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Newspaper
Osgood Republican
Location
Osgood, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1885
Page
3
A children oriented piece marks Baron Cuvier's birthday noting his science work and humble rise from poverty to influence in zoology and fossil study. It then moves to a playful Java tale where apes hunt crabs explaining a dramatic tail trap and comic chase.
A venerable apple tree on land near Cheshire Connecticut is claimed to be at least 186 years old and the last remaining tree from an early settler orchard. Mr Kiss, now over 80, has tended it for nearly half a century, and says he told someone long ago of its history.
A man recalls his grandmother describing a giant apple tree his family once grew. The trunk measures a diameter where the five main branches rise, the tree stands about sixty feet tall, and apples drop thirty three yards from the outer limbs. The historian Hotchkiss reports 125 bushels of good apples in one year and estimates total production between ten and twelve thousand bushels since planting.
Adventurer Thomas Stevens continues his global circumnavigation on a bicycle. He crosses oceans by steamer, then resumes land travel atop his wheel, planning to race through Turkestan China and Japan as part of the journey.
A fragment from a historical page suggests a figure in thick brush trying to shed a crab. The brief text provides no names, places, or dates, leaving the exact action and context undefined.
The excerpt presents wordplay clues on letters forming various words linked to kitchen furniture anger generation city interjection mournful sound departed girl name and conjunction. It then shifts to a sentimental verse about a baby described with poetic imagery and a lament of a gypsy stealing the child.
The Duke of Argyle notes waves in U S life and business as cycles of illness, war, crime, and storms recur. Historical examples: elopement spurring imitators, Brooklyn Bridge suicides, and repeated bridge suicides elsewhere. The text argues events follow predictable waves across society.
The Iowa Register describes A. F. Hofer of McGregor showing a method to bury grape canes in winter to protect vines in cold regions. Hofer folds the cane, buries the crown, and digs a trench to renew vigor, yielding larger fruit. his terraced vineyard proves the approach fruitful with a modest patch producing fruit for his family.
A writer shares a traditional corned beef method using a barrel and boiler. The process includes salting, packing meat tightly, preparing a hot brine with molasses or sugar saltpetre soda, boiling, pressing under brine, and cooling before boiling for a distinct alternative to pork and ham dishes.
An agricultural station in Aurora Illinois under the entomological division of the department of agriculture will study bee races for desirable traits and climate adaptation. Nelson W McLain is appointed to lead and report on artificial fertilization methods bee forage plants disease causes winter prep and impact on fruit.
This Time of Year advises planting turnips and thinning berry patches. Remove old fruiting branches from raspberries and blackberries and layer plants to strengthen next year's growth. Thin new shoots to three or four per hill, top at three to four feet, and stake for support.
An old notice claims French boarding schools feed girls weak soup and coarse bread, leaving them pale and weak. It promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as the best tonic to restore vigor and color to exhausted young ladies.
Gladstone’s condition improves and his physician predicts recovery. Cholera reported in Genoa Province. Toulon’s exodus grows. Parnell banqueted by Dublin’s Lord Mayor. The Czar visits Copenhagen.
Infirmarian praises Red Star Cough Cure for relief in consumption cases at Mount St. Clements College Chester. Ex President John Scott receives $3,000 in bonds, a silver set, and vellum address after testimonial by Queen and Crescent railway employer. Mishler’s Herb Bitters praised by multiple contributors. Simmons Liver Regulator touted as a safe calomel substitute. U.S. Grant Building and Loan Association of Cincinnati files Ohio incorporation with the Secretary of State.
An advertisement touts Parker's Hair Balsam as preventing hair loss and promoting new growth with restored color, priced at 50 cents. Another notice claims Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer cures fits with a free trial bottle offered. The piece lists Cincinnati notables currently in New York visiting, including John L. Stetininus and daughter and Governor Hoadly and daughter.
A column notes multiple small notices including a medical advertise ment for Dr. Marchisi Italian Pile Ointment with a 40 cent price and no cure no pay guarantee. Other items include corner-stone ceremony for Commodore Perry statue at Newport Rhode Island and Singer Manufacturing Co exchange offers and a denied report on Pennsylvania Railroad acquiring several railways.
An old advertisement contrasts Castoria for generations with a claim that three quarters of sewing machines sold are Genuine Singers and that 2,000 machines are sold daily because of their superiority. The tone mirrors early 20th century marketing.
An old subscription pitch touts the Republican as the largest paper in the county with more reading matter and news from all over the county. It claims better legal coverage, later general news, and serialized stories for young readers, delivering on time and at the lowest price, with postmasters as agents.
Printing services offer letter heads note heads bill heads and all kinds of blanks including deeds mortgages powers of attorney and blanks kept in stock at low Indianapolis prices. Also prints shipping tags envelopes statements and business cards with neat quality at short notice.
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