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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1880
Page
3
A collage of humorous notes and vignettes from various papers. Quips on politics crime and culture mix with a rapid tour of world travel times and dates, mentioning figures and places such as New York Philadelphia Boston and London alongside odds and ends about farmers, coroner lectures, and a science fact on molecules.
A Detroit bound Canada Southern train incident ends with a German woman refusing to reveal her child’s location and insisting the girl is too small to pay fare. The conductor, discovering the child wedged in a corner under dirty clothing, orders the mother to sit properly and demands the fare.
An advertisement extols Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as essential for a baby's health and well being. It emphasizes financial prudence and parental responsibility, selling a bottle for 25 cents.
A fragment notes rapid telegraphic reach from Paris to Alexandria in five hours and to Berlin in one hour thirty minutes with other destinations including Basle Bucharest Constantinople Copenhagen Cuba Edinburgh Dublin.
A collection of home remedies and maintenance advice including removing corns with turpentine and rags, preserving meat and fish, curing hoarseness with citrus, restoring crushed velvet, insect prevention with sulfur, cleaning windows with washing soda, and washing lawn or thin muslin using bran and water without soap.
A satirical sketch recalls Alphonse Karr and the Figaro strike over pay. Bohain and Nestor Roqueplan edited the paper when Karr knew little of politics, while Katz provided outside contributions and a mock tale of ministerial drink spread through the pages.
In Ozersk, Kaluga province, March outbreak of cattle plague led villagers to a folk ritual. Women plowed around the village at midnight, led by a girl with a holy image, while others rattled noises. Despite the fervent ceremony, the plague’s spread continued.
A correspondent notes women avoid matinees and academy exhibitions for flirtation, adding that they attend only because their husbands are too busy with business and personal pleasures to accompany them.
A famed wagon driver boasts the largest wagon on the road and commands the crowd as everyone must line the route. His display attracts widespread turnout and attention for his team and performance.
An anecdotal reading from the Detroit Free Press recounts Brother Gardner at services invoking Uncle Luke, Ben Smalley, and Sir John Dorkey as examples of idle waiting. The speaker stresses that patient hope yields little and a day’s work at a dollar and a half should precede empty waiting. The sermon ends with a note to proceed with regular services.
A lecture by Prof. Chas A. Young of Princeton explains the moon’s motion speeds up due to tidal friction, lengthening Earth’s day rather than bringing the moon closer. The change affects timekeeping, not danger from a shifting orbit.
Stacy Hill of the Mt. Auburn Inclined Plane Railway touts St Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheumatism then cites a case where a man from Cincinnati recovered after three applications. A Plattsville youth was shot in the head by a neighbor while muskrat hunting, twenty eight shot lodging in the head and neck.
A family around the hearth discusses careers for a capable man. Children favor easy work and high pay, and one boy cites Joseph in Egypt, wishing to sit on the roof with a large salary as Pharaoh did over his house.
James Bowers of Zaleski Ohio, praised as a good-natured man, faced trouble when William Green and his bride sought to honeymoon at his home. After days of undirected lodging Green attacked Bowers with a head blow. Delicate females are advised to seek nourishment from Matt Bitters. The German Defence Tax bill would raise about 5 million dollars and imposes new rates on incomes under 250 dollars and up to 1500 dollars with a 3 percent bracket on higher incomes.
When visiting Chicago choose the Tremont House described as first class and best in the West for travelers seeking comfort and convenience at a fair price. The text also recommends Dr. O R Sykes, a trusted Chicago physician, for catarrh and related issues.
Advertisement claims Dr. Sanrorn's Liver Invicorator is an absolute vegetable remedy that acts on the liver to cure bilious diseases. The address given is Dr. SAN FORD, 162 Broadway, New York.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Miche offers Electro-Voltaic Belts on a thirty days trial. Advertisements tout Vegetine as a universal blood purifier claimed to relieve pain and cure long‑standing diseases. Dr C E Suoemanen of Reading Pa offers a free mailed booklet on deafness and ear diseases. Frazer Lubricator Co makes most axle grease in the U S. Medetur is promoted as a rheumatism and neuralgia cure. Winnert's Fever and Ague Tonic is now sold for a dollar. C Gilberts Linen Starch is advertised.
The article explains how flashing refers to sudden blood rush in the cheeks and to a rapid sewer cleansing method using boiling water and a boiler outlet. It urges systematic use to remove grease in sinks and pipes and describes airing a room by wide opening windows for thorough ventilation to combat skin effluvia settling on furniture and bedding.
The Telegraph urges that true health brings beauty and vigor, not cosmetics or external beautifiers. It claims Hop Bitters offers lasting strength and buoyant spirits for women, linking well being to appearance.
Cure advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a natural remedy that relieves kidney complaints of all descriptions. It claims the remedy strengthens weakness and debility, acts as a tonic, and is especially aimed at diseases of the kidneys, promising speedy improvement.
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