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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1884
Page
6
Poetic meditation on a heavenly realm beyond earth’s borders. The speaker longs for a tranquil land where loved ones reunite, wealth or loss fades, and doors of jasper and streets of gold symbolize eternal peace. The poem envisions a God created home beyond mortality.
A He wedded to a second wife Mrs Harding uncovers a web of deceit surrounding a planned elopement. Captain Hewett overhears schemes in a West End villa while the Colonel suspects his wife Constance. In the end Constance reveals true loyalties and forgives. Kate gains no match as the affair unravels.
Boston dispatch reports Maine election returns showing all four Republican congressmen elected and no Democratic state senators chosen. Portland results give Robie governor with about 3,971 to 3,214 for Democrat Redman, with Republicans claiming large majorities in Congress and state legislature. Citizens and old friends celebrate in Augusta as Blaine speaks urging protection for American labor and tariff support.
The article describes how harvesters and binders operate with high speed. A driver with a binder can traverse a field and complete cutting and binding into bundles as fast as two men stacking, showcasing the efficiency of the machines.
The Washington Agricultural Department notes winter wheat above average and generally good, with sprouting in shocks reducing quality. Overall wheat yield near thirteen bushels per acre, spring wheat harvests still uncertain, total potential around five hundred million bushels. Corn yields expected high, oats and barley near average, rye and potatoes less abundant. European production will not meet demand, prices likely at their lowest.
In Franklin New Hampshire Daniel Webster confronts Deacon Farley over disputed ferry land. Lawyer Pike furnishes records showing the land belonged to Farley. The jury finds for Farley and Webster apologizes, acknowledging his anger while conceding the property claim.
Acting Secretary Devis commends United States Consul Frank H. Mason for remaining in Marseilles and Toulon during the cholera epidemic, expressing high appreciation from the department for his courage and service.
A report commends steadfast service during a widespread scourge affecting several cities. The writer notes continued posts and the value of the information provided despite close proximity to the surrounding clan.
A London dispatch reports the yacht Mignonette wreck survivors aboard the German bark Montezuma endured five days without water, subsisted on turnips, then on the eighth day brine. Parker dies as captain and two sailors cannibalize him, eating raw flesh until rescue on July.
A brief quip notes a coop judge of mutton should be a weather wise figure in rural lore.
The Boston Post notes the American peanut crop this year could reach 3.5 million bushels, possibly 4.0 million if weather stays favorable. It would be the largest on record, a 33 percent gain over the previous peak, underscoring the crop's growing influence on the nation.
The article notes Mrs Van Cott has served in revival work for nineteen years and is now in her fifty fourth year. It also mentions a large US presence of 810 Young Men's Christian Associations and claims extensive property and finances, with dubious figures. It urges self governance of passion in a religious context.
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