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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1884
Page
6
Poem recalling youthful love and forgiveness. The speaker asks to be accepted again and vows devotion, noting memories, renewal of trust, and the healing power of love. Finley Johnson is cited at the end.
Miss Pandora Piper teaches music and English to Mr. Sliger an elderly gentleman of noble pretensions who reveals a secret rich background and asks for lifelong tutoring including marriage He wins her heart through comic misadventures and a public proposal ending in a wedding and new life together.
The American Newspaper Annual for 1884 by N W Ayer & Son is proclaimed the most extensive and complete publication of its kind. It lists all U S and Canadian newspapers by state and town, with paper name, issue, characteristics, year established, size, circulation, and ten line monthly ad rates. It is praised for fullness accuracy compactness and lack of bias and priced at $3 carriage paid.
Department Commander Dyer asks Posts and comrades to subscribe for stock in the Gettysburg Battlefield Association, aiming to own and preserve key battle sites including Little Round Top, Culp’s Hill, and the wheat field. The plan seeks to convert the field into a national park as funds allow.
The piece asserts well selected grade cows are more profitable at the same price, but argues this does not refute thorough breeding. It notes you cannot have grades without thoroughbreds and labels partisan feeling as the chief of crime. George W. Curtis.
An official recalls a farmer who placed missing bridge warning boards beside a creek near a station. For four years trains slowed to near halt, costing thousands, until the boards were found. Engineers now blow whistles loudly to avenge the trick.
Victor M. Hollingsworth argues tea can thrive in southern states and even New Jersey. He notes Georgia wild tea from 1850s department seedings and claims tea could outperform cotton due to perennial growth with pruning and processing after bearing. Mississippi climate cited as suitable with evenly distributed rainfall and affordable labor.
The Cincinnati Commercial argues heredity shapes farming aptitude and urges each generation to inherit and continue the farming calling. It emphasizes family tradition, stability, and national strength through a virtuous, skilled farming race sustained from father to son. The piece links agricultural greatness to lineage and education, envisioning a durable independent nation built on husbandry.
A Darien man returning from a collecting trip carried about 31200 in cash. Nervous and disoriented he hid the money in his wife’s stocking after bed, but the next morning the money was found to have been tucked in his wife’s stockings with a misadventure ending in a tobacco roll in her toes. The tale spread as neighbors shared the odd misplacement and the man’s generosity with tobacco.
The article traces Chinese steel making from ancientrecords to modern times noting early proficiency before Christ and references to steel in classic texts. It cites Leih tze about 400 B C and Yu Kung lists steel among tribute items while Han dynasty iron masters supervised works and states steel remains in use to this day. It also mentions high quality steel from the Upper Yangtse arriving at Tien-tsin fetching higher prices than Swedish steel.
Joseph Harris states that cattle and sheep can eat cottonseed cake freely without harm, but linseed oil cake or cornmeal should not be fed. He notes cottonseed cake produces the richest manure.
Harper’s Magazine portrays Empress Eugenie de Montijo as a beauty of 27 with influence, devotion to family, and strong court presence. It notes partisan attacks with no proof, praises her fashion leadership, and recounts a tale of swaying ministers to support war against the Franco Prussian clash prior to Sedan.
An English traveler notes America's lack of a native merit standard and says American artists must seek recognition in London Paris or Rome. He observes collectors spend on foreign works while native artists struggle. The piece praises wood engraving and publishing houses as American art’s strongest field and highlights difficulties faced by artists abroad and at home.
The Bavarian Krxe Lovis develops fondness for Bismarck while other German rulers still detest the iron chancellor for abolishing their petty courts. In Washington the White House plans a tire flooring sourced from Trent England. A home cleaning tip claims rainwater and soda remove machine grease from washable fabrics.
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