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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1884
Page
6
Poem by Lilla N Cushman speaks of voices in darkness guiding toward heaven and rest. The speaker senses unseen presences offering solace and hope as night deepens and earthly ties fade away.
Tom Selden, a Washington official, seeks a mysterious glove owner in a gala, discovers a matching ring, and falls for Bella Tremaine. Believing a glove seals destiny, he courts her through to marriage in Washington, revealing the glove and ring as a family heirloom in a fairy tale ending.
Henry Clay, halted by ill health during the 1851 52 winter, stayed at the National hotel hoping to die among family in Ashland. Poore recalls his gentle demeanor, beauty in decay, and his last moments with his son and the Rev Dr Butler as whig celebrations echoed.
The New York press club chief seeks J M Macdonald believed to be in the far west. Macdonald is found dead on a Leadville hillside after a life of wealth loss, labor on newspapers, illness, love rejection, and prideful poverty. A Denver hospital stay precedes his Colorado grave.
A Swede named Frank Johnson living seven miles west of Osceola reemerges as a cave hermit after a year away. His daughter witnessed him in a cave with wild appearance and threats. He fights to stay hidden, prompting speculation about past crimes in Sweden and possible mental illness.
The Engineer states it is probable Victoria will repeat its offer of a high premium for a combined reaper and threshing machine tailored to Australian requirements.
A poem asserts that belief is a daily act of trust in God. It links seed planting, patient weathering of clouds, unseen futures, and waking faith with divine keeping. The speaker emphasizes that true faith endures through sleep and sorrow, sustained by God’s unknown reasons.
The house committee on Pacific rail roads ends consideration of amendments to the Thurman sinking fund act. The measure adds Kansas Pacific Sioux City and Pacific and Central Branch of Union Pacific to the act. It lets the secretary of the treasury invest sinking funds in first mortgage bonds or U S securities and apply funds to interest on subsidized bonds with government refund on demand. The third amendment raises the net earnings contribution to 35 percent, up from 25. A prior 374 percent figure was revised. The fourth amendment keeps government balances for interest payments but directs they stay in the sinking fund to help extinguish prior liens, shifting about 9 million dollars from government claims to sinking fund.
The fifth amendment lets the secretary of the treasury withhold government transportation fees from subsidized roads to secure the sinking fund. The sixth allows firms to settle debt with the government within five years after passage. Rep Thompson says the plan would raise annual sinking fund deposits by about 1.5 million dollars, totaling ~26 million by 1898.
Dr Peters describes Irving as not tall but stout with a fine forehead and clear eyes. He notes Irving wore a wig and a Spanish style head wrap, and recounts viewing Irving’s body in an ice coffin. Peters shows portraits and a rare photographed daguerreotype reflecting Irving’s humor benevolence and will.
Pittsburg Dispatch discusses the cabalistic aura of medical Latin in prescriptions. It notes Charles Reade’s satire in Very Hard Cash and reports Ohio lawmakers considering a bill to require English prescriptions with Arabic figures, arguing it would aid doctors pharmacists and patients alike.
Professor Ball an astronomer royal for Ireland argues in an address on comets that the meteoroids seen as shooting stars in 1866 were the remains of comet tails, suggesting a new interpretation of the event.
Lace is favored for rich toilets while flowers in the hair stay for full dress. Accordon-pleated skirts and shoulder capes with deep accordion pliasas appear, especially for children. New shades include Gris Shauvette Armande Isard Chamignon. Hats must match costumes with Milan braids. over 100 straw shapes shown.
An old column surveys varied views on engagement tactics. It cites a bright girl who favors bold, rapid courtship to win a new beau, a blonde beauty who argues for a sudden no time for consideration proposal, and a widowed social figure who suggests offering wealth and carriage. It notes a persistent suitor can prevail, while another dweller of society warns against skirmishing and urges decisive, unconditional pursuit.
The secretary of state reports to the senate that Europe’s wheat stocks at the end of 1885 were similar to 1884 and that Europe’s needs remain as great as in 1883. The U S could supply about 177 million bushels this year, with 198 million from other wheat regions, implying U S influence over world wheat markets.
A report notes that electric lights in Los Angeles California are visible from San Clemente Island, situated eighty miles distant, highlighting the brightness of the city at night.
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