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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1883
Page
4
A St Louis Spectator reader recounts a New York exhibition by two all female teams, blondes and brunettes. The Brunettes beat the Blondes 48 to 29 in five innings with crowd coached home runs and wild fielding antics. The reader urges bringing the humorous display to St Louis.
Thomas P. Ford of Moses Trae reports Be Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy in his family and asserts it is the most popular medicine ever introduced. The claim portrays broad faith in the product and ties it to regional endorsement.
A comic exchange in Austin follows Gabe Sloshing who declares he will have two wives and jokes about seeing them in a mirror. The piece shifts to a Washington letter noting Rep McKinley barely won by eight votes, described as a large majority amid commentary on political fortunes.
Omaha reports wheat No. 2 and barley prices, with rye oats corn and flour figures. Chicago shows wheat per bushel near a dollar, corn and oats lower, pork lamb cattle and hog prices listed, St Louis notes export cattle and hog ranges. Local quotes echo broader market chatter and include unrelated anecdotes from other papers.
In a quiet library a husband and wife debate the germ theory and its effects. The wife reads about bacteria and disease caused by germs, citing Pasteur Koch and Tyndall, then discusses Warner's Safe Cure as a leading remedy endorsed by physicians.
A collection of aphorisms noting morality and education. The Judge remarks on unchaste language signaling impurity, Augustine warns habit becomes necessity, and a final thought credits reading and good company with completing a gentleman through education.
A sprawling ad page touts Allen's Long Balsam with testimonials from H Mooney of Astoria Ills and others praising cough relief. It promotes Brown's Iron Bitters for debility, Ely's Cream Balm for hay fever, Scovill s Sarsaparilla, Diamond Dyes, Lyon's Heel Stiffeners, Rough on Rats, and many other remedies and products with vivid sales pitches.
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