Old grave marker tale links to Fort Laramie history
The clipping recounts a carved grave marker for Robert Campbell, son of Seth Ward, died 1857 near Fort Laramie. It explains Northwest Territory usage and Fort Laramie ownership history, noting fur traders Sublette and Bridger and the 1836 trading post reconstruction before government purchase.
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Scottsbluff Star-Herald
Torrington
Fort Laramie
Robert Campbell
Seth BE. Ward
Fort Laramie, N. T
N. T
Northwest Territory
Fur Company
Milton Sublette
James Bridger
American Fur Company
Scottsbluff Considers Banning Peddling After Poison Plaster Warnings
Scottsbluff city council moves to draft an ordinance to halt house to house canvassing and distribution of samples amid fears of German agents poisoning residents. The measure follows reports of poisoned court plaster and tainted food distributed in eastern cities, with officials noting potential disease spread and the need for severe penalties.
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Scottsbluff
Bowen
Melbeta man spared lynching after hostile wartime remarks
In Melbeta yesterday a mob of about 100 men detained Henry Munweiler a German Russian figure who had voiced hostility to the United States and sympathy for the Kaiser. He was jailed in Gering with a hearing set before the County Council of Defense and warned to refrain from further treasonous talk as American temper runs high.
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Melbeta
Henry Munweiler
Gering
Munweiler
Kaiser Bill
Europe
America
Belgium
France
Munweiller
County Council of Defense
Munweller
Big Oil Prospects Near Minatare Nebraska
Land leases have been secured north of Minatare by Lamb and Carlton with eastern investors showing interest. Two drilling targets are planned this winter in a nine mile canyon area near Kelleys Lake spanning about 15 000 acres, with a geologist expected in the region soon.
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Minatare
Nebraska
Messrs
Lamb
Carlton
Nine Mile Canyon
Kelley’s Lake
Powerful aid claim for Scott's Emulsion health tonic
An advertisement asserts nerve fatigue signals declining strength and promotes Scott's Emulsion as a nutritive food tonic to replenish blood power and improve circulation. It touts cod liver oil refined in American labs as pure and palatable, from Scott & Bowne of Bloomfield, N.J.
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Theo
Nature
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfeld
N.J
Bingham News L E Ballinger Visits Omaha This Week
Local items note L E Ballinger visiting Omaha and a string of social events. Ross Shafenberg attends Lakeside masquerade. Alliance attendees include Mrs M J Comes and daughter. Miss Cassey Mason from Lakeside visits for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Red Cross dance raises 200. crowd at Withams hall enjoys music and old friends. Eractions quote on sorrow and humanity from Chituly News.
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M. J. Comes
Alliance
Red Cross Cross
Bingham
Withams Hall
Red Cross
Valley oil hopes boost Banner County prospects
A Nebraska issue discusses plans to drill an oil well in Banner county this winter with machinery ready if a favorable geologist report comes. A southern river area near Minatare is being arranged for leases and drilling may expand if the Banner County well succeeds. The report highlights combined oil and rich agricultural output as a future prosperity driver.
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Horace Bogue
Minature Free Press
Minatare Free Press
Bingham News
L. E. Ballinger
Omaha
Ross Shafenberg
Lakeside
A. E. Johnson
Mr. Welch
Thedford
Cassey Mason
Legore
R. E. Kincaid
Dudley
Margaret
KR. R. Kincaid
Opal
Mabel Sallers
J. F. Burton
Alva
Lincoln
Alex Keyes
Bayard Sunday
M. L. Kincaid
Clyde Fosdick
J. D. Whaley
J. E. McCarty
Annie McCarty
F. B. Anderson
Harp
Hannah Harp
Bingham Hed Cross
Clinton Quackenbush
Pershing
W. L. Guy
Navy
Tully News
George Hibbe Turner
The
He Curtis Publishing Company
Independence Square
Philadelphia
First National Bank
of Alliance, Nebraska
U. S
Liberty
Banking House
Federal Reserve Stock Cash and Light Exchange
R. M. Hampton
Chas. E. Ford
Frank Abegg
Eugene E. Ford
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