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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1884
Page
5
The Tribune informs readers that the current subscription has expired and invites renewal. It urges subscribers to renew promptly to continue receiving the newspaper without interruption.
Under heading 10c each local item is listed at 10c per line and repeated until the order ends or time specified. Bills payable monthly.
Local notices tout City Bakery flour and choice raisins at Hayden Co. and John A. Lee selling Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines. Ads promise cheap pork at John Farley’s meat market and look for kitchen goods, calling cards, photos, and wall paper. Also news of milk complaints, timber and homestead sales, and planting for spring.
The Proutier County Faver announces A. E. Powers as editor. Census taker Charlie Boyle tallies 166 school children in the district last week.
Local hardware dealers report large barbed wire sales to groups living near the Frenchman. Mc Cook attracts traders from distant districts to meet demand, indicating robust regional commerce across north, south, and west sectors.
The notice directs parents to have children ready for the first day of the summer term on Monday. It calls on families to assist teachers in organizing and putting the school in working order.
Readers send county wide notes from southwestern Nebraska and the plains. Van Dyke and Kennedy offer first class plastering services and reference recent work on local properties. Ground conditions show shallow depth this year, cattle driven west to protect crops as planting begins. Spring Creek Cattle Co. led by Geo Hockwell buys seventy head Hereford stock for later shipment north of McCook at a cost around ten thousand dollars.
Two horse races concluded with Mr. Baily's driftwood horse defeating Star buck Bros. little dun after a prior win. Amid storm losses in Atwood Kansas, M A Wilson’s flock suffered heavy mortality. In Mc Cook a robbery hit W C LaTourette store and Mrs Bates residence while Cullom visitors plan to work in Red Willow county. The piece ends with a call for vigilant action against midnight robbers.
The article urges readers to boost The Tribune by inviting neighbors to subscribe and notes Driftwood town scandal, a juvenile assault case, with the defendant John Cruts acquitted. It calls for improved mail service between McCook North Platte and Oberlin and covers a school district meeting with bond votes, director reelect and building plans.
A string of visits and movements across towns including Red Cloud, McCook, Culbertson, Indianola and Benkelman. Notables like Senator Dolan Major Criswell and J. F. Black travel through while local residents relocate, visit family, or prepare homes. Staff changes include Stevenson named principal for summer term with Kneff as assistant and a railroad crew rebuilding on Dennison street.
Dyer has erected a house and John Dyer nears completion of a 14 by 20 wing. New grass weakens cattle numbers, about 60 head dead along the creek. March rain and thunder, April snow, Edward Wheaton reports stock loss under two percent. Braugh’s figures similar. Date April 6 1884.
The Creston Iowa Gazette reports a flood of emigrants moving toward Nebraska. Ninety six cars passed through Creston Thursday night, fifty two cars in yards yesterday, and twenty two cars today, totaling one hundred eighty cars in two days bound for Nebraska.
Mrs Forsey is quite sick. Eaton Bros plan to extend pasture fence. A circus visited last week with two bulky boys and a horse. J A Davis lost a choice by falling down a bank. Davis sold a river claim to John Whittaker for 1000 dollars. G Gowing and family visit N Burtless. Mr W Davis and Mr Thomas search Medicine creek for a ranch. Dist No 8 school meeting adjourned to 21st at J A Davis’s house. One of Forsey’s fine horses injured by a wire fence. Mr Wheaton from Willow reports the blizzard and hopes to visit again in the dry season. Josie
The Red Willow County Agricultural Society will meet at Lynch's Hotel in Indianola Neb on Saturday April 12 1884 at 1 PM to elect officers for the coming year and plan the next fair. H W West President invites all interested residents to attend.
The writer questions the value of resolutions sent to Bismarck and mocks impractical gestures. He notes Bismarck’s practicality and suggests tangible actions from the American people. The ad invites readers to Pike's New Lumber Yard for details.
Mrs H A Fryling announces to McCook and nearby residents a fine display of spring goods including hats bonnets and flowers aimed at ladies.
Major Mayberry of Texas sold his range herd northeast of Cheyenne comprising about 16 000 head including fine steers. The buyer was Mr Pax ton of Omaha and the price reached 400 000 dollars averaging 25 dollars per head.
Miss Ella McBride presented dramatic readings and recitations at the Congregational church to a small audience. The event Wednesday evening drew praise despite disappointing advertising and a muted turnout.
Ellis, a well known Ayr township farmer and ten year Adams county resident, plans to move to McCook to pursue farming where land is cheaper. A recent two week period brought a sizeable influx of German emigrants to Red Willow county.
L Green undertakes a handsome overhaul of his local drug store, upgrading interior fixtures, stock, and presentation to improve service and appeal. The project highlights a commitment to quality and community trust.
Local testimonials praise Marsu's Gotpen Broop Liver Tonic for blood and liver issues. Letters from Henry L Moore, James L Walker, and J T Fowler tout its curative effects. S. L. Green, Druggist, McCook offers large bottles at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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