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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1882
Page
2
The Osceola Record questions whether vacancies in the Legislature have been filled and ponders the plan for future steps. It hints at ongoing uncertainty about which seats remain at issue and what actions will follow.
Gro P Armstrong, an elderly Omaha citizen, was bayonetted by a militia guard on Sunday while attempting to greet the ban. He died about thirty minutes after the wound.
The David City Republican endorses Mr. Jill for State Treasurer, praising him as citizen soldier and civil officer and applauding the nomination. The Press of the same area also endorses the bid but questions the source, while the Blue Valley Blade of Seward also backs the nomination and commends Hill and Butler County.
An aggressive canvasser named Palmer attacked a Polk County farmer, pressuring him to advertise in the Polk County Farmers' Advocate. He warned that failure to patronize the new paper would trigger loss of farmer patronage and disparaged McCune after noting his move to Osceola.
CastEB of the Press criticizes Anti monopoly actions in Polk County. He recalls the Alliance sold out by funding a Woman Suffrage paper. He scorns a woman riding railroad passes as unrelated to anti monopoly aims. He jokes the Advocate’s Brama hen may be gobbled by the Old Fox before November.
The Polk County Record reports on John Skinner's marriage to a Nebraska bride and greetings to the couple. It notes a surprise wedding between Mr Gearhardt and Miss Ella Knorr, addresses local shortages, and discusses wheat sowing, corn prospects, and farm prices. The piece criticizes a columnist named C and reflects anti monopoly sentiment, railroads rights, and farm values while announcing a shift in a correspondent's ties to the paper.
The piece describes a strike over wages at the Omaha dump where workers initially won $1.50 daily but demanded $1.75. When contractors hired others at $1.50, strikers formed a mob, drove in new laborers, injured guards, and prompted Mayor Boyd to seek militiary aid. Government troops and State militia restored order as public sentiment backed decisive action.
The note laments a long gap since gathering items and praises an unusually mild winter. It says farmers should start as soon as possible, given wet and muddy conditions in Iowa and neighboring states, hindering movement and migration efforts.
A local writer defends cemetery work done by their church and attacks Bogus Bill for accusing gossip and mis chief. He argues schoolhouses should not host dances and urges proper venues, noting community duties to care for cemeteries and youth.
The Shelby schoolhouse hosted Judge Morris of Crete delivering a critique of extending the franchise to women. The speech used fallacy and caricature to depict opponents, portraying liberty as a threat to virtue while praising privileges and laws guarding women. A vote of thanks acknowledged the speaker.
Land Office at Lincoln Nebraska March 17 1882 at Polk county court Clerk approves final proof for William Welch Homestead entry 15 548 for the S and of section 10 Town 14 N range West. Witnesses Daniel Jarmin Henry Hildebrand Henry Hughes H T Arnold all residents of Osceola Nebraska. C W Pierce Register.
W E Fotsoy offers yellow Cottonwood seedlings at 1.50 per thousand delivered to Osceola or Silver Creek. Trees must be in good condition. Orders left at Myers & Co's will be filled by Fotsoy where samples can be viewed. Orders of 10,000 or more receive a 10 percent discount. 24-6¢
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