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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1883
Page
6
A dark night voyage unfolds as a sailor battles storm and sea. The ship fights the tempest while wreckers light the breakers, and prayers for haven rise to a white Christ. The speaker longs for home as fiery foam trails the wrecked path.
In Earl temper, Sadie Dayre hosts Mr Derby of Der Brothers New York who courts her with tales of travel and a plan for a rural life. He asks to join Cosmopolitan Society and eyes a future with Sadie as apple sales charm her mother. The scene unfolds amid daylilies lilacs and orchard labor.
A moral tale shows Sadie learning the value of a steady, honest suitor as Rob loses twenty dollars to a slick pretender. The counterfeit Derby is exposed, Sadie chooses Rob, and they start a rural life in a cozy cottage while the lesson about genuine character endures.
In a playful exchange a mother and child discuss how society shifts with cheaper postage. The daughter notes invited young ladies to a party while the mother laments the decreasing social exclusivity as post rates drop to two cents and post offices lose their high-toned aura.
A fragment cites Norristown Herald remark about a dog, then mentions a Massachusetts ladies social calls gathering discussing politics. It also notes a Boston Thomas cat named Freddy Langtry. The text blends aphorisms with social and feline references.
An article from Nord Deutsche Zeitung describes the young Chinese emperor as a sacred ruler kept in seclusion. He eats with ivory tipped chopsticks and sleeps on an ornate Ningpo bedstead, while attendants kneel as he is honored as a god. His daily routine includes studies in Chinese and Manchu, archery, riding, and visits with ministers.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a man criticizing a woman's dress as ridiculous while another bystander agrees and questions the husband’s judgment. The exchanged lines reveal a satirical exchange about appearances and foolishness in public.
A maxim reflecting cautious conduct and ethical restraint. The proverb emphasizes that a person who avoids harm need not fear wrongful acts by others. It conveys a moral stance on peaceful behavior and reputational security.
An interview with Professor H A Newton explains adoption of a four meridian time system. Eastern time will be 3 minutes 58 seconds slower than Greenwich, centered on Philadelphia, with 12 million people along the seventy fifth meridian. Western regions follow hourly differences to Greenwich. Public clocks should sync with railroad time on November 18 to end train problems.
A naturalist describes sticklebacks in a tank building nests like robins. The male changes color to bright red and gathers sticks and plant matter. He uses a glandular secretion as plaster to glue materials in shape, committing a nest-building display.
The Calloway Kentucky newspaper explains an April prank where editors claimed Grant for president Butler for vice president tax surcharges and school coeducation. Two local men Judge Oury and W L Weathers edited the next issue as a joke to tease readers. Subscribers generally enjoyed the stunt.
A fragment from the Boston Star notes that in the last decade ten to fifty life insurance companies failed, restoring to policyholders $77,072,685 less than the premiums earned. The rest of the clipping offers editorial fragments on topics like agriculture, music, and health, with stray phrases about cholera and moral observations.
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