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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1880
Page
7
Arrangements are completed for cross border money orders to begin July 1 and run for one year after either government notifies of termination. A corn beetle devastates Russian grain, with losses estimated at 20 to 25 million dollars this season. Western Europe may offset losses through greater grain imports from the United States.
A correspondent argues for using the stamp’s original printing ink for cancellation to deter removal by acid or other methods. If implemented, any attempt to erase the postmark would also erase the stamp ink, making the stamp useless and preserving mail integrity.
The state employs sixty spies in Turkey to linger in bazaars and streets and gather small talk and gossip for royal ears. Five professional talkers are always ready to retell scandals collected to the palace, ensuring the king hears a constant stream of jokes and news.
Joan Russel Youne claims Bret Harte draws praise in England comparable to Dickens in America and will profit from lecturing there. The writer notes Harte is actually the American Consul at Glasgow, where civil service rules would bar a lecturing tour and imply a mix up in roles.
George W. Woopin of Central Square Oswego County New York was adjusting a galvanized iron pipe when lightning struck the tube bursting it. He was thrown several feet and described the shock as indescribable with sensations of internal organs moving and an explosion-like report as he felt blown apart.
The clipper Wandering Jew made the Hong Kong to San Francisco voyage in thirty three days, the fastest on record, stopping at Pitcairn's Island twenty three days out. Pitcairn residents, descendants of the Bounty mutineers, hosted the crew, including lady passengers who left with gifts. They exchanged gifts of beef flour bread for fruits and fowls.
In Lansingburg New York a crowd witnessed a dramatic rooftop scene as two robins attacked a sparrow. One robin departed briefly then returned with a cord and looped the cord around the sparrow's neck. The sparrow was forced from the roof edge and attacked by the second robin.
The text recounts a robin killing a sparrow then boasting in song. It details a murder case in Ontario where Antoine Brisners was slain in his trapping hut, with furs and money missing and partner Patrick Hennessey accused. It notes a later confession by Felix Rabot and Cyrus Greenover admitting Brisbois and Hennessey murders, the attempt to silence the dying witness, and a judge’s witty critique of profanity laws.
The article argues that Chinese forces possess numeric strength but little combat value due to untrained troops and especially poorly educated officers. It cites a French writer noting officers are "below all criticism" and attributes this to the low prestige of military service in China. A Chinese saying mocks valuing capable men as soldiers.
A stable manager outlines the horses' training and work. Horses enter service at five, first serve as pupils with an older horse, and are limited to two trips every other day for one month. After five to six months they handle full load. average service spans six years with one horse bought in 1860 still active. Omnibuses of twenty eight passengers weigh about four tons full, travel roughly five miles per hour including stops. Purchase price for horses ranges from 225 to 275 dollars.
Judge Pershing ruled on a casing involving John H Bashore cited under the 1794 act penalizing profane oaths. Bashore, who swore twenty three oaths, was fined 16 dollars and eight cents, refused to pay, and was jailed. Pershing reversed the magistrate for excluding evidence, upholding the proper process and statutes.
A Kirsty tale of Lulu Gray who meets a gold dressed fairy by bells and travels in a shell coach drawn by rabbits to a fairy realm. The journey reveals palace rooms, jeweled decorations and Lulu glimpsing a fairy Queen before tears return her to her farmyard world.
A short poem about a good for nothing cat so lazy that birds rats and mice roam freely around it while a fine household brushes its coat and feeds it cream for tea, yet the cat remains indolent and unproductive.
Lulu sleeps and envisions the Bell Fairies with bells ringing and hopes to have seen the beautiful Queen Blossom in her dream. Bell Fairies theme recalled by Lulu as she reflects on the dream.
The Hon. Leonard Swett advised law graduates that poverty aids success and relentless study defines a lawyer. He urged country practice for speaking skill, orderly offices, honesty with clients, prearranged fees, avoidance of politics, and focused lifelong dedication to legal work.
The use of 99 or 999 year leases stems from historic reversion rights and distress rules. Leases extended to long terms kept a reversion in the landlord to secure rent, while tenants avoided covenants. England allowed limits for ecclesiastical or corporate lands, but New York has no such restriction.
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