14 Feb 1884
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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1884
Page
1
A reflective essay extols small great men of letters, praising the village and local weeklies as the lifeblood of thrift and progress. It urges readers to subscribe and support local papers as friends and helpers of the seasons, and closes with moral maxims from Marcus Aurelius and other traditions.
The passage cites Wendell Phillips praised as a great orator by Jons Buieut, notes a marriage of a daughter to Frederick Douglass drawing heartbreak from Mr and Mrs Pitto, and reports a St Louis grand jury blaming 80 percent of city crime and poverty on alcohol. It also mentions a Western Press Association Illinois editor on making money in a printing office and a letter praising moral courage in a white marriage, with a counterview about the courageous party.
Brorster Jasper of Richmond expels fourteen church members over his belief that the sun moves. He vows the sun will keep moving, even if he must excommunicate his whole congregation. A correspondent asks about coque plumes in fashion articles. coque is described as a polygamous old bird with surly demeanor and plumed past.
The New York World notes a forthcoming book asserting Queen Victoria secretly wed John Brown after Prince Consort's death, with alleged proof and claims Disraeli used threats to secure advancement. It also recaps an Irish joke about Judge Reese greeting old friends and a cheeky quip about shaking hands with a Supreme Being.
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