Local Trade and Weather Brief from Ketchum Trading Post
Local notices advertise City Bakery quality flour and cream brands at Grand Island. Wilcox Bros. touts 100 new overcoats and car loads of Michigan salt and apples. Cambridge station fire destroys freight cars. Hayden & Co. offer woolens at cost. A $1500 investment inquiry seeks a gold paying business. May-Pole skating at Bragg's rink proves a success. McCracken's sells solid gold goods cheaper than snide rivals. The mercury drops 20 degrees below zero Wednesday night. The William Stoddert property sold to Wilcox Bros. for 1200 dollars.
Lytle Bros Heating Stores Bargain Offers
Heating stores advertisement notes prices from 3.00 to 340.00 for heaters. District Court session reports several divorce dispositions and motions submitted before adjournment. A separate item mentions sheriff pursuit and county seat travel, with fragmentary notes on cattle and other scattered text.
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Lytle Bros
Courier
McCook News Briefs and church notices in Opera Hall ads
Presiding Elder Johnson will preach at the Opera Hall most Sundays at 1 o'clock. The Second Quarterly Meeting for the McCook M E church is set for January 4 with service details. A postponed dance returns January 15 with invitations valid. Local rail and stock news touch on a fast mail plan, a runaway incident, and drifting cattle across the Republican River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera Hall
Allen Bartley
Oseph Cleeny
A. F
A. M
McCook Lodge
LL. D
G. L. Laws
W. M
T. G. Rees
Independent Order of Good Templars
Congregational Church
Johnson
M. E. Church
Onalin
Denver
McCook
M. E
Menard’s
Elder Johnson
H. H. Kerry
Fragmented meditation on merit and self estimation
A dated, fragmented reflection questions how merit and self view as letters scholars scientists and artists align with real achievement. The text muses on the worth of claims and the potential of a mundane world to hold a superb race of learned, literary, and artistic talents.
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Artistic
Jusiae Jr
Hayes County Vote And County Officers On January 10
Hayes county residents will vote on county seat location and county officers on January 10. Chase county voters attached to Hayes will also participate. The note references several local papers and a humorous quip about wood and coal shortages during cold weather.
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Hayes County
Chase County
Hayes
Rail passes banned by Nebraska railroads after January
The Franklin County Echo notes that after January first no railroad passes will be issued in Nebraska and violators face a $100 penalty. The piece laments the rural editor's plight and suggests grim outcomes if passes vanish. Also mentions a Dramatic Company party hosted by Mr and Mrs Hunt in honor of Mr and Mrs Wallace with members present and festive entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Echo
Nebraska
P. Ce. E
P. Ec
Selah
Dramatic Company
8. D. Hunt
Wallace
Misses Fisher
Menard
Messrs
Hills
Forbes
McCracken
Fred Harris
Chenery
Swinehart
Logan
Illinois
Union Sunday School Christmas Entertainment Charms Children
The Union Sunday School held a holiday program replacing the usual treat with gift bags of popcorn and candy for each child. Young performers acted as little pilgrims and soldiers while Mr and Mrs Santa Claus made a grand appearance. The evening featured solo and group singing between acts.
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Union Sunday School
Santa Claus
Surprise Birthday Carried Out For Mr and Mrs Wallace
Friends surprised the couple at their residence on a Saturday evening before they move to the great city. McCook friends sent a card receiver, while J F Forbes provided a fine ink stand. Register Laws spoke, and Wallace thanked the group. Donors included Geo Hocknell A Campbell G L Laws J R Phelan S L Green Chas Noble Chas PF Babcock and Messrs Forbes and McCracken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Wallace
Register Laws
W. F
Masonic Ball Celebrated With Great Social Flair
The Masonic Ball and Supper drew over sixty couples, with a lively program of dancing that lasted until near 4 a.m. The event, praised for smooth conduct and festive appeal, featured many attendees and the heavy-weight quadrilles winning the prize. The night also saw the B and M railroad report heavy business and a wreck near Otis, Cole, with cattle losses and a derailed coach, and a Cambridge depot fire.
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B. & M. Road
Otis, Cole
Cambridge
Hayes County Convention Nominates Local Ticket for 1884
The County Convention in Hayes county at the temporary LaPorest seat names the ticket for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts with TH H Troth John Hughes and John S Wise as commissioners and M H Coons as county judge. Other posts listed include Sheriff Charles Bailey County Treasurer John M Daniels Clerk J W Dyer Supt Public Instruction Mrs M W Daniels Coroner John Snyder and Surveyor J K Paxton. The auction or exhibition by Prof Arnold drew praise for Egyptian Nile scenes and new photographic process. A lost watch gives a note of local misfortune. A snow and wind event drives 2000 cattle toward Culbertson. drive efforts underway to return stock.
