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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1882
Page
3
The column notes W J Mossholder lending at low rates and S M French expanding stock, J Muir in Lincoln on business, and social festival at Conquerational church. It records fire risks, new job form for the Record, Dillons jewelry store ads, and local trades in boot and shoe, watches, seeds, and corn extracter. It mentions George Barker losing an eye, and various civic discussions on education and agriculture.
A sociable and supper sponsored by the Ladies Aid Society at the Congregational church next Wednesday evening March 1st promises a good time and a supper for 25 cents. If weather turns stormy the event will be postponed.
The Norton school house hosts a new alliance named Pleasant Plain with sixteen charter members and five applicants awaiting ballot. Prairie fires cause light damage. some risks are narrow and some areas see hard fighting. A windmill rises at Lorace Willets with a new house planned for the same site. LT. L. Dixon’s new house nears completion as he plans to move stock from Crete. James T. Lewis and Mary Johnson unite in marriage at J. B. Lewis residence officiated by I. Wagoner of Seward county. The groundhog forecast materializes with snow, Goosey sits in grass awaiting better weather.
A speaker argues that women, especially mothers, belong in voting on education but are barred from the ballot. He urges embracing the family and womanly influence to support free public schools, warning that without their vote the school system cannot reach its fullest potential.
The remark attributes to Abraham Lincoln predicting women will gain suffrage after the Civil War era. It frames voting rights as a lasting outcome of national conflict and reconciliation with emancipation.
Jas A Garfield notes the woman question grows in political horizons, beyond campaigns and Congress, as a future solution becomes necessary. He warns against dismissing the issue despite laughter and testing attitudes.
John Bascom, president of the University of Wisconsin, argues that full civil privileges for women were earned in fewer months than the struggle suggests. William Lloyd Garrison relay notes from Wyoming Territory praise woman suffrage as beneficial to morality and good governance, while no woman has yet sought public office, illustrating limited ambition despite voting rights.
Mary B. Clay argues that granting women the ballot would threaten family harmony and likens it to men failing to represent women in heaven. Mary E. Haggart supports equal rights, noting men may not be trusted to vote for women. The piece cites figures: 185000 in Illinois and 225000 in Ohio want the ballot, plus petitions from over 100000 women to Congress.
The ordinance imposes prohibitions on stock running at large within Osceola and duties for the Marshall to impound animals. It sets impounding fees, sale procedures after 5 days, and notice requirements, with owner redemption rules and fines for violations approved February 18 by Chairman E. L. Kiye and Clerk M. Croorman.
A brood mare advertised as a good strong work animal m a minus. Also a dealer in mule jewelry Tallying from Osceola with a Florse Sailor and dealer in mule jewelry on the west side public square. Just received another lot of flour from Milford Mills, claimed to be equal to the best STO GO and KOLHANNA JI. A. Scorz.
A local craftsman or painter listed as Not Dead but Atve I D Griggs is noted alongside a carriage painter. Shop location is west of Myer's building in Osecola Nebraska.
Notice calls farmers and others to contact J P Dunlap of Lone Star Nursery for fruit trees or forest seedlings. It also states all parties indebted to S C Langworthy & Co Shelby must settle accounts at W A Langworthy's Osceola during February.
A Buffalo woman endorses Parker's Ginger Tonic as a quick relief for fatigue and waning color. She claims the tonic builds strength and drives away pain with certainty, urging mothers and daughters to take alarm at chronic weariness.
Dr. F Saxenberger moves from Shelby to Osceola to treat the ill around Polk County and nearby areas day and night. He specializes in female diseases fits epilepsy and related disorders and can be reached at Auer's Restaurant Osceola Neb. Also Horst and Cathie sell Milligan's Condition powders at Snider Baum drug store Osceola three pounds for one dollar, praised as tested and satisfactory.
An Osceola area notice promotes Parker's Ginger Tonic as the best remedy to cleanse malaria and impurities and to tone the stomach liver and bowels. A Lost section reports a promissory note for 100 dollars with a 20 dollar bill attached, missing since Feb 1 near Stromsboro precinct. the finder is urged to return it to H. A. Scott for reward.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain in infants. It claims rapid relief, bowel regulation, safety for all cases, and pleasant taste, touting endorsement by a renowned female physician and nurse. Pricing noted at 25 cents a bottle.
A vintage health ad touts Brown's Bronchial Tubes as a direct aid for cough cold sore throat and lung ailments. It claims thirty years of physician endorsement and wide use, noting relief for asthma bronchitis and throat troubles of speakers. Sold for 25 cents a box nationwide.
A Shelby notice offers a dentist ready to perform operation and mechanical dentistry including artificial teeth, fillings, extractions with chloroform and ether, and other work. The ad specifies work on the 10th 11th and 12th of each month and notes an office with Dr. Inks and J. N. Hopper.
Notice states the partnership between J. L. King and J. G. Thurman is dissolved by mutual consent with I. L. King continuing the business and assuming all debts. Address Osceola Nebraska and date February 5th 1882.
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