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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1883
Page
4
Samuel V. Cole in The Critic describes a speaker recalling a mysterious man whose skill uncovers riches and beauty. The passage contrasts missed recognition with admiration as treasures appear unexpectedly at the narrator’s feet.
A German sentry at a powder magazine endures a heavy snowstorm. A woman, Katie, speaks with Fritz the guard, pleading to marry and start a life together once his service ends. They discuss care for a child, past separations, and plans to settle in Silesia on a farm once free.
A frostbound couple seeks warmth in a snowed magazine as Fritz guards with a woman in his arms. The relief guard arrives too late and finds them dead, their shared kiss of bliss chillingly concluded by fate.
Washington sees a booming livery scene with season hires by congressmen and monogrammed carriages. Notables such as Arthur Beal Blaine and Corcoran are praised for grand stables while riding and horseflesh fashion flourish. later the urban season shifts to mountain tops and sea breezes as workhorses replace show horses.
Harper's outlines a theory that surface waters descend through granite to about 8000 feet, absorbing minerals and heat. Upon returning via mineralized channels, they emerge as hot springs. The Sprudel is hottest, reaching the surface via the shortest channel.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses the contrast between passive and active voice, focusing on emphasis and clarity in expression. It mentions Romanian examples and the concept of concentration in tone, with unclear attribution.
The verse ponders looking at a starry sky beyond mortal finitude. It contrasts cold dead suns and lifeless orbs with the living, dreaming earth. The sky is called an unfathomed gloom, a sepulchre of stars, where death waits behind bars.
The article argues favorable season, explains thinning improves fruit size, flavor, and market value. Overcrowded trees waste sap, reducing quality. selective removal concentrates nutrients, raising price per quart or fruit sold by weight. Proper care, pruning, and controlling shoots and runners maximize vitality and profit.
A discussion on improving coffee taste through sealing spouts to retain aroma. An eminent chemist favors a mix of three quarters boiled coffee with one quarter infusion for stronger flavor. Tips include wetting grounds with sugar syrup and storing roasted coffee airtight to prevent flavor loss.
Melt one quart of morning milk with two ounces of butter and a large teaspoonful of flour freed from lamps plus the yolks of three eggs beaten light. Beat ingredients together for several minutes then strain the cream through a fine hair sieve. When wanted beat it constantly with brisk movement.
The text urges collecting scattered bones and burying them near fruit trees or grape vines. It contrasts the bones with the living, claiming half the nation’s worthless property if buried would be more useful than their bodies above ground.
At a late meeting of the Western New York Farmers Club a member stated he had found stock do well on corn ground with the cob. He noted there may not be nutriment in cobs but there is a disposition to eat cobs in some conditions.
The article discusses cob feed for animals, noting that while cobs have little nutritious matter, they may still aid digestion. Millers find cobs too coarse for some animals, but chemists’ findings don’t fully condemn them. Indigestible components and woody fibre can stimulate digestion, and conclusive results require careful feeding trials.
Growers warn that early new potatoes often arrive damaged due to sun scald during harvest. Pithering early and late in the day helps. pack dry and ventilated to prevent rot. Even small or green tubers survive if not sun burned, though too young may wilt.
A Fruit Record correspondent notes cabbage planted among corn escapes worm damage since cabbage worms avoid fields bordered by corn. Planting cabbage in such surroundings disturbs plant flies, shielding crops from infestation.
Before filling up vacant spots in the orchard with young trees it is best to think whether the full grown trees now standing will not, with very good manuring, bring more fruit than a larger number would. Most of our orchards were planted too closely, and the tree roots interlace so as to rob each other of fertility.
The high chair for the baby is often too large at first and can be made more comfortable with a padded cover for the seat and back. For a younger infant the cushion should be thicker, while a chair sized for a five year old may fit a very young baby with proper padding.
A method uses chopped cold meat with raisins nutmeg salt lemon juice and one egg plus sugar and cloves. The batter mixes three eggs one pint milk and two teacups Hour to thin. Fry in lard place chopped meat center and fold batter over to finish.
The excerpt offers practical tips on pest control using chloride of lime, cooking methods like oatmeal with milk, and home decor trends such as wooden nailed curtain rods. It also notes stain restoration with ammonia and chloroform, and a kitchen tip to enrich bean soup with ham slices boiled in beef stock.
Paymaster Wasson of the army, a once celebrated young officer who co starred with Fred Grant and aided Japanese officers, is charged with long running theft from the Government. After West Point and a rapid rise, he faced disgrace when accused of gambling and pilfering during a Texas posting.
The article notes Scandinavians assimilate, avoid schooling demands, attend night schools for English, and use Bee language in churches. Swedes Danes Norwegians stay united to one country, with no separate American identities like Irish or German Americans. It mentions census questions and ends with fragmented jokes about St Jacob’s Oil and racing.
An analysis argues Jews in France, England, and the United States have not shown extraordinary preeminence in wealth creation. It discusses figures like Neckes, Gideon, Richardo, and Astor, noting faith changes, social mobility, and limited top fortunes among Jews, with Astor as a notable exception.
The column lists grain, flour, dairy, fruit, meat, and livestock prices in Omaha and Chicago with per bushel and per ton figures. It also includes ad-like items promoting remedies and tonics, noting several patent medicines and health products with brief claims and prices.
The excerpt touts the Grand Union Hotel offering 400 rooms at $1 with central depot access and transfer perks. It urges readers to verify the asset’s truth by staying at the Grand Union and notes convenience for visitors, while mixing in assorted ads and health remedies of the era such as Brown's Iron Bitters and Arnica Salve.
An old clipping extols Hop Bitters with advertisements and testimonials. It mocks article openings turning into ads and notes the medicine’s popularity in papers and among proprietors who claim cures for lingering illnesses.
A bereaved pair recount eleven years of their daughter's suffering from kidney liver rheumatic and nervous troubles. They sought many physicians and remedies, but relief came only when they used Hop Bitters, which restored her health after years of neglect.
A Utica, New York woman reports her family sees great relief as her husband recovers from a long illness after using Hop Bitters. She says her daughters note the flow is better and the father is getting well.
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