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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1883
Page
4
A duck asks a kangaroo for a ride to see the world beyond his pond. The kangaroo hesitates about wet feet as the duck parsimoniously explains his plan, noting his new socks and daily cigars in pursuit of love with the kangaroo.
A boy and girl aged six and seven trek through fresh snow to their father Ralph Dacres's lone cabin at the base of a rugged range. With their motherly guardian absent, they fear he is lost in the mountains after two weeks away prospecting for gold. The children cling to hope, while a bold red headed bird and others join a small bread offering, illustrating a fragile frontier scene of search, longing, and survival.
Paul and Mary revive hope in the mountains as they pump a snow filled shaft named the Clear Grit. Paul discovers a quartz rock, prompting father Dacres to inspect the find and reveal a buried rock that triggers a flood of emotion, proving the lead worth a million to a miner.
A satirical reprint by the New York Advertiser casts Henry V in a domestic cleaning scene. The tiring spring bustle fills the house as servants and housewives clash over orders while husbands mutter and workers scrub floors.
A collection of proverb like lines includes A straight line is the shortest in morals as in mathematics attributed to Maria Edgeworth Hope is the brightest star in the firmament of youth He benefits himself that doeth good to others Never spend your money before you have It.
A lyric from the era laments a love so immense it fills the world and cannot be contained. The speaker imagines narrowing the earth to a grave so only the beloved remains, contrasting vastness with intimate longing.
A father debates directing his son toward college or mill life to become a manufacturer. He sends the seventeen year old to a cassimere mill where five years of hard, hands on training will teach every step from carding to weaving and design. The boy chooses the mill, endures long hours and rough conditions, and emerges as a skilled maker who can rise to leadership while building character and craft.
The narrative praises a twenty three year old who, after perseverance and support from friends, builds a cassimere mill employing fifty workers. He acts as superintendent designer and bookkeeper, embracing focused study over useless knowledge to advance his enterprise.
Nebraska stock and crop outlook for May 1 compiled from Circular No 2 by D H Wheeler secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. Weather since May has been favorable and the standard would now show a higher average.
Prices for wheat barley rye corn oats and flour listed for Omaha Chicago and St Louis markets. Staples include wheat No 2 at 94 44 per bushel, barleys at 68c and 42c, corn 38c, oats 38c, flour Queen Bee 350, other grains and livestock values. Cattle hogs sheep and butter and eggs shown with regional ranges.
A Pacific Mail steamer off Guatemala was chased by a waterspout. The spiral column drew near the ship, discharged a surge of dark water, and formed a serpent like coil. Lightning flashed through the cloud, creating a terrible yet sublime spectacle at sea.
This guide urges farmers to sow fodder corn in June or July to secure good winter feed for cattle horses and young stock. It stresses rich soil top dressing with stable manure, thorough plowing harrowing and drilling in rows, and recommends sweet corn for higher nutritive value and palatability.
In a wild Missouri tale, a family pursues a burglar storming the chicken coop. A misfired musket blasts salt water on three visitors as the crowd struggles through wire clotheslines. Pa ends up drenched, all claiming it was an accident, not a duel.
Fragment from an old newspaper column praising home remedies and tonics. It touts Perry Davis Pain Killer and Brown's Iron Bitters as cures for fever, ague, bilious fever, and general ill health. Includes testimonial snippets, prices, and cautions about imitations.
A jumble of travel ads touts hotels and rooms in New York Omaha and Chicago. Grand Union Hotel promises first class comfort at lower costs while Metropolitan and other inns advertise daily rates and attractions. Various nostrums and tonics claim health benefits.
Sam Ward comments on a man who eats veal away from home and cuts lettuce with a knife, claiming such a person will rob a bank. The remark links odd eating habits to criminal behavior in a provocative though unclear context.
A letter from grateful parents describes their daughter’s long battle with kidney and liver complications and nervous debility. They credit Hop Bitters, once avoided, with restoring her health after years of suffering under various physician diagnoses.
A Utica New York resident reports her daughter’s remark on her father’s recovery after using Hop Bitters. She notes the disease once deemed incurable is improving, and expresses gratitude for the tonic’s apparent effectiveness.
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