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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1883
Page
1
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A stranger ascends Washington Monument and gazes over the city from 360 feet. He naps at the top and is awakened by a wharf rat nibbling his fingers. He returns to his hotel convinced heaven has rats, since he could not reach the top from below.
Steward Crump recalls Garfield’s last illness with the White House staff. He recounts the moment Garfield begged for water despite medical ban, Crump’s reluctant compliance, and the president’s thirsty quip about a glass left empty to tease him.
The excerpt blends literary quotes with practical horticulture tips and local trivia. It mentions June weddings, inward-swinging church doors in Baltimore, planting lettuce onions cabbage and other vegetables, seed-drill cultivator attachments, thinning root crops, and efficient hand-cultivators. It adds a piano playing resident in Winthrop Maine and notes about Wisdom and a large family in Simmons' Gap Georgia.
A Columbus safe was burglarized with the outer door blown loose. thieves fled when alarmed. Fire alarm in Fullerton quelled a wind-driven blaze in minutes. Humphrey fire caused extensive losses. unknown origin. Jack Marion verdict. Charles Rees, 30, commits suicide amid debt and infidelity.
Minister Sargent reports to the state department from Berlin on April 13 that continental press claimed a trichinosis outbreak in the Tilsit garrison with thirteen deaths. Fourteen soldiers were found affected but all recovered. Meat not issued in rations and origin undetermined. likely native raw pork from townspeople.
An intelligent lady remarks that many children are punished for defying rules due to poor health. She asserts mothers should use moderate doses of Stop Bitters for two or three weeks to restore behavior and make children more compliant.
Kate Kane, Milwaukee attorney, threw water in Judge Mallory's face and was fined $30 for contempt. She refused to pay and was jailed. An attempt to release via habeas corpus succeeded before US Commissioner Ryan, but Judge Hamilton reversed, remanding Kane. Bail was denied and she vows to stay jailed.
In Harlem Times style notes, New York women focus on growing pansies as a growing pot trend. Quick sales and small prophets are mentioned alongside weather prognosticators.
Reliable reports show California wheat crop out of danger with only four counties affected by the grain bug and light damage. Multiple health, crime, and political items follow in a broad weekly roundup of events across states and nations.
Reports detail suicides in Jamestown Connecticut and a hanging in Lordsburg New Mexico. Freeman faces trial in Barnstable Mass for murder while a Vincennes Indiana mayor commits suicide after electoral defeat. Idaho and Terre Haute incidents follow amid debt and postal reforms including pay readjustments for postmasters and new district judges.
The bulletin notes re established ties between the czar and Grand Duke Constantine via Princess Dolgorovski, Ireland sees a 6000 pound Parnell testimonial, Whitsuntide adjournment, Suez isthmus canal plans, Amsterdam hosts universal exhibition, German hosiery fears US duties, Denmark supplies much of U S hosiery imports, and a Danish Greenland expedition departs from Copenhagen.
Patrick Delaney and Thomas Caffrey pleaded guilty in Dublin court to the Cavendish and Burke murders and were sentenced to be hanged on June 2. Delaney claimed involuntary involvement while Caffrey said he did not know the crimes until moments before. Judge O'Brien noted doubts about truthfulness. Dublin grand jury added charges against Tynan Walsh Sheridan and Fitzharris, extradition sought by Britain.
The trial of Fitzharris known as Skin the Goat ended with acquittal for being a principal in the Phoenix Park murders. Prosecutors contended he drove the killers with knowledge of their intent. defense argued he merely acted as a cab driver. The judge cautioned jurors about lacking evidence of prior knowledge. He awaits trial on conspiracy to murder with a ten year penalty.
English researchers develop a zinc oxy-sulfide in pure white form as a substitute for white lead and zinc oxide. The compound preserves wood, resists decay, and bonds with fibers to form durable, stable layers. Its low affinity for carbonic acid slows carbonate formation and prevents oil saponification with lead carbonate.
The act requires railroads to erect fences and cattle guards within six months of opening for use, with penalties for noncompliance. It also covers recording certificates and powers of attorney, delinquent taxes, and prairie fire prevention duties, plus county road improvements funded by two thirds from road funds and one third by local assessments.
A Tombstone dispatch reports General Crook crossed into Mexico last Friday with troops and scouts for a three month campaign. He detached a guard to bar dispatches, then moved toward James Pass in the Sierra Madre, the area of Juan and Geronimo, and Juths Pass about 40 miles from Guadaloupe.
A lively anecdote exposes the quirks of church music committees. A hopeful tenor with limited range seeks a choir post, meets a chairman described as a wholesale fish dealer, and is met with comic scrutiny over his top note as the committee recalls a man who could only sing up to C.
A concise aphorism from the New York Picayune stressing thorough patient knowledge as essential medical practice.
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