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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1881
Page
4
Poem narrates a woman recalling romance before marriage and contrasts it with now. The speaker notes her husband supports family life while she imagines glamour and affection faded. She declares love after marriage is myth and hints at disillusion from past to present.
In the Wanderer’s Arctic voyage, Henry Belton asks Bessie Baker to marry aboard. Darkle, the second officer, murders him in a struggle over the promise, but Belton survives the wreck by drifting to safety. Belton finally reunites with Bessie as the ship’s crew bury Darkle and the pair wed a week later.
A family friend chats with a pupil at school about grades and class size. The boy proudly says he is next to the head and that there are two in his class: him and a little girl.
The 1880s Egyptology boom yields 30 royal mummies including Ramesses II and Thutmose III, with the tombs at Deir el Bahari revealing a new rock-cut gallery. Four papyri, notably Ramesside queen Rama-ka, appear in pristine condition. hundreds of statues and a remarkable leather tent of Pinotem dynasty are also documented.
Orville H. Grant, brother of General Grant, died recently at Morris Plains. Born in Clermont County Ohio, he moved to Galena with Grant & Sons leather tanners then to Chicago. After 1869 he partnered as Grant & McLean, later facing ruined ventures and a decline into heavy drinking and mental collapse.
The article traces early election practices from savage tribes to ancient civilizations. It notes leadership chosen by strength or luck, with examples from Sandinavia, ancient Germans, Hebrews, Homeric Greeks, Athenians, Romans, and medieval Spain. It points to show of hands, chairs on victory, and lot as methods shaping representative choice.
The article surveys historical marriage practices including ring use from Jewish origins, the east and western rites of kissing, and canonical roles in second marriages. It contrasts Eastern and Western rituals, notes the timing and place differences in Britain Ireland and America, and critiques wedding breakfasts and public toasts as burdens of Western ceremonies.
A boastful young man criticizing “conceited” peers at a party mistakenly points to a mirror, calling them prigs. His companion reveals the error, noting that what was seen was not a door to an adjoining room but a mirror reflecting the room.
In Nebraska a tiny stream named the Raw Hide flows into the Elkhorn and Platte rivers. A Wisconsin emigration party in 1849 pursued gold when a man named Rhines killed a Pawnee woman, was captured, skinning him alive by warriors, and died hours later. The stream bears the name from this brutal act.
The article traces artificial ice production from ancient Greece to modern methods, notes Tudor’s 1805 Boston start, and chronicles early shipments to the West Indies, Savannah and New Orleans. It highlights British support, gradual domestic adoption, and ice’s rise from luxury to year round staple, with northern and southern shifts in supply and demand.
Mildmay rarely punishes his children, deferring to his wife. Recently a young, defiant child challenged him with a sharp retort, saying you ain't the mother as he warned Flora of a potential whipping. The exchange captures a domestic moment of resolve and role-play within a family.
Upper Des Moines notes Hawkeye Insurance of Des Moines demonstrates prompt loss payment. The policy holder count reaches about 500 in Kossuth county. Calhoun county Journal credits its assets and net surplus, claiming it leads Iowa fire insurers as of 1881, with H. Hoxie and C. F. Calkins named as local agents.
A card from Algona Iowa dated August 10 1851 reports the Hawkeye Insurance Company Des Moines paid 455.20 to C S Corr for a dwelling and contents loss from a fire on the 28th of last month. The writer praises the company for fair prompt settlement to farmers in the county.
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