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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1884
Page
7
Members gather in Chicago for a major convention as Washington affairs dominate the agenda. The House presses toward final adjournment while miscellaneous Washington matters receive attention amid the political tempo.
A congressional record notes memorials and bills on June 2 to 5 including Sherman’s memorial for Cincinnati Industrial Exposition funding, a postage bill, and interior contracts inquiry. Senate action covers leave with pay for letter carriers and land grant decisions. House passes California Oregon land forfeit, and payson land occupancy bill amid Garfield tribute and reform pledges.
In senate actions on the 2d twenty five Democrats and thirteen Republicans participated. ninety five measures were introduced with forty passed, a high daily total. Reports from Dayton Florida dated June 2 announce General O E Babcock and others drowned at Mosquito Inlet while overseeing lighthouse work. only Babcock body recovered. Government platform notes on tariff at Chicago spur debate. General Babcock and clerks from Fifth and Sixth lighthouse districts drowned when a whaleboat capsized off Mosquito Inlet. oar failure and breakers contributed to the tragedy.
The Republicans renew their allegiance to principles proven in six presidential elections. They celebrate achievements in legislation and administration that saved the Union and advanced liberty, equality, and national unity. The party claims strength from responding to demands for freedom, equal rights, labor uplift, and an honest currency.
The text records interruptions of applause while roving the president's administration and lists diverse policy stances including import duties for revenue, sheep protection, railway regulation, opposition to contract labor, civil service support, land ownership limits for non residents, noninterference in foreign affairs, polygamy laws, and condemnation of Southern state Democratic fraud and violence.
Mr. R. T. Bentley of Sandy Springs Maryland a Quaker member reports severe rheumatic pain in his right hand. After using St Jacobs Oil consistently he states he was completely cured in a short time.
A German family in Kearney is torn by a brutal apartment tragedy. The husband Roebeck, a violent drunk, returned home last night and shot his wife four times wounding her and then killed himself by cutting his throat. Mrs Koebeck lies critically injured in hospital. Roebeck was arrested and jailed. Local report notes premeditation and brutal acts.
Austin Sheldon, an 83 year old hermit of Pike County, Pa, who abandoned his rock cave dwelling three months ago for Connecticut, has returned to his rocky den seeking solitude and death. A former blacksmith and Bible student, he recalls a life of wandering after being jilted early in life and now sleeps in an old rocking chair without a bed.
Special From Waltham reports the factory now produces fifteen hundred watches daily with improved quality and lower prices than previous years, highlighting efficiency and value for customers.
A committee to notify presidential and vice presidential nominees will meet at Parker House Boston on June 20 to travel to Augusta Maine to Blaine's residence and then to Washington to notify Gen. Lovan. New Republican National Committee members added include Senator Wm J Jewell M Yost and Church Howe. Nine California delegation members were appointed to visit Blaine and Logan to secure Pacific Coast support.
A collage of quotes touts Dr Pierce’s pills and Golden Medical Discovery while noting a Kansas City woman speaking eight languages and a call for an American Conservatory. It mentions dyspepsia cures and self treatment guides from Worls Dispensary and cites rising bicycle riders in the United States.
A quotation emphasizes not forcing early formal schooling on young children but guiding them toward gentleness and a sense of duties to others. It highlights the value of teaching civility and involvement in charitable acts arising from awareness of others.
The ad touts ee Skin Cure as a six cent cure for all skin diseases including salt rheum and eczema. It notes a long express route from Le Paul Minnesota to Helena Montana about 1156 miles. It claims superior results for Kezema and scrofula and mentions plans for a grand eight mile boulevard between St Paul and Minneapolis.
The Omaha Herald presents special reports from corn regions of the state on ring cereal 485 acreage and growth. Local railroad officers aided the report’s accuracy. The outlook for Nebraska farmers is favorable with a 15 percent average growth and good weather despite past wind and hail issues.
An eclectic card page advertises free cures for youth disorders and nervous weakness by Rev Joseph T Inman and notes Wrangel land as a Jeannette survivors destination. It also promotes various patent medicines including Rough on Pain and Dr Isaac Thompson Eye Water. The page carries quotes about music, poetry, and views on friendship and enemies.
An Omaha note promotes the Metropolitan at 11th and Douglas as offering $2.00 daily rooms, equal to pricier first-class houses, with touted cleanliness and central access. It highlights past fall occupancy during the State Fair and calls it the only centrally located $2.00 hotel.
An 1880s promotional notice touts the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central with rooms from one dollar per day, claiming cost savings for families. It highlights local transit, a restaurant, and comfort compared to other first class hotels while urging readers to use a petroleum hair product.
An advertisement touts Ferro-Phospho rated Elixir of Causaya by Caswell Hazard & Co. as the best tonic for dyspepsia indigestion low spirits and debility with 28 percent preventive against fevers. It also promotes Wells Health Renewer for dyspepsia and teeny claims and includes a customer testimonial from Thos Bass Sr of Steelville praising Prickly Ash Bitters for kidney and liver ailments.
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