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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1877
Page
4
A surgeon relates a perilous midnight encounter with the rebel Sandsive in the Ros Ciero gorge. Offered gold to aid assassination and camp intel, he resists, endures torture and near death, escapes, and returns to Gen Fernido with aid and evidence of the coup.
A Russian naval foray of two small steam launches penetrates the Turkish flotilla at night. They attach two torpedoes to a monitor’s bow and stern, triggering massive explosions that sink the ship with no Russian casualties. Both launches escape and return to their comrades amid Russian triumph. officers and crews receive St George crosses.
John Dzrizzi the Public Printer defends keeping the Government Printing Office open and employing existing workers rather than hiring outsiders. He notes many workers have built homes and families on daily earnings and argues closure would be unjust. A French laborer finds an ox-hide with gold dating to Francis I worth 60000 in weight, a rare coin treasure.
A critique of 19th century medicine and marketing rhetoric on patents and tonics. The piece critiques proof seeking patients and praises claims about Golden Medical Discovery, Graefenberg Pills, and related remedies. It cites mock testimonials and the marketing bluster of Dr. Pierce and others.
An old advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a safe active tonic to revive languor and restore vigor, claiming bowel regularity and blood purification benefits. It also touts Rheumatic Remedy Durang’s Internal Medicine as a universal rheumatism cure, with prices and a mail-order request to Hephenstine and Bentley, Washington DC.
An assortment of midwest newspaper ads tout The Ledger as a valuable literary paper in the West with a one year subscription for one dollar and fifteen cents. Also offered are free Health Journal copies and a small book from Penn's Extract Co detailing health uses. Hofmann's Hop Pills claim to cure the ague.
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