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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1884
Page
3
A reflective poem recalls childhood girlhood and later friends who shaped a life. It contrasts memories of past companionship with present solitude and hopeful faith, noting some lights fade while others burn eternally in heaven. The speaker cherishes the backward path and sees the past shining through the future.
Stephen Gordon, a rich farmer, preaches economy but resents his wife Hanna s thrift. When Hannah secretly saves and the family goes without comforts, Gordon realizes his stinginess. Uncle Moses reforms him and he buys a butter worker stove and sled for the children, ending the family’s quarrel over economizing.
A wartime applicant to the Boston Pension Commission claims a bullet at Antietam cut his last suspender, leaving him coatless and emotionally wounded. He argues the incident merits pension relief for the “wounds to his feelings” and asks for funds to buy reliable suspenders for life.
The narrative describes Joaquin Miller visiting a log cabin on Sixteenth Street in Washington near the White House. Miller talks of making a home there after fifteen years of wandering, praising the view from the plateau and the surrounding cityscape. The piece also mentions literary figures Erasmus, Horace Walpole, Pope, and Macaulay in brief, linking their fame to letters and personal traits.
Miss Kate Sanborn closed a sequence of ten lectures at Bartholomew's school on The Bachelors exploring famed bachelor authors from Pope to Whittier. The discussion covers their marriages, writings, and quirks, with anecdotes about Gibbon, Humboldt, Buckle, and others. It also surveys the grama grass beef belt and cattle trends across states, noting beef production shifts and regional export dynamics.
The talk disputes famous instantaneous spiritual conversions and asserts morality alone does not equal true religion. It argues lasting holiness requires the spiritual blossoming beyond mere moral conduct, questioning readiness for the afterlife and the currency of faith beyond this life.
In a small Texas town Mrs. Jinks and Mrs. Brown overhear gossip about Col. Jones and his wife. The tale centers on a public kiss and a heated quarrel described as an awful scandal fueling neighborly chatter.
The article notes Phillips left little manuscript material but preserves ample newspaper reports of his speeches, which will be gathered into a forthcoming volume.
Stall notes cattle brands J M on left side and J on jaw, horse brand E on left shoulder. For sale 1000 acres deeded land in republican valley west of Red Willow creek with two houses and improvements. Contact J F Black Red Willow Nebraska.
J B Meserve lists stock brands for the Spring Canyon ranch on the Frenchman River four miles west of Culbertson Nebraska. Brands include 717 on left side and L on various body parts along with 161 and 7-L on stock. address given as Culbertson Nebraska.
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