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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1885
Page
3
The passage reflects on a Christmas carol praising the Christ child, with heavenly chorus and shepherds in a starry plain. It contrasts ancient gifts with the gift of a heart open to Jesus, urging belief and humility as bells ring with good tidings for all.
The piece traces the Christmas greens custom from ancient laurel and holly rites to modern American practice. It highlights Maine’s spruce displays in churches, the mountain laurel of the Alleghenies, and holly’s colonial symbolism, plus mistletoe myths and Druid roots.
The article traces mistletoe’s role in New Year rites and Christmas decoration, noting its pagan associations and Christian adaptation. It cites its birdlime name, historical uses, and Shakespearean allusions, while describing Christmas widespread celebration across the United States and the shift from sectarian restrictions to festive decor.
An Ottawa correspondent argues Canada faces slow settlement as immigration rises but many migrants move to the United States to escape high living costs and escalating taxation. Canada’s national debt stands at about 203 million dollars with per capita rates far above the U S, prompting fears for the Pacific railway’s population base.
Paris gossip notes a shift to color in men’s fashion with blue coats brass buttons white vests light gray trousers and powdered hair considered in vogue. Alternatives include brown coats shawl-pattern vests and diamond-buckled garters while a black coat remains for theatergoing and refined settings.
The Rochester Chronicle and Democrat reports white planters seek Polynesian and Indian labor to compete with foreign growers in Queensland Australia. White workers earn 5 dollars weekly with rations while imported Polynesians would be paid 30 dollars a year with rations, sparking white resistance to immigration.
From Brinkley ebb City and Walnut Ridge, P R Anderson E M Taylor and F B Pinchbeck report General Debility cured. They say Brown's Iron Bitters brought solid benefit. The product is advertised as for sale everywhere.
At Chicago North Western depot a couple described as Mr and Mrs John Fellows from Eagle City Idaho arrived for a wedding tour. The man recounted how he partnered with a sick fellow miner, later discovering his partner’s female identity, leading to marriage with Jennie.
Dr Samuel K Cox a Washington chemist reports Star Cough Cure contains no morphine opium emetic or poisons and is a safe effective original mix. He urges it as a boon to families especially mothers wary of dangerous drugs. The letter includes a Jefferson Adams excerpt and notes Naples and Genoa pauper shipments to South America with a New York style return plan.
Advert says Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures all forms of catarrh and related illnesses. The notice urges readers not to be disgusted by sales pitches and promotes the remedy with testimonials and assurances of quick results.
The election of Charles S. Voorhees, son of Senator Voorhees, as a delegate to Congress from Washington Territory is believed to be the second instance in U.S. history where a father and son sit in Congress simultaneously.
A reader writes to praise Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for relief from backaches bearing down sensations and general weakness. After using the medicine she reports feeling well and able to attend to household duties again.
The text notes that in 1884 the British colonies freed enslaved people numbering 780,993 and that Britain paid owners a total of $100,000,000 as compensation. It presents a concise record of the scale of emancipation and the financial settlement.
Slogans claim Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery purifies blood and strengthens the system to stave off illness. The ad asserts it cures bilious issues and boosts energy, appealing to men who feel worn out and unable to eat or sleep.
Four Goebel and Co. brewery employees hold one tenth of a $50,000 prize lottery ticket from the Louisiana State Lottery. Mass Traub Brommer Noel own the stake, with confirmation expected. They bought four one tenth tickets for $4, three were blanks, plan to invest winnings in real estate. The ticket number is 85003 and the holders include details linking to other prize histories and local businesses.
Sorrow and gloom give way to hope as the ad claims Magic Carboline refines coarse hair. Camphor trees thrive in Quincy Florida after being supplied from Washington, suggesting a regional promotion and plant source.
An 1885 notice offers readers $1.00 for 50 cents in stamps valid if sent before February 1 1885. The Rural Home of Rochester promotes a yearly eight page forty column weekly paper now in its fifteenth year, advertised as the cheapest farm journal. A sample copy is available and a joke about a pompous man closes the item.
A wag claims Wells Richardson's Improved Butter Color is the best in the world free of sediment and impurity and gives butter a rich dandelion yellow with no red tint. Wheeling West Virginia noted as a great place for carriage-smiths.
Tue Vottaic Bext Co of Michigan offers their celebrated Electro VoitTaia Beit and other electric appliances on trial for thirty days to men with nervous debility loss of vitality and manhood and other diseases. Complete restoration is guaranteed with no risk a thirty day trial. Also barbed wire and salve ad notes. A southern editor asserts angels are blondes and a suspected brunette marriage claim is included.
Central Manhattan visit notes advertise Baggage handling and carriage hire with European plan and elevator. Describes Union Square era transit to depots and claims families can live better for less money at the Grand Union Hotel compared with other first class lodging in the city.
Caswent, Hazano & Co announces Pure Cud Liver Oil made from selected livers on the seashore. It is described as absolutely pure and highly admired by patients who prefer it over other oils. Physicians deem it superior to competing market oils.
A 19th century ad claims Jane Tam Soar by CASWELL Hazanp & Co. cures rough skin and facial blemishes in New York. A paralyzed Iowa woman, Miss Alice Rickel of West Union, seeks treatment at Drs. Dickerson & Stark Surgical Institute in Kansas City, with surgeons hopeful to restore limb use, noting time as the great physician.
The piece notes only two women have received formal triage statues in history with Queen Victoria among them. It mentions Victoria on horseback and a Henry V saddle preserved in Westminster Abbey. It also reports William H. Vanderbilt spending over 10000 dollars to aid Staten Island homeowners facing foreclosure. An Illinois epitaph contrasts groves of Time with Eternity.
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