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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1881
Page
2
The Nebraska Press Association will take a trip to Chicago May 1. It mentions weather and grain conditions, a proposed constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage in Indiana, and observations on the suffrage movement including Weaver’s Weave Journal debut and remarks by Wendell Phillips on gender and race.
In Omaha we visited Dr Dieseler's Thermal Bath at the Electrical Institute. The complex features a twelve electrode electrothermal bath and a 38-cell galvanic array, with instruments priced at $706. Rooms include warm, hot, shampooing, cooling, and dressing areas where treatments such as Turkish baths are described as curative and vitalizing.
A fragmented column critiques tobacco use and urges temperance. Dr Dio Lewis notes over fifty years with Harvard College students showing no long term benefit from smoking. The piece argues tobacco harms youths and questions the habit's social acceptance.
S S Wester recounts an American tale of a man who tries to quit chewing tobacco by hiding the pinch in his pocket and discarding it but fails repeatedly. After weeks of craving he finally wins the battle, believing the inner conflict is God aiding his restraint.
Worcester adds twelve thousand words to a revised dictionary. Springfield bans skipping rope for girl pupils citing health concerns. Illinois enacts compulsory education requiring twelve weeks attendance for ages five to fourteen. Massachusetts creates an office of teacher training to raise professional standards. No teaching as pastime or for pocket money. commitment required.
The article argues that leading New Jersey schools place daily and local newspapers in top reading rooms for student use. Pupils report daily news from newspaper columns, suggesting common schools could benefit from carefully selecting articles for reading lessons to increase interest and instruction.
The article argues against overloading curricula warning that general students cannot master specialist knowledge. It urges focusing on a few well-taught subjects taught thoroughly to stimulate interest, develop faculties, and encourage future study rather than brief exposure to many topics.
The special meeting of School District No 19 chaired by H. M. Mills approved appointing W. F. Longer and T. J. Drain as insiders and voted to issue 33500 in bonds for ten years with interest seven percent per year. The board instructed the hearing to raise funds for a brick schoolhouse with revised size, about 26 by 50 feet, two stories and necessary facilities.
Fragmentary OCR text lists numerous names and initials followed by titles and roles. The legible parts indicate a roster or committee-like listing, including clerks and various individuals, without coherent narrative or dates. The passage reads like a partial public notice or roster without a clear action or outcome.
Public notice to Polk County voters about a May 5 1881 election proposing use of the County Sinking Fund to build a courthouse at Osceola. Ballots will read For using County Sinking Fund for building Court House or Against. Election hours 8 am to 4 pm. Board of County Commissioners issues.
Notice to Osceola voters in Polk County Nebraska for a special election on May 14 1881 at the Osceola school house to decide on issuing three thousand dollars in bonds for a new courthouse with five hundred dollar installments payable over ten years at seven percent interest. Ballot wording favors bonds and tax to fund interest and principal. Election hours 9am to 6pm conducted per law with I F Ketter as county clerk.
Lincoln Neb March 1881 notice that Daniel A Borritt has filed for final proof on Additional Homestead Entry No 16679 for the ERLN. E. Sec Town 14 N BR 1 West in Polk County. Clerk of the District Court will hear witnesses William Hall Lt Blowers BF Wibbler F M Stone at Osceola and Osceola locations on June 13, 1861. J B McDowatt, Register.
Notice is given that a named settler filed intent to make final proof for his claim. Proof will be before the Clerk of the District Court, Park County Nebraska, at the county seat on Tuesday June 12, 1861. Witnesses listed to prove residence and cultivation include Clarksville residents James Grosvenor Warren Sherwood Martin Dunlap and others from Merrick County Nebraska.
Notice published for a mime settler to make final proof in support of his claim before the District Court Clerk in Polk County Nebraska. Witnesses listed include Thomas M. Skelton Homesnead Entir Me 15800 for the West half NE Sec 30 Town 13 N Range 3 West and others from Stiemsworth Polk County. The proof date is set for a Tuesday in May.
Names settler Vincens Winlich files intention to complete final proof for the W 8, N W 2 Sec 36 Town 16 N Range in Polk County. Residence and cultivation claimed. witnesses include Joseph Hipper, Charles Schlemer, John Kropack, L Gebbart, and J B McDowax as register. Proceedings set before the Clerk of District Court on Monday.
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