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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1893
Page
3
A Wilmington region tale describes a young woman finding a gem near Warren line, sending it to New York where a captain confirms its value and origins. The rough rock is refined, and a daughter named Ells becomes owner of a ring made from the gem found near the old county lifas.
The article cites the Gulf Stream current in the Yucatan channel, noting a width of ninety miles and depths, with surface appearance suggesting a sheet. It mentions a teething remedy for children and includes claims about salt use and health benefits from mineral salts.
The text paints a dreamlike tableau in Semiramis gardens with moonlight and forgotten loves. It evokes Egypt and the lotus, a somber mood, and a burial by a silent pyramid as a woman lies on Milocris' breast.
Dorothy's understudy Katherine grows from neglected foundling to a trusted partner of Barry Markham in the Fauntleroy company. Marks of hardship fade as a bond deepens, culminating in Markham revealing Katherine is his daughter after saving her from an abusive manager. The moment crowns them as a genuine stage family.
A comic exchange shows a fortune teller predicting a man will die before 40 and marry at 35 with fifteen children. The teacaddy challenges the prophecy, prompting a garbled reply about marrying a show with thirteen—an awkward botched correction that undercuts the reading.
A fragment shows exchanges about travel to Chicago and Georgia with bragging lines about a cook shop in a wooden, ten cent flyin district. The dialogue hints at local slang and a boastful “Bill Jones” figure as a big boss in a Georgia setting.
A discussion of American words and phrases in contrast with English usage. The piece cites terms like chewing gum and keyless watch, notes how Wordsworth and Chaucer influenced usage, and mentions slang adoption in both the U S and Britain while debating regional terms and meanings.
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Alfred Page once famed as New England’s top bear hunter died at Wentworth New Hampshire aged 60 from natural causes after a long career of tracking and trapping dangerous game. His exploits included a dramatic Carr’s Mountain bear encounter where he and his dog battled a bruin in a brookside trap chase.
A stranger asks a Finnish peasant for an elk shot near a forest edge. The peasant cites the law and the penalty of two hundred Finnish marks, insisting he will not break the law and will not pay a fine.
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A ship visitor defends the Marine Corps against insults saying marines are as capable as sailors and soldiers. He notes Marines are well trained, disciplined, and deserving of better pay, while criticizing officers for heavier drinking. The remark mirrors a New York Sun report on Marine status and reputation.
A man explains he is studying to pass a civil service examination for a letter-carrier position. He mentions his focus on the structure and origin of the Egyptian pyramids as part of his preparatory studies.
A colonial era account claims the Mountains of the Moon in Africa are inhabited by a demon named Mguarma. The piece asserts African peoples fear the spirit and an attempted exposure led to panic and disaster.
A fragmented passage notes a clerk who reads novels and a speaker insisting on speaking his mind. An exchange includes phrases about time to listen, employer indulgence, and a brief reference to Washington and Sarah with a “2 Stars” marker.
An exhibit at the national museum displays the components of a man weighing 154 pounds. It lists detailed quantities of water, fat, minerals, and gases, totaling 18 300 dollars in calcium alone valued at market prices. The display notes oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, chlorine, fluorine, phosphorus, sulfur, sodium, potassium, iron, magnesium, and calcium.
A French academy figure classifies nail biting as psychophagia and a sign of nervous weakness. He cautions against overreach in calling it degeneracy, noting its link to impulsivity and lack of self-control, and the influence of peer example on children.
The New Jersey bishop forbids women in church choirs from wearing vestments. In New York City choirs such as St Bartholomew and St George have worn long black costumes with white collars. The practice includes a cap and the tradition of keeping heads covered in worship.
A humorous NY Weekly exchange notes a mule reacting to driver swearing at it. The old lady comments the animal looks disgusted as the driver admits cursing at the stubborn beast.
The article notes Ireland’s linen industry employs over 100 000 people with about 75 million dollars in capital. It compares London’s metropolitan area telephone network with 13 000 to 14 000 miles of circuits across roughly 500 square miles. It also cites Dr Koeppen’s marine hydrography work on oil effects on waves and observes shifts in advertising and dentistry materials, plus a report on bone shipments from Mexico amid fertilizer and sugar refining uses.
