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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1880
Page
3
A jumble of old fashioned home advice covers preserving mucilage with thymos and polishing wood with tripoli and linseed oil. It includes methods to wash ribbons, mix cologne from various oils, and an elaborate window cleaning technique using weak tea and ammonia. The piece ends with a curious anecdote about catching fish with kerosene.
A physician recounts a midnight call to a retiree with a lodged fish bone. After emetic and forceps attempts, the bone was expelled, the patient declaring he would not endure the ordeal again for $5, while the doctor’s fee reflected the variable value of experience.
One mule in Leadville, Colorado, earned a brief but marvelous fame by lameing itself during a nail driving spree. The animal, bored in the corral, tapped nails with its hoof and hammered them in, then tipped the post and split it during a final mighty kick. The left hind leg suffered a serious tendon sprain, marking a notably self inflicted injury.
A reminiscence recalls Billy Manning's humor and a brief, friendly encounter on Fourth Street in St. Louis. He refused fishing because he lacked tackle, saying you don’t need any tackle to join in the hobby.
At Place-Baptist Chapel on Saturday the covenant meeting concluded with a largely unanimous vote to continue Sunday and Wednesday services. Deacon F. accepted leadership reluctantly, warning that absence would halt his attendance, while he cited the Master’s promise that where two or three are gathered, there He is. The elder challenged the minister, who offered no reply.
A Philadelphia Times correspondent asks the long debated question. The editor notes no sharp rule. historically men rode on the off side to avoid entangling gowns, but skirts are shorter now. Riding on the near or lady’s right side offers ready aid, a clear right hand, and keeps the rider between the pair and oncoming traffic. practice trends toward the near side.
An Italian country tradesman sends his nephew Alfred to study law in Paris with an annotated code as guide. In March the uncle visits and claims a promised tip and sees a draft for 9 000 francs hidden between the code leaves, proving the benighted gift came years late.
A humorous note on Bismarck soup misnaming in a Juiennese restaurant, a Wheatley regional anecdote about Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup with endorsement from J. H. Porpy, and a historical line on Catholic population growth noting priests and church gains alongside Malt Bitters advertising.
A humorous ad style snippet imagines the Prodigal Son selling hogs to a drover and heading to Leadville if alive today. It promotes Malt Bitters as a tonic that restored health and strength.
A British Medical Journal correspondent reports rapid temperature changes trigger severe head cold and sneezing. He found plugging nostrils with cotton wool instantly stops sneezing and argues the method could offer an efficient remedy for hay fever symptoms.
A quoted moralizing sketch outlines marital status from subtle physical cues. It contrasts bear hug caress and breath restraint as probable marriage, a two week mark if touching then prize grabbing, and a disengaged, tasteless kiss after waking signals two years of wedlock and a barren life.
Vegetine powder form retails via 50 cent package making two bottles of liquid. Full directions included. Sold by druggists and stores. or send fifty cents or one dollar in stamps for mail order from H R Stevens Boston Massachusetts.
A reporter visits W. T. Soule & Co. in Chicago to learn the Keene wheat deal. G. W. Rumble outlines market prospects and the firm’s insights. The article invites readers to request the summary from the newspaper.
The Tremont House in Chicago has a new coat of paint and handsome decorations. Every room from cellar to garret is newly painted calumined and renovated with many rooms furnished anew. The Tremont is praised as the most elegant hotel in the city and offers notable comfort.
A household need arises with a book on the liver and its diseases offered free. Addresses include Dr. Sanford of New York and references to the Voltaic Belt Company in Marshall Michigan offering a thirty days trial. Other notices promote Dr C E Shoemaker’s ear health book by mail, Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners, and various patent food and starch products.
An 19th century advertisement column touts HOF VWANN''S HOP PILLS as a cure for biliousness and malarial poisoning with fifty pills for 40 cents. It also offers a free cure recipe, McLAIN'S VERMIFUGE BONBONS for worms, and DR. MARCHISI'S UTERINE CATHOLICON for female disorders, promising pamphlets and certificates from patients.
Letter from a Boston reader praising Vegetine for scrofula relief in a child. Parent recounts trying multiple physicians with no improvement and credits Powprr Fors VrEGr- TINE with notable gains in flesh and strength after two weeks. Letter ends with a favorable recommendation and price note.
A Rochester note in the Utica Herald reports a lady praising Hop Bitters for her father who was diagnosed incurable and suffering long. She says he is getting well and his improvement is a source of great relief.
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