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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1884
Page
7
A crowd recalls shared losses as evening fades near a cliff and bay. Tides sigh and a ship sinks in memory while a father grieves a lost son and a stranger laments a heavier sorrow a believing heart gone from him.
The piece argues that many great historical figures endured long lives through constant work, citing Sophocles Humboldt Goethe and Voltaire among others. It contrasts active longevity with early death in cases like Keats Shelley and Beethoven, and ends with a wedding interruption at a political gathering where news of New York turning democratic costs Clay his political future.
An Australian hunter and his stag hounds were severely lacerated by a wounded kangaroo on Mr. Alfred Hay’s sheep ranche at Boomanoo Mans, New South Wales. They were entirely cured by St Jacobs Oil, which Mr. Hay calls the greatest pain cure for man or beast.
In 1844 Henry Clay and James K. Polk vied for the presidency with the Todds and Clays residing near Lexington, Kentucky. Final results rested on New York's vote, with no telegrams at the time and news arriving by slow mail, due to arrive in Lexington around 10 PM on a given day.
An 19th century advertisement touts Piso’s Cure as removing the cause of consumption cough instead of merely drying it up, asserting a permanent cure through its medicinal formula.
The Chicago Saturday Herald recalls Sargent S. Prentiss of Mississippi as a premier orator whose quick wit and vivid imagination moved assemblies. It recounts his Mississippi campaigns, rivalries with a traveling menagerie, and his generous, trusted stance among Mississippians while praised by Edward Everett and Daniel Webster.
An eyewitness recalls Mr. Prentiss atop a Mississippi mound near Vicksburg where, amid tented gathering, he launched an hour long playfully philosophical speech. He conjured lost tribes and courtly figures, turning the scene into a vivid imaginative pageant praised by a well educated listener.
Wyman Commercial College in Omaha offers an able corps of instructors and strong business preparation. Full course details and a copy of the catalogue are available by sending a request to president A. L. Wyman.
The article describes girls as young as 12 to 16 bearing burdens in harsh mountain work, from pannier baskets to faggots and digging, with a few serving as porters for travelers. It notes law protects male guides to 25 pounds, while girls face increasing loads as they age, performing most menial tasks by adulthood.
The article surveys peasant diets in South Austria Italy Romania and Romania noting bread is scarce in many areas. In Obersteiermark sterz a ground beechnut porridge serves as daily bread while polenta and mamaliga provide staple meals in Italy and Romania respectively.
An array of 19th century ads promote Carboline salves for skin and horse care, Allen’s Iron Tonic, Meneman’s Beef Tonite, and various patent medicines. The page also notes German population figures in Chicago and a quip about Tom Ochiltree in Texas, finishing with a quip about bicycles as wheelbarrows.
A printer's error highlights advertising cures for lung disease and other ailments from the Golden Medical Discovery. At First Methodist Auburn a minister jokes about skating rinks as a sermon target, while a South Carolina baptism mix up renames a child Letitia as Mary.
A collage of patent medicines and health asserts touts cures for consumption nasal issues kidney and urinary diseases and headaches. It mocks seismology claims and promotes Sterns or Carter products while citing private letters praising various tonics and tonics for digestion nerves and teething.
A hotel in Nantes City offers European plans with elevator service and daily rates from one million dollars. It features horse cars stages and an elevated railroad to depots and claims better family living value than rival first class options. The text notes baseball fever as a lighter cultural backdrop.
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