A roundup of strange claims and observations including aluminum production near 300000 pounds, Princess Tom's public conversion and marriages, Dr Tomazoli's claimed leprosy cure, a codfish laying 45000000 eggs, and notes on contagion germ multiplications and underground electrical leakage incidents.
An old clipping reports two plans for the English sparrow. One urges shipping sparrows to the Allegheny forests to combat a pine beetle outbreak blamed for damage to pine spruce and hemlock in West Virginia and Maryland. The other touts eating the bird on toast, noting a government ornithologist’s claim of palatability in autumn.
The article describes two types of nut eating crabs that crack fresh cocoanuts. One crab uses large pincers to tear off the husk near the eye holes and then leverages smaller claws to pry open the shell, extracting the edible meat.
A legendary Italian dungeon near Syracuse known as the Ear of Dionysius. The cave comprises a large main chamber linked to a smaller hidden room where the tyrant Dionysius is said to have hidden and listened to prisoners through a device that carried sounds across the partition.
The article lists at least four figures labeled false Christs appearing 1614 to 1683. Sabbathia Rebi is described as the greatest pretender. Zebi opposed the Jews as kingly ruler, later converting the Orient by adopting Islam. Mordecai, a German Jew, is named among the four, while two others remain unnamed.
The piece ridicules towns named Sodom in New Jersey and Georgia and mocks bearing biblical names like Ananias and Beelzebub for children. It notes the oddity of pious parents choosing such names in an enlightened republic and discourages extreme bibble naming.
Maude asks Jack about eye color and declares blue eyes are best. He replies with his own black eyes, provoking the judge to label the exchange as a thing. The brief dialogue captures a playful courtroom moment.
A young man declares his love of sunrises while a woman, tired and familiar with his showings, expresses languid curiosity and mild indifference. Mr. Nairgo is referenced as the one who has shown it to her repeatedly.
A reader notes biliousness with yellow skin, sluggish stomach, and liver discomfort. The passage claims Hostetters Stomach Bitters cures headaches, fever, kidney inactivity, and nervousness by stimulating digestion and restoring vitality.
Remedy describes moving the jaws rapidly to stop a severe hemorrhage. It notes a modern fact makes this easier and advises keeping gum to bite during fullness that precedes another attack. Details about timing and behavior are provided as practical steps.
M L Thompson & Co druggists of Connersport Pennsylvania claim their Catarrh Cure is the best and only cure they sell. The remedy is priced at 75 cents.
A grandmother explains a peculiar key kept from earlier days while a child asks about its memory. The dialogue also mentions Bercham's Pias as a remedy claimed to cleanse blood and improve liver function, priced at 25 cents per box.
Professor Bell argues that inflated gas bag steering is inefficient and suggests a trolley system. A rod would hang from the car to a stretched wire to propel and direct the airship, and he urges inventors to consider the idea.
An advertisement touts Doc's Cough Balsam as the oldest and best remedy for colds. It claims 16 will break up a cold more quietly than anything else and asserts the product is always reliable.
A schoolmaster and his pupils went out to pray for rain during a drought. An inquisitive man asked where they were going. The teacher said God would hear the prayers of innocent children. The man scoffed that if that were true there would be no teachers alive.
In a gasless parlor, Wis Match prompts a blunt proposal. He asks Mabel to marry him after months of wooing, she answers yes, and they sit together as the sofa shifts in the dim room.
The Gulf Coast of Texas offers cheap land with favorable climate and ample rainfall for four crops yearly. Timber and prairie available. lumber priced at 6 to 7 dollars per thousand. For information contact Gulf Coast Land and Improvement Co. 1824 Farnam St., Omaha Neb.
The Wabash Railway announces three August 22 September 12 and October 10 excursion dates offering round trip fares to all points in Arkansas Texas Tennessee excluding Memphis Mississippi and Louisiana excluding New Orleans plus 2.00, valid 20 days from sale. Tickets and folders with land climate details available at 1502 Farnam Street Omaha or via Northwestern Passenger Agent G N Ceettow.
In Vasten Congo state the first newspaper Se Kirk janga or The Daily Light debuts to enlighten the souls of the black skinned. Printed in local dialect with Latin alphabet, its first issue edited by two educated Negro women who did their own typesetting includes a lengthy article on The Natural History of the Elephant by a learned Negro.
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