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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1884
Page
3
A fragment reflects on busybodies policing private life and reputation. It contrasts old self reliance with modern scrutiny and laments intrusive gossip that follows a person wherever they go. The piece defends personal conduct judged by conscience and law.
Readable excerpts recount Lieut Greely's party near Lincoln Bay with Sergeant Brainard and Sergeant Rice diaries. They battled shifting ice packs near Cape Beechy, hauled their boat onto the ice for winter, and endured early Arctic conditions with wolves sighted near the station.
Washington Telegram reports on expert views from Professor Taylor and Major J W Lowell. Geologists discuss deep centered earthquakes, crustal tension, and the role of tides, with maps of regions prone to quakes from New Madrid to Salt Lake City and a view that Earth’s interior remains largely fluid under great heat.
The expedition noted a faint daylight returning after weeks of polar night. Stars such as Jupiter and Arcturus appeared, a snow camp was built for sledge parties, coal was moved to Cape Murchison, and Sergt. Rice used Carbutt plates to capture a landscape at noon. October minimum was -41.1 with a mean -9.2, corrected for accuracy.
The passage notes that most former presidents retire to farms and live quietly in agriculture. It mentions General Grant enjoying farm life and considering leaving city life for country repose, suggesting moderate living and saving could keep him wealthy from his income before old age.
A survey of recent and forthcoming books features Kate Sanborn’s Wit and Humor of American Women, new Paris street names for Heine Darwin George Sand and Sainte-Beuve, Edmund Quincy stories edited by his son, Andrew Lang’s The Princess Nobody, and a memoirs series from Bishop Simpson. Putnam's Sons advances include Gov Cleveland biographies and Amicis Holland deluxe edition with Wald Crawford's World We Live In.
A humorous monologue ridicules human frailty from birth to old age. It follows a man through debts, poverty, misfortune, and misadventure while interacting with banks, the taxman, horses, wolves, and a red headed heiress. The piece ends with a grim, comic note on marriage and liabilities.
A prisoner Ferdinand Baumgartner who murdered two wardens faced execution at Stein prison. He fought the executioners, bit the rope, and resisted multiple times before officials secured an irregular noose. The scene drew about seventy spectators and a detachments of infantry.
The Globe-Democrat reports a forthcoming circular from James Smith of the Wabash road detailing promotions from within the ranks and a policy of no friction. General manager Talmage urges merit, loyalty, and steady advancement, with agents to study rival lines and improve relations to keep the road profitable.
Eveline converses with George asking if heaven is as nice as people say. He replies he cannot say, yet mentions select society and golden streets. She teases about gold and gilly getting in as he departs to become a cowboy.
Washington Correspondent explains how stenographers from the president to cabinet officers and Senate and House reporters produce the Congressional Record. Officials earn 1600–2500 yearly. House stenographers deploy five at 5000 yearly each, with notes read by short hand amanuenses before longhand transcription.
The piece argues that the so called dry rot phase begins earlier for women, around forty, compared with men’s fifty. It warns this is a period of danger for both sexes but harsher for women as married life may curb ambition and unmarrieds retreat from activity, risking happiness and usefulness.
Colonel E. D. Webster recently back from a tour through Wyoming Montana and Dakota presents a theory on Yellowstone spouting geysers. He suggests volcanic age limestone burned to lime and slaked by underground waters drives steam that erupts through caverns like a boiling kettle. The idea he says is new and plausible and worthy of scientific attention.
Florida grape growers project earnings of 100 dollars per acre this season. The estimate reflects prevailing market conditions and production outlook for the state’s vineyards.
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