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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1884
Page
3
The fragmentary verse laments approaching death and eternal peace as a maiden nears her heavenly reward. Imagery moves from earthly weariness to spiritual ascent with lines of trust in God and a final crown beyond the crystal sea. The Chicago News credits the piece.
Four Chinese habeas corpus cases before Judge Hoffman featured Ah Sie Long Kwong Wa and Lee Tong. Each performer displayed dramatic skills in court with Long Kwong leaping on one leg, Wu singing wildly, Ah Sie portraying a forlorn maiden, and a clown performing a perilous acrobatic routine. The judge discharged all and exonerated bail after viewing their acts.
C F Blackburn recalls stalking near Cloud Peak when he encountered three grizzlies in a horseshoe canyon. He wounded one, watched a second kill the first, and fired on the victor, killing both ferocious bears. He then spotted four more bears on a distant ridge and killed two with the first shots, noting a dramatic, echoing scene before the area fell quiet.
The observer recalls descending from a rocky knob to the bears in the gulch. A heap of six bears lay dead together, estimated to weigh more than 7,000 pounds in total.
The article links nail length and handwriting traits to temperament and race, notes aristocratic nail biting in Queen Anne's era, and observes variations among diplomats and Chinese handwriting. It also mentions fashion influences, body adornments, earthquake statistics, and historical royal anecdotes about Munich and the German empire.
A Saratoga scene describes a striking young woman who rides a milk white horse each morning, accompanied by an aristocratic older gentleman. Report notes her beauty, refined riding habit, and social charm as bystanders speculate her and her escort may be English travelers incognito. Her identity remains undisclosed as gossip swirls.
In the Somerville Journal a young man reads about the Greely expedition and imagines himself in the Arctic. A playful exchange with a young lady reveals her teasing observation that he believes nights last six months. He leaves with his hat in hand.
A method for deepening wood color using four quarts of water mixed with one ounce of logwood extract, then adding a trace of yellow chromate of potassium and stirring. Repeat applications may be needed to achieve the desired black tone.
A column jokes about social quirks and oddities from various places. It notes Mrs. Vanderbilt’s bonnet cost, a Canadian fined for wheeling a baby carriage, a Turner Maine girl who defies norms, a widow in Iowa guarding eleven husbands’ graves, a Fultonville NY mother rescuing a quilt, and other strange beliefs in Philadelphia and Paris.
The piece presents a portrait of Ludwig II of Bavaria a ruler devoted to music and mountain scenery who resists Prussian influence. It bursts with humorous anecdotes including his hunting rides sudden midnight theatrics and a comic pensioner and minister exchange aboard a ship while a witty old woman critiques engineering jargon with growing exasperation.
A fragment from The Argosy reflecting on life and emotion. It contrasts a birth, toil, and sleep with varying fortunes of people from a young mind to an elderly couple, ending with a note on life’s resilience amid joy and grief.
The essay recounts Lieut Greely’s crew and a mad lieutenant eaten by starvation and isolation. Capt. C-, praised by a noble of rank, is promoted to command a ship, only to go mad aboard as the relief vessel nears and the crew descends into fear and delirium.
A recounting of an 19th century stage mishap where the Claudius actor harshly tells Hamlet to die further back. Hamlet, unable to stay hidden by curtain, is kicked as he dies and the dead king proclaims his royal resolve from the stage. The audience cheered as the curtain fell on the farcical end.
A fragmentary Sunday note observes there is no public gambling in London while noting the club room system is extensive. The piece mentions Edison using electricity to prolong his dying wife’s life by two hours and adds a mix of maxims and odd anecdotes about wealth and public life.
Stock directory notice lists a ranch on Red Willow Creek above Osborn with branded cattle. Property includes deeded farm hay land and water. Contact F Biask at the address in Nebraska for details.
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