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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1884
Page
5
Tomorrow is Decoration Day with local notices on shops services and markets. Graham Flour at City Bakery and fresh fish at City Market highlight daily offerings alongside pork meat and vegetables.
West of town farmers report millet potatoes and garden crops improving rapidly. John Murphy claims gains in the section while a local Eating House landlord buys 60 head of cattle from Bailey of Driftwood for over 1500 dollars, marking a second purchase this month. Plunkett Sisters pass on Indianola over Opera House rates of 25 dollars per night. Indianola objects to second class troupes.
Dunbar and Olcott acquire Ira Waldo’s blacksmith shop site plus 20 feet west and plan a capital livery stable. Nebraska cattle ranch report notes lush buffalo grass and fat cattle. The era sees a shift to large draft horses replacing lean broncho stock.
Several rattlesnakes have been killed south of the round house recently and warnings rise. The paper notes multiple fatal rattlesnake bites this summer and urges children roaming the prairies to stay vigilant.
McCook Tribune reports corrections to Gazette Journal and notes Frank Olander arriving from Town with stock and household goods to Red Willow county. Chicago General Store opens today with Menard stocking one of Repubican Valleys finest stocks. Children depicted by locals in colored crayon drawings. mothers urged to mirror the example for instruction.
Stock raisers of Red Willow met at Carrico on Tuesday of last week and formed the Red Willow Cattle Association. Officers include President John Paxton Vice President Schuyler Brough Secretary George Gowing and Treasurer Samuel Tate. The group aims to advance cattlemen interests along the creek.
The quarterly meeting of the M. E. Church was held in the Opera Hall last Sunday with Rev. Mann of Indianola assisting Rev. Bartley. A Sabbath School was organized and will meet next Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock Mountain time at the Opera Hall. Notices of services to be held in two weeks were given.
The article urges installing multiple hydrants and details a Chicago to Denver through freight tour. It notes a successful test of Westinghouse air brakes and automatic couplers on trains, explaining how the system prevents crashes when trains split. It cites rail officials and rail lines including B and M in Nebraska and C B Q.
W. O. Moody plans construction of a residence on the hill south and east of M. A. Spalding, outlining a new local home project.
Hastings, Indianola, Denver visitors noted. Frontier county land claims pursued by U P agent Fulton and Elkhart partners. Bondville grows with post office, school, windmill, new church, and rising homes. Local business and farming activity described. town urges timely paper delivery. May 23 edition of Morner's Son.
The report notes C A Nettleton's fine young horse broke a leg last week and G B Nettleton's return from Atwood Kansas after windmill work. Mr Forsey sold a homestead and timber claim for $650 to an eastern purchaser. Cattle and buffalo grass are thriving with feeding shown to be beneficial. A spring wagon romance provoked a humorous scene. A boy injured from a fall near box cars prompts safety cautions. Arrests for theft of doors and fixtures led to a court hearing with fines imposed.
Weather brings a touch more rain while Noble Gregrey suffers apoplexy. Wheat and rye look well and corn planting proceeds. Lincoln’s Mr. Johnson selects Beaver for a future home. Arthur B. Goodman leaves for Mc Cook to work in the round house. Bill Sparling will move to Wyoming with 80 acres traded for a male team. The Cobb Bros. build a sud house and rumors say Michigan girls may visit. N O Wickwire notes five year peach trees in full bloom at Red Willow County farm.
The Ministerial Association West Nebraska Mission Meeting will be held in the M. E. church in Indianola on Tuesday, June 3.
A train carrying many riders described as keepers and riders all Negroes stopped in McCook Wednesday night. They played banjos at the station drawing crowds as they traveled, part of the "bums" brotherhood represented on the trip.
The new illustrated Webster's Dictionary edition features three thousand engravings and is praised as the best book of the century for homes, reading rooms, libraries, and businesses. The Golden Era endorses it as indispensable for readers and scholars alike.
An ad stresses true economy through purity and fair pricing for DeLand's Chemical Baking Powder made from Grape Cream Tartar and pure Bi- Carb. Soda. It touts absolute purity and reasonable cost.
An accident report in The Courier describes a boy sustaining a fracture to the collar bone of his right shoulder during a collision. The account notes the immediate injury and potential medical care following the incident.
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