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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1880
Page
3
Merwin G. Hanne of Cleveland died after contracting rabies from a mad dog bite last August. He suffered severe thirst aversion to water, convulsions, and violent delirium culminating in death as the disease progressed through a harrowing night.
A pork butcher’s shop wife named Costa found two 1000 franc notes pressed in an old book with monastic markings. The court ruled the treasure be shared equally between Costa and the shop owner Andre, each paying half the costs.
An amused narrator recounts a mock serious exchange between two boys about a spat after they fished from a boat and argued over a knife. The dialogue features taunts, bravado, and a physical scuffle with lines about threats and a fall. The piece uses humorous, rambling street slang and ends without a clear resolution.
A bottle found on South Beach near Morgan off Mobile Bay, from the Hesperia bound for London, drifted about two years across the equatorial Atlantic and Caribbean to the Mexican coast. The piece discusses May 1878 winds, currents, and historic bottle routes, citing Capt. Beecher and past samples as proof of consistent ocean circulation.
An elderly woman visits a lawyer to offer to raise a boy as a lawyer. The boy is seven today and had shown traits since age five of mischief, yet the woman insists he would make a fine lawyer while remarking her other children would become farmers.
Advice urges farmers to buy from home merchants and manufacturers to boost town prosperity. It promotes reciprocity among business people and tradesmen, discourages foreign purchases when possible, and links prosperity to well regulated labor and local industrial habits.
A landowner who let neighbors open side windows for over twenty years cannot later block them. After more than twenty years, the windows become a vested right, preventing the owner from building up to close them or selling the lot at full value.
In Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm’s Half a Century she recounts Dr. Gamaliel Bailey editor of the National Era seeking anti slavery tales for a capital paper. He arranges funds and entices Mrs Stowe with $100 retainers, leading to the publication that became Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The narrative notes Beecher and Stowe’s roles and the abolition movement’s strategic aims.
The New York Tribune profiles Hempstead L I as a town with the highest share of elderly residents. It lists notables aged from 80 to 101 including Mrs. John Wellstead 101 at Far Rockaway and Dr. John Davidson 87 with a large practice.
A St Louis Times item recounts how M J Falk of Kansas City suffered chronic dyspepsia until he used Hamburg Drops, which he says gave wonderful relief after years of failed medical treatment.
An English paper notes sharp declines in Irish potato crops from 1876 to 1879, totaling substantial losses versus the average year. The article compares potato yields with other crops and land valuations, and cites Nevada’s petrified tree near Lovelock station as another curiosity.
In Philadelphia bonds worth 4000 dollars were stolen from a safe and clerk J F Southern was arrested. Strong circumstantial evidence led to his commitment for trial. John Casey, a professional thief, then confessed to the crime and offered to exonerate an innocent man.
In Powder Form Vegetine is offered for home preparation. A 50 cent package yields two bottles of liquid Vegetine with full directions. Sold by druggists and general stores. or mail 50 cents for one package or one dollar for two to R Stevens Boston MA.
A household need to receive a book on the liver its diseases and their treatment sent free. Treatises cover liver complaints torpid liver jaundice biliousness headache constipation dyspepsia malaria and more. Address Dr Sanford 162 Broadway New York City NY.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan announces a thirty days trial for their Electro-Voltaic Belts. The advertisement appears in this paper under the heading On Thirty Days.
A column lists medical devices and tonics including an ear specialist in Hoeing, PA offering a free mail book on deafness and ear diseases. It promotes Medelur for muscular decay and incapacity, Fraser Axle Grease sales, Ligon's Heel Stiffeners, Ginzert's Starches, Hofmann's Hop Pills, and a free cure for youth faults offered by Rev. Joseph I. Inman with a self addressed envelope in New York City.
The Chicago Evening Journal reports Leonard Swett, famed Northwest lawyer, crediting St Jacobs Oil with curing rheumatism and neuralgia after an interview. In Georgia Anthony McCann’s house burned while he attended church, three children perished. authorities suspect arson.
New Orleans papers forecast a superb sugar harvest this season from the current outlook.
A Dundee residence showcases interiors furnished entirely with furniture crafted in Grand Rapids Michigan. The article highlights the contrast between Scottish setting and American-made pieces.
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