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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1885
Page
6
A 19th century verse notes a woman shedding flirtation for piety on Easter Day. She vows self denial and devotion, and anticipates leaving home modestly dressed in a daisy bonnet as a sign of renewed restraint and cheer. The piece reflects seasonal moral sentiment in a Boston Courier style voice.
Richard Maur, a wealthy, proud young man, struggles with love and money while Edith Palmer secretly loves him. Susie Brown, Edith friend, schemes to nudge the romance forward as tensions between wealth and affection loom at a seaside home.
Edith denies love of wealth but Richard declares love and surprises Susie with joy. Jack learns his father’s fate, while Susie’s tact sets a double wedding in motion as Arthur receives an unexpected legacy. The tale closes with two grateful suitors embracing bright prospects.
The piece recounts Hampton's raid behind Grant's army as a triumph of strategy seen by Lee's troops. It follows raider Ike and comrade Jack, a dying man mistaken about his wound, and a moment of humor with a Bible reading joke amid war’s grim aftermath.
A local case awards Mr Sims Reeve £50 for not singing at a concert amid hoarseness claims. The piece recalls Lord Bramwell’s remarks on Shylock and portents in Dickens era letters, plus urban curiosities from New York including an intoxicated woman and a divorce clipping, ending with a Supreme Court visit to the President and cordial welcomes.
The Pittsburg Times explains a price marking scheme where retailers use unique ten-letter words to map to numerals. Each retailer adopts a distinct term with no repeated letters to correspond with numbers, illustrating the method with an example word.
An old practice of marking cost on goods fades as retailers adopt clear selling price labels. The article notes use of coded tags like An chorites with examples such as a,i,o for 1.75 dollars. Some stores show both cost and selling price separated by a line.
A political tale from Kentucky features Laz arus Powell and Humphrey Marshall courting favor with a mountain mistress who runs her household with wit. Morning reveals Powell already at work in the barn while Marshall misreads the joke, yet Powell wins the county vote.
Washington Ky. reminiscence recounts Uncle John Zeigler, ninety, partner of Mike Fink, and a dramatic rifle, fistfight, and store brawl that forged a legendary Ohio valley alliance. Zeigler recalls victories, a hot stove fight, shared riches, and their eventual lifelong partnership ending with Fink’s death.
In 1864 at Fort Smith the Seventh Army Corps officer Wiley Britton sought a discharge for a wounded clerk. The surgeon and Britton forged a discharge certificate claiming a necrosis of the right radius, prompting General Thayer to grant the man a quick discharge, remarking that the term was a novel name for the wound.
The article questions the 80 percent figure claiming many Americans live on about 50 cents per day. It cites mill workers earning 35 to 7 dollars weekly and farm hands at 22 to 30 dollars monthly to illustrate vast income gaps. It contrasts subsistence levels with extreme wealth to highlight modern inequality.
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