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Newspaper

Mccook Weekly Tribune

Location

Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1884

Page

6

Jubilee Hymn

A Detroit Free Press hymn praising the Trinity and Christ salvation. It lauds God the Father Son and Spirit, asks nature to declare Jesus love, and imagines believers joining the eternal host on the heavenly shore.

Mab and Effie in Italian peril and a rescue

Mab Warburton and her sister Effie flee a night at Gimino station after a jewel ring and cash draw a robber. A guard is drugged and the sisters are saved when Sidney Weir arrives with help, ending their Tuscan excursion and hinting at Mab’s engagement to Weir.

Mab Tuscany Uncle Wallace England Effie San Vito Mable Map Emoiselle Times Mabel Ee Weir Oakland Kent Warburton Exham Mr. Weir India Set Gimino Bey

Train Time and Drunk Drummers at Speed Test

A lively train car scene unfolds as two drummers gamble on the speed of the train. One claims thirty miles an hour, the other bets on seconds per mile, with Bob winning after a public wager and a drinker’s quip about pulse timing. Additional vignettes include a Chinese coopers tale, a bride’s critique of wedding gifts, and a note on silver-service reform.

Charley Bob Iscorar

Plantation Negroes An Insight From Wilmington Cor Betties

The author portrays plantation hands as miserable yet content, living in present comfort with huts, stores, and overseer care. Freedom means earning money and self sufficiency, while education remains limited. A lettered 17 year old girl and 15 year old boy in pine woods share curiosity about nature. The piece urges teaching youth to find happiness in life and study of nature before drastic travel.

Wilmington N.C Troy Times Mebbe Pine Woods Tom Europe Florida

Spring at Brookside with Blossoms and Brookside Light

Verses describe the brookside scene in spring with tasselled birch branches yellowing over a stream and maples in red bloom. Pussy willows droop and greens peek through as blue violets appear and birds sing an inexpressible sweetness. The poem invites the reader to hear nature’s secret at the brookside.

Inter-vean

The Object of Education From Florida Letter

A Florida essay argues education should center on happiness and personal well being. It contends both men and women need hobbies, criticizes education systems overemphasizing labor, and praises families that teach contentment in play and rest alongside knowledge of nature and art.

Florida

A Humorous Romance Ended In Ardmore Tragedy

Carrie Burdette wife of humorist Robert J. Burdette died at Ardmore Pennsylvania after a life marked by family opposition and a dramatic marriage. She died during a heart spasm but her wish to wed before death was granted as a clergyman united the couple. Her father Auren Garrett opposed the match and the event followed by a sudden improvement in her health before an unaccountable illness appeared.

Decatur Carrie Burdette Robert J. Burdette Ardmore Bardette Auren’ Garrett Peoria Bob Carrie

Ice business trick in Arkansas water tale

A northern buyer visits Little Rock seeking a home with a cold water well. An old man guides him to a warm well and convinces him to buy, claiming the water is cold. After purchase, the buyer discovers the ice melt trick and vows retaliation, revealing the scam and the con man’s ice trade.

Arkansaw Little Rock Podner

Six-Legged Male Birth Sparks Alabama Population Forecast

A Burlington Free Press note reports a remarkable birth in Alabama a male with five legs and forecasts a potential large population decline in the state within six to eight years based on this event and its perceived implications.

Alabama Burlington Free Press

Prayer for Politicians at National Convention

The Rev Mr Bristol delivers a prayer at the Republican National Convention invoking God’s blessing on the delegates, the nation, and the political process. He pleads for peace, prosperity, temperance, and devotion to Christian principles guiding the 50,000,000 people and the free institutions. The address glorifies national heritage and the Republican Party with a call for decency and unity in the campaign.

Bristol Plymouth Rock Yorktown Appomattox United States Republican Party

The Elopement Tendency in One Family

The piece notes repeated elopements within a single family driven by romantic impulses and parental opposition. It cites Fanny, a rich sixteen year old from Long Island City, who runs away with Walter to marry in New York after a day of kissing her mother. The text suggests elopement runs in the family and calls for vigilant supervision to prevent further cases.

Mr. Wardle Pickwickian Snodgrass Walter Fanny New York

Angling Pride Risks Envy and Overseas Flight

A Lowell Courier snippet laments anglers facing envy over prized catches and cites the panic driving wealthy Americans abroad or back home from London. A Yonkers Gazette quip recalls a barn door joke about a missing door as a light remark on misfortune.

Walton Lowell Courier London Boston Post Yonkers Gazette

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