Local notices: ten seats per entry in first insertion
Local notices indicate ten seats allocated per insertion entry with a single line per subsequent insertion. Each line reflects a separate insertion for scheduling or public notice purposes.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1882
Page
1
Local notices indicate ten seats allocated per insertion entry with a single line per subsequent insertion. Each line reflects a separate insertion for scheduling or public notice purposes.
A compiled roster details state officers supreme court judges Congressional district representatives and local officials. It lists names titles and home towns such as Governor Albinus Nance Lincoln. Secretary of State J. Alexander. U S Senators C H Van Wyck and Alvin Saunders. districts judges and county officers. Court and commission meeting dates are noted for Lincoln Osceola and county sessions.
A Lewiston Maine temperance talk describes a man who drank to such excess his breath seemed flammable. After a ragged audience member approached the speaker and said he would never blow out another candle, the crowd applauded as he pledged abstinence.
In San Francisco scientific circles and a curious crowd study an angel fish caught by Italian fishermen twenty miles off the Farallone islands. It is the first of its species observed there and measures about two feet across its wing like fins.
The DeWitt News notes plans for Doniphan brick business buildings and a new church in Fairmont. Beatrice prosecutors convict two prostitutes with $10 fines. university Charter Day draws crowds and $45 receipts. Merchants debate elevator needs, polygamy talks in Crete, and a planned Ontario post office name change.
The note reports that the Kosters murder of Oscar Hammer in Omaha on Christmas morning remains unsolved with a detective claiming new evidence linking a previously uninvolved person. It notes the grand jury's stance and upcoming trial, plus broader political notes from the era.
The piece contrasts northern husking bees with southern winter merrymaking noting orange gifts and tissue wrapped fruit. It describes orange bundles, a darkey musician playing banjo, and simple refreshments like sun ripe pineapples bananas and big oranges suited for shipment to market.
In the British House of Commons on the fourteenth, McCarthy's amendment condemning Irish policy was rejected by eight to eighty while the address was adopted by eighty seven to twenty two. Dilke warned against intervention in Russia and noted current policy failures. Two boxes of internal dynamite machines exploded in Edinburgh causing eight injuries. Major Costello was arrested amid suspected personal motives.
The house committee on agriculture reports favorably a bill to make the agricultural department an executive department with its head as a cabinet officer. Supporters believe it will pass Congress. Trescott meets Chilean government on January 14 and receives conciliatory remarks while explaining U.S. concerns. The Chilean president replies with assurances of amicable intent. Major Rochester’s nomination as paymaster-general is recommitted by the Senate for further review of certain charges.
Legislation advances on Fort Larned disposition restoring lands to settlement and appraisal to boost government value. Navy reform seeks to bar officers from retirement for misconduct outside duty, with one year’s pay on president discharge. Also debates on court martial remit, civil service reform, land claims, army promotions, and a 325 member House constitutional amendment. The census payroll appropriation passes.
A list of common thrift tips warns against letting food and goods spoil. Do not let cream mold, silver spoons scratch kettles, or brushes stay soaking. Hang brooms, dry clothes properly, and seal jars to keep fruit, meat, and spices fresh.
An advertisement asserts Kidney Wort moves the bowels regularly cleanses the blood and radically cures kidney disease gravel piles bilious headache and pains from disordered liver and kidneys Thousands are claimed cured and readers urged to try it.
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