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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1884
Page
3
A poem of longing for the heavenly home by Lilla N Cushman from Chicago Sun. The speaker expresses peace in death, yearning to join loved ones in the heavenly mansion, asking friends not to weep but await reunion each evening.
Meta Sayres and her husband face a parched St. Louis spring with a bare lawn as they debate sodding to bring green turf. They plan to finance the $30 cost by trimming other expenses while Meta imagines shade from maples and nightly watering to coax the grass to grow.
A Sunday sermon stirs a couple, John and Meta, to donate generously to help needy enslaved people. Back home their yard shows a miraculous green growth, blamed on angels rewarding Meta’s selfless sacrifice. John insists a heavenly influence, Meta delights in the whimsical miracle.
A French chemist distils brandy from watermelon and a Swedish maker produces alcohol from reindeer moss. The note ends with a quip about there being no essence in every thing, as the text suggests from a Boston transcription.
A verse contemplates yearning for true freedom beyond human limits. The speaker envies a lark’s unbound flight and imagines breaking earthly chains to reach a brighter shore, contrasting mortal longing with transcendent release. The piece ends reflecting on the lark’s serene meadow-home as night falls.
The article discusses mind activity during sleep, noting no thought in deep sleep and limited mental action in dreams. It cites prophetic dreams and cases linking dreams to later events or illnesses, then explains dreams as misinterpreted bodily signals and coincidences rather than true warnings.
The Rev Mr Macray of Bodleian Library reports a 1694 letter by William Hall to Edward Thwaites that explains Shakespeare’s epitaph. It suggests the lines were meant to be plain and warns movers of bones with a curse, noting the bone house in Stratford and the poet’s intent to keep his remains unmoved.
London Telegraph notes dwindling circle of Waterloo veterans. Gen. Thomas Keppel Earl of Albemarle recalls his boyhood playmate Princess Charlotte and his share in the 1815 victory. Waterloo Day celebrations bring fond remembrances of the famed battle and its leaders.
A brief note from the Boston Gazette records Young Dutley saying he would not summer at a place lacking more gals than at Newport where a gala day was anticipated.
McCook M A Spalding, Nebraska agent, offers a catalog with price list and free description. Details include products, pricing, and brief descriptions aimed at potential buyers in Nebraska market. Information targets local merchants and consumers seeking catalog offerings.
Ranch on Red Willow Thornburg nye County Nebraska includes 1000 acres deeded land with Black and Byfield hay lands timber and water two houses improvements and near No 1 school villages Located in Republican valley west of Willow Creek Call or write J F BhmACK Indianola Stock brand circle on left shoulder dewlap crop under half crop on left ear and left jaw brand noted Also ranch on the Republican Post office Max Dundy county Nebraska
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