24 Nov 1898
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
1
Community notes recount sales at Mrs Starakers in Osceola, a millinery reduction through December 10, and local business promotions. Social updates mention snowbound visits, new barber work, school staff travels, a Thanksgiving theme, and brief notices on residents, illnesses, and local publications.
A fragmentary grocery note shows corrected provisions by A O Monson including butter eggs and prices with figures such as 4 00 2.90 3.00 and 47h 22 214 37 3,00 4 00 2.90 3.00 and 124 15 Eggs 15.
The column mentions subscription payments to the Recorp, a Bog Medicine page by G. T. Ray & Co, and a 15 cent haircut and shave at Albert Ryan's. It notes a millinery sale by Mrs. Stalnakere, L. J. Vanhousen being a Lincoln passenger, Masons meeting next Saturday, Rebekahs meeting tomorrow with elections, Miss Bertha Mickey visiting Lincoln for Thanksgiving, and several men with frozen ears including Bill Stokes with a thawed ear.
Thanksgiving notice requests overdue subscriptions from Grant Stewart while local merchants promote watches at G T Rey and Co Mus STALNAKERS millinery reduced prices and farm loans at Osceola Bank. News of a snowstorm delays a passenger train and rail workers lose their tent home as reopening shifts volume. Subscriptions threaten legal action for those behind, and modern remedies and goods fill the issue.
The holidays near and shoppers have funds. Merchants aim to boost sales through Toe Recorp advertising campaigns this season.
Uncalled letters and postal cards at the Osceola Nebraska post office for the week ending November 17 1898 listed as Frank West Wm Carlson Gracie Darling W Frashee Henry H Campbell Postmaster. Advertised when called for.
A flannel dampened with Chamberlains Pain Balm bound to the chest side or back offers prompt relief for pains. The balm is advertised as a cure for rheumatism and for sale by AY.
The Record highlights its role as the best advertising medium in Polk County with several hundred subscribers. It notes its unique political alignment attracts Republicans who read no other Polk County paper, presenting valuable trade for advertisers. It asserts advertising pays.
The undersigned offer 43 heifers with calf and 39 yearling steers for sale to Nelson Bros in Osceola.
Hoarseness in a child signals impending croup. Giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the first hoarseness or after the cough appears can prevent the attack. Many mothers keep it on hand for its dependability and pleasant taste. For sale by G. T. Ray & Co.
J H Gregg of Dundee Kansas credits Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup with curing his daughter’s persistent croup since infancy. An advertisement praises Beggs German Salve for internal piles burns and skin diseases and urges buyers to seek Beggs for a speedy cure through D H Kunxen.
The turkey, despite an Oriental name, is native to America and the sole North American pheasant kin. It traces to Mexican wild stock found in Texas and Vera Cruz, with lingering confusion about England’s early introductions and the now-extinct eastern wild turkey. The Yucatan bird is its closest plumage to Asian pheasants. The domestic turkey has grown to sixteen to forty pounds and dominates the poultry yard, famed in Europe and praised by gourmets.
The notice touts Union Pacific as fastest to Salt Lake City Portland and California points. It promotes timetables and travel literature via agent R R Genag and urges Beggs Little Giant Pills for digestion and constipation with a local seller D H Kunzet.
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