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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1879
Page
6
BY Ut. K. LONG. The poem laments autumn's pallor and approaching winter while recalling acts of kindness and questioning if those who cared for others will continue their good deeds in a future spring. Appleton, Ohio.
Harvey Foster hides a scheme against his rival Fred Holt who loves Maud Chester. A forged anonymous letter claims Holt and Maud are married, prompting Maud to test the charge while Fred and his uncle Rutherford uncover the truth. Josie Olmstead’s secret marriage to Holt is revealed, and the mistaken belief ends with Josie and Fred’s impending union.
The article compares land use in Illinois and Norway Sweden birth rates and gender ratios, tracks railway elevations worldwide, lists major lines and tunnels, notes 185000 miles of world rail by 1878 with US share, and cites France and Great Britain rail stats including speeds and earnings.
The two top taxpayers in Providence Rhode Island are women. Mrs Jalizabeth Gambell pays tax on property assessed at 997200 dollars and Caroline Goddard on property valued at 784400 dollars.
An excerpt from Henry J. Raymond notebook notes Daniel Webster in early 1848. Webster discusses Washington, Rhode Island case, his planned philosophical history of Washington, views on Tyler Clay Adams Jackson Van Buren and the war, and reflects on public liberty and leadership with measured dignity.
The article surveys ancient Egyptian storytelling gathered by Herodotus and Strabo, noting how myths like Cinderella arise from Rhodopis and the Queen Nitocris link. It highlights the well preserved Tale of the Two Brothers and a fragmentary Doomed Prince, praising Egypt’s rich imaginative tradition despite papyrus mutilations.
In Vienna's Exhibition Building Blondin traverses a rope across the dome without a net and without a balancing bar. He walks blindfolded with a guard named Mr Thompson betting £10000 he will fall before Blondin reaches age sixty, a bet tied to his nearing 55.
A reflective poem where the speaker sits with conscience in a solitary place. It explores past actions, fear of judgment, and a dream warning of future consequences, ultimately affirming that facing one’s own conscience is enough. The narrator hopes to remember this lesson as time ceases.
A collage of short gags and cartoons on everyday life. Jests about boots and hats, spelling mishaps, a mule of a joke about knowledge versus mosquitoes, political jabs at Congress, and a barber miscue about a tooth. Light satire and playful puns fill the column.
A countryman on a ferry boat refused a light from a gentleman who offered a lit cigar. The Hoosier spat and tossed it aside saying I don’t smoke batts, I chaw my cigars. The exchange ends with the quarrel over the smoke.
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