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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1894
Page
3
A brief pathology report summarizes tissue analysis from a local patient, noting distinctive histology features and a preliminary diagnosis. Further testing is recommended to confirm specifics and guide treatment decisions.
A diverse newspaper snippet reports two five dollar notes with identical numbers held by Henry Miller, French diver M Boutan photographs Mediterranean currents, Knox county Maine sees a new electric freight line, Iceland volcanoes for sale, Suen-tchen-fow bridge in China marvels engineers, and reader letters praising Salvation Oil and Dr Bulls Cough Syrup alongside local anecdotes.
The piece notes Sicily with 300000 socialist members and Italy’s high population density. It mentions a 769 A D clock gift from Pope Paul I to Pepin of France, Brazil’s name meaning red wood, a torpedo boat of aluminum for the French navy, India rubber tree leaf coloration, and advises Dropsy treatment by H H Green & Sons in Atlanta with a pamphlet.
Old-fashioned molasses grows scarcer as sugarmaking improves. Planters recall the era of barrel draining and boiled cane juice. Modern centrifugal machinery separates sugar so completely that molasses quantity and quality decline, leaving only poorer product.
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F J Crumry & Co Toledo that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason notes the oath dated December 6, 1836.
A man asks a restaurant owner if he told a waiter to stay away to allow lodging charges against him. The proprietor replies he will help, seeking to clarify the incident and potential billing strategy. The exchange, reported by the Washington Star, hints at a dispute over extra charges.
Sandy, a 15 year old settler in New Hampshire, devises a bear trap using a tub and corn shocks. On a false dawn he sleeps through a bear raid that wrecks the corn and hog pen, while Peter Small sobers up the lesson that agreeing without thinking can be a trap.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a maritime tale with characters including Nantucket Jack and Blossom the captain's daughter. The text hints at marriage, suitors, and a preferred match, but few clear details remain.
A Nantucket harpooner named Jack refuses to abandon a prized whale as a squall hits. He fights solo, shielding the whale with his boat and lashing it to prevent swamping. Captured by May Blossom’s admiration, Jack is hailed for pluck and rewarded as the storm passes.
A Victoria New South Wales youth named McLean, now 17, weighs about 300 pounds and stands 8 feet 3 inches tall. He has grown rapidly since age 12 when he was 5 feet 4 inches, reaching 7 feet 8 inches at 16 and predicting even greater height if growth continues.
Dr. Nicalsky of St. Petersburg argues that an egg not yet coated with a shell deforms from a sphere under ovarian pressure. Vertical-posi tion birds like falcons shorten the soft egg, while swimming birds like grebes lengthen it due to body weight aligning with ovarian compression.
After years apart a man recalls a shared childhood sapling now an imagined sturdy oak. The mood shifts from tenderness to silence as memories surface and the conversation ends.
A cautious servant answers a master’s request by estimating the trip to the cigar store would take about the same time as the return. His phlegmatic nature leads to a measured, nonchalant response reflecting practical thinking and humor.
A distressed visitor questions why the landlord’s boy shoots cats when drowning them is implied as easier. The dialogue reflects troubling attitudes about cruelty to animals and the behaviors of locals in a Texas setting cited in Siftings.
A St Louis Dispatch writer recalls John Philip Sousa's seven year effort with the U S government to gather national and typical songs from around the world. The collection includes nearly 30 specimens with notes on country hymns and indigenous tunes. Only Hail Columbia among American pieces is of U S origin in both words and music.
Inspector Lawrence warns that carrying counterfeit currency is a clear legal violation with serious penalties. He describes scenarios where a passer may be caught, with detectives seizing counterfeit bills found on the suspect, and notes a new law restricting counterfeit production and possession.
A marquis plans an echo prank in his park inviting guests to test echoes beside a lake. He enlists his old servant Sancho to repeat calls thirty times, gradually lowering the voice as a test, and the echo answers that it has been there for hours.
The giant land crab Birgus latro, known as the purse crab, inhabits Indian and South Pacific islands. Adults reach about two feet in length and 8 to 14 inches across the back, capable of a strong pinch when provoked. The first leg pair bears large pinchers, the second and third have single claws, the fourth pair is much weaker, and a tiny fifth pair appears as almost useless rudiments near the abdomen.
