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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1884
Page
5
McCook listings show City Bakery promotions for flour and candies, Jewelry Store and J S Phillips advertising warranted goods and wagons, Chicago General Store bargains, and West Dennison street construction. Local rail and shipping notes include Kenesaw Oxford cut off train, fat cattle shipments, and new town Hayes Centre proposal. May include legal and church appointment notes and ongoing business expansions and sales.
Trainmen face persistent tramp interference on eastbound rails while Atlanta becomes the name of a new cut‑off town. A station manager is to take charge, as changes ripple through schedules. Local items note juvenile pugilism, B and M schedule shifts, cattle shipment from Culbertson, land office activity, and infrastructure upgrades on Main Avenue and hardware store foundations.
The text notes that the ante lope killed by Mail Agent Alden eight miles west of Akron, not at Circle Ranch pasture. Also mentions local business shifts with the Central Hotel building on West Dennison Street fitted for West McCook Res taurant owners and A W Shaeffer to use spaces for residence and a shoe shop. Segrist Howe Co. circus drew mixed praise.
An influx of lumber and supplies moving from the town signals population growth in Decatur and Rawlins counties with freight heading to Kansas. Courtesy of Mr. Hotze, Crete Nurseries exhibitor, grapes and apples showcased. Dr. Willey treated a badly injured stepson of Aug Plasmyere after a blasting accident. hopes to save the mangled hand as the victim seeks further care in McCook.
Mr Ludwick of Onargo NL builds a new residence on the hill near the school house and intends moving to McCook to start a business. The note urges capital investment as essential for developing the area and highlights money as a key resource.
The editor toured the western area last week noting thriving towns well-improved farms and prosperous cattle herds along the route. He also reports a vivid scene at the depot and mentions community events and social plans in local life.
Mark Morris and family leave Lineville Iowa to settle near McCook Red Willow County Nebraska where he will enter the stock business to escape hard crop farming and improve health. His wife is praised as estimable and the community wishes them prosperity in their western home. The body of John Coville of Cambridge was found beside a railroad track east of Cambridge with injuries suggesting he was struck by a locomotive. He had been counting broom corn near Burton's Bend before returning home.
A man possessing two windmills and a well seeks a water tank. H. W. Pike holds a large amount of "tank plank" likely related to the project.
District Attorney Morlan conducts business in McCook on Monday. Numerous residents stop in town for visits, stock interests, or travel, including Miss Ida Hollister from Hastings and Mr. W. W. Fisher with wild grapes and plums from the Frenchman ranch. Townsfolk report arrivals from Arapahoe, Crete, Friend, and Marengo while local business and real estate moves unfold.
A new girl at C. H. Jacobs N Burtless plans to finish at Willow with a Buckeye Mower. Mrs. John Whittaker returned from a visit to Michigan and Ontario. Miss Nettie Black of McCook oversees district No. 8 school children. Reports mention spots of black rot south and west, cattle look healthy, and the warm spell allows farmers to secure hay cane and corn fodder while early hay and millet suffered from rain. Jostn.
Gro W. Berron advertises a sale beginning Thursday November 23 1884 in Orleans Nebraska offering 180 cows and 2 year old heifers 3 bulls and 100 calves. cattle are to be sold in lots with security on land or town property and various time payments available with discounts for cash. There is a note that the sale will continue until all stock is sold.
H W Pike advertises a stock shed full of seasoned lumber with close prices and a yard full of goods fit for a claim shack or a palace. the notice contrasts self indulgence with leaving no trace.
For 30 Days will sell Ash Extension Tables for 1.00 per foot Kitchen Safes for 50 Carpets 35e per yd Windmills way down Sewing Machines cheap for cash A large complete stock of Furniture 15 percent cheaper than any other dealer J R Poillips Ladianola Neb
An advertising notice from Jos. Menard in Chicago offers a free calico dress with every $10 spent on dry goods clothing millinery or boots and shoes for the next 30 days. All prices marked plainly.
The post office will open soon stock to include pens inks paper pencils slates copy books school bags book straps and various grades of school books adapted for county use.
Brown mare offered at a very low price. warranted to haul a buggy in three minutes. Seller cites long absences from home as reason for sale. Issued by J B Meserve.
A quoted remark notes that many women believe few men know how to hold a baby and even fewer want to besides an exuberant girl of sixteen summers. The line attributes the view to Junius and reflects a humorous take on gender roles and parental interest.
East regions face dull real estate activity while western areas see rapid transfers and capital inflows. Republican Valley papers highlight constant property moves and new arrivals. Baking powder caution notes urge pure ingredients and avoid ammonia or alum. Culbertson Sun expands to eight columns with new editor S. E. Solomon.
A 19th century advertisement touts Marsis Gonpex Basan as a remedy for consumption and lung issues. It quotes testimonials from Mrs. James Luce of Omaha and H. L. Smith of Port Scott praising relief. Marsi's Gonpex Basan and Golpen Boop & Liver Tonic are sold by S. L. Keen in McCook, with bottles priced at 50 cents and $1.
The Nebraska state fair highlights display from far west counties once deemed non productive due to scarce rain. The rain belt expands westward, bringing abundant rainfall and soil fertility. Lands once suited only for grazing are tilled, and crops rise, signaling a future with most land used for agriculture.
K S Cooley reports two deeded land parcels for sale: one quarter mile from town for 60 dollars cash and another quarter mile farther at eleven miles from town for 640 dollars cash.
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