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Hayes County
LaPorest
TH. H Troth
John Hughes
John S. Wise
M.H. Coons
Charles Bailey
John M. Daniels
J. W. Dyer
M. W. Daniels
John Snyder
J. K. Paxton
Missing William Newcomb Sought by Parents 1854
On or about September 1854 two young men named William Newcomb disappeared. The family believes he ran away and asks for any information about his whereabouts from the parents and son as a great favor.
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William Newcomb
Personal Pointers From Town Busy Holiday Schedule
A collage of brief notes lists names visiting or staying in town over Christmas and New Year including Jesse Ashton Editor Solomon Deacon Fisher and several others. It mentions travels to Minden Chatsworth Orleans Holdredge and Tecumseh along with local business moves and a large cattle ranch purchase by Stokes and Troth.
Striking Quote Praises Walking on the King’s Highway
A contributor to The Juiver lauds walking together on the king's highway as a means of exchanging thoughts and sentiments and distinguishing truth from deception. The piece emphasizes spiritual and social growth and stronger connections as wealthier chances arise from such shared paths.
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Iin
King’s Highway
the Juiver
Rash rink mishap ends in a stinging lip setback
A terse verse notes a skater's rough mishap with skates. She cuts her lip but vows to improve next time. Slips and snide skates hinder her, yet the feeling remains she will rise again on the rink.
Timber Claim for Sale Near McCook Advised
Any person having a Timber Claim near McCook for sale should call on H. W. Pike.
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McCook
H. W. Pike
Eaton Bros
McCook, Neb
Clerks Held Warrants 90 Days Delayed by Law Change
The note argues the clerk should repeal the 90 day hold on warrants this winter. Creditors should not wait so long for warrants. Twenty days provides ample appeals time from allowances and is reasonable for creditors to wait.
Local Stationery Firm Promotes Wide In Stock Supply
A local printer announces a full line of stationery including ball programs and invitations plus new type presses and entler equipment. The firm invites readers to give them a trial and experience good work.
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Entler
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the Tribune
Congheg Stional
Jocsle
Groner Duncan
Soneee
Chas. Ubes
Local Intelligence
Ketchum
City Bakery
J. S. Phillips
Wilcox Bros
Michigan
C. H. Rogers
Hayden & Co
Superior Mills
Snc
Wincex Bros
California
Meico
Grand Island
Rogers
William Stoddert
Bragg
Prehm
McCracken’s
Sheriff Welborn
J. Starbuck
Ladell
George
Mansard Reef
West McCook
Lyons Worm
Arnica
Metropolitan Drug Store
W. A. Clute
Buards
Willin
Messrs. Farley
Brewer Bros
Main Avenue
Dennison
J. Goodenberger
Bro. Burr
Riverton Enterprise
Tribune
McCook Tribune
Trumpet
Davis & Israel
Kimmel
Masonic
Mrs. J. St. Phelan
S. L. Green
W. F. Wallace
W. W. Fisher
L. B. Stiles
J. A. Wilcox
A. Campbell
J. B. Meserve
M. A. Spalding
Albert Noren
J. F. Kenyon
C. F. Babcock
KK. G. Mitchell
V. Franklin
A. J. Pate
T.G. Rees
C. D. Brcanbrack
Jos. Menard
J. B. Berger
D. Hunt
F. D. Hess
A. M. Kelly
Z. L. Kay
J. F Collins
Page Francis
Hugh McGann
W.S. Perry
C. N. Batchelor
A. McG. Robb
H. Colvin
Misses Reilly
Hunt
Graham
Laws
Fisher
Men
Arnold
Nile River
S. D. Hant
Culbertson
Jesse Ashton
the Beaver
Solomon
the Culbertson Sun
Deacon Fisher
Es, Reynolds
W S. Tannehill
Town
John H. McGinnis
Colorado
W. M. Graham
Miss Ella
Trenton
A. P. Bonne
J. R. Phelan
I. FE. Stewart
Bride of Oberlin
Minden
J. F. Forbes
J. A. Cordeal
Alma
Thos. Colfer
Mr. Cordeal
William Frain
Chatsworth
William
Osgood of
Tecumseh
Ilinois
Paxton Cattle Co
Chas. L. Schell
Beatrice
West Dennison
Schell
Hopwood
Heldredge
The
Nugget
Tite TerBene
Phelps Center
Holdredge
J. G. Stokes
R. D. Tate
Carrico
Stokes & Troth
Bailey Bros
Tribune Job Department
B. & M. Exting House
Prateie Parmer
Toledo Blade
Chicago Weekly
Leavenworth
Demorest
S. Pottirps
Indianola
Neb
Sam
Crank Ward
R. S. Cooley
Bulletin Board
Price
South McCook
Beaver Valley
Cooney
R. SL Cantey
I. S. Land Office
Ac. A
Hi. W. Pike
Metook
Tui Taipenn
L. Green and
Sohason & Spalding
ARK
Shitek
Fev
Lee
Shilgeh
Green Druggist
Nev
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