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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1893
Page
3
An old fashioned advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and dispels colds headaches and fevers. It claims health benefits without weakening organs and notes sales through druggists in 60c and 1 bottle sizes from the California Fig Syrup Co.
A Defiance Ohio resident, Sarah J. Cox, reports failing treatments for heart disease and rheumatism. After reading a neighbor's books she used Green's August Flower, claiming it made her stout, hearty, and healthy again.
A fragmentary poetic verse shows a childless woman reading a Riley verse and imagining a child. The reading woman experiences deep joy and sorrow as she envisions motherhood and loving arms. The brief piece conveys longing and imagined tenderness through a newspaper quotation.
A Jamaica to Brazil voyage aboard the brig Little Queen ends when ten Cayenne convicts seize the ship. Captain Rothsay dies, a second mate is wounded, and a bitter fight ensues before Brazilian gunboats intervene. The convicts plan to use the brig to reach the diamond district near Para.
A St. Louis Republic researcher lists extreme winters from 764 to 1831. Notable events include C a s e s of the Thames freezing for weeks, rivers iced to depths over seven feet, seas like the Adriatic and Baltic frozen, and polar cold in the United States with dozens of fatalities in January 1831.
A Boston man, never west of his home, arrives in Anaconda and learns that Johnson has moved on or died. A Detroit Free Press tale recounts his comic misreads and the grim local bravado toward strangers, noting a prior Boston visitor who vanished in similar fashion.
The piece lists Irish surnames transformed into English forms such as Crehan to Rehan and McGuf fin to Magoffin, noting many Anglicizations. It cites the English singer Braham as an example who dropped a letter and reveals his Hebrew origin as Abra haim.
A compact device designed to affix stamps to letters and circulars at extraordinary speed performs detaching dampening and fixing in a single revolution of a small wheel. It stamps from 4000 to 5000 letters per hour and records the number of letters processed.
Fragments on the tops of the Palisades near Fort Lee on the Hudson show ice flowed southward with a southeast reach. Bowlders likely from the Palisades appear along Long Island's western edge.
Ad seeks a wealthy couple or old gentleman to adopt a cultured, agreeable companion. Describes a lonely gentlewoman tired of adverse fate who desires a new life. Includes claims of suitability and personal qualities for companionship and trust.
A cryptic exchange from a Drake's Magazine item notes a pallbearer asking whose funeral passed by. The response cites John Leary and remarks on the deceased’s fine day, reflecting humor and social commentary in a fragmented historical snippet.
A long tale traces the Younger brothers from wartime guerrilla fame to a Colorado wagon train. A pistol quarrel with a muleteer ends when an exchange ends in a fatal shot. one Younger is killed and the elder falls to a bullet.
In Connecticut the Pequot tribe protests a new intrusion on their burial ground near North Stonington. Relic hunters have pursued trespassers, as desecration risks inflaming a descended Pequot community famed for guarding its sacred graves.
A New York Sun excerpt outlines the lengthy process to become a chef in France. It details initial instruction under a nominal instructor with a $500 fee, progression from vegetable cook to range work, sauces and soups, then pastry training, ending in full culinary competence.
A fragmentary note recounts Cologne’s Gothic cathedral begun in 1248 and opened on October 15 1880 in the presence of Emperor William. The piece highlights the building’s six century span and its grand stature among world cathedrals.
A St. Louis Republic summary recounts the Pliny tale of Epimenides the shepherd who slept 57 years in a Crete cavern after chasing missing sheep. Upon waking he found a changed world, becoming a famed epic poet and mystic philosopher who reportedly lived to 285.
A New York photographer, active last summer, uses warm sunny days to photograph well dressed children in town. He asks consent, groups them artistically, and records addresses. A week later he offers finished mounted pictures for sale to the parents, who often buy.
A man vows to cut his wife’s ears if she wears a hoopskirt when he returns with a silk hat. He finds her still wearing it and slices off her ears. The next day she wears it again and she taunts him for thinking hoopskirts hung from the ears.
The notice warns that dull pain under the right ribs signals possible liver disorder and warns of fatal abscess risk. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to regulate the liver, prevent congestion, ease bile flow, and relieve stomach distress and bowel symptoms.
The piece cites quick remarks on marriage from Murray Hill and a humorous anecdote about Maximilian, the Austro-Hungarian emperor, chatting with a banker on a train. It contrasts rapid courtship with longer acquaintance and ends noting the empress’s father and marriage details as told in Harper's Bazaar.
The text traces the name Ferdinand from Spanish sources to its spread in Europe and the Americas, noting forms like Fernando Fernan Ferdinando and Hernando. It then shifts to a sworn affidavit by Frank J. Cheney about a firm in Toledo promising one hundred dollars per cured case of catarrh with Hat's Catarrh Cure, dated December 6, 1886, and finally remarks that England has five admirals aged 90 and older and that gold coin loses 5 percent in value over sixteen years.
An oppossum in the Central park menagerie was found dead with its tail looped around its neck in its cage. Keeper McGuiness and Director Smith deem the death a suicide as the tail caught between the mesh while the body weighed down the loop. A wildcat in a neighboring den was also found dead, thought to have choked on a bone, and the bodies will be stuffed for the museum exhibit.
A dozen bright college girls in London started an educational club named the School of Fiction. Each member must write a monthly story, read at fortnightly meetings, and bind the works into a volume owned jointly by the members.
Sir Isaac Heard and George 1M discussed the royal horse ready for hunting. The king asked if he was a judge of horses and praised Perfection as a fitting name for the steed with the best character.
Antiquarians in Europe follow the sale of the Marquis de Negron collection of curiosities. The Spanish grandee sacrificed most of his income of 20000 dollars a year for thirty years to acquire books cameras old pieces watches and snuffboxes, filling several houses with his treasures.
A short reflection on temper as a double edged trait. The piece notes that restraint hides inner frustration beneath a smile in a mask and hints at the tension between outward calm and private emotion.
A humorous exchange noted in New York where a visitor offers poems on themes like the beautiful snow and the beautiful mud. The editor declines further snow poems but accepts the mud piece, illustrating a playful literary barter.
The tale reports Burton cannot love a woman unless she is strictly proper. His fiancée fits that standard, prompting a surprising turn. He even disguises himself as a manicure to hold her hand twice weekly.
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