric stone collection with over 500 stones and irons weighing about 1200 pounds. The Amherst College exhibit includes items from Colorado to Sweden with a 1492 Alsace find and a 1875 Iowa find, noting meteor deaths in Italy and Sweden.
A Florence Italy train tale follows Rover the dog who slips his collar and seeks his master amid crowds. Rover returns to a hotel room he remembers, reuniting with Mr Man after days apart. The piece also recounts Texas farmer ants building underground cities with roads farms and granaries. It then shifts to short vignettes about two kittens in Winnsboro North Carolina, a spider bridging the Housatonic river, a tiny world tea set carved from peach kernels, a theft anecdote in Jackson Michigan, red canaries via pepper treatment, and a rhyming tale of Old Grimes and his hen.
The text notes severe distress in the Spessart forest region as Europe faces potato crop failures. It cites German government investigations showing three fourths of Spessart inhabitants destitute with no bread or salt and describes widespread hunger and despair likely to worsen without relief measures.
A compact guidance piece urging boys to be brave, tender, and true, to pursue steady effort, generosity, and integrity. It emphasizes learning from faults, living with purpose, and finishing what one starts, with a closing note about late hours and safe conduct.
The article argues that small sums yield large savings over time and urges strict self denial. It recommends separating savings from daily spending, placing it where it cannot be easily accessed, like a savings bank, to prevent impulse spending and build financial independence.
In Alaska winters bring mainly rain with 35 to 40 degree temps and strong winds that drive waves along channels and blow salt scud into woods. Nights are long and cozy homes with cedar fire and books feel valuable in a land of frequent but shallow snowfall and rare four foot depths. Across inland mountains the mercury drops to 30 to 40 degrees below zero near Glenora on the Stickene river, while coastal areas stay milder.
The article notes Paris plans to replace miniature railjetters with electric trains for mail transport, claiming successful experiments. It contrasts pneumatic tubes used by London and questions reception in the United States.
A humorous essay offers a radical bill of fare for a Christmas dinner that costs nothing yet nourishes mind and spirit. It frames Gladness, Hospitality, and Mirth as courses, praising memory, kindness, and simple acts for the hungry, lonely, and poor, with a spiritual undercurrent. The piece ends with a Baltimore anecdote about a pickpocketing husband.
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