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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1884
Page
3
Weatherby in Temple Bar presents a poem about Adam confessing unrequited love for Eve. He recalls Eden’s beauty, laments her scorn, and notes other Adams at her feet while confessing his own inability to be her Adam.
A congressional joint resolution proposes authorized exchange of cannon tents and muskets from military depots to states for ex veteran Union soldiers reunions with security against loss. The measure aims to expand use of public property to patriotic events and to bill states for any unreturned items.
A Rhode Island artillery lieutenant near Mechanicsville dies after amputation, as his mother meets him in Washington. Separately, Fargo letters describe prairie pioneers led by capable women who study science, farm, and endure tornadoes while keeping homes and claims. A brief Easter-beauty notice from St Louis highlights a fashionable young woman preparing an Easter costume.
A satiric barber is depicted as a skilled businessman and humorist. An overheard exchange with a customer exposes plain talk about weather, politics, and bribery in Toronto while weaving jokes about Grits and minstrel humor. The piece mocks pretentious cleverness with sharp city wit.
A collection of brief scientific observations and reports: electric lights in Los Angeles visible from San Clemente. airtight wheat storage. corrosive sublimate as antiseptic. patent medicine sales in Britain rising. diphtheria in pigeons in Germany. liquid oxygen properties. molecular dynamics lectures by Sir W Th omson. linseed oil characteristics. Ball on 1866 shooting stars as comet tails. Victoria may offer premium for Australian reaper threshing machine. J Evans coal output vs estimates. cider drinkers and stone relief. gas from limed coal reduces sulphur compounds and raises ammonia tar yield.
A report centers on a poor woman raising eight children and her use of a domestic sewing machine to support the family. The piece emphasizes hardship and resilience in a home economy setting.
The New York Court of Appeals rules voluntary intoxication does not excuse homicide or prevent intent in crime. It rejects the idea that frenzy excuses criminal responsibility and warns against allowing intoxication to shield vice. The opinion upholds accountability and condemns leniency as inviting crime.
A Cincinnati newspaper recounts Henry Clay Jrs valor at Buena Vista. Clay, wounded in battle, sent his pistol to his father with the message he had no further use for it. He died the next day after defending comrades, his body found hacked after the retreat.
A swell at a fashionable clubhouse window bets a bottle of champagne that a couple crossing a heavy shower are married. The wager rests on the umbrella’s center position over the man’s head rather than the woman’s.
Ranch on Red Willow Thornburg Hayes County Nebraska lists cattle branded J. M. on left side and J on left jaw with under-slope right ear. young cattle share same brand J M with J on jaw. Horses branded E on left shoulder.
J B Meserve offers 1000 acres deeded land in a single body along the Republican Valley near Red Willow creek in Chase county Nebraska. Included are Black and Byfield hay lands timber water two good houses and other improvements. Located near No 1 school with ranch on the Republican. Contact J F Black Indianola Nebraska. Stock brands noted with multiple ear crops and shoulder marks.
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