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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1881
Page
4
Fragmented text presents dialectal verse about Rev Gabe Tucker and observers. Describes fictional characters, church life, and rural imagery with recurring moral tone and rural scenes. contains scattered references to religious figures and local culture.
Allie Ray and Dr. John Ansleigh confront entangled jealousy as a beachside quarrel ends with Allie fleeing. Mayne plots revenge while a crumbling bridge and a boat escape test their bond. Allie sacrifices herself to warn and save John, and their love is renewed as the bridge collapses and they cross to safety.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes discouraging outcomes for libelers against papers. It cites Uncle Dick Bishop’s $500 verdict against the Cincinnati Gazette after seeking $60,000, with costs leaving him behind by a couple of thousand dollars and a risk of further trials.
Mr W H H Amidon, an early Gilmantown settler in Buffalo County Wisconsin, suffered severe rheumatic pains for years and was disabled. He tried St Jacobs Oil and found prompt relief. Many local acquaintances report high satisfaction with its effects and the medicine is widely available.
The quote urges that knowledge and pleasure arise from toil and diligent work. It claims toil is the law and self-indulgence leads to indolence, asserting that loving work makes life contented and joyful.
Mr John Miller of 54 West Fifth Street reports relief from a decade long rheumatism after using St Jacobs Oil. The claim notes a personal cure and attributes it to the remedy.
An amusing Harvard Register tale recalls a 30 year old New England excursion led by Professors Felton and Guyot with Louis Agassiz and son. A butterfly hunt near Bethlehem and Littleton ends with a dramatic launch of the watchword Beau papillon as a stagecoach driver jokes the party are naturals from a Boston asylum.
A long prose piece discusses duties of a housemistress shaping comfort over aesthetics, urging attention to occupants' tastes, health, and morale. It surveys birth folklore from Cornwall to Scotland and baptismal customs, then notes acetone cement, charity versus faith, and a column on tobacco smoke and social manners with various regional beliefs.
The speaker asserts that true duty is clear through current effort, arguing that fulfilling present obligations reveals God’s will for future actions. The passage emphasizes disciplined labor as the path to discernment and guidance.
A garbled 19th century welfare ad bundle touts remedies for rats and vermin, blood and liver syrups, tonics, and tonics for weakness. It markets Scovit’s Blood and Liver Syrup as a cure for malaria, nervous disorders, debility, and indigestion, with claims of restoring vigor and appetite.
A. Cruicks Hanx & Co. advertise one of the finest and largest stocks west of Chicago with fifteen departments including silks, dress goods, linens, hosiery, and gent’s furnishing goods. They are agents for Butterick patterns and Harris gloves, offer upstairs millinery and dressmaking, samples on request, and prompt order fulfillment from 15th and Douglas, Omaha, Neb. Perry Davis.
A collage of 19th century patent medicine claims and product pitches. Cures and remedies are promoted for bowel disorders liver ailments eye misalignment and coughs. Products include Hop Bitters Perry Davis Pile Killer Carboline Carter’s Liver Bitters Hare and Hound remedies Lyon’s stiffeners and Russia salve.
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