Omaha Fire Destroys Cudahy Plant and Threatens Stock Yards
Fire starting in the Cudahy Packing plant at South Omaha destroys the car shop and lumber yards and damages 375 by 150 feet of facilities. Total losses reach about 150000 to Cudahy property and 6000 to Union Stock Yards with insurers covering the damage. The blaze threatens stock yards but is contained by 20 water streams as wind shifts.
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Cudahy Pack Ing Company
South Omaha
Cudahy
Union Stock Yards
Union
Result trends emerge from state primary returns
Partial statewide totals show Republican judges renominated as Rove and Letton lead, with Hamer advancing to replace Root and Cobbey trailing. Democratic races show Stark edging Albert for nomination, while Nam and Dor compete for other posts amid party ticket dynamics and university references.
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Supreme Judge
Rove
Letton
Francis Hamer Hese
Root
Cobbey
Hioot
Albert
Juge Starkeas
Stark
Perentiy Etre
Idnam
Dor
Harman
Firae
Miller
Knapp
C M Davis Killed by Cars in Columbus Yard Accident
C M Davis a printer was run over and killed in the Union Pacific yards at Columbus while switch crews moved a car. Davis was found under the tracks with severe injuries and died as he was being removed. He leaves a wife and four children and had recently returned home from work in Boavice and York. Fifty-Nine Burt Pioneers Pass Away in a Tekamah reunion memorial report lists many pioneers and settlers who died the past year. David W Burke, Cum ing county pioneer, died at his son’s home in Bancroft Me, known for public affairs. Gilmer Benk Robbers Found Guilty in Citizens Bank of GItner case. verdict rendered after about forty minutes.
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C. M. Davis
Union Pacific
Columbus
Schrader
Davie
Davis
Bo Avice
York
Tekumah
David W. Burke
Cuming County
Allen G. Burke
Bancroft
Burke
Nebraska
Pub
Gilmer Benk
Marty Forbes
John Byrens
Charlee Taylor
Citizens Bank of Gitner
Conflict at Fre mont store ends with shooting
Herman Wasmer of Fre mont shot by Fred Mathelsson after a quarrel over Wasmer’s wife. Wasmer, a Union Pacific signal supervisor, is wounded but recovering. Mathelsson is in county jail facing a shooting with intent to kill charge. Mrs Wasmer sympathizes with her lover.
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Herman Wosmer
Fremont
Fred Mathelsson
Matheisson
Wasmer
Mra. Wasmer
Mathelsson
Milk From Rattlesnake Bites Kill Threatens Several
Three men and a woman nearly die after drinking milk from a cow bitten by a rattlesnake. They fell unconscious within two hours and remained so for over four hours. A farmer in the field collapsed while guiding a horse toward the house. Nearby, in Curtis Nebraska, two men John Brown and Clarence Morrison drown crossing a swollen canyon stream after heavy August rains. Morrison’s body found caught in a fence, Brown located downstream.
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Emery Moreh
Ayer
Ruby Digsley
Hastings
Curtis
Neb
John Brown
Frontier County
Clarence Morrison
Watgon
Stockville
Morrison
Brown
Rock Island freight wreck at Havelock kills three firemen
Floyd Oliver Krekemaan and Carl Hiser fireman died when a Rock Island freight engine crashed into an open switch at Havelock just before noon. Engineer Art Muller leaped clear as the engine toppled, badly injured others, all residents of Fairbury. The accidente disrupted railroad traffic and prompted inquiries into the incident.
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Floyd Oliver
Krekemaan
Carl Hiser
Rock Island
Havelock
Art Muller
Fairbury
Corn crop outlook from Prof Montgomery Nebraska
Prof Montgomery of the University of Nebraska predicts a normal corn crop for sections of the state after recent rains. He says the maturing corn will be well filled and not much worse than earlier pessimistic forecasts. County Attorney Cook of Fremont filed first degree murder information against Louis Rogers and Mrs Caroline Rietsche, vaudeville performers, over a infant found dead in a box car near Colon. Neither defendant has hired counsel yet.
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Prof
Montgomery
University of Nebraska
Agricultural College
Cook
Fremont
Johnson
Louis Rogers
Caroline Rietsche
Colon
Rrogers
Registration Board to Meet in Lincoln for Stallion Inspections
The stallion registration board appointed inspectors led by Prof. WK Smith of the University of Nebraska and W K Mellor. Inspections will begin after the state fair, with the fair held in Lincoln from September 4 to 8.
