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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1880
Page
6
A moved tale from Chicago about a devout Quaker woman tempted by tobacco. She drifts to sleep with a pipe in bed and encounters an angel who finally finds her name in the book only after it is covered with smoke. The anecdote ends with her quitting smoking henceforth.
A vivid tale of Jennie Thomas daughter of a town aunt, who favors suited suitors Sam Parker and Charley Gifford but ends up with Jed Billings after a backroad elopement plan collapses. Jennie intervenes, the lovers are thwarted, and Jed arrives to marry her as Charley and Sam face consequences, ending with Jed and Jennie prospering.
Barker, inspired by an Ottawa choking tale, saves a man in Boston by delivering a shoulder blow. The would be rescuer, struck after mistaking a choking incident, ends up with black eyes and missing teeth. Barker notes the stranger’s remark on minding one’s own business.
A fragment recalls the 1771 Tyne flood that swept much of the old bridge in Newcastle. A witness at the trial, Adam Thompson, answers with deadpan humor about living in Paradise, the village west of Newcastle, prompting the judge to seek clarification.
A poem from Royal Road depicts a boy named Seth who exaggerates pain and danger with phrases like dying of laughter and death cold. The speaker notes Seth’s vivid hyperbole while confirming his body remains joined to spirit and that he has not developed wings.
A visiting pair observes Mrs. Primrose, a child hater, clashing with the lively Fanning household. Nell’s mischief and babies’ playthings spark chaos from front door to garden as prim advice meets practical motherhood. The end shows Primrose quitting a house full of children amid clay imitations.
In Tiflis, editor M. Nicholadze fought provincial censorship for five years, publishing censored fragments to lampoon officials. His tactics led to multiple suppressions and a two year trial, ending with a Supreme Court verdict in his favor. He later became a municipal councillor and helped impeach the Tiflis governor.
A gentleman brings an ivory handled umbrella to a club rack during a heavy rain. Another man, upset at losing a similar umbrella, asks to inspect it. The carrier explains he found it and planned to take it to police HQ, saying a burglar left it at his house last night. The owner, noticing his name scratched, remains silent and shifts topic.
A boy aged about sixteen travels in 1874 after escaping abuse and later learns he was abducted as a child by the Britney family near Angola Indiana. He is identified as Hiram Twiford, reunites with his mother in Steuben County after years of separation, and returns to help on the family farm.
A Sunday school teacher recalls pupils reciting love themed verses including Song of Solomon ii 5. The piece laments a boy's death and urges gentle burial, while a Danbury News editor suggests a tender fade into rest. Separately, the text notes France endured 140 duels in eight months with no fatalities.
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