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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1884
Page
1
An Iowa editor retires claiming no true Christian should edit a newspaper in his valedictory. A New York clergyman theft involved $300 cash a $250 watch and $50 pins. Bishop Warner of Georgia marries widow of a Colorado cattle king, a noted millionaire.
McCook will observe eastern and mountain time with a new time card likely ready by January 6 or a week later. T E Calvert becomes General Superintendent effective year start. Car coupler patents rise, but most coupling still uses link and pin. Central standard to McCook west, mountain standard to western division. Time shifts total 24 minutes ahead and 30 minutes slower respectively. B and M cut off toward Oxford eyed to speed through trains, fueling Burlington versus Union Pacific tensions. Reporter.
January offers a chance to reflect on the past year, note successes and failures, and set new aims. A call to subscribe locally, bring job work home, and pay for the coming year while urging fashion notes for young ladies wearing Jersey jackets trimmed with undyed beaver.
A Spurgeon anecdote about becoming a Christian leads to a discussion of press frauds by an Indiana firm that sends five cent music with requests for paid notices. The piece argues newspapers deserve payment for ads and criticizes cheap schemes, hoping 1884 brings reform and cash for publishers.
The Inter Ocean denounces bad literature such as Peck's Bad Boy as the devil's doorway into homes. It blames permissive parents who read along and fail to protest to their children amid floods of wholesome books for youth.
Tue revival of bygone modes introduces large fur muffs and steel vamp skins. Amber hair crowning prongs appear proper for buns. Sleeveless bodices fall out and lace sleeves rise with long gloves. A satin ribbon belled bellows hangs by the fireplace side. Numerous nannies discharged for using it. Camel’s hair shawls styled as dolmans with black satin dresses.
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