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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1880
Page
7
A collage of joke lines and anecdotes from various papers including references to the London Times, New Orleans Picayune, Boston Post, and Peck's Sun. Items joke about crime laws, diet, animals, fashion, and conjuring tricks with brief setups and quips.
In the pursuit of Lee from Petersburg to Appomattox General Phil Sheridan advances Grant's army. At dawn on April 7 he questions a local planter about Lee's troops and buffalo river. Sheridan orders the man guarded as they trek five miles through mud to locate the river.
The article recounts Robert Houdin and his brother as boys using a shop window memory game. They would glance at the display while passing, then recall and list items and positions at the next corner. Repeated trials sharpened their observation and memory to enumerate items after a single pass.
The essay defends slang as a vital force in developing vigorous speech. It argues slang counterbalances literary diffusion, preserves concise strong expression, and keeps language adaptable. Slang has flaws but enables enduring words and phrases, with critics overestimating its harm.
The article discusses problems from chipped and mutilated coins in circulation and the plan to melt such pieces. It notes penalties under U.S. law for defacing coins and explains that offenders face up to two years imprisonment and fines up to two thousand dollars. It warns owners may destroy coins but not diminish value to pass them at full value.
A wounded plantation slave recalls Yankee bombardment on the peninsula after McClellan’s fights. Shells shattered woods as he and others hid, one fragment striking him and causing injury. The tale captures fear, heat, and bewildering blast effects from Civil War era naval shelling.
A Scottish laborer recounts carrying a bag of stones for a scientist. He hides his curiosity until he discovers the bag’s contents. He empties the load but refills it from a nearby cairn, then returns the bag with full measure, revealing the joke and the man’s mirth.
The San Francisco Daily German Democrat reports Ex Governor Solomon praising St Jacobs Oil after long rheumatic pains. He says it banished pain and lameness after several applications and notes his willingness to recommend it. A reporter recalls an interview with the governor and a subsequent exchange over a salary question.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer clipping quotes a travelably ironic saying about life pleasures and taste. It recounts a note attributed to Charles Maempel of Independence Ohio who paid twenty dollars for doctoring with Hamburg Drops yielding more relief than treatments. The passage reflects early American humor on medicine and sensory perception.
A jumble of dubious anecdotes and satirical vignettes about Malt Bitters cures, a Connecticut mill pond incident with a miser, flirtatious exchanges, and a New York paper noting small-bill shortages. The tone imitates a rough humor column with varied, unrelated snippets.
An advertisement collection touts Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator as a liver remedy for Bitrous diseases, with address 162 Broadway New York. It also highlights Montgomery Ward & Co Chicago price reductions, VEGETINE tonic claims, Lyon's Heel Stiffeners, Will Hart's Fever and Ague Tonic, and Medeior for dyspepsia and fatigue.
A brief ad notes Hofmanns Hop Pills as a cure for fever and ague biliousness and malarial poisoning of the blood. Fifty pills priced at 50 canta, emphasizing a ready remedy.
An advertisement promises a free cure for youth errors nervous weakness early decay and related problems. It asks readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev Jaszim Inman in New York City for a recipe and mentions McLAIN'S VEEMIFUGE BONBONS for worms in children as a claimed remedy.
An advertisement from the Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall promotes their Electro-Voltaic Belts during a thirty-day trial. The fragment notes the product and trial term in a period advertising style.
A Victorian dialogue promotes Hop Bitters as a remedy for skin and health. A lady asks how to achieve clear, soft skin and a friend touts the product as boosting blood and blooming health with personal endorsement.
The article notes cows may not always produce yellow butter unless pastures are flush and well fed. It advocates Wells Richardson & Co.'s Perfected Butter Color as the best choice for dairymen to achieve the desired hue.
A Rural New Yorker critique exposes a tall tale about a mill-stone lifted by a hazel filbert growing in an orchard from 1812 to 1868. It argues the story’s facts are mistaken while praising the moral about perseverance.
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