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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1877
Page
4
A dramatic moment shows a father catching a vandal in the act after a sacked town. The intruder lies asleep while the scene reveals a shattered vase broken jar inkstained floor scattered chessmen and a smoldering site as blood marks the confrontation.
Captain Seth Williams and his mate Elias Adams foil a planned midnight mutiny by Honduran revolutionaries aboard the Falcon. They disable weapons, sprinkle hot water on attackers, and force the pirates into the ship's boat. The voyage ends with Williams winning a wife and command of the Falcon, while one conspirator lies dead in the cabin.
A Boston buyer’s mare, frightened at the depot, suffered a severe head injury. A Prussian physician removed a skull fragment and damaged bone to allow healing. The animal remained calm during the operation and is now recovering.
London corresp reports Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and party arriving at Windsor Castle to meet the Queen and Princess Beatrice. The Queen later receives the Americans in the Oak Room with a formal dinner.礼 Queen Beatrice and Princess Christian present. The scene includes introductions, court etiquette, and views from the tower.
The London Spectator praises Mr Gladstone's Birmingham speech comparing Armenians Bulgarians Serbians and Greeks to a protective beach against Ottoman expansion. It notes all resisted many fell except Montenegro’s mountaineers who never succumbed and claims Europe’s liberty and institutions stem from that resistance.
A treasury estimate puts gold and silver in the U S at 225 million dollars with an expected yearly gain of at least 45 million as imports balance exports. The trade surplus grows and Mint Director Linderman anticipates a ready supply of precious metals by the moment of resumption.
Mrs Mary V Burrill, 40s, shot herself in Sing Sing bound husband era asylums and traveled with daughter Alma Hiskins aged 7 from Marsland residence near Sing Sing. On a porch evening in September 1875 she coaxed Alma to bed then fired, killing the child and fatally wounding herself.
Robert Dale Owen, of New Harmony Indiana, American author and former congressman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of English reformer Robert Owen. He edited the Free Enquirer in New York starting 1828, served three terms as Indiana state representative and two terms in Congress as a Democrat, 1843 to 1847. Later he wrote on reform and social topics, turned to Spiritualism, and spent years in and out of mental illness before his death.
Mr. Morgan aged 107 at the Star and Garter in Richmond celebrated a birthday with 102 descendants present. The long-lived man recalls Burke, Gibbon, Chatham, Sheridan, Napoleon, Danton and poets and statesmen from Byron to Pitt, whose eras he has outlived, marking a life that touched many ages.
United States Department of State file reports a long account of the Mecca offertory chest in the Islam faith, asserting vast sums from pilgrim offerings and a hidden treasure lineage. The piece also notes a chart of recent Ottoman involvement and a surgical remedy claim against disease.
In a Commons debate Mr Pease of Durham argued that 388 England and Wales offenders were sentenced to hang over sixteen years, with 210 hanged and 178 reprieved. He cited foreign cases where abolition correlated with lower murder rates, noting Tuscany, Holland, Belgium, Portugal, Austria, and U.S. states.
The article notes the death of Ben Montgomery a prominent Black man in Mississippi. Once personal servant to Col. J I Davis, he managed large estates during slavery and later purchased Hurricane Place and Brierfield from Davis for 350 dollars in gold. He also bought the Urine plantation from Mr Wad, becoming a plantation manager with strong business standing and educated literacy. His two sons are described as businesspeople inheriting his possessions.
A partially legible note describes a flirtatious scene where a woman toys with a man until he is exhausted. She hints at meeting again next Sunday evening as she escorts him to the door.
A Kansas City editorial spoof reports Hart brothers arrested for defrauding creditors. Mischief in the newsroom produced mock headlines like Two Harts That Beat Like One. The piece ends with a satirical note about letters and wit from the composing room.
Saari Cross & Co. promotes Haron's Universal Cough Syrup as a leading cough remedy with broad commendation. It is sold by H. A. Summur & Co. in Chicago and Pony's Txrnacy, with large expenditures noted for relief from piles and advertisements claiming Hofmann's Hop Pills cure algae and related conditions.
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