John Dryden, a former inmate known as a dangerous criminal in the Northeast, reportedly escaped Seattle county jail by joining visiting preachers incognito. He appeared in a prayer service and exited with the group carrying a hymn book, leaving a dummy in his cell. Dryden claimed a recent pardon and intent to reform. he had previously escaped Oregon and Washington penitentiaries.
A child recounts a makeshift Eskimo village in a back room for weeks. He says his mother sent him for disinfectant worth fifty cents, but the druggist asks what it’s for and learns of the strange play running in the house.
The readable portion offers no clear event or names, leaving a fragmentary local notice with uncertain details and no identifiable action.
A Boston man of modest means cherishes an old soft hat at his summer resort. A young woman questions the headgear, learns his finances, seeks revenge by mimicking his line at a function. He replies softly, I dress as well as I can afford to, she repeats I dress as well as I can afford to, and he concedes with a quiet yes you do.
The old rural donation party tradition in the South is evolving. Previously, a parson's family faced a sudden influx of half the congregation, with farmers and families bringing abundant food to feed 209 people and leaving the home overflowing with gifts. Now communities warn the parson in advance, gifts are tailored to needs, and social aspects are often reduced or omitted.
The devout Catholic composer Gounod, amid a Vaudeville rehearsal for Drames Sacres, faced a suggestion to heighten Barabbas with orchestral effect. After brief reflection he refused, saying such a blackguard does not deserve more music.
Winifred of Devonshire born 680 to 754 A D. journeyed to Germany to convert the heathen. His first act was to fell a sacred Thor oak and a great storm helped him lay the giant low. The heathen saw it as a miracle and hundreds were converted.
The note asks how to distinguish the disliked team, guessing their colors are black and blue, and mentions Buffalo Courier as the source.
A damaged OCR snippet mentions planning and a box or card. The readable words indicate a scuffed note about preparation and action, but concrete details or identities are missing to identify event, people, or place.
A magazine excerpt describes staged marvels including an electric girl charged by a hidden battery on a wet mat and a fake wild man in a barred cage. The piece notes the tricks end when visitors learn the setup, while also reporting Walter Baker & Co. winning top honors at the World’s Columbian Exposition for cocoa and chocolate products.
The St. John's lodge of Boston, America's oldest lodge of Free Masons, held its 160th annual gathering with officers installed by Wyzeman Marshall. The lodge owns two grape bunch signs from the Bunch of Grapes Inn, the site where the first lodge was established in 1733. Coe's Cough Balsam is advertised as oldest and best for colds.
The Emperor of Cochin China stores treasure in hollow trees floated in a palace tank guarded by twenty crocodiles. Access requires joint consent of the emperor and the finance minister. Also noted is Brown’s Bronchial Troches touted for throat relief from colds and voice strain.
A French engineer has built an electric locomotive that uses a 500 horsepower steam engine to drive a dynamo connected to electric motors on driving axles. The system converts steam power to electricity then back to mechanical energy, with losses compared to direct steam use yet unproven. Beecham's Pills advertised as efficient for drainage.
The article discusses the dangerous hot Egyptian winds called samiels or samuels, describing their dust and deadly heat. It cites historic devastations of Sennacherib, Alexander the Great, and Cambyses. It also notes a Queen magazine review praising a new novel and its suitability for library lists.
An old man, once left Barcelona, returned with a vast clan after decades abroad. He has been married three times and travels with a hundred plus relatives in Marce lona, including sixteen daughters, twenty three sons, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren across multiple generations.
Reports of falls and accidents abound as readers share experiences. George W. Lord of Olanta Pennsylvania says a stair tumble left him with a four week sprained back. GQ Roeder of Omaha Nebraska says a collision injury to his ankle required a cane but healed with St Jacobs Oil.
An elderly African American man named Ralph Steele died in Eutaw Alabama last week. Born near Eutaw on A A Steele's property he lived his entire life with the Steele family. He helped nurse and bury four generations and even dug the graves of each family member.
The article discusses Jimpson weed or stramoniun with white lily like blossoms and a pale purple rare variety, folklore about Jamestown ruins, then shifts to Salter's early giant corn offering 3400 in gold for the largest ear in 1891 and his extensive seed catalog. It notes a London hatter on adult head growth and reports a 14 year old girl eloping with a 64 year old man in Gilmer county West Virginia.
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