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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1884
Page
7
A satirical poem by Parmenias Mix rails at wealth and social climbing. The speaker decries ostentatious displays, coat of arms, and gaudy interiors by former tradesmen who rise from poverty to flaunt wealth, urging tar and feathering to curb snobbery.
A detailed reminiscence of Grace Darling at the 1838 wreck of the Forfarshire. The boat, famed for the rescue, is now preserved, once displayed at South Kensington, and carried through London streets. The piece recounts Darling’s life on Longstone island, her modest conduct, and the fame that followed. It also surveys historical libraries and public knowledge, noting major global collections and the founding of the Library of Congress.
The National library, designed for 300000 volumes, already holds 513441 volumes stacked high and over 170000 pamphlets stored in the crypt. Architect Smithmyer notes plans for a new building are set to begin.
Hastings Journal argues for urgent funding and federal action to stamp out pleuro pneumonia. It cites Kansas and Iowa experiences, warns of cattle losses, and urges government oversight, timely measures, and shared costs to protect the dairy industry nationwide.
The Dawes commission backs a bill opening the Sioux reservation, but ratification requires consent from three fourths of adult male Indians. About ten million acres, mainly Brule lands from Fort George to Presho, would be opened while the White and Cheyenne river area also comes under the plan. Lands would remain in trust for 25 years before federal transfer.
The government offers land at 50 cents per acre with four annual installments. Settlers must live on their claim for five years. Opening the reservation will boost northwest immigration and attract settlers committed to permanent residence.
Harper's Magazine discusses the arrival of spring and the illusions of warmth and early seasons. It reflects on hope, human resilience, daffling change, and the joy of renewal with references to nature, poetry, and classical wisdom.
Washington Star reports high confidence in a hopeful Greely relief expedition. Capt. Schley and a bystander discuss locating the stranded party between Cape York and Littleton Island with rations for fifty four days, noting reindeer and Eskimo help could aid a spring rescue.
A reflective remark on how values and virtue shape behavior. The quote suggests studying popular ideals to understand both theory and practice of ethics. It emphasizes that collective praise reveals what a culture holds dear.
A portrait of a restless Arkansas man who arrived in 1846 and settled by Dry Fork creek. He marries a spirited partner and keeps house on mole-ruined floors. He talks all day, lies frequently, and avoids truth, unlike the quiet squatters or small farmers.
A visitor surveys a Pennsylvania town and learns the Standard Oil company owns most local assets. He notes hotels opera house toll bridge weekly newspaper and market house all under Standard Oil control. Only the Baptist church remains mortgaged and unused, as Standard preferred free Sunday railroad excursions to draw the congregation away.
Ranch on Red Willow Thornburg Hayes County Nebraska lists cattle branded J. M on left side with young cattle bearing same mark and a J. question mark on left jaw under slope right ear. Horses bear E on left shoulder.
J B Meserve describes a ranch known as Spring Canyon on the Frenchman River in Chase county Nebraska. The stock bears multiple brands including 71T on the left side O L on the left hip 7 on the right hip L on the shoulder L a on the left shoulder and X on the left jaw with half under crop left ear and square crop right ear.
A playful catalog notes how names reflect professions in various cities. It cites I Ketchum and U Cheatem as a famed London New York Philadelphia firm, alongside Ernest and Akin in Philadelphia, Earthrowl in London, and other city name-role quirks from Doll to Virtue to Death.
A seedy countryman questions the meaning of standard time as a brakeman explains time in boxing terms. The station yeller and traveler’s magazine tone compare railway schedules to fighters standing firm, wondering how trains stay on time without a knockout.
The Critic and Good Literature will act as ballot box for a possible American academy akin to the French. Readers may submit names of the forty living American men of letters they deem worthy. The vote result will be announced in The Critic on April 5. Sir William Vernon Harcourt secures a lease of crown lands for a country house in the New Forest near Lyndhurst. The Psychological Journal notes rising American insanity counts from 1850 to 1880, totaling 91,997 with 76,86 idiots, and over half not in hospitals. The Moliere plastron shows wear.
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