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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1883
Page
2
Hastings Journal reports four railroad lines centering here threaten a coal shortage with no soft coal available. It recounts accidents near Omaha and Florence, plus various regional notes on immigration, court activity, building booms, and a water drinking wager in Hastings.
Cairo dispatch reports the Egyptian army under Hicks Pasha annihilated by Elmahdi the false prophet near Elobeid. Fighting lasted March 3 to 6, with 25 000 troops and 10 British officers. only one European artist escaped. Evacuation orders reportedly countermanded.
Finance notes report eight million dollars sent to the receiver general through the Bank of Montreal for stock guarantees. Disappearances, wrecks, legal cases, strikes, marriages of giants, and war news fill the week with events from Wheeling to Chicago and beyond.
Reports from Ohio Indiana Ontario Michigan and New Hampshire detail violent acts including a husband shooting his wife and attempting to kill a stepdaughter in Swanton Ohio, a death by firearm in Robinson Colorado, a brawl in Victoria Ontario, a bank cashier wounded in Rushville Indiana, and a mass murder case in Jackson Michigan with multiple victims and suspected chloroform.
Sir William Thomson of the University of Glasgow suggested in his Midland Institute inaugural address at Birmingham that a magnetic sense might exist beyond sight hearing taste smell and heat. He emphasized not supporting animal magnetism and noted Faraday and Foucauld showed magnetic effects on metals while pondering possible perceptible effects on living bodies.
Two German engineers sent a bold plan to Buenos Ayres officials to cover the city with a gigantic umbrella. The project would span from Plaza de Lorca to the River Plate canal, with a 670 foot base and 1500 foot height, supporting cast iron ribs and a spread over a mile and a half. Proponents would complete the work in thirty months for 5 750 000 dollars.
The deacon chats with a farmer at the fence. The farmer speaks cheerily about a sick pig then, in retaliation, throws an overripe melon at the deacon’s head saying seeds will highlight his family’s condition.
A lighthearted note describes Boston girls as not giggling but showing delight with a dreamy far away north pole smile. The playful remark frames a cultural quirk with cheerful tone.
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