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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1881
Page
4
A hopeful exhortation urges vigilance and virtue as a small spark of conscience can illuminate a community from hamlet to tower. The timeless call to moral action resounds through daily life and shared places.
A lyrical meditation on choosing to walk life with a beloved through summer roses and winter snows. The speaker contrasts warm, sunlit paths with cold, icy roads and argues for steadfast companionship in all seasons. The verse celebrates enduring love as a sheltering bond.
The article states vigorous fowls show rich comb color while diseased birds darken, sometimes turning black. It advises poultry keepers to closely study comb color as a health index, likening it to a pulse in humans.
Instructions for a sugar egg cake with boiling water added last and a vanilla or lemon flavored filling. Also includes methods to clean black lace with green tea steam and iron between paper, blueing for stockings, and fried cake dough with lard and spices. Then notes on Light Brahmas fowls, their size, plumage, egg production, and temperament.
A New Orleans paper notes record shipments of high quality Louisiana oranges to the northwest by Mississippi steamers. The season’s fruit is praised as competing with the renowned Florida orange crop, a fact that pleases buyers and producers across the region.
The article notes that northern capital and enterprise largely sustain Florida orange culture, while southern enthusiasm follows success. It observes rising imports of oranges and lemons despite native crops, and notes the banana’s limited start but growing trade with Cuba, predicting broader tropical fruit adoption in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas.
A collage of brief quips and anecdotes. Bent humor on religion, marriage, and society, with puns, travel bits, and a dramatic note about Clara Morris and a Sioux elder. Vignettes of daily life and curious sayings populate the fragment.
A Texas interior town reports a shooting incident. A survivor asks a reporter to highlight the family as highly disreputable, noting relatives as pirates, hangings, shoemaking in prison, and circus ties to contradict claims of respectability. The reporter is urged to portray the family as disreputable to counter sensational depictions.
Professor Read of London asserts from geological evidence that the Earth now reaches a mature age of 600 million years, indicating an advanced geologic timeline.
The passage claims bilious tendencies cause nausea headache constipation and loss of appetite signaling liver woes. It asserts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a speedy, thorough remedy that rectifies liver issues, strengthens the weak, aids kidney and bladder complaints, and hastens recovery from illnesses, including fevers and ague.
The New York Sun surveys widespread 1881 end-of-world predictions from Mother Shipton and pyramid theories, notes Proctor’s science rebuttal, and cautions against credulity while detailing upcoming planetary alignments and bright skies for the year.
A vivid old note proclaims that in short there will be endless attractions in the starry heavens and that prognostications of soothsayers cannot darken the sky of 1881. The tone celebrates celestial wonders as boundless.
The piece surveys sensational Western chatter on the Abbott kiss with Miss Abbott discussing realism in acting. It follows a Chicago St Louis chase for definition while cataloging many named stage kisses and ending with Abbott’s own spiritual view on genuine expression.
A new embalming process from Germany is described as simple and effective, capable of preserving form color and flexibility while preventing decay and odor. The method uses a solution of alum cannon salt saltpeter potash arsenic acid glycerine and wood alcohol to saturate the body, with 1.5 to 5 quarts needed per body.
Des Moines Iowa State Register quotes S H Yoder of Globe Mills Pa praising St Jacobs Oil as a superior liniment for rheumatic ailments and other afflictions. He notes steady sales, universal satisfaction, and plans to keep it on hand for both man and beast.
The Detroit Free Press notes the large toll of deaths among virtuous wives since Adelaide Neilson’s passing yet asserts their praise cannot match the tribute paid to her.
R Esterbrook & Sons of Boston Mass report iron foundry workers were badly burned but quickly cured using St Jacobs Oil. They praise the remedy and say they will recommend it to others afflicted with pains or rheumatism.
A poor seamstress charged with stealing three 10 franc gold coins pleads innocence with her infant in arms. The court tests her tale by recreating the scene. the baby grasps the coins, proving the mother’s truth and she is acquitted.
Mary Clemmer laments the post office and social squeeze on wives of ex politicians. She argues many cling to rigid etiquette and social duties while former officials face faded prestige and disillusionment. Washington fills with retired figures seeking subsistence or resignation.
A young man should dedicate himself to his employer by doing faithfully and minutely all tasks. Be energetic and cheerful, show alacrity, and make your employer rely on you. Work as if the business were your own, avoiding over nicety and idle distractions to build personal success.
A bicycle accident in Brooklyn on Tuesday led to the death of Miss Porter seventeen, daughter of Albert H Porter of 81 Hanson Place. A carriage driven by a young man spooked by the cyclist caused horses to bolt. the pole struck Miss Porter, throwing and trampling her as the horse dragged her, leaving her mangled and dead within an hour.
The article notes that the champagne of the 1880 vintage should match in quantity the great years 1870 and 1868, signaling a strong outlook for production.
An advertisement argues that indigestion is the root of nervousness and that Hop Bitters strengthens the stomach, purifies the blood, and activates the liver and kidneys to remove poisons from the system. It hints at more details in another column.
A brief ad claims Day's Kidney Pap will surely cure kidney troubles, urging immediate use. The text emphasizes relief and rapid results for sufferers seeking treatment.
A Fort Collins politician emerges from a saloon singing Heaven is My Home and proposes to challenge a rival as a non resident if he votes. The incident highlights residency questions in local electoral matters.
A jumble of promotional claims touts Warner Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as superior to prior kidney disease remedies. Also advertised are Can Ling petroleum extract for baldness, Piso's Cure for consumption, Lyon's Heel Stiffeners, Guenn's Sutonur Scar for skin blemishes, and other cosmetic and health potions with emphatic guarantees and prices.
A fragment reports widespread deaths of rats mice cats bed bugs and roaches from a product sold as Rough on Rats in 15 cent boxes, noting the harsh toll of the chemical.
An 19th century remedy ad promotes Bucklin’s Arnica Salve as a cure for piles. It claims the treatment calms fear of the ailment and offers relief for the worst cases at a price of 25 cents, with widespread availability.
Omaha fur maker Henry G Richter promotes a stock of ladies and gents furs with mail orders and repair services. A. Cruickshank & Co advertise Dry Goods Millinery and glove brands. They offer a six horsepower portable steam engine for sale by Geo A Joslin Omaha.
The champion jack of all trades from England, resident near Chester, has sailed the world as seaman and held roles from steward to navigator. He now markets himself as Professor Pullinger a contractor inventor fisherman builder carpenter joiner and many other trades including tax work and clerical duties.
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