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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1876
Page
4
Fragmentary verse describes a mother singing to a sleeping baby with angels watching over. The lullaby evokes gentle night, safety, and blessings as a guardian presence near the child. Readable lines center on sleep, protection, and comforting imagery.
A lively tale centers on Molly and her doll companions as they clean Queen Victoria's palace like a backstairs playroom. Molly uses whitewash on Chloe Shine, sparking chaos until Betty discovers the mischief and ends the day in distress.
A fragment from an interior page describes Betty walking away muffled in a shawl after an insult, while Nelly completes house cleaning under supervision and mamma awaits Bettys pleasure.
Jerry Lewis, a Denver resident of 15 years, visited Custer City and Hill City in the Black Hills and filed an enthusiastic report. He notes 400 buildings on the town site, prices from 25 to 500 dollars, and widespread activity with saloons and stores but little gambling. He cites rich prospects on French Spring Castle Rabbit Iron Whitewood and Deadwood Creeks and predicts Alder Gulch‑like yields. Native raids and stampedes affect nearby camps.
The article cites an English publication titled Oir Canal Population claiming 22 400 men 22 400 women and 72 000 children on England s canals and rivers with 26 000 in unmarried marriages and 40 000 illegitimate children. It quotes Mr Smith asserting 95 percent illiterate 90 percent drunkards 60 percent unmarried but cohabiting and describes boat cabins as severely cramped leading to vice and crime.
Dr Berthand warns limits on tobacco use and cautions against smoking on an empty stomach. He favors cigarettes for minimal intake and urges mouth rinsing and frequent cleaning of pipes. A second note from Tribune Medicare highlights a Chinese wood peddler in Virginia City choosing a wilted carrot over selling wood, illustrating thrift.
In a grim meditation on suicide, the piece cites a Frenchman who killed himself from daily tedium of dressing, another driven to despair by the color green seeking red, and a 75 year old man who hanged himself with a cryptic papernote invoking Jesus Christ about trees.
The legislature is urged to expand the proposed Bureau of Agriculture and Statistics to protect friendly insects and birds that fight crop pests. The piece warns against harmful hunting of woodpeckers and calls for farmer education on insect allies like the ladybug and mantis to preserve crops.
The Grand Theater of Vienna filled with spectators and Emperor Francis and family in attendance. During Schiller's Robbers a fire scare prompted a curtain drop and a staged search claim about a stolen aigrette. Patrons exited, leaving the building damaged but with no lives lost as flames engulfed the theater within an hour.
The New York Sun notes a Sunday meeting at Moody and Sankey where a cautious elderly merchant felt he connected with young men. After guiding questions and genuine interest, he returned home to find his watch money and valuables stolen including his memorandum book and pencil.
A Syra cuase Standard article cites Prof Wilder of Cornell offering short first aid rules. For eye dust rinse with water dash out, remove cinders with pencil point. For ear insects use tepid water not instruments. For bleeding compress above wound or below vein. For choking four positions and coughing. For burns cold water and varnish if skin destroyed. For apoplexy raise head and body.
London World notes Sir Anthony Rothschild died a comparative pauper with a £15,000 annual pension to his widow, and legacies to daughters and son in law. He bequeathed property to relatives and disposed of assets to his siblings and nephews, while his art collection and charities reflected a private, generous life rather than ostentatious display. The piece praises his liberal character and notes his memory among friends over public probate wealth.
A Davenport runner hid in a De Witt hotel stove pipe to spy on a couple. The husband pulled him through the pipe, tearing skin and injuring him. The drummer vowed not to peep again if his skin heals enough to wear clothes. He later died after a botched threat to stab another man.
A patient recounts a dream of discovering The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and chooses to believe in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. After consulting the book and following the treatment, the narrator regains health and urges others to seize their opportunity.
Advertises Juniper Tar Soap by Caswell Hazard & Co of New York as the only reliable remedy for face pores rough skin chapped hands salt rheum and other skin afflictions. Warns against imitations made from common tar which are described as worthless.
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