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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1880
Page
3
A short verse extols doing good over merely saying well. It contrasts the value of action with talk, praising practical deeds as freeing, bold, and welcoming, while more cautious talk remains insufficient without deeds. The piece links diligence to faith and communal benefit.
From Harper's Young People a dramatic account recalls Hannah Dustin Mary Neff and Samuel Leonardson surviving an Indian raid on the Merrimack frontier. Dustin leads a daring escape, kills ten attackers, frees captives, and returns to safety with evidence of their ordeal.
Lord Marchmont, ally of Pope, lived to eighty six by strict self denial. He followed a rule never to mix wines and later confined himself to Burgundy. Doctors once forbade a wine stake yet he still drank a bottle daily for fifteen years. The piece laments others lack his pleasure and leisure.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that Tennyson, though not visually appealing, is a strong faced poet with bright eyes and rustic demeanor. His slovenly bearing and lack of social polish contrast with a remarkable fortune from literary earnings, estimated near one million dollars.
An Ohio publication urges rallying native voters for the presidential nominee, featuring testimonial endorsements from a druggist who claims Hamburg Drops relieve ailments and provide notable cures, urging trust in its efficacy.
A doctor describes lethargy disinclination to move and torpid liver as signs of illness while an aged father, slowed and cautious, disputes the doctor’s assessment. The piece also notes a Boston police memorandum about a remedy for sciatic pain and a Tallahassee ruralist who discovers papers cost money at a news stand.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup as a remedy for coughs colds and health defects claiming immediate relief and renewed vigor. It markets a universal cure without side effects and appeals to anxious patients seeking fast results.
A collage of household tips covers cleaning methods for stained floors and brushes, making imitation stained glass from silk paper, bunion care and nail whitening recipes, wood treatment formulas, and advertising notes. It also includes marketing pitches for health products and a booklet on deafness.
A chaotic extract describes French social life with stereotypes about gender roles in hotels, courting, and family, noting that women manage gentility while men perform labor. It touches on kissing, bowing, marriage consent, and outdated views, interspersed with unrelated product mentions and garbled phrases.
An old advertisement claims Daughters Wives and Mothers offers a cure for female weakness including falling of the womb irregular menstruation and inflammation. It advertises Howarth and Ballard of Ashton New York selling a bottle for 1.60 with pamphlets and physician testimonials.
The Saturday Review lauds Alyxandrine Time as a fearless young traveler who journeyed into Africa with resolve to illuminate cruelty. She was murdered near Fezzau in March 1869, at age 30, after a camel caravan dispute, with attendants slain and caravan wealth plundered.
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