03 Mar 1898
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1898
Page
1
Long list of local happenings in Osceola and Polk County includes residents moving near Clarks and Hackberry, visitors from Stromsburg and York, upcoming meetings of Oddfellows and Polk County Agricultural Society, a big Monson sale about the 20th, and public notices of baptisms, auctions, and new businesses.
Osceola notices a new low rate on farm loans offered by Osceola Bank. Local happenings include Theo Beebe visiting Shelby, regular Woman's Relief Corps meeting, and various visits and store uses around town. A license to wed was issued to Nels Nelson and Tilda Headstrom.
E. E. Haas started for Chicago on a Friday shopping tour, appearing in the lineup as Chicago weighs roster changes.
An eight year old mare weighing about 900 pounds described as an extra good traveler is available for bicycle transport. Enquire at REconp office. Att.
In Des Moines a letter from Washington D C reports Major G A Studer praising Chamberlains Pain Balm for throat and chest soreness and pneumonia relief. The notice notes it is for sale by G.
Last week's term of district court ran Monday to Saturday with Judge Sedgewick presiding. Thirty six cases were disposed, three by jury. John Baker Edward S Larson and August Rubncka were admitted to full citizenship. Thelen and Graves were acquitted on liquor charges. Gadeke v Parsons Band Cutter Co. favored the defendant. Remaining cases settled continued or decided by the district judge.
After a big Cripple Creek fire I suffered a severe cold and tried multiple remedies. Three small bottles of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy cured the cold and cough, which was essential at high altitude, says G B Henperson, editor Daily Advertiser Cripple Creek Colo. Sold by G T Ray & Co.
The essay contrasts itinerant and home opticians. It condemns swindling itinerants who move between towns, and praises local opticians who support churches, schools, and town improvements. It argues local optics sustains the community and earns trust through self interest.
A handbill from a western town advertises Roger Giles as a parish clerk and school master offering tooth drawing, blistering, and other dubious remedies. It touts sewing, dancing lessons, singing, grammar tutoring, and a range of odd goods including stationary wares, utensils, foods, and pickles. Also claims flecbotomy and unusual acts, with trades in rags and eggs daily.
In a noted point, Henderson holds the celebrated Canon City Coal, a detail highlighted as part of a larger discussion. The line reads as a decisive note on ownership or possession within the surveyed material.
Frank Sherwood reports a downtown episode with cholera morbus, saying he drove thirty miles after being taken and felt he was never near dying. He plans to carry Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy when he goes to the country, with G. T. Ray & Co. selling it.
The drug is praised by Aug J Bogel of Shreveport and E Campbell of Stafford for curing coughs colds and consumption. It claims a quarter century of use and ranks as a leading remedy with free trial bottles at D H Kunkel's Drug Store.
Tickets sold on the first and third Tuesdays of January February and March via the Union Pacific to points in Missouri Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Arizona and New Mexico. Minimum round trip fare seven dollars or more at one fare for the round trip plus two dollars. For exact territory and tickets call or address R. R. Geence, Agent.
Osceola hosts a Polk County Teachers Association session on Saturday March 5 1898 at 1 20 p m in court rooms. Program covers school libraries funding book selection grading ungraded schools correction of written work and exhibition prep. Nearby note promotes Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup with local dealer G T Ray & Co.
The notice lists filed and released amounts for City Mortgages and Miscellaneous chattels, including 813,540.00 filed and 13,216.90 released, plus 1,050.00 and 15,861.80 with 86 entries and 69 noted. It also mentions sheriff deeds filed and related financial items.
An 19th century agate-style ad promotes Sho Arnica Salve claiming it cures salt rhoum fever happed hands eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Price listed as 25 cents per vex. Sold by D. H. Kunkel.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment as unrivaled for tetter salt rheum and eczema, offering instant relief from itching and a permanent cure with continued use. It also lists cures for barber's itch scald head sore nipples itching piles and granulated lids. Dr Cady's Condition Powders for horses are billed as a tonic blood purifier and vermifuge priced at 25 cents and sold by local outlets.
A collage of quips about love and social mishaps features a man in Binghamton promising to be a father to a widow’s children, a woman’s warning about a weary papa, a comic line on a suitor’s plea, and evangelical pastors debating evangelists trespassing on church preserves.
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