24 Mar 1881
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1881
Page
1
R Wheeler Mekler and Thurman attorneys at law noted for special attention to collections in Caccola Nebraska with G Thurman E L King also connected to Nebraska affairs.
Abstract of multiple Nebraska items including Albion fires and a near miss from a water tank blaze, Firth railroad damage, Lincoln murder trial, Kearney reform school funding, and Omaha area incidents. Mentions Gen. Burr recovery, Cambridge child murder link, and river ice hauling of a government boat. Includes national items on Russia czar assassination and Paris Hugo celebration.
Chicago markets show wheat at cash and March quotes, corn futures, oats, rye, pork and lard prices, bulk meats, flax seed, whisky, and live stock ranges. St Louis reports wheat bids for cash and futures, corn and oats figures, rye, whisky, pork, and dry salt meats with various bid and ask levels.
Senator Mahone announced Monday his intention to vote with Republicans. This shifts the balance in the 76 member Senate, with Hill claiming 38 Democrats including Mahone. Davis of Illinois, elected by Democrats, pledged loyalty to the trust placed in him, aiding a Republican majority.
A garbled OCR fragment shows a judge raising a voice in a heated discussion over theological points with a friend. The scene includes Mrs Goodman mockingly asserting independence and a family interruption with sisters and a baby mentioned in disjointed dialogue.
Historical note describes a brutal recruitment ritual where a candidate is strapped to a chair and tooth extraction is performed. If the subject howls he is deemed unfit. if he remains calm and smiles he earns a permanent position in service.
Fragmentary 19th century style note discusses cure and care with a reference to Dr. Ruil's Syrup priced at 25 cents. A woman warns against allowing illness to lie in the body and mentions circulating payments and interests in a vague financial context.
The death of Colonel Edmund Alexander creates three vacancies in the 1st Army. General Sherman recommends retirement for three officers. President Garfield nominates Stanley Mathews for associate justice. An extra session debate grows over inter-oceanic canal, debt funding, and apportionment. Marsitals at the polls bill passes in the Senate. Relations with Russia and Empress Alexander II noted. Senator Edmunds travels to Florida. his bronchitis risk and a humorous local tale close with Barby Bagshot and the Union office antics.
U S ministers in London Paris and Washington dispute French decree on hog cholera and pork imports. Addressing reports by Crump and the British consul in Philadelphia, officials deny exaggerated cholera claims and defend American pork trade claiming swine mortality is down and export hogs are healthy.
An immigrant describes vast flat lands in South America with salt wilderness and alluvial soil. He praises the horizon and solitude, notes abundant wildlife including ostriches and birds, and describes life in the pampas as mainly horseback and affordable horses.
Bagshot, weekly Union editor in Chodunk, asks a New York bound Colonel for guidance. An assistant runs the paper, and a late telegraph from Chipdunk warns of a rival hot on the heels. The warm reception spurs Bagshot to press on despite threats.
Richard Grant White critiques British Philistinism for ignorance of America and American affairs. He recalls anecdotes of well-meaning but misinformed Britons and a clever American schoolboy who knows Kenilworth, contrasting mutual misunderstandings between nations.
In parts of the south Pacific islands the clam, when growing large, draws divers to harvest it. Divers thrust a sharp iron rod into the clam’s mouth to pry it free, but the shell’s grip can trap them. Some have sacrificed fingers to escape the clam’s hold, leaving them behind.
A fragmented text presents reflections on wealth, pride, and self improvement. It contrasts being better off with learning to profit from oneself during challenging times, implying a broader moral about personal growth amid hardship.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions spring illness and someone named Seue working on a project. The readable bits reference Seue and Biligua or spring sickness, with unclear context about aid or expenses.
A fragment recounts Tyrolese rural customs where belief holds bells ward off lightning and storms. Farmers bless fields, sprinkle holy coal, and bless cows with holy water. The village bells toll as storms approach, with preferred bells from Rodenegg famed as lightning charms.
Henry Clay's twilight speech preceded Charles Sumner's Senate credentials in 1851. Sumner, elected through a coalition of anti slavery forces and Democrats, soon stood as a future leader even as peers questioned the era's great issues. He pursued long speeches and diligent duties.
The article extols a dog's extraordinary sense of smell. It cites Anacharsis the dog recognizing a person by scent, even in disguises, and smelling traces on clothes, ground, and objects hours after contact. It notes bloodhounds tracking week-old human scent and argues scents form a continuous, evolving picture of life for dogs.
Saturday Review recalls a minister’s tepid crowds as he preached against drink using parables of water and pledge tales. A working man in Sunday clothes mocked the pledge with the line Why cost and can’t drink any eye, prompting little reaction from the audience.
A fragment references education and children with scattered phrases about will and power. The readable text hints at a discussion of teaching, future plans, and social concerns but details are incomplete.
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