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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1884
Page
5
We invite two to three hundred subscribers to our headquarters for a few minutes to settle debts owed for their paper. Payment urged by cash or bankable paper to clear balances accumulated over one to two years.
McCook trade listing highlights City Bakery flour and candies Grand Island flour and corn meal, Chicago General Store remnants sale, Small Warren wood and iron work, C H Rogers crockery sale, Thos Colfer land office improvements, and various services including dental by Dr Boyle. Also notices on needed steers and a pastor away for Stoughton.
At the Opera Hall in Chicago a Calico Dress is given away with every ten dollar purchase of dry goods clothing millinery or boots and shoes for 30 days. All goods marked in plain figures. Jos MENARD.
A collage of community items includes timber sales by William Fruin, improvements to J E Cochran’s office, a social hop at Opera Hall, and a pay-car note. It mentions primary election results 201 votes, real estate talk by George Weingart in McCook, cattle shipments from Benkelman, and sales at Chicago Store. Also promotes Leis German Baking Powder by C H Rogers.
A large prairie fire burned thirty miles by forty miles of Brush ranch land northwest of town, threatening cattle feed and putting the outfit in a difficult position. The Trimone office notes blackberry gifts to Mrs. Rowell arrive in fine condition from Mt. Ayr. Conductor Harvey of the B&M is buying land seven miles northwest of Cambridge.
The paper urges readers to subscribe now amid the Presidential race and upcoming state, district, and county elections. Delegates heading to fall conventions face limited passes and may receive reduced rates via local agents. A local incident noting a man lingering in McCook over weeks is also mentioned with satirical remark.
A Friday evening party hosted by Misses Jennie and Nellie Fisher drew a list of attendees from Crete to Indianola. The item notes nursery advertising by Crete Nurseries, details travel routes, and urges better road conditions from McCook to Red Willow.
This item argues for using Leis German Baking Powder to ensure purity and boost domestic manufacture. It claims the powder is pure and urges purchase through C. H. Rogers.
Delegates from several precincts met in Indianola for the Republican county convention. Hockwell chaired the session, with Laws and Bishop leading temporary offices. Credentials and permanent organization committees were formed, nominations made for assembly member and county officials, and a county central committee elected before adjournment.
Crete Nurseries announce a liberal offer paying the fare to and from the nursery for any man or club representative purchasing one hundred dollars worth of stock this fall. Buyers can select from one hundred twenty acres of stock at lower rates than those offered by traveling agents of other nurseries.
A lengthy list notes visits and travels around town and surrounding areas. Notables include H. C. Rider in Denver, J. B. Meserve on the round up, Senator Dolan on a flying visit, and Congressman Laird calling on supporters. Various residents return from trips to Chicago, Republican City, Culbertson, and Brooklyn, with health updates and local business moves.
Mr George Cross editor of the Fair bury Gazette was in town with Jefferson county residents on Friday in search of land parcels released by Uncle Sam. The visitors praised the town during their stay and spoke warmly of Fairbury.
In a curious New York court dispute a man choking his housekeeper over small potatoes prompts talk of a legally unsettled right. The housekeeper did not seek a ruling, but the matter is urged to be adjudicated soon by authorities in Omaha with emphasis on domestic law questions.
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