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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1880
Page
1
The record lists Geo. W. Post as judge in York with M. B. Reese serving as district attorney for the Fourth Judicial District based in Wahoo.
The piece promotes Temperance and Perseverance Lodge activities in Osceola Nebraska with Red Ribbon Club notes and a sermon by Rev. Henry Lose. It argues wine mocks strength and warns that strong drink destroys homes, health, and souls, urging devotion to God as a remedy.
Nottingham surgeon Dr. Higginbottom, in a 1864 resume of his experience, asserts he has not prescribed alcohol for about thirty years and vows never to again. He claims alcohol harms patients, yields no medicinal benefits, and cites quicker recovery from acute diseases when alcohol is omitted.
Dr. L. M. Bennet argues after thirty years of observation that intoxicating drinks in any quantity are unnecessary for health and do not aid exertion or recovery. He contends that sickness worsens with stimulant use and that safer, more effective substitutes exist.
Parliament faced a temperance pressure as a petition bearing 79 500 signatures from women urged the closing of liquor houses on Sundays, reflecting broad social reform sentiment.
A concise note discusses ongoing correspondence and requests brief, agreeable exchanges. It emphasizes brevity and omits disagreeable personalities, focusing on constructive points and clear next steps.
A Farmer's Letter discusses Grant and 1876 politics with historical allusions and cautions. A Grand Shooting Match by Onceola Sportsmen's Club in Polk County Nebraska on July 3 1880 offers prizes totaling 150 dollars with multiple purses and traps, open to all field sports enthusiasts.
Iowa 1880 report from Stromsburg records Farmers encouraged by recent rains. Sunday School prospers in District 43 under Rev Brannan with a biweekly sermon. A singing school led by Z Seymour, and a wild tale recounts a wet late night journey as youths and young ladies face rain and a mysterious mule promise.
Saturday afternoon F F Vogel and Company assembled a Walter A Wood twine self binder and tested it near the town. Wagons brought labor to the field as the machine cut blue stem grass with blazing speed despite oil on the twine. A crowd watched the experiment and departed convinced the device performed as claimed.
A 1880 Chicago meeting of General Passenger and Ticket Agents set sale dates and rates for excursion tickets. For the Knights Templars Conclave in Chicago August 17, one fare round trip on special tickets, sale August 14 to 17, valid through September 17. Public tickets at two cents per mile August 16 to 18, valid return through August 25. Missouri River points to Chicago for the National Republican and Greenback Conventions set at twenty dollars round trip. National Democratic Convention in Cincinnati June dates offer two cents per mile from June 19 to June 26, valid after June 72 and return through June 26.
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