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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1883
Page
7
Poet Edgar L Wakeman reflects on rural life and the farm boy’s longing to escape the commonplace. He contrasts the tranquil farmstead with the broader world, recognizing the boy's awareness of distances, opportunities, and the limits of local life. The speaker recalls shared landscapes and memories as the boy contemplates growth beyond the familiar fields.
Ralph Warden uncovers misread notes linking Alice Arnden and George Fenby to Bertram Kingsley estate. He engineers a night drive to reveal truth and returns lovers to their intended union by exposing plans to wed Miss Kingsley and restore their engagement.
A speaker who tells lies to entertain the crowd is tolerated while one who lies to elevate himself is seen as a repellent bore. The piece contrasts rhetoric aimed at crowd amusement with self serving manipulation.
Captain Alfred Galston of the bark Brittania recounts a night on the wreck from Monday to Tuesday. All hands clung to a raft until washed away. only four survived after separate rescue attempts. Nineteen aboard, including Captain Galston’s wife and children, perished from fright or exhaustion.
A frame building on Spruce street between Fifth and Sixth housed Babb and Chute law office and Park and Van Dorn nation store. both structures burned. Firefighters saved nearby buildings but suffered about 1200 dollars in building loss and 4000 dollars in stock. W. H. Babb sustained severe facial and hand burns. Origin unknown.
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