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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1884
Page
3
A long devotional poem speaks of grief and perseverance. Hope appears as a guiding voice soothing fear and promising heavenly rewards through Christ. The speaker reflects on divine mercy and the restorement of joy as sorrow lightens and faith endures.
The article outlines a thorough grain bin sanitation plan to prevent weevil and mouse damage. It recommends boiling salt water wash, whitewash to seal interiors, sweeping before threshing, and reinforcing cracks with sheet iron. It notes pests reduce wheat price by leaving crumbs and deterring buyers.
The Boston Globe urges thorough soil pulverization before planting to improve crop yields. It argues that overworked, rough fields waste labor and produce weeds, urging farmers to proper plowing harrowing and level seed beds.
The text emphasizes thorough plowing to prep fields for mellow seed beds. It warns that sod land must be inverted fully and evenly to avoid uneven depth or partial furrows, which would prevent a uniform seed bed and raise later cultivation costs.
The article lists insect control methods using powders mixed with kerosene and dry dirt, plus liquids like soap solution and kerosene milk mix. It notes odor or smell repels insects, and stresses frequent application for real benefit. It mentions coal tar and tobacco mixtures and common household materials as deterrents.
A Sunday school prank led parish clergy to conduct three unintended weddings on a railway car. The plan aimed to amuse a picnic crowd but left the participants legally bound, and now there is complaint over the unintended marriages.
Henry Clay's farewell speech and declining health in Washington sparked a national mood of mourning. The narrative recalls the rapid decline, the last prayers in the senate, and crowds reacting as news spread. Detroit erected a funeral arch on Woodward and Jefferson with local merchants key in the mourning effort.
Alabama’s state geologist highlights rich phosphate discoveries in Perry and Autauga, with Dallas and other counties expected to show similar deposits. Practical farm notes cover cattle feeding, hog care with charcoal, salt for stock, apple packing, and dairy butter costs. New Jersey reports 3,334,307 farms, 2,096,297 improved acres, and livestock values totaling $14,861,512 with 152,000 milk cows yielding large milk and butter outputs.
In an Aberdeenshire village a young landlord’s son Peter Mackey moves between three fiancées Jeanie Saunderson Mary Duthie and Mary Hine as letters and letters’ misunderstandings surface. Jeanie Mary and Mary’s plan to test him ends in a wedding with Jeanie, while Peter becomes a devoted husband.
A new sport event in Georgia ends with the winner swallowing fifteen eggs at one sitting and crowing over the victory.
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