This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1880
Page
6
Fragmentary verse by Paul M Russell contemplates mortal dreams and the peril of striving for greatness. Lines evoke fragile castles of imagination and the fleeting nature of memory as night approaches.
Two girls Nan and Jessie abandon city comfort to live deliberately at Walden Cottage near Clearbrook. They recreate Thoreau style with a gypsy fire, simple meals, and improvised furnishings, aided by cousins Fred and Archer. News of love and a sudden double wedding ends their rustic idyll.
Wendell Phillips argues ancients achieved perfection in arts lost today. He notes steam power and machinery leave modern builders puzzled by Egyptian pyramids Baalbec temple ruins and massive stones. A Baal temple column quarry stonework provokes awe at former ages genius.
Mr. Fawcett unveils a scheme allowing a saving child to use an official strip of paper to hold twelve stamps. A penny saved at a time fills the strip, then the child can redeem it at the post office for a savings bank receipt of 1s. minimum deposit. The idea could be adapted locally to encourage poor families to save through the Postoffice Savings Bank.
A jumble of aphorisms on wisdom, ambition, manners, and virtue. It explores restraint, public duty, pride, and character with lines about patience, repetition of phrases, and the perils of vanity. The text emphasizes self-control, honest conduct, and the limits of intellect without clear narrative.
A discussion on pepper and salt as flavor enhancers, noting pepper for taste and salt for smoothness and chemical action in starches. It cites examples like boiled rice and corn to explain how seasoning affects palatability and overall flavor perception.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.