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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1893
Page
3
A jumble of short notices covers insurance pitches, legal injunctions, and odd exchanges. An accident policy inquiry for a student yields steep rates, while Hostetter bitters face a court-ordered halt on imitations. Miscellany includes a nurse, a baby, weight reduction offer, cough remedies, and a Wyoming or Worcester life insurer seeking agents.
A damaged OCR piece recounts a mother and children with torn garments and worn items. It mentions Celia, Amelia, Bilbo, Fred, and Jule in a sequence of ruined clothes and tears. Specifics are fragmentary but indicate a domestic scene of distress and domestic life.
Mat Bunn accepts the lazy, drink-worn Sam Toms and endures hardship as he drifts from job to debt. When Sam is caught with stolen coins, Mat confronts him, and a confrontation leads to Sam’s arrest. A dramatic escape plan ends with Mat and Sam fleeing toward the Rio Grande.
A child recounts earning a penny from mother for good behavior then giving it to Johnny Stout. The dialogue shifts to worry that Johnny Stout will attend school and expose a family chain of concerns about illness and propriety. The fragmentary text includes odd interjections and broken phrases.
A 15 year old insurgent defies the escort planning to shoot him for arms possession. He asks to return home to comfort his mother and hand over a watch. The colonel grants a brief reprieve then ejects him. The boy reappears and is expelled again amid taunting.
A narrator recounts mounting a camel with fear and awkwardness as the animal trots and resists. A bystander aids by replacing the camel with a donkey, leading to a humorous spill and shared laughter at the mishap. The episode ends with the rider vowing never again to attempt camel travel.
Over ten years lobster supply has declined causing prices to double in New York New England coast and Canadian Newfoundland fisheries. Proposals include legal protection of beds and artificial propagation with US Fish Commission hatcheries producing about 3 million young lobsters yearly for Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay.
The essay recalls Gov. Hardin’s long life and proudest achievement, the college for women he founded. A commencement moment shows his sensitivity when a thanking matron says her daughters owe him a debt they cannot repay. He replies softly that she is the first to voice such sentiment.
Caroline Hyde Butler Laing, once a prolific writer under the name Mrs Caroline Hyde Butler Laing, died at her daughter's Germantown home. She married Edward Butler, lived in Northampton, moved to New York after his death, later wed Hugh Laing, and spent years in Brooklyn. A daughter married poet Thomas Buchanan Read and lived in Rome. her work on Rome’s history was once widely read.
Plan to use a substitution cipher by reconfiguring a typewriter so A types L and B types I, with the recipient setting their machine oppositely to print the real letter automatically. The idea eliminates translation time as the machines handle encoding and decoding.
Sveridan presents a short skit describing each month’s character. The fragment references January and August, with names like Povrusis Josys Marek and an archaic tone, indicating a whimsical latitude-specific piece.
Chicago lawyers adopt resolutions calling on President Harrieen to resign so Morton can name him to the supreme bench, aiming to clear the path for successive appointment.
A curative advertisement touts Mootetter's Stomash Bitters as a benign universal remedy for stomach issues and rheumatism. The piece mocks violent sales pressure and hints at moral danger, with aside dialogue about paying for a razor and contemplating death.
The note lists cures and tonics like Garfield Te and Lane's Medicine as modern fixes for constipation headaches and digestion. It mentions Syrup of Figs as a laxative and promotes teething remedies for babies. J G Peppard Kansas City is cited as a Grass Seeds dealer. Earthworms are praised for their beneficial impact on humans.
The ad extols Royal Baking Powder as absolutely pure and superior to others. It claims no other product equals its leavening strength purity or wholesomeness and condemns rival powders mixed with alum as unhealthy. Official chemists state analyses endorse Royal’s superior qualities and reject competing brands as harmful.
Advertises a free trial bottle by mail from Sylvan Remedy Co. in Peoria Illinois. Claims the cough remedy contains no poison and urges early use to guard against cold symptoms.
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