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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1877
Page
1
Poem lines depict families enduring hardship, urging all to share in the season. The speaker recalls fathers, mothers, youths, and children struggling for shelter and bread while the Lord of Christmas offers solace and asks a gift in return. The verse emphasizes compassion, duty, and communal aid amid adversity.
In the Priory, Sir Leicester Connington, dying by self administered poison, reveals a motive tied to a past betrothal and a cruel family plot. He recalls Gertrude, his lost love, her marriage to Lord Worth, and their enduring fidelity, ending with their joint burial promise and the clark’s promise fulfilled.
The Halifax award of 5.5 million dollars against the United States sparks a public debate. Canadians claimed far more, while Americans must accept the verdict and adjust their fishing and bait plans to offset the loss. The Alabama claims precedent underpins the arbitration, and return of any unspent Geneva balance to England seems unlikely.
United States Circuit Court in Boston holds life insurance policy date is the issue date, not the application. Northwestern Life Insurance Co. must pay Helen A. Smith $3,622 for her deceased husband’s policy whose last premium was unpaid, issued four days after a state law requiring payment within a year of premium. The company argued the policy was issued before such law.
The report states wages for lumbermen will range from 15 to 25 dollars per month for the upcoming winter season. This sets a uniform scale across crews and mills with wages tied to the seasonal timber work.
Dr Hammond outlines cerebro hyperemia as a frequent brain ailment triggered by mental effort with symptoms including vertigo, sleeplessness, memory loss, impaired digestion, and impulsive fears. He notes middle-aged individuals most at risk and recommends rest, outdoor activity, moderation, and a plain nutritious diet for cure.
In Wells Maine two brothers aged 77 and 72 weigh nearly 500 pounds together and stand about twelve feet six inches tall combined. They were born in their home and never left. Married with families, they own a 500 acre farm with 350 acres timbered and a timber tract extending toward the Boston and Maine line. Their sons reportedly charge purchases to father Jack and Oliver.
A mule with limber legs staged a strike by lifting heels to boost the master, seeking corn and water, then refused work and supper. After days of hunger and isolation, the animal grew gaunt and gentle and finally ceased the strike.
A dangerous bull-dog at a San Francisco dog show terrified spectators as workers pushed food toward him with a long stick and a high railing kept onlookers away. A brave little girl crawled under the railing and softly spoke to the animal, hoping to calm it.
A mother screams as a valorous stranger removes his coat to rescue a child from a snarling dog. The child comforts the dog with questions while the dog bites the dress briefly before retreating, and the child sustains only a sudden fright from the pullout.
A Boston Traveler account recounts comic mischief by Mr Heller a noted practical joker He teases a nervous man with contrived mail and has Miss Heller read an imaginary letter to the amusement of a large audience including the man's wife who declares This is just what I expected from the old deceiver.
An 18 year old well worker at Conches near Roxen France was trapped for twenty days by a mass of earth. He survived on food supplied by rescuers and kept spirits high, even playing cards with one liberator as workers sank a second well to create a passage.
The Imperial Office of Statistics in Berlin publishes a census table placing the empire’s population at 42 757 360 at year end 1875. The largest growth occurred in Prussia proper with a rate of about three per thousand and in Alsace-Lorraine.
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