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WK. Smith
University of Nebraska
Hostrom
W. K. Mellor
Lincoln
Taft Opposes Wool Bill Vetoed by House Vote
The House voted 227 to 126 to override Taft on the wool tariff bill with the president declaring the measure badly drawn and unclear on covered articles. He faulted delay by the tariff board and the vague schedules while noting free raw materials and retained machinery concerns. Senate action followed on statehood regulations and judiciary recall in New Mexico, with minor constitutional amendments.
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Taft
House
Arizona
New Mexico
Senate
Korshack Captured in Alleged Arson Trust Case
Leopold Dreyfus, president of L. Dreyfus & Co., confessed fire was incendiary and named David Korshack as head of an arson trust. Korshack was arrested in Vancouver after Dreyfus’s suicide following questioning over a June 3 store fire at the wholesale clothier. Lazard Dreyfus was also detained as police pursued the case.
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Ward
Chicago
David Korshack
Vancouver
HK. C
Sullivan
Leopold Dreyfus
L. Dreyfus & Co
Lazard Dreyfus
Leopold
Korshack
Watson Admits Train Robbery Confession Details
A Denver printer reports Watson confessed to holding up the Pacific Overland Limited near Denver on the night of June 27, killing porter William Dadla and stealing valuables. He named accomplices Joseph Colling of Gimoha and R. M. Josberta of Mullen, Neb, and linked other robberies including the Oregon Short Line near Ogdin.
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Watson
Overland Limited
Denver
Nooo
Watton
Ono
Pacife Overland Limited
Reo
Toh
Joan
William Dadla
Meme Porter
Joseph Colling
Gimoha Sod
R. M. Jsoberta
Mullen
Neb
Oregon
Veto Bill Becomes Law After Royal Ascension
The veto bill ending a major clash between the lower and upper chambers passes into law with the king's assent signaled by a royal commission. Joy erupts in the House of Commons as the ruling is confirmed. The International Typographical Union condemns patronizing Chinese businesses and sanctions fines for violations. Cleveland is chosen as the 1912 convention site.
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Erithth
House of Commons
House of
Union Prin Tees
International
Volon
Tte
San Francisco
Conunions
Cleveland
Connfessed killer Sullivan jailed in Portland for Weeks death
James Sullivan, tracked across the continent for eighteen months by Herman Weeks, is jailed in Portland Oregon charged with killing Thomas Weeks in Kansas City in May 1910. Police say Sullivan confessed after being spotted by Weeks’s brother on the street.
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James Sullivan
Portland
Ore
Thomas Weeks
Kaness City
Herman Weeks
Sullivan
Weeks
Secrecy Claimed in Parker Divorce Suit Los Angeles
Mrs Cornelia Dyer Parker cites secrecy during 70 years of marriage as main ground for divorce from Thomas L Parker before Judge Cenley in Los Angeles. Decree granted.
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Cenley
Los Angeles
Cornelia Dyer Parker
Thomas L. Parker
Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain Claims
An Alliance Nebraska reader, Mrs Laura Ricketts, praises Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney and backache relief. She reports attacks eased, pain in back and limbs removed after purchasing at Fred B Holston's Drug Store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises as sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Alliance
Laura Ricketts
Missouri Ave
Nebr
Saya
Doan
Fred B. Holston
Foster-Milburn ,O
Buffalo
New York
Acole
United States
Guardianship sale hear for Mignon Hall minors Nebraska
In Box Butte County Nebraska Cassie D Hall guardian seeks license to sell unimproved prairie lands for reinvestment and support of minors Mignon Willis Vivian Hall The court orders kin and interested parties to appear August 20 at Rushville to show cause and publishes notice once weekly for three weeks in Alliance Herald Judge W H Westover signs the order
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Cassie D. Hall
Mignon M. Hall
Willia W. Hall
Vivian &. Hall
Ferm
Willis W. Hall
Vivian K. Hall
Box Butte
Nebraska
Hall
Alliance Herald
Pax Butte
W. H. Westover
Notice to Creditors in Estate of Chloe Purinton Nebraska
State of Nebraska Box Butte County notices relate to the estate of Chloe Purinton. County Judge L A Berry schedules February 14 at 10:00 AM in Alliance for examination of all claims. Creditors must file claims or be barred. publication runs four weeks in Alliance Herald before hearing.
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Box Butte County
Chloe Purinton
A. Berry
Nox Butte County
Nebraska
Chloe Murinton
Aald
Suici Tle
Alliance Herald
Alliance
King of Laxatives Blesses Buffalo Family
A Buffalo New York man, Paul Mathulka, says he always keeps at home Dr King’s New Life Pills for the King of Laxatives and claims they cure constipation headaches indigestion and dyspepsia. Only 25 cents at F J Brennan's.
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Paul Mathulka
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Kilng
Pilla
Zbe
F. J. Brennan
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