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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1883
Page
4
A lover recalls waiting for the postman as a beloved writes sweet lines and quotes poets. He studies each item in her message, from affectionate phrases to a playful margin frieze, ending with a personal sign off and the postscript inseparable from longing.
In a rainy day tale, Trotty longs for Uncle Fred and discovers him at last. A voyage by sea, a white boat, and a brave rescue bring Fred home to grandpapa and a joyful reunion with mamma and Miss Carlotta. Trotty is hailed as a little angel who mends a family rift.
Senator Blair questions Jay Gould on capital and labor as a large New York audience hears his life story from Roxbury Delaware County born May 27 1836 through early surveys tanning railroad ventures and Union Pacific to a vast 10000 mile system. He argues profits fell to widows and orphans while he built a nationwide network and critiques a government postal telegraph plan.
Helena report details the completion ceremony eight miles from Helena at Mullen pass with Gov. Villard General Grant and international guests. The last spike was driven by H. C. Davis after a day of speeches, music, and cannon salutes as thousands cheered the historic moment marking a milestone for the trans continental line.
Mr Gould argues stock value rests on earning power rather than water in the asset. He says government may not limit profits or seize private property without compensation, supports private mail and telegraph operation, and estimates Western Union earning power around seven percent. Investors hold about sixty million dollars in Western Union stock.
In Chicago Tribune style a Mrs Parvenu boasts of her new mansion with one piece carpets as visitors discuss her daughter who rarely goes out. The daughter tires easily, especially after age fifty, when calling requires stepping over cars in parlor seats, causing fatigue to her feet.
A lyrical meditation on marriage and longing from a bride’s morning of wedding day. The speaker contrasts destined joy with future hardship, imagining the temptations and tears of a wife’s ten-year journey, and appealing to the reader’s empathy for the unseen costs of married life.
A London Spectator essay argues manners shape reception. A cat entering a room shows how graceful self restraint invites warmth, while a clumsy, noisy display arouses indignation. The piece urges silent, considerate action as the only acceptable mode.
The text outlines treatments adapted to the root, prescribing mor phia, narden, and cochon for grief, bromide or potassium for nervous or arterial excitement if the patient isn’t anemic, small gram quantities of chloroform for pure nervousness, chloral hydrate for most cases without dyspepsia or heart disease, and tonics such as wine and bitters for the aged or debilitated.
A snapshot of Omaha markets shows No 2 wheat at 46Xc, No 2 barley 46Xc, rye 41Xc, corn 34Xc, oats 25Xc with flour at 223. Other items include butter, ham, pork, and sheep prices. Chicago and St. Louis quotes list grains, cattle, and hogs with varied per bushel and per barrel figures. a New York Tribune report notes a New York school of instruction in a cigar factory teaching Cuban Havana style rolls to German-origin boys.
A fragment list shows Japanese novelty goods for sale at low prices including hand painted crepe mats and gossamer napkins. It also mentions hotel accommodations in Omaha, streetcar transport to the Metropolitan Hotel, and promotional claims for various health tonics and hair regrowth products with testimonials and prices.
The ad claims medals bearing recipients names were sent to workers at Grant's horn in Chicago and extols Thomas Eclectric Oil as certain efficient and economical. It touts relief from aches sprains pains rheumatism neuralgia catarrh and cold symptoms and notes vast nationwide shipments and universal praise from buyers.
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