Monday’s mail brought to this office a copy of the Tribune, published at Callaway, Custer County, Nebraska.  The people of sunny Alabama who think we have hard times should consider the suffering and distress of their fellow creature in drouth stricken Nebraska.  Starvation is at their very doors and were it not for the good people of other states thousands would die of hunger and cold. 

                The Tribune tells its own story thusly:

To Brother Printers:

                Aid is being sent here to the farmers, but we can’t issue on aid flour or a piece side meat, and having run all our white paper through we are using up our old paper we have on hand.  It is about exhausted and only the office towel is left which has not been washed for seven years.  So ask our brother printers to consider our situation with a family to support, with nothing coming in, and we know their ever generous disposition will see some way to contrite a little paper or a couple hours work to keep my paper going for the good it will do the outside world in telling them how this afflicted drouth stricken district is getting along, also to enable us to get shoes and proper wraps for our wife and four children.

                All communications will be cheerfully answered and any donations will be acknowledged in the press, whether for us or to be divided with other printers in this district.  If other information is needed write to Wm. Van Winkle or Tribune and I can assure any little gift, if no more than a dime, will be gratefully received.

                FRANK W. CONLY

From Hamilton News Press - Marion County, AL - Jan 31, 1895

The following paragraphs are clipped from the Tribune of January 19:

To have all you want to eat is a luxury in this country now-a-days.

This setting type with your toes out and the thermometer ten below zero with a fire of old exchanges is rather tough on a half fed printer.

It is now estimated that over 12,000 have left this county since last fall, in fact all who could get away went.

A fellow northeast of here stole a sack of flour and when the officer got there to arrest him the children were eating it raw.

The food trains from the south to the drouth sufferers of this state will furnish the sort of union that is needed between the south and west.

Now comes the good old state of Georgia with 21 cars full of provisions to be distributed among their less fortunate western friends, soon to be followed by a train made up at New Orleans.

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