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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1880
Page
8
Rural Notes urges careful soil preparation and grain selection to improve yields. It argues rolling to compact soil, sowing only large high quality grains, and avoiding careless sowing will prevent subpar harvests and protect future wheat suitability.
The article notes statewide topics including York Seminary under construction and a forthcoming Plattsmouth bridge enabling through rail to Chicago. It mentions the State University opening with many students, a suicide case in Seward county, rising City’s new paper, and the Plattsmouth Herald backing the state ticket. Also covered are Nebraska Field Trial Club’s first meeting, a Central City reunion, and Indiana editors touring Nebraska without Indian conflicts.
The Mississippi Valley Horticultural society opened a major exhibition at the chambers of commerce hall in St Louis. Displays include an Egyptian obelisk shaped from apples and about ten thousand apples, 5 000 plates of apples, 1 600 plates of pears, and 1 000 plates of other fruits. Tomorrow cut flowers will be added and prominent horticulturists will exhibit.
Nebraska gardeners report that shallow planting near last year’s sod yields large healthy potatoes. They advise covering with straw or light rubbish to reduce evaporation and keep loose soil. Readers’ experiences on seed selection cutting eyes and single or multiple eyes are requested.
The Nebraska Republicans pledge unwavering support to Chicago nominees, defend national sovereignty and home rule, condemn Democratic polls seizure in Alabama, warn against a “solid south,” praise population and wealth growth, urge anti monopoly railroad reforms, invite cross party aid, and back Garfield’s Missouri River improvement for barge navigation.
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