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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1894
Page
3
A man recalls a volatile romance sparked by apples in an orchard. He plots theft to please his fiancée Bertha, clashes with propriety, and triggers a chain of events ending in arson, murder, and a dramatic escape before confession and court martial.
Mrs Fussly scolds her husband William Fussly for being fat and insists on walking, while he defends desk work as real effort. He claims billiards count as exercise only when moving about the table. The couple quarrels about what counts as exercise before turning in for the night.
In a clipped exchange, Jobinson confirms he runs all departments of Slappinger’s Weekly. He is pressed to rename the publication to sound more civilized, but notes Slappinger owns seventy five percent of the stock. The dialogue highlights control and branding within the troubled paper.
A reported dry geyser in Yellowstone Park is probed after a hole believed bottomless. Three thousand feet of line with weight was lowered into the shaft but yielded no obstruction, leaving researchers unsure of the feature’s true nature.
A new lighting method is to be tested in a large New York City building. Lamps are split into four separate circuits and the current is switched among them at about seventy cycles per second. This rotary interrupter system aims to run two to three times as many lamps from the same energy source despite interrupting losses.
The text notes that in early life trees thicken quickly with age, accelerate notably between ages twenty and thirty, then slow in older years. It explains that yearly deposits diminish as rings become thinner and closer in later periods.
A short comic exchange where Mr. Scurly plans to have his pictures taken and Mrs. Scurly warns of a sacrifice, joking that he must look pleasant for a moment or two.
A witty exchange compares brain food claims to brain function. Charlie boasts six months of diet with no visible gains while Edith notes the brain benefits only in action, calling the claim a truth with humor.
An experiment farm in New Hampshire finds milk from the best cows costs 1.5 cents per quart while milk from the poorest cows costs 4.5 cents per quart, reflecting similar feeding costs across producers.
The article notes that Guy Fawkes Day bonfires persist in New England, with boys lighting fires on November 5 in towns such as Newburyport Massachusetts Portsmouth and New Castle New Hampshire. In New Castle the event is called park night a term deemed meaningless.
John Ruskin recalled his late mother Mrs Ruskin as a plain speaker who rejected falsehoods. The text notes his deep filial affection, strict obedience, and faithful care, ending with his burial of her near his father's grave and a solemn epitaph.
Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, then port admiral, was jostled by a drunken sailor as he left the dockyard one evening. Keppel identified himself and asked if the man knew who he was, prompting a flippant reply about his billet. The incident sparked no apology from the sailor.
A disjointed handwritten note describes a policeman, a man named Uncle Joshua waiting for a contact to verify a possible swindle. The fragment mentions a jeweler and a Chicago record, with bits of dialogue about a sting and a deal. The passage is chaotic but centers on potential fraud and an encounter on a street.
A garbled excerpt references flax fiber experiments and American farmers, noting thick seedbeds and broad coarse fibers for sacks. Mentions Frank Mason and the idea of growing and sending flax for trial to produce coarse fibers, with hints of fiber manufacturing aims.
The London Daily News reports on a will revealing a bachelor, a Lenoir, leaving estates to two women and servants with annuities set at 120 dollars, rising 20 dollars yearly. The will's execution appears contested as beneficiaries claim alloyed legacies and questions arise about the testator’s state of mind.
The passage describes Hite Dressings and Harper's Bazar influenced hairstyles with middle parting, soft wave rolls, net front to soften high foreheads, and jeweled hairpins or small coronets. It includes a legal notarization about a firm Cu zney & Co pledging cures for catarrh and a claim about Hall's Catarrh Cures with testimonials and pricing.
A young girl exclaims delight while an anxious old man warns about overstraining the pianist. The scene unfolds with phrases of care and danger as music intensifies, reflecting tense emotions and concern for the performer.
Brooklyn man overshadows Carleton with gift of house and tax support for daughter’s husband. Montauk father-in-law had given son-in-law a 100000 check. Lasco’s Medicine promises daily bowel movement relief and health benefits.
Boston Journal of Commerce reports that telegraph and telephone line hums arise not from wind but from temperature-induced shortening of conductors. Friction at insulators creates sounds, sometimes prompting birds and even a bear to react to the humming as if it were a nest or insects.
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