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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1881
Page
4
The scene captures a chaotic wedding preparation with sisters and friends chatting, gossiping, and admiring outfits. Nellie Allaire matches a jealous spouse, guests arrive in a homemade trousseau, and the bride worries about appearances while adjusting veils cloaks and pearls.
The piece recalls Andrew Jacksons 1829 inauguration and his cabinet, naming Van Buren Ingham Eaton Berrien Barry and other figures. It notes congressional changes, a push for direct presidential election, the Bank War, Maryland Road veto, and Webster Hayne nullification debate. Jacksons Florida campaign and rifts with Calhoun and Crawford are touched.
A historic sequence shows John Forsyth noting Calhoun’s role in a political dispute with Jackson. Van Buren resigns from the cabinet amid a widening rift capped by Eaton’s removal and new appointments. The cabinet reunites under Livingston, McClane, Cass, Woodbury, Taney, and Kendall.
A young Methodist minister fills in at a neighboring church after being mistaken for the regular pastor. He discovers the error when reading hymn numbers from the church hymn book and leaves promptly with an explanation to the surprised congregation.
Mr Wetmore drew all eyes at the Grosvenor exhibition in a long Newmarket coat and loose trousers. He wore a single large white drooping flower, fixed gaze on it, while his companion waited. His hat sat back, revealing a mournful face and drooping mustache.
A Worcester Massachusetts spy recounts testimonials praising St Jacobs Oil. Henry Kaschop and George E. Miller report sufferers relieved from rheumatism after one and two bottles, with signatories from Chicago and other locales endorsing the remedy.
The New York Sun reviews Catherine Owen’s Culture and Cooking, praising it as a practical interpreter for American homes. It covers kitchen tools, herbs, garlic, curry, and clever tips on preserving, flavoring, and stretching meals, with chapters on small households and frugal menus.
R Daniels of Sarpy long suffered progressive deafness. After visiting Dr L B Graddy, a painless ear operation restored hearing in minutes in one ear and again in the other, with both ears now sound. Omaha hails Graddy as a skilled aurist and oculist. The article also notes backgammon’s ancient origins and a Harlem mocking bird’s singing.
Bill Nye announces sale of the New Jerusalem mine in North Park near the continental divide at 10 000 feet. He cites severe winters avalanche debris and difficult shaft work as reasons, noting repeated collapses and poor development but claims the claim cannot be jumped.
A collage of 19th century patent remedies promotes Manaman's Peptonized Beef Tonic as a life sustaining tonic for debility and pulmonary weakness. It lists Caswell Hazard Co and other sellers, along with various tonics and cures, and notes distributors and warnings about druggists. The piece also cites historical figures, and advertises Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, Perry Davis Pain Killer, and Scovitts Sarsaparilla as cure-alls.
An erratic collection of testimonials and notices promotes Hop bitters and Dr Holman remedies, railing at prejudice against tonics, touting Rough on Rats, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and Lamb’s products, with brief references to Washington Irving and Jefferson Davis, and a Nebraska shoe store promoting cures and price lists.
A. Cruickshank & Co announces a vast season stock with fifteen departments in Omaha at 15th and Douglas. The listing includes silks, domestic and foreign dry goods, linens, hosiery, parasols, corsets, ribbons, muslin underwear, carpets, and window shades. Samples available. orders filled promptly.
The article notes 15 cents paid for a kangaroo scalp in Queensland with 45 890 scalps bought in 18 months, and a rate cut to twelve pence improving the kangaroos’ position. It warns that kangaroos consume as much grass as sheep and cause damage, while wild horses, rabbits, and kangaroos multiply as pests. An Arab stallion once escaped, influencing local horse color, and one man claims to have shot 3,000 horses in two years.
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