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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1881
Page
4
A damaged OCR passage presents a fragmented verse about a maid and a youth, reflecting on love and fate. It questions what causes a lamp to burn high and why time cannot be called back, noting the clockwork of intention and distance. The text resembles a lyric with incomplete phrases and imagery.
A doctor visits a three year old with croup treated by cold water and brisk rubbing. The boy recovers quickly while the room and family reveal simple dignity: neat, inexpensive furnishings and a working father who pays the doctor with a two dollar note, dispelling gentility myths.
William Carter, a journeyman shoemaker, and his wife Mary describe living on about eight dollars a week while saving steadily. They bought a small home for fifty dollars a year, minimized waste, avoided liquor and tobacco, and used affordable staples to achieve a two hundred dollar annual surplus. They bank savings and emphasize self education and disciplined frugality.
A brief editorial note argues much evil and suffering could be prevented if all workers were as prudent as William and Mary Carter, praising their careful conduct and frugal habits.
A canary acts as a circus star in a magician's act performing a rope walk and carriage drive with five birds dressed as a family. A staged execution of a traitor ends with the bird's dramatic revival and return to the cage.
Rev J M Sherwood argues religious weeklies lose influence as daily secular papers become omnipresent. He notes Sunday editions expand topics from all life to educate and guide public thought, while journalism’s faults lie more in head than heart. Modern press wields power and protection for society.
The piece argues for England and the United States to send two steamers each to patrol the New York Liverpool route. Patrol ships could remove sunken wrecks and warn icebergs, tow disabled vessels, offer aid to shipwrecked crews, and reassure owners that help is nearby in distress.
A Rockford Illinois agister reports a severe back injury from falling on a sharp marble step edge. After using St Jacobs Oil the pain swelling subsided and a complete cure followed, praised as the most efficacious liniment.
Shaddock fruits are large citrus cultivated in the east and west Indies for their sub-acid juicy pulp. When fully grown they are called pompoleons. The Journale de Pharmacie notes a mucilage to bind wood or repair porcelain or glass by mixing 8 ounces of strong gum arabic solution with 30 grains of alumina sulfate dissolved in a small water portion.
A reader from Chambersburgh endorses St Jacobs Oil after spending $500 on other remedies for neuralgia. The testimonial hails the product as a cure and expresses strong belief in its effectiveness.
In Magee Qe n, Mass the meeting focused on merits of a proposed project. Officials discussed potential benefits, funding sources, and timeline while residents voiced concerns about local impacts and cost. Further details were not available in the readable text.
A traveler recounts a dawn visit to Leukerbad hot springs where men and women in bath garments soak up to the chin for hours. The article describes the wooden sheds, high temperature, bridge with magazines and trays, social chatter, and evolving etiquette in the popular health baths.
Physicians describe twins sharing a single lower body with two heads and four arms. Each head has distinct senses and emotions while the upper bodies sometimes clash over movement and comfort. One head shows peevish crying over painful teeth, the other calls for Mama.
J B Detwiler announces the largest, most elegant carpet selection at 1313 Farnham street Omaha with low prices on Brussels and Ingrain carpets, tapestries, and mats. Also notes samples and lowest market prices on oil cloth and window shades. invites public inspection. A Michigan farmer reports cure with Buckton Arnica Salve, sold by druggists. Redding's Russia Salve kept on hand. Lion's Heel Stiffeners aid walking.
A. Cruickshank & Co importer and retailer announces one of the finest and largest stocks west of Chicago. Fifteen departments include silks, dress goods, linens, hosiery, parasols, fans, cottons, corsets, ribbons, muslin underwear, and millinery. Also Butterick patterns and Harris seamless kid gloves. Located at 15th and Douglas, Omaha, Neb.
Mrs P berates Mr P for neglect of their children and his belief one tongue suffices for a woman. He replies meekly with a sly wink Mrs P misses the humor as tension mounts in the family scene.
Official statistics show 3,464 registered female voters in Massachusetts in 1879 with 2,291 voting, and 4,566 registered in 1880 with 1,967 voting. The evident apathy among women to exercise the ballot, once obtained, is comparable to or greater than that of many men, suggesting limited engagement with suffrage gains.
A collection ofclaimed cures and tonics appears, touting Hop Bitters for headaches, Scovill's Sarsaparilla for blood purification, Baker's Pain Panacea, Dr Rogers Vegetable Worm Syrup, Rough on Rats, Weiss Health Renewer, Hare's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's Toothache Drops, Carter's Liver Bitters, and other patent medicines. The text frames these products as cures for nervous debility, malaria, indigestion, skin diseases, and various ailments, urging readers to consult druggists and use the remedies.
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