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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1884
Page
3
A reflective verse ponders death as eternal sleep while life persists in nature. The speaker asks why spring returns and grain renews, why oceans flow and planets move, and why hope for heaven and mercy persist. The poem questions justice, compassion, and the fate of the poor versus the rich.
A compilation of aphorisms from various authors urging self discipline and truth. Quotes from Dillwyn Cecil Sidney Channing and others discuss wealth status vanity prosperity and the aims of improving understanding to aid others. The lines emphasize personal conscience progress and the value of reflecting on life rather than chasing superficial gains.
The Nebraska State Historical Society seeks contributions for a forthcoming volume covering up to 1884. It requests full names, birth dates and places, and ancestral details from early settlers and officials, to compile biographies and reminiscences for 38 of 67 counties.
A historical notice lists prompts about an individual’s early life in the state, local business engagements, public offices held at federal, state, or county levels, and affiliations with corporations, societies, public institutions, secret orders, or churches. It also asks about United States military service.
The Nebraska history society seeks readers and material for its cabinet. They request coins, ancient mounds, Indian names, biographies, and genealogies. Members are urged to attend annual and quarterly meetings and to donate time and artifacts for a volume of interest.
Harper's Magazine surveys Sir Sydney Waterlow born 1821, a printer’s apprentice turned Waterlow & Sons founder and philanthropist. He served as sheriff and lord mayor, knighted in 1872, and led St. Bartholomew’s Hospital while supporting reform in printing and city welfare. He has represented Gravesend and previously Maidstone, and recently resigned as alderman after decades of service. The piece notes his American wife.
A Yonkers Gazette passage reflects on small child moments with humor and innocence. A little girl on Carleton street receives a doll and ponders a wax indentation as born in a hurry while a ferryboat debut prompts questions about the boat’s feet.
A Philadelphia Record piece blends postal etiquette humor with a report on anthracite coal exporting to the West. It notes a clerk lamenting oddly stamped letters, many from love or holiday cards, and then shifts to Western coal shipment plans. Estimates range 4 to 5 million tons, with Buffalo and Philadelphia area railroads expanding capacity as navigation opens on Lake Erie April 1. Chicago and St Louis are cited as major western markets with rising tonnages reaching into the millions this year.
The Philadelphia Times recalls the sudden death of Admiral Carr Glyn, a favored suitor of Adelaide Neilson and close associate of the Prince of Wales. A funeral in Kensington's St Mary Abbots followed a service attended by mourners including the Prince, with the seasoned sailor's character praised as loyal and self sacrificing.
New York Sun reports Ah Jim Wo of Mott Street keeps a large Shanghai rooster in a basement yard. Neighbors, including Mr. Mulcahey, wagered and rigged blades on a fight that ended with the white rooster dead and accusations of deceit.
Reading tips guide readers: open mid novel to note character names and outcomes then check ending to see if the couple wed or died, review the beginning to learn the elder’s objection, and imagine the mood and setting while noting the harsh language.
Stock directory lists Ranch on Red Willow Thornburg Hayes County Nebraska with cattle branded J M on left side and J on left jaw for calves, under-slope right ear. horses branded E on left shoulder. Also Spring Canyon on the Free River Chase County Nebraska with stock brands including 717 on left side O L on left hip 7T on right hip L on right shoulder L on left shoulder X on left jaw. Ear crops described for different brands.
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