07 Jul 1881
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1881
Page
1
A garbled OCR list mixes court convening dates with church services notes and names. It mentions court sessions in January April June and February, Sabbath services, Sunday school, and various church leaders, with scattered proper nouns and places, all in a rough, unreadable transcription.
Elmer Bryson, sixteen, of Adams on the Atchison and Nebraska railroad, fell while jumping onto a moving train and had his leg amputated above the knee. The column also notes rust on local wheat, early harvest barley, and the launch of The Gazelle at Waterloo. Additional items cover Nebraska figures visiting Lincoln, council actions in Omaha, a deadly train incident near Bellevue, and various regional notices.
The article notes the death of Baron CatersLa Blanche, Victoria's music instructor. It also covers a stream of other items including yellow fever in Vera Cruz, the death of Dr. A J Mackey, political bribery indictments in New York, Indian land enforcement, and various Civil War era political maneuvers.
Reports outline England and Germany negotiating fishing rights near Newfoundland and a London banquet honoring Parnell. The article notes Lefroy, a 22 year old reporter, accused in a murder connected to the Gold case in Balcombe tunnel. It also covers German telegraph plans and a Mexico railway disaster with over two hundred dead.
Durango reports a brutal frontier massacre in May as Paul Utes from Utah attacked John Thurman’s Dolores River ranch killed three men and looted cattle. Troops under Gen Hefferman pursued renegade camps, faced ambushes, and scattered bands as settlers feared a large-scale war along the Dolores and Grand River corridors.
Passengers on this line enjoy top accommodations as Pullman Sleepers operate regularly from Lincoln and the Missouri River corridor to St Louis, offering comfortable travel and steady service.
The telegraph reports President Garfield has been shot at the Baltimore and Ohio depot as he prepared for a ten day New England visit. He lies near death with unknown wounds and location. The crime echoes a Chicago communistic leader’s letter calling the president a tyrant.
The piece warns that church gifts risk deforming creeds and silencing rebukes when donors try to buy influence. It cautions against the belief that money equals virtue and laments how liberality can dull a church’s mission and accountability.
A reflective line asserts manners arise from a loyal nature and noble conduct, and vows to uphold fellowship despite differing church affiliations. It emphasizes mutual respect and steadfast fidelity beyond religious divides.
The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company ranks as a great enterprise with its product spreading through nearly all homes. Graphic notes the unprecedented scale and value of the brand as a staple in households nationwide.
In Pittsburg, Robert White and James Sanders, both described as colored, quarreled with Hugo Rigney over a carriage. Rigney fired twice, White fled, Sanders overpowered Rigney and, after removing the revolver, White returned with a large stone and crushed Rigney’s head. White and Sanders were promptly arrested. Meanwhile Theodore Lange, Chicago German papers reporter, was arrested on $5,000 bail for blackmail involving Sophia Schmidt over fraudulent life insurance schemes on her husband Henry Schmidt.
Several members of the ladies' land league of Kilmerick in County Limerick have been summoned on the charge of obstructing authorities or process related to land issues. The brief note records the legal action initiated against them.
A Hampton Va letter alleges recent contract awards for fresh beef and vegetables for navy vessels at Hampton roads Gosport navy yard and Fortress Monroe. Beef prices range from 12 per 100 pounds at Hampton roads to 6.37 at Gosport. vegetables set at 3.20 per 100 pounds.
The piece recounts stories of clairvoyant behavior and readings, from La blonde Camille in Paris to a wealthy Salisbury resident’s daughter, and notes newspapers reporting similar séances. It suggests such faculty would not make heaven, citing public fascination and dangers.
At a California academy of sciences meeting, Dr. Henry Gibbons reported using petroleum mixed with castor oil to combat scale insects on roses. He described improved growth and fragrance, with a lasting plant coating that kills scale insects but cautioned against ground contact to avoid harming future vegetation. Other experts noted risks of soil saturation and suggested cautious applications and alternatives.
The passage mentions the Prince of Wales amid a group of aesthetes including Whistler and Oscar Wilde. It quotes Mr. Bishop claiming to read Mr. Evarts’ thoughts as he passes Isangham en route from a monetary convention. It notes the wily Léryand’s old remark on language hiding thoughts and imagines Bishop unable to express his feelings clearly.
A well known Boston writer lives in a four room cottage near Boston. She supports herself and children by her own work and hosts visitors in a kitchen where Longfellow and other poets helped prepare pumpkin pies. She says visiting and work go together and friends join in the busy day.
Vasily Tchoomak, 96, died in the Olessa prison hospital after a life marked by eighty murders and at least five escapes from Siberia. The fragment contemplates whether one’s environment nourishes or poisons the soul, warning that such influences must prove nourishing or harmful.
A railroad agent for the C. M. and St. Paul R R reports six years of diabetes and says four boxes of Kidney-Wort cured him. He urges readers to obtain a box or bottle and try it, as advertised in Tribune and Farmer.
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