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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1885
Page
5
A F and A M MecCook Lodge LL D sets meetings on the first and third Tuesdays each month led by W M L LAWS and T G xers. Inabontaeee appears as the reader or note.
Local merchants announce offerings from Colorado jewelry and Moss Agate pins to fresh candy at City Bakery. New stationery, valentines, and Grand Island flour arrive. Dunbar & Newton’s livery aids breaking claims and stock services. Hayes county faces a county seat vote February 25 with candidates Hayes Centre and LaForest.
The article notes a City Bakery flour call and a load of barb wire for a Rawlins county ranch, while Graves and Kempton’s Chicago Comedy Co. visit on February 26 for three nights. It mentions dances, ill health, railway work, land deals, a notable skater, local prices on Fleur flour and bread, and plans for a grist mill with a Mills project assurance in McCook Nebraska.
Mrs. J. O. Fisher, wife of the State Journal Co. man, was struck in the eye by a clod thrown at a moving train between Culbertson and McCook. Glass lodged in eye and face, eleven cuts. injuries treated at the station. The boy who threw the stone regrets the accident and the matter was settled with Mr Farley.
A man out at late hours was attacked by a male in a public street after failing to explain his business. The assailant struck and trampled him, with an eyewitness recounting the sequence. Hayes County commissioners met at LaForest on Feb. 14 and organized. several county officials were appointed, including treasurer John Daniels. An eastern paper praised roller skating for its health and decline of liquor use. News notes include a planned feed store construction by C. P. Russell, church and social updates, a masquerade at West Dennison rink, and local illnesses and visits among residents.
A long list of names and trips fills the McCook column with people like Fred Harris J B Meserve Ed Wilson Patrick Walsh and many others visiting towns or traveling to Indianola Lincoln and Lincoln area. The piece also covers business trips buyers and a few public events including Knights of Pythias celebration and livestock concerns.
A local retailer announces going out of business selling entire clothing stock at cost. The notice highlights Bradley and Metcalf boots and shoes in all styles and invites customers to shop bargains before stock ends.
Harry Ellison of Wilcox Bros. made a morning trip to Hastings and plans to return later today.
Notice from J. E. Bercer stating all accounts from his disposed furniture store must be settled by March 1 1885 with cash or bankable paper or legal collection will follow. Dated February 12 1885. Mrs J J Dunbar hosting a cousin from Des Moines Iowa.
Notice offers choice timber claims with application through Kh. R Coleman, clerk at Colvin House in McCook Nebraska. The bar gain phrasing appears in the notice with location and contact for particulars.
United States Patent Office notices patents now on file for numerous applicants including John Laker David L B Davis William F Thorp James K M Barto John P Anderson John A Davis William M Rollins John H Kossenfelt Thomas A Stratton James Liston John Phifer Benjamin F Waterman Clarence P Peterson Charles D Phelps Joseph R Shurvin Roxie Ann Franklin Vance McManigal John Henry Lee Oregon H Phillips Alvan A Tupper Nelson D Blakeley C Luther Nettleton Boaz McNeal Robert B Cooley Sylvanus G B Rowe James K Young George Crabtree Lemon McManigal George W Carothers William J A Kauin Jacob D Lurber.
Advertising a John Deere sulky plow for sale at Lytle Bros. Describes it as new and very cheap, targeting buyers seeking farming equipment bargains.
Reports from Khartoum on General Gordon’s status are contradictory as messengers and spies sent by Wolseley face dangerous conditions. Some accounts may be fabrications from lacked access, stirring worldwide debate.
Quarter section of land timber and water three miles and a 37 acre parcel miles from McCook Both deeded Call on or address Eaton Bros 27 McCook Neb
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