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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1883
Page
1
A Hebron report details three deaths in rapid succession within twenty four hours as families mourn and residents recount the sorrowful toll. The piece notes widespread grief and memories of departures across the river amid the town’s anxious mood.
A series of 1904 era items outlines arrests and trials including Frank Loring linked to Fleming and Merriam in a mail swindle, A F Blundel fleeing with company funds, and a murder confession in Oxford Indiana. It notes court martial actions against Lieut Robertson, U S Supreme Court civil rights rulings, Sherman staff picks, and post office personnel changes. It also covers Central Pacific settlement, treasury silver purchases, and pensioner totals.
Report outlines a Roslea meeting with Healy Sulivan and Biggar MPs, police blocking Orangemen and Parnellites, Moody and Sankey in Cork with a mob dispersal. Also notes Portugal unrest in Valeria Dominico, a quake in Asia Minor, sultan’s banquet for Lady Dufferin, Nihilist Red Cross trial, cholera in Egypt, a mine disaster in England, and Pryor commenting on O Donnell Carey case with trial slated for mid November.
The Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Nebraska met in Omaha on the 17th and elected officers including Grand Patriarch L. G. Johns of Seward and Grand Marshal G. A. Walters of Beatrice. Over 106 lodges and more than 150 representatives attended. The next grand lodge will meet in Nebraska City.
October 17 official returns from counties show Sherman Republican leading Kinne Democrat for governor by 25 127 votes. Legislature composition remains unchanged.
An odd mix of medicinal quackery for kidney ailments paired with a fashion blurb about Lightcloth Newmarket coats. A stray social remark from Johnson closes the trimmed item, noting a man’s restraint in speech and conduct.
A terse fragment from Emerson expresses love, time, and renewal. The speaker recalls past passion fading, then finds continued warmth and nobility through a friend whose presence lights the world, guiding the heart from despair to elevated life through friendship.
A tour of Cordova's Great Mosque describes its 786 start by Abdu r rahma I and later expansion, the sea of monolithic columns from Africa and Europe, and the mosque’s architectural grandeur. The narrative notes the mingling of Christian and Muslim worship, the luxurious interior, and the ruin caused by later Christian alterations, with vivid images of Moorish arches and mosaics.
A Philadelphia Times clipping recalls Capt Lish Flicker famed for fighting a blackfish near Booth Bay Maine. He recounts unsentimental combat with a sea creature and a humorous note on tasting whale milk, amid rugged seafaring anecdotes.
The piece notes the Overland Monthly plagiarized material from Bret Harte and Lowell with swift discovery. It contrasts with a second feature on Negro preachers, detailing the two classes the educated and uneducated, their methods, and the discipline exercised within their communities.
Oakland Nebraska faced a major fire in the early hours with 200 to 300 residents assisting to save property. Losses were spread across A. E. Wells & Co. and F. Stoltz buildings, A. I. & H. Friend store, and other firms with varying insurance. The origin remains unknown and only light rain prevented total ruin.
In Detroit a former justice of the peace was amused by a wager involving a horse. He rode into a muddy ditch, cried court in session, and fined a dozen onlookers three dollars each for contempt. The joke endured as the tale of a magistrate fined for merriment.
Detroit Free Press article recounts Brother Gardner delivering a speech on the working man. He defines the workingman as workers in trades who earn wages determined by supply demand and profits, condemns false pride and excessive consumption, and argues many seek status beyond income.
In Walterboro Col A L Campbell cites a family member's good results with Brown's Iron Bitters. He questions savage avarice and defends health spending as wise, urging support for the Potengi war aid in the Boston Star.
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