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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1883
Page
1
Correspondent recalls a quiet Boston scene where G A R veterans gather around a flower mound for an unreturned soldier. A widow and daughter sing The Faded Coat of Blue as ministers, mourners, and a soft band lull the crowd. The moment ends with somber dignity and a rider riding away.
Erie Dispatch reports five year old Morris Castle has never attended school or been taught at home yet excels at arithmetic. He can count from 100 to 1 faster than an adult, answers complex problems, and lists precise facts such as feet in a mile and conversions, astonishing observers and his father who offered problems matching the boy’s skill.
Dr Kaiser describes a nickel plating method using a boiling bath of tin tartar and water heated to boiling. A small amount of red hot nickel oxide is added to dissolve and color the liquid green before immersing articles to deposit a coating of nearly pure nickel. Cobalt added later gives a light bluish tint and a brilliant polish once finished.
The fragment presents a quoted musing attributed to Hume on human praise and self opinion. It contrasts loving what is great with the pain of failing to reach it and notes praise alone is unsatisfying without personal alignment to one’s own views. It mentions those not wanted in another world.
Widespread items report wheat yields near 790 to 035 bushels per acre in eastern Phelps County. A fatal accident at Fred Eberhardt’s household occurs during drive time. Liberty to have an elevator, a grain buyer, and a roller skating rink opens in Wymore. Gates College at Neligh expects about a hundred students. Numerous brief notes on marriages, deaths, burglaries, weather, and local progress across O’Neill, Inman, Blair, and surrounding towns.
The anti monopoly convention convened in Grand Island at 10 o'clock with 95 delegates from less than half the counties. J C Burroughs elected permanent chairman and J J Armstrong permanent secretary. J W Savage of Omaha named supreme judge, university regents David Butler J H Ames and J H Merritt. Burroughs chairs state central committee. Resolutions push railroad and corporate control by law, lower freight and passenger charges, postal telegraph support, railroad land taxation, and revenue tariff.
The two week Gallatin Missouri trial of Frank James ended Thursday with a not guilty verdict. The jurors accepted the alibi defense and cleared James of all charges.
A man boarded a train at Ogden late Sunday night and relieved eight passengers and two trainmen of watches and money. Other notes include criminals hanged in Florence Arizona, a Mendota man shooting his wife, and various local crimes and international dispatches.
A Utah Commission official defense protests against press charges and asserts enforcement of the anti polygamy voting and eligibility law. The letter claims about 12,000 polygamists barred from polls and 800 officers denied eligibility, with multiple lawsuits from Mormons over alleged overreach. It urges prompt presidential attention to the matter.
Owenton Kentucky physician Dr. I F Mundy states Brown's Iron Bitters is among the best tonics and is frequently prescribed, underscoring its reputed health benefits.
A reflective line notes that true essence shines brightest when unseen by people, its glow only appreciated by the divine. It emphasizes unseen virtue under silent scrutiny and the humility of hidden excellence.
In Bismarck on September 5 a large cortege and 3000 spectators gathered for the cornerstone laying of Dakota’s capitol. Governor Ordway welcomed Villard and Jay Cooke, who joined in the ceremony with remarks from Baron Wisendecker, Hon. Wm. Evarts, Gen. Grant, Carl Schurz, Carter Harrison and Secretary Teller. Sitting Bull spoke through an interpreter before Villard closed. The ceremony ended as attendees deposited cards into the cornerstone box.
Minneapolis celebrated as President Villard and guests planned to witness the Northern Pacific golden spike ceremony. The city decorated principal thoroughfares with mottoes and emblems while a miniature train spanned a bridge over the Missouri River at Bismarck and a model of multilevel Minnehaha Falls decorated the block between the First National Bank and Johnson Block.
President Arthur spent a forenoon in his Chicago hotel then appeared on the trading floor of the chamber of commerce before about four thousand on the floor and in the galleries. He spoke of prosperity and greeted business men as Secretary Lincoln noted Chicago’s central role. crowds swelled through receptions at Union League Calumet and Grand Pacific clubs. Up to ten thousand passed before him. Lincoln planned to join family in Mt Pleasant Iowa tomorrow.
A Post-Express reporter glimpsed the Rochester Electric Light Company works where five generators drive lights by water power. Superint endent Redmond warns that proximity to the machines can ruin timepieces as magnetism disrupts balance wheels and hairsprings. A watchmaker cites magnetism as a major danger and recalls a costly chronometer ruined by exposure, with one restored after three months of demagnetization.
A Beatrice ranchman plans a lavish surprise for his 10 year old daughter by commissioning Mrs. Harry Watkin to dress a doll nearly as large as the child. The wardrobe includes wedding and reception dresses, a tea gown, a Mother Hubbard wrapper, lingerie, boots, gloves, hats, and more. The total value approaches $500, with outfits in satin, silk, lace, and velvet, described in meticulous detail. The piece notes the extravagant display could spark widespread social upheaval in Nebraska nurseries.
A Philadelphia Bulletin line notes a clever couplet about courtship and rapid marriage. It recounts a gallant railroad engineer meeting a girl in the morning, courting her all day, and marrying her that evening as a playful comparison to a locomotive spark.
The quote praises steadfast modesty over grand virtue and warns that tempering power with poverty and love guards a person. It notes that intemperance in arms leads to many life failures observed in daily experience.
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