Osceola item mix includes sales notes and church notices
A long list of local business ads and notices appears, including Drew’s store promotions, Welpton Griffiths groceries, Oat meal, thread, denims, dress goods, and new yarns. Also listed are church sermons, a coroner inquests note, a funeral sermon, a New Years social at Longer House, and official notices from the Grand Army of the Republic and local editors.
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Welpton & Griffith’s
Grand Army of the Republic of
Dress Making and Hair Dressing by Mrs. Livingston Osceola
Mrs Livingston announces intimate dress making and hair dressing services in Osceola Nebraska. She will operate from the location next to the photograph gallery and invites local ladies to patronize her offerings.
Local Notes and Marriages from Central City Area
Short items report mild illnesses, social visits, and community happenings in Merrick County. Mentions include S Miller with lung fever, Amos Bull's cafe, New Year parties at O Gunnel's, David City visits, a lye accident to Jas Curren's son, coal donation by Wheel s and Thurman to the University, teaching near Clarkaville, and local real estate comments. Marriages include Clem Watkins and Amanda Hahn, Jacob and Joshua Jones mishap, and Osceola nuptials of Charles Ludden and Emma Clark with New Year celebrations ongoing.
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Osceola
Polk County Triumphs as Woman Power Leads Counties
Madame Charlton Edholm hails Polk County and the Osceola Record for female leadership in journalism and social reform. She urges men to keep liquor out, protect homes, and elevate women’s roles in law, education, and governance, praising Polk as a model county urging statewide reform.
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E. O. L. Edholm
Chicago Tribune
Polk
Madame Charlton Edholm
Polk County
Asa
Osceola
America
aePolk County
Banner
The Young Folks Monthly Magazine Offer
The Young Folks Monthly is a compact school oriented magazine full of dialogues drawing lessons and entertainments. It contains 32 pages and is advertised as the cheapest magazine for the price at one dollar per year in advance. An offer combines Oscrona Record and the Young Folks Monthly for two dollars and twenty five cents for one year.
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Young Peoples
Young Folks’ Monthly
Oscrona Record
Young Folks
Milton Geeorge
Chicago
Ill
Bargains at Max Meyer & Bro Music House Omaha
The card touts Max Meyer and Bro. of Omaha New Jersey as the largest and best music house in the west offering bargains on pianos and organs. They claim to have the right people to deal with and the best pulls for bargains in the region.
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Messrs
Max Meyer & Bro
Omaha
N. J
West
Brown Cough Balsam and Tar Tonic Offered for Hoarseness
Advertises Brown's Cough Balsam claiming relief by soothing irritation and aiding expectoration. Warns against opiate remedies and promotes Brown's Tar Trache for hoarseness and voice strengthening. Sold by S G Panter J H Abbot in Osceola and D C Brannan Strome burg.
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Voice
S.G. Panter
J. H. Abbot
Osceola
D. C. Brannan
Remarkable Tombstone Theft Case In Carson Court
William Boggs faced grand larceny charges in Carson as a tombstone stolen from a cemetery was found on his back. The jury acquitted after testimonies naming him a notorious rascal and prior crimes, with Boggs departing for Bodie with the stone.
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Carson
Virginia City
New
William Boggs
Cary of
Boggs
Bodie
Big Boggatone
Hever
Farmers’ Bank
New Haven
Placerville
Dying for Each Other and Comic Denunciations
An old bachelor courted a widow using hair dye, a wag notes they are dyeing for each other. A preacher condemns funeral display asking who carried the apostles to the grave, answer: Paul-bearers.
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Batchelor
Western Rural offers 1880 subscription deal
The Western Rural of Chicago announces a refreshed issue with improved appearance and strong departments. Prices reduced to 1.65 per year with remainder of 1880 free for new subscribers who pay now. A two year offer includes Osceola Record and The Western Rural through January 1 1881 for 2.75 cash.
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Chicago
Ill
Osceola
Notice of separation and debt disavowal by John Gudgel
Wayland December 8 1879 notice that John Gudgel states his wife Susan L Gudgel has left his home without cause and he will not pay any debts contracted by her from this date. He signs as John Gudgel.
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Wayland
Susan L. Gudgel
German Catarrh Cure Promises Quick Relief
The latest discovery valued above any silver mine in Colorado is a German catarrh cure. This remedy targets catarrh and severe head colds that often lead to catarrh, which can progress to lung disease if untreated. Each day of delay reduces cure chances. Priced at 50 cents, sold by Brown Medicine & Manf'g Co. in Leavenworth, Kansas, and by wholesalers and retailers across the West.
