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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1879
Page
3
Reports indicate France faces tax deficiency affecting its beet sugar production. The shortfall ranges from 25 to 50 percent, impacting one of the nation’s key staples and prompting concern among producers and policymakers.
Oxp Moor the English almanac maker forecasts the death of Prince Bismarck in 1880 and the retirement of Lord Beaconsfield, alongside a revival of English prosperity.
Two Chicago men spent a week on an irregular western spree. They awoke in a hotel unsure of the city. Each guessed St Louis or Cincinnati for a $100 bet, but the bellboy revealed they were in Milwaukee.
The Government is building a series of towers between Lake Michigan and the Gulf of Mexico to survey the Mississippi river and its tributaries and determine the true water course from the lakes to the gulf. One hundred seventy five thousand dollars was appropriated by the last Congress for this purpose.
The Post Office Department ran deficits of 3 million dollars last fiscal year and 5 million dollars the year before, suggesting a move toward a 2 cent postage rate. The system should be self supporting, but when receipts nearly match expenses, lower rates benefit the community as a public educator.
The sinking disaster prompts Germany to halt heavy ironclad construction. The navy shifts to small vessels with high power engines and a single rotating cannon capable of piercing cuirasses at three miles. The new design aims to defend harbors and escort landings of an opposing force.
Two hunters near Cobble mountain in Cobble region of North Adams Massachusetts encountered a large creature described as half man and half animal. After a possible arm wound from a rifle shot it uttered a roar, then charged the hunters. The startled men fled, pursuing for over a mile before the creature vanished.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company, familiar in Congress for mail subsidies, has built Iron fleet costing about 9.5 million dollars over seven years. Two vessels sail San Francisco to Australia with 29,000 dollar Australian subsidy per round trip, and two run Panama to San Francisco. The fleet totals sixteen iron screw steamers and four wooden side-wheel boats.
Fresnica and Italian journalists recover from the Austro-German alliance news and discuss it with openness. A Paris paper argues Salisbury’s peace hopes may yield dangerous complications and wars. Italian politicians urge a Latin Slavonic bloc as a counterweight to the Bismarck Andrassy partnership, risking a wider European clash.
Dr FiscHER of the imperial German post office releases a pamphlet detailing comparative postal and telegraph statistics. It reports the worldwide letter post volumes for 1873 and highlights trends in international communication.
The text notes dramatic rise in global postal activity from 1872 to 1878, with Japan expanding post offices from 1 179 to 8 649 and 47 million articles processed in 1878 including 25 million letters and 10 million post cards. It cites early adoption of post cards since 1865 and telegraphic dispatches reaching about 130 million worldwide in 1877.
A village once thriving on 1,700 acres near Everton collapsed after the estate changed hands. Tenants were evicted, rents rose, and new managers failed to sustain farming, leaving seven farmhouses empty while bailiffs and laborers occupy others. Landlords lost £3,000 annually for four years.
A narrative recounts toads found in living trees and buried within wood and clay. Examples include a tree blown down at Wenham Manor revealing a large toad, a French academy note of a toad in an elm heart, a Nantes oak with a toad in the heartwood, and a Shropshire find six feet underground in clay.
The Bee reports a State fish warden Mr Redding observed fourteen brook trout hatch from a pond at Mount Shasta and swim through a long spout to a deep glen then leap safely into the Sacramento River. He notes the fish chose the exact spot to jump, avoiding deadly drops.
A modest gravestone in Vin Cennes Cemetery bears the simple inscription stating that the deceased’s neighbor played the cornet, suggesting a musical tribute rather than a conventional epitaph.
A child named Johnny tumbles after a playful scene with a cat and dog. The tale urges a brave, cheerful recovery, insisting the world is full of trouble yet praising resilience and a smiling face to brighten the household.
A tale contrasts Pinkie, messy and scolded by Aunt Ziph, with Plum who keeps a neat room across the way. A dream story follows Eva learning that kindness conquers Bad Temper, not force, ending with a moral about soft words.
Willie a bright blue eyed boy shows a dreadful temper as he strikes his sister Eva for remonstrating with cruelty. Eva, crying, seeks refuge in a summer-house while Father Dromio narrates a tale following the incident.
An anecdote recounts Edwin Forrest defending two young women on a New York to Newark train. A rude man seated behind them insulted the ladies. Forrest demanded the seat be vacated, warning the offender he would act if necessary. The bully backed down, leaving the car as the officers and ladies were spared further disturbance.
Lady Spencer describes lively charades at Devonshire House where her daughter outdid Garrick in a blockhead round. Fox assays a self themed charade with idol as answer. The Duchess jokes on emblems during dessert while noting easy harvest of taxes this season.
The funeral oration to the people of Chicago recounts Zachariah Chandler's farewell at McCormick Hall amid large crowds. It lauds Republican victory, condemns Confederate rebels, and defends the party’s role in saving the nation.
A speaker defends the Republic party and federal government, arguing Georgia’s flag and Union salute symbolize national strength. He insists the Republican mission has begun and will endure, urging freedom to travel from Canada to the Gulf with safety for Black Republicans. He contrasts rebel-era fears with current nationwide tolerance and political resolve.
The late Senator Chandler decries the Ohio idea to pay bonded debt with promises to pay nothing and denounces silver coinage plans as a Democratic lure. He credits the veto and laments rebel claims while recalling Appomattox and urging loyalty to the Union ahead of 1880 elections.
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