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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1880
Page
3
A mosaic of quips and anecdotes from 19th century columns noting social foibles. Reflections on manners, a fatal jump for love, gossip about baths and bar life, and sketches of public figures including Rochefort's aging appearance.
A blue grass county Kentucky court tale features Gen H defending a horse thief while a witness swore to knowing the horse as well as Gen H. The witness cannot explain how, but asserts familiarity. The judge uses light courtroom drama and a flourish of “Tf your Honors please” amid a Superior Court scene.
A brief, quirkily phrased item notes something named Harper's Drawer in Connecticut. The snippet hints at a unique feature or collection connected to the state, inviting curiosity about its origin and context.
Two Glasgow men returning from Belfast by train through Stranraer were joined by a violent stranger in Ayr. He seized a revolver, threatened them, and attempted to wrest control of the weapon. The pair handed the gun to a guard and moved to another carriage after a threatening encounter.
In a remarkable pursuit near Americus, Bradford sighted a horned snake that chased him after latching its tail around its horn. He fled through trees, then encountered a coiled moccasin. He jumped fourteen feet over the reptile and killed the moccasin with a pole, but the horned serpent vanished.
The piece surveys historical beliefs and superstitions about thunder and lightning from Thracian arrows to church bells and home remedies like the houseleek and bay leaf. It notes the scientific quest to explain storms from Franklin’s kite experiment to later electric research, while stressing that lightning poses real risk, yet dangers from invention persist. It also briefly lists unrelated notices and a few factual items from Cleveland, including a rheumatism cure claim and the Tichborne trial verdict.
An early report describes a counterfeit coin that withstood tests of color weight and size. A novel electricity based detector could instantly reveal such fakes by sensing current imbalances between two identical coins and destroy a suspect coin prompting a alarm. The device could aid banks and mints in testing coins. Also included is a vignette from a boarding house where a venerable guest is asked for a blessing and an endorsement for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup.
A satirical verse beseeches fortune to bless a stylish woman while shielding her from poverty and reformers. It implores wealth, cosmetics, furs, and jewelry to be guarded and elevated, mocks flirtation, and asks protection for beloved pets as part of a flamboyant vanity scene.
A Pottsville reader recalls sixteen years of dyspepsia and costly remedies before Hamburg Drops brought relief. The witness testifies to rapid improvement after trying the product, now endorsing it. The article ends with a courtroom remark about a prisoner’s smooth countenance and the sheriff’s description of his ironed state.
In a letter to H R Stevens, David Clark reports long struggle with erysipelas humor across ears limbs and body. He says VEGETINE started a year ago last August and relieved him, claiming he is now free of hunger and considers the medicine a priceless blessing to others.
A physician from Newmarket writes that VEGETINE has done more good than medical treatment. He cites a delicate seventeen year old girl who improved significantly, asserting the remedy pleased her parents and provided greater benefit than prior therapies. He signs J Bentley MD.
A letter from TonoriTo Ontario dated March 1890 praises VEGETINE as a blood purifier and a remedy for liver sluggishness. The writer notes quick sales and strong customer endorsement for the medicine.
The article surveys earth eating as a diet in some barbarous or semi civilised tribes, noting hunger driven earth intake in Japan and elsewhere. It cites G G Love's analysis of Yezo Ainos earth soup mixed with lily roots, describing the earth as a clay rich in silica with little organic matter.
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