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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1880
Page
7
Excerpt from Popular Science Monthly explaining colossal steel bars as a measure of force. It argues that a bar one mile square and 280 feet thick could lift enormous weights and stretch beyond Earth’s moon, illustrating the moon’s gravity and orbital dynamics with large numerical estimates.
The dialogue features three best young men mixing political misperceptions with humor about Hancock Garfield and presidential ambitions. They confuse historical figures, debate Governor status on an island, and drift to dancing as the band plays, closing with praise for the nation’s youth.
A Boston Transcript excerpt shows pupils puzzled by the term hypocrite. One student guesses it means a big feeling or a big muddy animal. The teacher defines hypocrite as a person who pretends to be what he is not and may be pleasant to your face but speaks ill behind your back. A boy cries that his father is a hypocrite for calling the teacher an old maid while promising to tell the truth to her face.
A 3-year-old child of Mr. Hilleman was murdered in Camden Georgia by a 10-year-old African American boy. Mrs. Hilleman had punished the boy, and he retaliated by decoying the child. No further details on motive or method are provided.
A man struck another on the temple with a rock in a dry well three feet deep, pushed him into the well, then jumped in to beat him until death occurred. The incident details a violent homicide with the assailant fleeing the scene.
The article explains that Panama hats are mainly made in Veraguas and Western Panama though many are produced in Ecuador and Peru. It details the straw processing from leaf to plaiting, the delicate handling required, and factors affecting quality such as weather. It notes price range and the hats’ distribution across the Americas.
A Rabbinical legend portrays King Solomon riding with his retinue when a hidden ant hill challenges him. He hears the ants lamenting their suffering and his courtiers expect a crushing response. Solomon spares the hill, deeming wisdom lies in listening to the humble. The Queen of Sheba acknowledges this rare wisdom.
The piece contends that marital strife and harsh treatment ruin the family atmosphere. It argues that anger between spouses harms children and recalls the pain of loss. It suggests death and grief reveal true value of love and the harm of injuring loved ones.
The Secret Service reports a trade dollar hollowed at the center and filled with solder, edged with milled silver to imitate a genuine coin. Detected by chance, the intricate fake suggests Chinese origin where counterfeiters work for small profits. Gold coins $10 and $20 have also been doctored.
An advertisement suggests tieAZER-GOERS club-visitors and horse-car riders keep Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup on hand. The message promises relief for late speakers and Sanders, urging gentlemen to have a bottle ready.
White bed spreads are described as a durable easy care bedding option with a measured diamond quilt pattern and Roman heraldry finish. The article also reports a Brooklyn Arden case where Mrs. Phillips died intestate leaving $30,000, her son Howard locating his father Henry Phillips in a Wisconsin home as heirs contest the estate with Henry Wiggins accusing fraud.
Bernville correspondent records that Mrs Jacob Sunday of Jefferson township recovered from years of severe illness after using Hamburg Drops. She previously could not walk and was housebound for months. After taking a dose she walked across a room and soon declared herself cured enabling her to resume daily work.
Mrs J W Mackey entertains American friends at her Trouville cottage on the French coast. The lavish table service and decorations evoke the Arabian Nights with gold silver porcelain amber coral gems and crystal ices served on gem inlaid plates.
A collage of letters and claims notes Liver complaint cures by Hamburg Drops, Rheumatism relief with St Jacobs Oil, and spiritual views from Cora L. V. Ricuonn. It cites Baron Liebig on Malt Bitters, Lady Burdette-Coutts marriage notes, Voltaic Belts trial offers, VEGETINE blood cleanser proofs, an ear disease book offer, and Fiager axle grease for horse ailments.
An advertisement touts Dr. San YonRD's Liver Invigorator as an absolute remedy for liver related health issues. It claims to be the only vegetable cathartic acting directly on the liver and cures all bilious diseases. The ad provides the address 162 Broadway New York for ordering.
Puzzle cards, new and novel, appear as a feature in a rival column. The adver tisement hints at upcoming releases and playful challenges for readers seeking fresh brain teasers and collectors’ items.
An old advertisement touts Dr Marochisi's uterine catholicon as a cure for female weakness and menstrual disorders. It promises a pamphlet with treatment details and certificates from physicians, urging readers to send a postal card to Howarth and Ballard in Unica, New York. Bottles priced at 1.50 each.
Mrs. David Clare of Walpole Massachusetts writes that after a year on VEGETINE she was plagued with erysipelas humor for over thirty years and now feels nearly free from it. She says the medicine has been more valuable than gold and urges others to try it.
Dr J Bentley of Newmarket Ontario reports VEGETINE showed greater benefit than prior medical treatment. He recalls a delicate seventeen year old girl who improved substantially, her parents noting the remedy did more good than all previous care. The testimonial is addressed to H R Stevens in Boston.
A letter from Lonoxto Ontario dated March 8 1880 commends VEGETINE as a superior blood purifier and liver remedy. J Wright & Co at Queen and Elizabeth Street publish that local customers speak loudly in its praise and endorse the medicine.
E Howcroft advertises Vegetine to concave English razors priced at 1 50. Located at 235 West 26th Street New York City.
A satirical discussion mocks the shift from plain women to a culture of “ladies and gentlemen.” It cites Miss Martineau’s plea for women wards, a Tennessee warden’s reply, and a lecturer’s cross critique. The piece ends with a wedding ceremony quip where the officiant calls the bride “lady.”
An Annapolis correspondent reports a bay child of colored parentage born with white curly hair like wool, pink eyes, snow white complexion with a red tint on the cheeks. It closely resembled a wax doll displayed in a shop window, the mother having admired it and wished to buy it. Physicians call it a remarkable case of lusus naturae.
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