07 Feb 1877
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1877
Page
1
J C McWilliams proprietor announces the former Annabis House now refurbished as a hotel in Osceola Nebraska. A good feed stable is connected with the hotel for travelers and accommodation is provided with reasonable charges.
Gen Belknap, ten months from trial since indictment, asks the District Attorney to move for immediate court action. Prof Richard Somers Smith, 63, chief of drawing at the Naval Academy and former Girard College president, died suddenly of heart disease at Annapolis.
Reports from Springfield describe the Illinois State Farmers Association meeting on January 23 with the Executive Committee of the National Independent party at the same location and time. Other items note grand jury actions on witness testimony, Irish Rifle Association challenging U S marksmen, land title deed to Oakland, and various political and legal developments.
The New Jersey Legislature chose John B. McPherson to succeed Frelinghuysen in the state Senate. The Illinois Legislature elected Judge David Davis to the U.S. Senate to replace John A. Logan. Georgia picks B. H. Hill for the Senate and H. G. Davis for the long term with F. Hereford for the short term. Davis will not resign from the bench before March 4 to finish opinions. Governor Hayes says he will not seek to direct Congress on the Electoral bill or presidential election matters.
Financial and industrial notes record Chicago elevators holding extensive grain stocks including wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley totaling 1,545,471 bushels. Separate figures show nationwide January 13 stocks across wheat corn oats and barley. Also noted are a woolens maker suspending operations and several business failures with liabilities and assets cited. A Lachine canal strike in Canada ends with workers resuming old wages. Jacob Hermance of Ulster County faces significant liabilities.
Reports cite a blaze destroying the flantic Mills in Louis with about 50 000 dollars in damage. An explosion at Bioskerosene oil works injured several and killed two as the building and contents were consumed, with losses around 70 000 dollars. Crowds gathered near the river where ice gave way and two more people drowned.
The report lists a Dover jail escape by John Hughes and a Chicago audience plot, a spree of robberies including Chas V Han’s jewelry theft, Thornville and Timmonaville incidents, and a Serb Balkan crisis with Russia’s stance. Also noted are Bulgarian trials, Gladstone on Eastern affairs, a Servian request to the Ottoman ambassador, and a Belgian decree against importing horned cattle to curb rinderpest.
The report surveys 1876 indirect tax revenue in France at 1 952 483 000 francs and total 2 105 759 000 francs, with a rise of 37 386 000 from 1875. It notes broken Russo Chinese trade, a fire at Bolton’s Stonehill colliery killing fifteen, Mexican fine on Barron and Escander, theft of the German minister, Cortina banishment, and Dominican-Haitian moves. It mentions Midhat Pasha’s peace preliminaries, ongoing TurkishRussian tensions, Burns statue unveiling, and Russia’s reserve call. It cites English peace hopes, SerbiaTurkey peace debate, and press on reforms and power alignments.
The death by his own hand of Charles Collins, engineer for the Lake Shore railroad, draws praise for his careful scrutiny of the Ashtabula bridge and sympathy for the distress caused by the disaster. The New York World notes blame fixed on individuals, while the New York Railroad Gazette reports a rise in U.S. railroad construction in 1876, totaling 2,351 miles, up from prior years. Phonographic writer Amelia Berrian from New York recorded 1054 words in four minutes, averaging 2634 words per minute.
The article surveys child psychology with cases of youths from 11 to 16 who end their lives after harsh punishments or unbridled indulgence. It cites Daniel Murphy 11, T Phillips 14, Stella Hutton, Miss Pagnelli, Rosa Green 14, H Bryant 15, and James Fair 15 as victims of parental pressure, quarrels, or broken trust. It frames youth suicides as warnings and urges balanced parenting.
A London letter to the New York Herald describes storm winds driving tidal waves over the Thames valley flooding low lying areas. The inundations stretch along the river above and below London, with thousands blaming the embankment for altering currents and failing to heed prior warnings during construction.
Rev. Dr. Tyng urges church ladies to swap three button gloves for one button to save funds for an orphan house. In reply, male members joke about diverting cigar money to asylums while conceding tobacco abstention could improve the brethren and aid the church cause.
A circulating tale claims Judge Bell of Colorado had his son on a blood horse running down eight deer. The piece notes any fair saddle-horse can outfoot a deer and recalls a 40 year old prairie chase where three riders caught a spike buck, one lashing it with a whip. It adds that a greyhound outruns a deer but not a fast race-horse.
The fragment presents a lyrical plea filled with archaic phrasing and exclamations. It depicts an urgent appeal, invoking overseas voices and a weary, aged speaker who asks for kindness or aid, ending abruptly with a hinted request for yesterday.
A collage of humorous vignettes and remarks on marriage, tobacco, the Haitian military uniform order, social customs, and an opera fan loyalty tale. The text mocks pretensions, notes oddball anecdotes, and preserves a slice of early twentieth century wit and satire with scattered names and references.
The Gold Hill News presents a full list of marriage licenses granted from January to December and also publishes divorces for the same period. Sub-heads use playful month themed titles while keeping the names readable. The text notes the list style may appear sprightly but warns about the content.
Odd fragment presents a garbled catalog of items and social groups with odd phrases and misread terms. It reads like a misOCR of a list mapping audiences to objects but offers no clear event or context.
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