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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1885
Page
5
Train card lists east and west schedules with No 8 7 10 A M No 405 40 P M No 9 1 00 P M and No 1 2 P M. Eastbound times use Central Time and westbound use Mountain Time. Freight trains do not carry passengers. Chas Kees, Agent.
Local items note City Bakery stocking Grand Island Flour and fresh candy with corn meal and Michigan eyler. Danbar Newton livery offers breaking contracts. Teachers meeting Friday at 2 PM, WCTU meets with Mrs. Dungan Friday 3 to 4 PM. Emigrants reach station for Rawlins county Kansas. Palace Rink under Charlie Fisher management. Donavin's Tennesseeans to McCook with band and viol singers. Four loaves for 25 cents and pies 10 cents.
The notice calls patrons to William Warren’s shop, announcing readiness to complete all work in his trade with his usual efficiency. The item also notes local happenings from a serenade for Curt Hoge to the death of a four month old child and other small town events.
An entourage of three private coaches and officials arrived at the station Saturday noon and stayed overnight. They planned onward travel to Denver then toward New Mexico before returning north to attend the World's Fair in New Orleans. The group inspected the round house and water works. President Perkins and Assistant General Manager Holdredge were among them.
Dave Hill longtime B M engineer known along the Hastings to McConk line wed Maggie Reid at Hastings. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Ringland at James Walling's residence with Miss Reid a Hastings resident and sister of Mrs Walling. The couple will live in McCook and greet friends there.
Contractor Collins lays 825 feet on Main Avenue and 400 feet on Dennison Street. A petition seeks sidewalk on both sides of Dennison from Main to east Marshall. Trustee meeting likely to order construction. Rev Harrison concluded Congregational church services with a Gospel appeal. response noted as limited and he seeks other fields of labor.
Community items report travel by G. L. Laws and plans to pack after Gabriel blows his hoop. Local merchants advertise stationery and valentines. A revival prompts a stock Sunday closure in Indianola. Veneering begins on Opera Hall. Loomis offers leading seed corn at $1 per bushel. Wool growers meet Feb 28 in Indianola. Ella June Meade entertainment at Opera Hall tonight. Mrs. Reed improves after illness. City Bakery promotes flour.
Local shop announces closing out sale as it leaves the clothing trade. Stock includes Bradley and Metcalf boots and shoes in all styles and grades, inviting customers to view bargains and buy at actual cost.
Wilcox Bros issued a notice urging Consumers to call and pay the current water tax. All arrears must be cleared to avoid water service shutoff. Frep 8. Harrais, Agent.
Drench of short visits and travel chatter fills a McCook column. Names like Dave Baum, Robert Bush, Hawksworth, C G Cornwell, Mrs Frederick, W J McGillin, Ella June Meade, B M Frees, and others appear with towns such as Trenton Cambridge Indianola Atwood Arapahoe and Beatrice. Notable notes include a rail road boom hint in Colorado, a masquerade at Cambridge rink, a stock roundup meeting at Benkelman, and political moves in Hayes county including County Clerk elect Dyer and a county-seat fight.
County commissioners met in Indianola Nebraska on January 23 1885 with Allington Green Crabtree Cramer and Goodrich present. They approved last session minutes and ordered census blanks. A public road petition by George E Talbott was granted with no county expense for right of way or survey. Bonds for James Hetherington and William H Smith were approved. Pauper transportation bill of 1.50 was charged to the general fund for 1884. Tax assessments on lands owned by A A Calkins and H C Carver were approved for listing in 1884 taxes. Board adjourned to March 21 1885.
Corner lot at Madison and Dennison features a one story six room dwelling with hall closets pantry cellar three porches and a good water well. Yard shaded fenced with fruit trees grape vines roses and more. Furniture and household goods available with house furnished if desired. Piano offered cheap. Contact G W Casters McCank Neb. The Owaha Daily Republican. Hastings Daily Gazette Journal Beatrice Daily Express discuss mid winter campaign against country journalists.
A new bill in the Legislature proposes reducing railroad fare to three cents per mile and allows travelers to carry up to 156 pounds of baggage free of charge.
Local notices indicate officials plan a caucus in Decatur County. After the caucus procedures, linguistic edits reduce a syllable and add a suffix, yielding the term described as cussing in the fragment.
The Brush Lariat newspaper notes adoption of the patent in side system with a quotation from Brother Holmes confirming it mirrors other papers. The item records procedural adoption and a nod to common practice in the field.
Advert asks for cash purchase of 6 to 10 good fresh milch cows aged up to 7 years with their valves. Also 200 to 300 bushels of good corn on ear or shelled. Apply to or address W Moony with Freen and Hacknell in McCook Nebraska.
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