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Colorado
Brown Medicine & Manf’g Co
Leavenworth
Kansas
Weat
For Sale or Trade A good horse offered for cash or milk cows
A brief notice states a good horse is available for cash sale or trade for fresh milk cows. Enquiries directed to the Recorp office.
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Recorp
Farm for Sale 160 Acres With Cultivation Trees
160 acre farm offers 90 acres under cultivation with forest and apple trees. Terms available by inquiry through J A Woop Jeweler at the post office. Located in the area served by the P O.
Private Farm Sale by H C Dunning at Arcade Nebraska
The seller declares a private sale lasting sixty days at his Arcade Nebraska location. Items include 1 span of horses 1 wagon 1 harness set 1 reaper 3 corn plows 1 riding plow 2 harrows and other farming implements. Hoard of equipment offered by H C Dunning Jr.
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H.C. Dunning
Arcade
Neb
Notice of Lost or Stray Animals on Premises
Notice states on premises a black male horse about four years old and a pony colt about nine months old with two white hind feet. Listed by Jacob Knerr in Section 14, Township 13, Range 2 West. Ends with 3¢.
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Jacob Knerr
Lumber Stock Ad Promises Local Sales Only
A local ad offers a fine stock of lumber lath doors windows building paper and related materials. The seller W F Kaur invites customers to visit the North of the M E Church location and assures no one will need to leave the county to buy.
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M. E. Church
W. F. Kaur
Hog Stray Notice on Campbell Farm Premises
A black and white sow over a year old strayed onto the premises of St. J. F. Campbell on November 29. The owner can reclaim by proving property and paying charges.
Wanted Any quantity of oats at twenty five cents per bushel
Kimmel & Co announces a public request for oats offered at 25 cents per bushel. The advertisement seeks any quantity from farmers and producers, listing Kimmel & Co as buyers.
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Kimmel & Co
Lumber and Building Materials Bargain in Osceola Yard
O Gurnell advertises a yard in Osceola Nebraska offering all kinds of lumber and building materials at cheap cash prices. The notice emphasizes keeping inventory on hand for quick sale and local availability.
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Osceola, Neb
Land sale near Osceola offered as bargain
A notice announces the sale of a quarter section of land within one mile of Osceola. It stresses a bargain price if the parcel is sold before the Grit of Jesusry, W. Fi.
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Osceola
Jesusry
W. Fi
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OscEoLa Record
Official
the County
Lowx
Cologne
Abbot's
Rxcorp
M. KE
Doz
Drew’s
Drew's
Teachers’ Institute
Cheviot
York
Dunning Bro’s
W.F. Kimmel’s
School House
Duckings
Samuel Hammond
Platt Precinct
H. Lohr
David City
Bea
A. F. Sherri
Congregational Church
W. F
Mauslins, Ginghama, Caliers &c
Rising Star Lodge
T O
O. F
F. F Vogel
N. G
W. W. Logan
W. G
C. L. Johnson
David Foy. Treas
G. W. Gregg
L. Shaw
W. F. Miller
Newlot
Drew
The
Edholm
A. F. Sherrill
Omahs
J. F. Reynold
Post
H. T. Arnold & Co
Amos Bull
S. Miller
Bere
O. Gunnel’s
Bro’s
Jas
Curren
Wheels & Thurman
University
C. Richardson
Clarkaville
M. H. Whaley
M. Kunkel
Ella
Artur
Illinois
Merrick County
Central City
R. P. Thompson
Cass County
Canada
E. P. Swearingen
Clem Watkins
Amanda Hahn
J. P
Jacob
Joshua Jones
Valparaiso Avalanche
Julia M. Powers
Red Oak
Iowa
S. M. Weed
Mike L. Horst
Emma Hauser
Mertens
the Young Folks’ Monthly
Brown
W. Boggstone
John Gudgel
J.A. Woop
P. O
J. F. Campbeil
O. Gurnell
John H. Abbot
Abbot's Circulating Library
Illuminating Oil
Hubber Paint,” Co
Holden
Chicago Enamel Paints
South East Corner Square
Eola
inZcourt House
Oceola, Neb
A Restaurant & Oyster S$ Al.con
Nebraska
H. H. Auer
Louger House
CI A Myers & CO
Steves
Zinware
Mebrasie
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