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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1883
Page
4
In a St Nicholas July piece Lilian Payson recalls a father addressing three daughters Phebe Patience and Prue. He praises their gifts a rose bud myrtle and heartsease then chooses bonnie sweet peas as the symbol of their true love.
A Swedish prince courts Rika a forester’s daughter during a nutting festival. He offers rank and a locket, she rebuffs him to keep virtue intact. After a royal death, the pair’s fate hinges on whether love can cross class bounds.
Denver agents pursue suppression of the traffic in diseased and dead chickens shipped from long distances. Investigations reveal crates arrived in bad condition with dead fowls dressed and sold to hotels and dealers. Poultry often travels in crowded, unfed coops, and exposure rises with warmer weather.
The piece discusses German social norms that limit women's duties and autonomy, contrasting them with American attitudes. It cites anecdotes from German boarding houses and dining etiquette, showing women defer to men and men perform tasks for women, and questions the backwardness this implies for modern civilization.
W H White of Worcester Massachusetts discusses the Brahma fowl origin with debate over Light Brahmas US origins from 1846 through 1853. He notes Chittagongs, naming shifts to Brahmas, Burnham sending birds to Queen Victoria, and the breed becoming valued for eggs, hardiness, and good motherhood.
The article notes that right-handedness extends broadly in nature. Parrots prefer using their right foot to grasp food, and Mr. Crookes suggests insects such as wasps beetles and spiders also favor their right anterior foot.
A brief note suggests using amber necklaces and bracelets or yellow topaz jewelry to add a dash of yellow to a white toilet. The text also mentions Greece’s latest returns totaling 2,067,000.
Poem fragment by Jenny P. Bigelow from Harper's review for July speaks of a source of happiness that dispels sorrow, turns night to light, and lets the speaker dream of a beloved. The tone is nostalgic and intimate, with emphasis on memory and solace.
A Negro storyteller recalls a Virginia Christmas fox chase with Uncle Jake and the hounds in Carter's mountain. The fox reportedly outwitted the marse, the dogs, and even the old judge, who finally hauled the fox and hounds home in a wagon.
A New York Sun interview with D. Appleton & Co. canvassing chief George Washington Davis reveals top earners and paths to success for book canvassers. Counts include Samuel Collins with 20,000 since September and a $300 set price. earnings rise with premium titles and long tenure. men outperform women in perseverance. the best results come from subscription sales and after business panics.
The passage notes that capable individuals with capital but limited brains often begin as book agents and may persist in canvassing until they secure capital to restart business. Demand for skilled book agents is rising and likely to grow.
A memorial sketch recalls Charles Sumner at Latin school, a real boy who played and studied with honesty and eagerness. The writer notes his lack of vanity, his leadership in play, and his lifelong student’s spirit, enduring to the end with warmth for old schoolfellows.
Omaha prices list wheat barley rye corn oats flour and dairy and meat products with per bushel and per box figures from Omaha and Chicago markets. St Louis shows wheat corn oats cattle exports and sheep price ranges.
The article reports a giant eucalyptus amygdalina found in Victoria reaching about 430 feet, surpassing California giants and other American redwoods. It notes Tasmania's eucalypts and a Mount Wellington specimen with a trunk circumference of eighty six feet, comparing these to the Victoria tree near the sky above St Paul's Cathedral.
A collage of patent medicines and merchandise fills this page rosters of tonics, salves, and elixirs. Claims tout cure-alls for throat disease, digestive troubles, nerves, and kidney issues alongside fashion items and witty quips. Prominent names include Allen's Lung Balsam, Buchu-Paibs, Burdock Blood Bitters, Allen's Brain Food, and Lyon's Heel Stiffeners with assorted testimonials and satirical snippets.
A lengthy promotional column highlights the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co. of South Bend Ind. since 1852. It touts 80 acres, 1,200 workers, and plans to produce 30,000 wagons and carriages this year. Details on timber, boiling-oil treatment, and nationwide representation stress quality and honesty.
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