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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1876
Page
5
The speaker vents strong feelings about doctors and daily care, expressing anger at being tied down and dressed. The text reveals a childlike voice dreaming of growing up to resist control and perform actions freely, including kicking and resisting routines.
A vivid reminiscence of a baby narrator recounts the first attack of mollygrumps and the family’s response. The tale contrasts a harsh nurse with a loving mother and father who care in their own ways, ending with a doctor’s arrival and the triumph of care over pain.
A London lecture by Dr. Lancaster details a complete body analysis. The subject weighed 158.4 pounds with 23.1 pounds carbon 2.2 pounds lime 22.3 ounces phosphorus and small amounts of sodium iron potassium magnesium and silicon. He notes large volumes of oxygen hydrogen and nitrogen but a safe public release omits their bulk. The body yields 121 pounds water 165 pounds gelatine 132 pounds fat 88 pounds fibrin and albumen and 7.7 pounds phosphates and minerals.
Peter Tompson of Cincinnati advertised he would pay 20 dollars for the return of his stolen overcoat and ask no questions. A policeman waited to arrest the thief after the exchange.
The article explains how Phoenician names for nations reflect perceived traits. Europe means a land of light complexion, Asia a midregion, Africa the land of work and ears, Siberia thirst or dryness, Spain infested with rabbits, Italy pitch due to pitch yields, Gaul yellow hair, Caledonia high hills, Hibernia westward extent, Britain tin rich, Albion white or high mountains, Corsica footsteps, Syra signifies bad favor, Rhodes serpents, Sicily grapes, Scylla whirlpool, Charybdis hole of destruction.
An 19th century study notes that tigers avoid humans while fed on other prey, with natives using euphemisms to avoid angering the spirit of the tiger. Once a tiger tastes human flesh the bond breaks and it prefers people.
The article compares long distance speeds on the Pennsylvania Railroad with British services. It notes Harrisburg to Pittsburgh averaging about 40 mph and London to Exeter at about 55 mph average with stoppages. It cites the London to York and London to Leeds runs with 49 mph and 41 mph, and remarks on private railcar speed by Vanderbilt and Col. Scott.
In 1873 M de Lautrie describes releasing five sparrow hawks on a balcony and feeding them twelve mice four large lizards and six crickets daily for a month. The parent birds ate prey heads and shed feathers. Over a month the five hawks killed 420 rats and mice 200 mole crickets and 1658 lizards.
Two obscure lawyers became neighbors Williams and Belknap. Williams moved to Oregon leaving his practice to Belknap. Twenty years later they met again in the cabinet but were ousted by their wives intrigues. In the Senate Ingalls of Kansas and Hitchcock of Nebraska, former Williams College classmates, now sit together as colleagues.
In Baltimore address Prof Frank Donaldson warned one tenth of urban inhabitants die of consumption. He cited death ratios of the rich at 60 per 1000 and the poor at 223 per 1000, illustrating stark urban health disparities.
A fragment notes oxygen quantity diminished in cities and streets, advising consumptives to avoid urban dwellings and seek country living with pure air and abundant sunlight. The text emphasizes using healthier environments to improve conditions.
The New York Christian Advocate argues against parlor organs and endorses the Cabinet Organ of Mason & Hamlin as the superior choice. It notes widespread deception by inferior makers and praises independent, expert surveys and church and school trials, concluding the Mason & Hamlin instrument best serves musical education.
An English authority reports in a Royal Institute paper that human error causes 41 percent of rail accidents, faulty signals 28 percent, defective roadway 18 percent, and defective rolling stock 13 percent. He cites improbable risk figures for a ten mile journey to kill a passenger, and a hypothetical traveler at 30 mph for 865 days yearly would die after about 1,865 years.
An elderly man near Lickskillet Anderson county Kentucky fainted in his barn. His eight year old son found him mortally injured as a 250 pound sow ripped flesh from his head and face. The boy struck the animal with an ax and killed it. locals later opened the sow to recover scalp and hair remains. The man died next morning.
A Quizec note reports Louis Bole a St Jean Port Joll farmer has died leaving a large family. He sirs two marriages produced twenty two children in the first marriage and eight in the second with twenty four surviving. The second wife bore his thirteenth child three years ago.
An advertisement claims the product cleanses blood and skin, curing pimples eruptions and scrofulous poisons. It asserts skin becomes smooth and healthy after weeks of use, with possible need for one to three bottles or more for severe poisons, and notes the remedy works slowly through the blood.
The article promotes Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup Mandrake Pills and Sea Weed Tar as cures for lung diseases. It credits Dr J H Schenck of Philadelphia with success, explains how the medicines cleanse liver and stomach to aid healing, and invites consultation at his Philadelphia office with broad distribution by agents nationwide.
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