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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1884
Page
5
Local Advertisements and Notices in McCook Page
Local notices include church services and schedules for Zion, Methodist, Catholic and Good Templars, along with ads for City Bakery Chicago Store and general goods. Items mention a new town Odell in Rawlins County Kansas, a proposed B M railroad junction at Brush, and a driftwood horse arrival from Washington County Kansas.
Confirmation and town notes from the county seat
Right Reverend Bishop O Connor administered the sacrament of confirmation to twelve at one location Saturday morning and eleven on Sunday morning at Indianola. The village pound was moved behind Olcott's barn. A choir from town sang at services led by the bishop. The death of Mr and Mrs T B Babcock's baby occurred in Rockford Illinois. Two Lincoln engineers with George Irving map more water mains. A wash-out near Stratton damaged five spans of a bridge and delayed an excursion train. Mrs Thompson led a Happy Hours concert in Opera Hall with local children performing credibly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connor
Indianola
Our Town
Bishop O'Connor
T. B. Babcock
Lincoln
George Irving
Railroad Street
Mash Avenue
Stratton
Tribune
Tripung
McCook
John Lee
Lee
Dungan
Congregational Church
John Farr
Iowa
L. B. March
Hatfield Ranch
Bondville
W. O. Bond
Buffalo Bridge
Lettie Boughton
Captain Seeley
Gettysburg
H. B. Duckworth
Beaver
Paxton Cattle Co Formed By Meserve in Illinois
J B Meserve returns from Paxton Ill and forms the Paxton Cattle Co with George Wright as President O D Sacket as Vice President C H Frew as Secretary and Treasurer and Meserve as General Manager They plan to add steers this fall and expand herd next spring Also notes a new gambling game Fly foo and a busy week in McCook with trains delayed and crowds at eateries and stores and wet groceries in high demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Meserve
Paxton, Ill
Paxton Cattle Co
George Wright
O. D. Sacket
C. H. Frew
Hayden
McCook
Beeline excursionists stranded at Stratton station
About seventy five travelers from Cleveland, part of the Bee Line Rocky Mountain excursion, were detained at the Stratton area wash-out all day Friday and then visited McCook with amused reactions to frontier town ideas. Hayden & Co promote DeLand's Soda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Stratton
Cleveland
McCook
Nebraska
Gre
Leap Year Ball in Opera Hall Sparks Evening of Dance
The Leap Year Ball drew a lively crowd despite weather delays in the Opera Hall. After 10 PM, partners were selected, and dancing continued until about 2:30 AM. The report notes mail delays and community sadness at John Lee's death, with funeral rites conducted Thursday by Rev. Dungan.
Fogs and farm notes mingle in Carrico items
Elders report a July picnic with forty five attendees and cool evening weather. Keeler builds a sod house while stockmen prep haying gear and Bailey brothers chase wild horses near Willow and Blackwood. France’s Napoleonist quarrel grows, with Victor mocked as Gabrielle’s darling by foes and some sympathy abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elder Wood
Christian Church
Phelps County
G. Stokes
J. &. Braugh
France
Plon-Plon
Victor
Prince Imperial
Jerome
Mme
Giabrielle
Gabrielle
Paul de Cassagnac
Plon- Plon
Europe
Republic
Land for sale near Oberlin and McCook details
A buyer can purchase 320 acres deeded land 24 miles from Oberlin and 28 miles south of McCook with 4 miles of living water springs and 200 acres of smooth farm land for 900 cash if sold at once. Also 160 acres with water and 120 acres farm land near Oberlin for 400 cash. J E Cochran McCook Ned constable captured a Denver horse thief in town last week and held him for Arapahoe sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
McCook
J. E. Cochran
Ned
McCormick
Denver
Arapahoe County
Neighbors receive thanks for help after illness and funeral
A note from Rupert Jounsey thanks neighbors and friends for kindness shown during his wife’s illness and funeral. The writer criticizes state papers for publishing laws and denounces smear campaigns and muckraking. He requests etymology of the word Sundayed and mentions Auditor Dorman of the B and M with his wife visiting town last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Jounsey
Dorman
Maria's Tonic Astringent Ad Missive Promotes Remedy
A customer appeals for three bottles to be sent to his wife in Indiana for their child with a summer complaint. Marsu's Tonto Astringent and other Marsu products are advertised as cures for diarrhea dysentery and bowel issues priced at 50 cents, with local druggist sales noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Waveland
Indiana
John E. Petty
Fort Stott
Kans
Marsu
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Ae Zion SL
George Dungan
Methodist
M. T
Opera Hall
Allen Bantlry
Oseph Clery
I. 0
G. T
Independent Order of Good Templars
Local Intelligence
Graham Flour
City Bakery
Chicago
J. Byron Jennings
Grand Island
C. N. Batchelor
the Tribune
JosEfa Clery
C. H. Rogers
Chicago General Store
Opera House
Eckley
Braun
Sans Ceremonie
Cheyenne
Brush
Washington County
Kansas
C. W. Yocum
Cornell
Boardman
Missouri
Odell
Rawlins County
Rawlins
Dunbar
Olcott
DeLand
Hayden & Co
Calvert
Register Laws
County Institute
Judge Ashmore
Colonel Snavely
Mr. Adams
Superior
Fred Webster
Chase County
Mrs. Wallace
L. B. Stiles
Salt Lake City
Utah
H. Colvin
Arapahoe
Deacon Fisher
A. P. Leech
Creston
Brown
Doane College
A. J. Pate
J. E. Cochran, Esq
Bro. Martin
the Sentinel
W. H. McCartney
George Papin
Hoge
Knoxville, Il
S. D. McClain
J. ©. Walsh
Omaha
Charlie Ashmore
Dave Baum
Hayes County
C. Bs
J. F. Forbes
Goslin
Henry F. Leib
Mr. Bridges
Lincoln Real Estate
Frank Harris
Campbell
J. W. Dyer
Miss Ashmore
Miss Buckworth
Messrs
Sam Ashmore
Ed. Leavenworth
Geo. B. France
York
Mr. France
Laird
J. T. Morris
Stockville
Mrs. Snyder
Charleston, Lll
W. W. Fisher
Charlie Fisher
Illinois
John Hughes
Blackwood
Golden Stairs
John
Tapis
Morvern
Carrico
E. N. Keeler
N. Burtless
Driftwood
Norfolk Journal
8. L. Green
Marsi
S. L. Green
John Farley
John A. Lee
Cooley
R.S. Cooter
Cooley, McCook
J. E. Berger
U. S. Land Office
Wheeler & Wilson
Tuk Tripune
Three Choice
Red Willow
Tam
Clark Ward
Red Willow County
Issi
C. A. Wilson
Kd. M. Wilson
Ed. Wilson
Melook
A. Wilson
E. M. Wilson
Aleve
Avenuit
Sui
Wiese
Mortzuzee
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