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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1882
Page
1
A short wry quip notes a husband discovering his wife writes poetry after marriage and laments he cannot influence it. The line plays on the word verse as a pun and echoes a lighthearted sentiment from the Louisville Courier-Journal style.
The piece records the remarks and conduct of Charles J. Guiteau before his execution, detailing his statements and behavior on the gallows. It reports on his demeanor, rhetoric, and the act of carrying out the hanging as part of the legal vindication of the court's sentence.
The article recalls the Garfield assassination case, noting the execution of Charles Guiteau at 12 40 PM after a public trial. It describes his final hours, the vow to face judgment, and his chilling dying prayer blaming others and predicting national downfall. A San Francisco Chronicle dispatch denies poisoning claims by Mrs Scoville.
Prison reports describe Gal teau’s behavior as the day of doom approached. He alternated between excitement and serenity, predicting doom for trial participants, and voiced peace with his mind. He warned the death watch and questioned the deputy warden’s role in his hanging.
Report of afternoon events at the jail as Guiteau declines visitors after his counsel’s arrival. Reed records the prisoner’s last will and testament and requests for body disposition. Guiteau’s farewell includes a note of gratitude to Reed and a final, emotional moment with his sister and brother.
Early morning crowds gathered at the prison as guards admitted only those with passes. An attempt to influence the execution emerged when a bouquet sent to the condemned by his sister was circulated in the cell block and later removed by officials, prompting questions about security and oversight.
The autopsy showed Guiteau's neck wound, brain weight of 49 ounces, and otherwise normal internal organs. Doctors noted eye blooding and limited findings. burial occurred with few attendees and no ceremony. President Arthur was displeased by Guiteau's reference to him in the last speech.
Narrow advertisement extols kidney wort as nature's remedy for dire diseases of the kidneys and bowels. It claims the liquid or dry form cures deadly afflictions and frames necessity as invention.
An odd note describes Bismarck presenting a large wolf from a Russian prince to the Düsseldorf botanical garden. The account uses the metaphor that wolves, like bad cigars, are nice things to give away and reflects on whether the world misses anyone who takes money with them.
The senate committee on claims reported favorably the house bill to appropriate 100 dollars to pay for a horse that was ridden to death by Mrs. Mary Bullard of Iowa in August 1861 while aiding in rescuing captured Union soldiers near Etna Missouri.
The House debates tax reductions on cigars and cigarettes with substitutes by Mr Carlysle and Mr Kelly and considers an income tax. The Senate passes a lands grant bill, debates appropriations, and discusses immigration measures. Tensions rise over political assessments and foreign prisoner cases as Congress weighs revenue and tariff changes.
The Doniphan brickyard reports a fine kiln of 20 000 brick ready for sale and notes potential demand could be ten times that amount. The Doniphan Index criticizes local beer trade and includes obituary and correspondence items from the state university.
An advertisement asserts Hop Bitters cannot cause diabetes Brights disease kidney urinary or liver complaints and claims it is the only medicine that will positively cure these diseases if you or your family are affected. It warns against inferior preparations that may worsen conditions.
The senior U.S. diplomat by years at one post is Hon. George P. Marsh, Minister to Italy, commissioned March 20, 1861, and remaining in the post since. He has reportedly never requested a temporary leave of absence.
A fragmentary verse recalls a woman named Mary Magui ah who struggled to light a fire due to green wood and kerosene. She has gone where the fuel is dry.
An old ad touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for ill health caused by impure blood. Claims cure for billiousness indigestion constipation dyspepsia and other disorders. Bottle priced at 1.09.
The text extols a tonic marketed as highly effective for internal use against lung and throat diseases, rheumatism, neuralgia, back cricks, wounds, and sores, claiming it is the best known remedy and that having it on hand saves trouble. It emphasizes its broad utility and quick usefulness.
A Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore line car was long described as a rough runner. After overhauling and installing perfectly balanced wheels, the car now runs smoothly. The note also comments on plant cells in Popular Science Monthly and humor on families sharing surnames at a Boston wedding.
In an Irish wake the company relaxes from tension as pipes are lit and a Gaelic tale unfolds. A wiry elderly storyteller recounts The Wall at the World's End, alternating humor with solemn respect, as whiskey circulates and a young Hispano-tinged woman charms guests.
A jumble of strange lines notes three people needed to keep secrets, a pet elephant named Wes Sultan, a death linked to a fiancée’s song, and a tale of Czar petitions. It also mentions Sir Henry Bessemier’s claim about coal columns, forming a hypothetical colonnade.
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