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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1881
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR reveals a post office notice with lines about arrivals and departures. It mentions times like 6:45 and mentions May and a monthly sequence, though many words are garbled. The readable items indicate procedural notices without clear names or locations.
Local column recounts town happenings including business ads, court house funding debate, rail service improvements, religious meetings, and county notices. Mentions Owen Wilson groceries, Matthews and Thompson ads, Gierbart barn collapse, Stromsburg court house offer, and Osceola Sportsman's Club tournament win by J M Woops.
A pocket book containing $3 and several receipts was found on Sunday along the road between Silver Creek and Osceola. A liberal reward is offered upon return to R. Curren, Sec. 14 T. 15, R. 2.
Subscribers are notified that after purchasing the Osceola Rec ORD all accounts accruing from January 1, 1881 become payable to the present publisher under the arrangement with former publishers. All other subscription accounts should be paid to H. C. Bittenbender.
A Polk County woman received a divorce in the present term and remarried within an hour to another man. The editor notes the rapid sequence as a novel, brisk version of matches once popular among earlier generations.
On June 27 at 10 a m at my residence 4 miles south of Jackson Station Polk County I will sell 15 head of milking cows 45 head of steers and heifers from 2 years old to spring calves Also one three year old horse colt one two year old mare colt and three yearling mares Terms Time until December 1 on good notes with approved security Cash paid at 10 percent off Seller Frep Strick 36-4t
In a small town the chatter centers on hats and fashion as residents reveal what they prefer to hide. The piece notes that neighbors avoid admitting spring hat trends are recycled from last year and adorned with fresh silk.
At a G A R meeting in Osceola a committee was named for Memorial Day with J B Mitchell H J Bonner James Joy L A Beltéer J H Mickey and L J Blowers. The program calls for 2:30 p m church and civic gatherings followed by a parade to the cemetery and an oration, with services at the Congregational church on Sunday the 29th.
A choice eighty acre farm with good buildings well watered a fine grove and orchard lies four miles west of Stromsburg. Heap Huffman offers the property as listed in the advertisement.
Card notes a Shelby Nebraska dealer offering to buy sell or exchange horses at bargains. Through an arrangement with an eastern party he can discount notes at a very low percentage and invites buyers to secure a bargain. Jack Everett Shelby Neb.
A rural update notes a late spring, variable corn planting, and bustling activity with little idle ground. A caravan seen west of R. R. Summers. a wheeled vehicle stuck in a marsh, then freed. The rear of the caravan carried a mule drawn contraption with W. F. Kimmel’s head peeking out, revealing W. J. Kimmel en route to Colorado. May success attend his move.
Rev Sabin Shore died at Stanton Nebraska on Sunday March 27 1881 at age twenty eight. He studied at the Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1879 80 and served Stanton Mission L B church from April 1880. He was loved for uprightness and zeal and died after a six day brain fever while preaching devotion to religion. He leaves a mother and three sisters and his last words and hymns praise salvation and heavenly rest. Mano F Uxprrwoop
The ad proclaims Brown's Pepsin Taste as a certain relief and cure for indigestion. It cites testimonials from F A Schouler and declares sales through J H Abbott and F 2 Schouler in Osceola, promising health and sweet breath with use.
Advertisement for Brown's Vegetable Liver Pills asserts they prevent and cure biliousness. Sold by J. H. Abbott and I. R. Schouler in Osceola.
J. G. Starkey, a respected Iowa City citizen, reports long standing indigestion and liver issues cured by Shiloh's Vitalizer after trying many remedies. He calls it the best remedy he has known. Price 74 cents. Sold by 7:38 to see.
An advertisement asserts Mrs A B Kinyons Hair Restorative is a vegetable remedy curing baldness by acting on hair roots. It presents testimonials from J M Kinyon Geo W Kinyon H Miles M D and others claiming restored hair growth and health.
The undersigned demand all stock holders at large violate law to enclose or lash the stock to avoid damages. Names listed include Oliver Gunnell Jas Matthews Sam W Gushee H A Scott and others. John H Abbot advertises Pi so s Cure for Consumption offering refunds if it fails, priced 25c and 1.00. 20 Ly.
Property description outlines the southeast quarter of section 33 in township 16 north, range 1 west, offered at a bargain. Prospective buyers are directed to Bittenbender and VanWinter in Osceola Nebraska for particulars. Auction tag 31 tf.
A blunt advertisement touts Brown's Blackberry and Ginger as the most successful remedy for diarrhoea dysentery and cholera morbus in the South and West. Sold by J. H. Abbott and F. R.
The commissioners appointed to locate a road report in favor of establishing the route from quarter section corner on the south line of section 12 to cross sections 7 and 20 with detailed bearings and distances. All objections or claims for damages must be filed with the County Clerk by noon July 25, 1881, or the road will be established without reference thereto. I. F. Brutey County Clerk. Dated May 25, 1881.
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