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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1879
Page
6
A buyer in town is duped by a smiling turkey seller who boasts of a perfect fowl. On Christmas Day the party discovers the bird is tough as leather, forcing them to abandon the home feast and seek turkey at a restaurant. The tale ends with a vow to punish the deceitful seller.
A lonely woman and her child are sheltered by Mud Flat miners who raise a Christmas fund. A stranger, believed to be dead wife missing husband, returns to claim his family as the miners share gifts and witness a heartening reunion on Christmas Day in the remote camp.
Fort Smith Arkansas report recalls Mr Burr recounting a cyclone that crushed his house, killed a helper named Sylvester, and scattered tools, with his wife and sister-in-law injured. The storm carried livestock away and a flood of water followed, then subsided. The account notes widespread destruction and a perilous, dramatic scene.
Astronomer Richard Proctor answered questions about whether outer planets would reach perihelion in the next years and trigger catastrophe. He stated the 1882 to 1886 perihelion would not cause significant terrestrial disturbance and urged dismissing fears of major calamity.
Dialogue between Mr Smithers and an unnamed speaker highlights a clash over sleep schedules. Smithers defends late nights, claiming he stays up past midnight while others sleep, joking about waking with the sun.
W J Morton argues tea acts as a potent drug with a proper and improper dose. Moderate use stimulates mind and body without harm, while immoderate use causes headaches vertigo heat and flushing tremors nervousness sleeplessness exhaustion and heart and respiration changes. Prolonged excess leads to dyspepsia and reduced waste of tissue. Tea can mask its own adverse effects and reduce urine output.
In Luca Italy a visitor recalls scorpions invading homes and argues a light exposure method to provoke self destruction. People trapped the arachnid under a glass, then lit it to force a fatal sting as the creature dashed frantically before calm.
In Scribner's Monthly H H Boyesen recounts Victor Hugo praising Emerson as a strong cheerful voice amid crises. Hugo argues pessimists are narrow minded and that history shows steady advance, predicting the abolition of great evils in the twentieth century as civilization grows more complex.
Dr Foote's Monthly warns that neglected cellars breed disease through decaying vegetables damp air and malaria from cisterns. Without proper ventilation and furnace distribution poisonous gases can travel through walls floors and cracks, urging periodic inspection by household heads.
The piece lists European national forces with totals for Russia France Germany Italy and Austro Hungary. It notes over 16 million soldiers ready for call and questions prosperity under such military weight. It closes by contrasting European strength to Jay Gould’s youthful appearance when met by strangers.
A lyrical farewell piece by K T M BD expresses love and loss with vivid imagery. The narrator pledges enduring affection though time and distance separate them. Milwaukee, Wis.
A collage of humorous tidbits and old chestnuts sharing modern slang, oddities, and quick anecdotes. From Ajax seafaring lore to a Toronto corset workers strike and Commodore Vanderbilt chatting with a medium, the items span quirky phrases and pointed gags in lighthearted fashion.
A collage of nostalgic vignettes and humorous asides recalling summer days and trains. Memories include a vanished ulster, chocolate ice cream Burdette, a philadelphia paragraph about marriage, an ode to comfort red undershirts, and a Burlington Hawk-Eye observation on a young man’s travel fantasies.
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