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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
6
Poem reflects on a tide of rising fame and a soul seeking a lasting mark. It contrasts ancient realms with a modern unknown shore where a youthful spirit can leave a farewell ripple on the land and sea.
A wealthy London widow’s diamonds loom large as her suitor Mr Frere tries to marry for wealth and youth. Lady Rose marries for the gems only to learn the jewels are paste, and the true hoard lies in a Renaissance pamphlet about George IV. A separate note reports on the Erie Times discovery of a book tying to royal marriage secrets and a chase for £1500 offered to lure the rare volume.
Reports from Erie and Milwaukee claim Britain seeks to buy and destroy copies of Memoirs of George IV. The Exchequer supposedly offers 1500 pounds per edition to quash the volume, with a quiet hunt to avoid raising prices. The plan aims to remove the book from circulation rather than publicize the issue.
A shy young man at a social gathering asks a young lady an awkward, private question about her toothpaste. The woman exits abruptly. next day the suitor notes she seemed “a little off” and recalls nothing he did to offend her.
Green County Wisconsin hosts a large dairy industry centered on Limburger with 48 cheese factories using about 200000 pounds of milk daily from 7555 cows producing 21183 pounds of cheese daily. Swiss and American cheese factories add further output and growth prospects for the cheese trade.
A Burlington Free Press poem laments transient human loves as moonlight, wind, and the front gate frame a brief season of romance followed by the harsh sea wind Euroclydon. The speaker notes lovers once clung here, now the gate groans, the house dog wails, and couples retreat to an indoor parlor with wistful listening to the gate’s wail.
The boy narrates a rowdy homegrown Buffalo Bill parody in which he and friends stage Indians in the yard, capture a Boston visitor, lasso a cow, and end with the old man tangled with a bicycle while a police wagon passes.
A mayoral case describes Rufus Reed a tall colored man charged with an affray involving an elephant. Reed fought the elephant after the animal seized his pocket apple and tugged his vest, with blows exchanged before the elephant narrowly left the scene. The elephant, once recalled for trial, could not appear, and Reed was let off lightly as the elephant deserved flogging. Reed is said to have previous notable altercations including a bear incident at Lowell.
An asserted mixture uses powdered zinc with oil and a drier to prevent rust on iron. A recommended blend is eight parts zinc with seventy one parts oil and two parts a drier, forming a protective coating.
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