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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1884
Page
1
A newspaper snippet notes February would have five Fridays in its span. An angry horse car conductor mutters about danger as a fat passenger boards. Boston saloon keeper Patrick Crane fires at a customer, risking harsh punishment. A child recalls a Scandinavian sermon and asks if God understands.
A plan to honor Lieut Chipp of the Jeannette expedition with a monument is under consideration. One donor has contributed 1600 dollars and seeks additional supporters to complete the raise.
A priest asks a gravely ill coachman if he attends church. The coachman replies he cannot say he has the habit but notes he has driven many people to the church, revealing his long service in guiding others to worship.
A Georgia wife reportedly used a shotgun to reform her husband who stayed out at night. The reform succeeded, as he now never returns home and sleeps in a neighboring cemetery.
The Leavenworth Times argues only a brave and conscientious man could crusade against orthodoxy, but the paper claims this view is outdated and the idea of coming out of orthodoxy is increasingly used as a dodge by mountebanks, per Topies.
The actress insists she kissed no one off stage besides Nick yet crowds at the San Francisco opera house react with anger smashing furniture to protest perceived ticket speculation and intrusion on the famed diva.
The Gazette Journal asserts Hastings will become a division on the B and M, B and Q Roads, with a U S Post Office and a U S Court planned, and a new line from Stromburg to Hastings, signaling Hastings as the third city in the state in the near future.
A six year old boy Tom sees the moon and sun together at dawn and jokes that God forgot to pull His moon in. His mother responds with a rebuke as the child giggles at the divine mix up.
Lincoln Journal notes Hastings is likely to be a key B and M railroad hub as the line consolidates operations in the near future. The piece discusses planned regional growth and mentions other prospective railway projects and local reactions.
A dimsel asks about a long name in the paper and the old man jokes about it as a farmer’s cuticle association. He implies many people who harm farmers and urges reading something easier for the child.
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