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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1893
Page
3
A poetic meditation invites the coming of spring through March and April. The speaker visualizes violets, snowdrops, and May garlands, urging the sunlight and warmth to arrive. He envisions a heaven of love, where time itself becomes a season of delight as birdsong and roses signal renewal.
In Boston on State Street Jonas Jenkins smiles as he coordinates with wealthy merchant Mr. Marlin about a land deal that promises quick work. Sandy McIntosh and Margery fear the draw of Jenkins’s offer to move to Washington to escape hard times, with a land loan that could trap them in debt.
In Fairview Washington the McIntosh household endures hunger sickness and displacement after the move. Margery struggles with illness while Sandy battles despair and a harsh legal verdict against Jenkins compounds their misery. A court scene unfolds with a stern sentence and grim outlook.
A fragment describes a three story club house in Gloucester built after the revolutionary war. It notes ghost stories and colonial traditions tied to the sea and locals and mentions Captain hio captured in a past incident.
A Boston Journal tale recalls July at Plum Island where four maidens cast a bottle with a letter into the waves hoping for a reply from a distant Romeo. November post brings a note signed by S. C. B., claiming to have found the messenger near Savannah 400 miles from the river mouth.
A historical guide advises external cold cloths on the throat with ice water, hot foot baths, and careful handling to prevent infection. It emphasizes frequent hand washing, separate spittoon use with sawdust, and keeping flies away to avoid spreading germs.
An English speaking Alps guide tells of an American couple on a tour. The guide points to a remarkable echo repeating every word five times, sparking the husband to decline, saying he already gets enough from his wife. The tale contrasts American manners with French gallantry.
English interest grows over two uncut diamonds titled green and white set on a square diamond engraved Marie. The pieces are said to have belonged to Marie Antoinette. The exhibit also displays pearl epairettes worn by the late emperor of Delhi and a pearl idol ornament. A black diamond, the largest shown, reportedly took a year to cut and lost 100 karats in the process.
In a fragile exchange Miss Fithave and Jack debate what happened on the piazza last night with Bessie urging accuracy. Miss Fithave confirms ambiguous events while denying a direct kiss between Jack and herself.
A widow recounts how in May 1776 her family in Townsend, Massachusetts, wove and spun wool from sheep to make pantaloons for her brother going to military service. With no stores and no modern tools, they harvested fleece, carded, spun, wove, and sewed a complete pair in forty hours, aided by a loom nearby and shared chores. The tale is tied to a Greenfield, Mass. Gazette excerpt.
A naturalist extols England’s sheep breeds noting the Leicester Cotswold Lincolnshire Romney Marsh and South Downs. The South Downs receive top praise for their refined form thick yellow gray fleece and dainty faces while other flocks are described by size texture and temperament. The piece also notes grooming and clipping as daily routines.
A ship's officer with much time on the St. Johns River Florida proposes that shell mounds along the river are signaling stations used by Native Americans to alert of approaching hostile forces. He notes the river's twists allow signals to be read from mound tops, akin to ancient beacon systems.
An unnamed diver aboard a Pearl oyster quest in the Gulf of California narrowly escapes a fatal encounter with a large shovel-nosed shark. He hides behind a rock, stirs mud to blind the shark, and surfaces just as the creature lunges, surviving the peril with quick thinking and a strong swim to the boat.
Sam B. Webb recalls a sugar bil in North Louisiana where he met a striking Louisiana beauty with a silvery voice. He describes flirting over a moonlit night, sharing a yam and sugar, and expresses a desire to return.
The annual meeting of the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe stockholders was held in Galveston where officers were elected.
A collage of medicinal ads touts Syrup of Figs from the California fig Syrup Co and a range of tonics, cough tablets, liver oils, and remedies. Items promote Kemps Balsam, Duquette Co’s Pomona Cough Tablets, Baker’s cod liver oil, and Brown's Bronchial Troches, with generic claims of cures and free samples.
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