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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1884
Page
6
Poem fragment from Lippincott's Magazine on a mythical land beyond the sunset. It contrasts elusive youth and peace with human restlessness and the undying quest for an unaging ideal. The piece blends sea imagery, twilight, and spiritual longing for ultimate repose.
In a thunderous Appalachian cottage a stranger vender of copper lightning rods visits a mountaineer. The exchange mixes superstition and science as the dealer hawks copper rods, warns of dangers in storms, and clashes with the resident’s religious faith, ending with the stranger's retreat. Nearby historical echoes mention John Brown's 1859 raid and its local memories.
A century of government purchases and armory plans at Harper’s Ferry culminates in a forthcoming public sale. The site’s water power, timber, and nearby Camp Hill ridge shaped early defense efforts and housing, with lingering tales of haunted houses and spiritual sightings among locals and former soldiers.
A Rutherford county farmer hires a supposed boy to milk cows. The “boy” is revealed to be a woman who dresses as a man to gain independence. The farmer praises her milking skill while noting social risk, and she remains with him wearing men’s clothes.
Popular Science Monthly notes brain to body weight ratios across mammals. Leuret reports ranges from 1 to 750 in various species, with an overall mammal mean of 1 to 186. The author confirms similar findings and argues no fixed link between brain size and intelligence across vertebrates while highlighting a progressive brain-to-body ratio rise from fish to mammals.
A quoted reflection notes a man who spends mornings in anticipation of afternoons and afternoons in regret over mornings, illustrating wasted time and anxious pacing.
A poetic meditation on divine comfort amid loss and longing. The speaker follows a call to leave earthly cares, endures heat and death of blossoms, and finds peace and renewal in God’s shelter and rest.
A Civil War reminiscence recounts Cassius M. Clay, Kentucky, leading a volunteer force to defend Washington on Lincoln’s first days. He describes meeting Gen Winfield Scott, arming volunteers, and averting a rebel capture plan while a Willard’s Hotel theater housed the defense nucleus. He declined a major general post to keep rank with veteran leaders.
A Har ris era tale depicts Major Compton in a Georgia town as he courts gambling, horse racing, and cockfighting while amassing a fortune to lose it all. After a final act of freedom for his body-servant, he walks into a pine thicket and shoots himself. Judge Wellington’s blue eyes overlook the doomed game.
A Boston Transcript item narrates Johnny taking all the grapes after being told he might have half. His mother finds none for his sister and Johnny explains he ate half and then shared Gracie's half, leaving nothing for anyone. The tale ends with him regretting the mix up.
Miss Louise Sidonie Veque a Creole beauty of the French quarter in New Orleans has married Chinaman Sam Hing a merchant in El Paso Texas An educated and polished gentleman New York sells annually about 100 1 000 pounds of butter of which the commissioner of agriculture claims over one half is bogus Esquimaux girls make their own seal skin sacques
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