Chadron Wins Normal School Located In Dawes County Nebraska
Chadron secures the new normal school after a unanimous vote on the fifteenth ballot. The town donates eighty acres and the Chadron academy building to the state, with the line of argument stressing proximity to the buttes and railroad access. The state appropriates thirty five thousand dollars and faculty selection follows construction. Other contenders included Alliance Crawford Rushville Gordon and Ainsworth.
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Baliote Chadron
Lincoln
Neb
Chacron
Lincoln Hotel
Dawes
Chadron
Buttes
Brian Ia
Chadron Academy
Congregational Church
Northwestern
Alliance
Crawford
Rushville
Gordon
Ainsworth
Crabtree
Jilted man sues for 6000 over breach of promise to marry
August Sehmidt of Madison county sue Miss Anna Whitner of Tilden in district court alleging breach of promise to marry. He claims she promised December 1 1909 and fixed January 1 1910 as the date, then refused on January 4 causing social injury, mortification and mental anguish, seeking $6000 in damages.
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Madison, Neb
Sehmidt
District Court
Madison County
Anna Whitner
Tilden
Schmidt
Mise Whitner
Mr. Schmidt
Miss Whitwer
Wr. Schmidt
Miss Whitner
Suit filed over injuries at Nuckolls county fair
Ebenezer H. Foote of Superior Nebraska sues the Nuckolls County Agricultural Society for 2500 damages claiming a wild horse from a wild west show injured him at the county fair last fall. The horse reportedly broke through a fence during a public exhibition, colliding with spectators and a rider.
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Nelson, Neb
Nuckolls County Agricultural Society
Ebenezer H. Foote
Superior
May Woman Holds County Office Test Unfolds
Valentine Neb Jan 10 E R Quibb Cherry county treasurer refuses to hand over office to Misa Gertrude Jordan elected last fall claiming ineligibility to hold a county post The case moves to the U S Supreme Court as the first Nebraska constitutional test of a woman's eligibility for county office.
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Valentine
Neb
E. R., Quibb
Cherry County
Misa Gertrude Jordan
Misa Jordan
Supreme Court of the United States
Nebraska
Laborer Fatally Burned In Nebraska Bank Car Fire
Erhalm Phukcele a Greek laborer and construction gang member was likely fatally burned in Seward Nebraska after he lit a stove with kerosene. The can exploded coating his clothes in flames and the bank car was destroyed as companions dragged him into snow and extinguished the blaze.
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Seward
Neb
Erhalm Phukcele
Polk County Man Takes Own Life In Osceola Nebraska
Osceola Nebraska January 10 John Hult gren seven miles northwest of Osceola died by self inflicted shotgun wound authorities report no motive available for the suicide noting his health and circumstances surrounding the act.
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Polk County
Osceola
Neb
John Hultgren
Mullin 18 Cautioned for Contempt in Stout Trial
Grand Island Neb Jan 8 The juror El Mullin was admonished and discharged after being cited to show cause for contempt. The court found he held an opinion about the case but had no prejudice toward Stout and ordered him to pay only the costs.
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Grand Island
Neb
el Mullin
W. F. Thompson
Mullin
Eminsel
Cour
Thompson
Stout
Auditor Rules On Agents In Lincoln Nebraska
Lincoln Neb January new licensing rules require insurance agents to apply to the late auditor for licenses to operate. Previously companies filed names and licenses were granted on agent application. Agents must answer questions including annual premiums written and whether they will devote full time to insurance. The auditor aims to curb licenses for personal writing rather than business operation.
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Lincoln
Neb
Seven pardons issued in year by Nebraska governor
Lincoln Neb Jan 8 Gov Shallenberger says seven convicts have received pardons or commutations this year, the lowest annual total in a decade. He emphasizes county attorneys and district judges who tried the cases must endorse clemency and that new conditions should justify executive mercy.
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Lincoln
Neb
Shallenberger
Injunction Sought to Bar Railroads From Serving Liquor
Nebraska Attorney General files in the supreme court to restrain Burlington and Union Pacific railways from serving liquor in dining cars on through trains. Law passed by the last legislature prohibits this, but enforcement proving difficult. Evidence includes wine hats used on dining cars.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Thompson
Supreme Court
Burlington
Union Pacific
Pork Sausage Trichina Outbreak Kills Woman in Nebraska
Fairbury Nebraska January 10 Mrs B G Kroeger is dead and nine members of the Kroeger and Dake families are ill after consuming raw pork sausage. Initial reports thought grippe but physicians attribute illness to trichina. One more death and two others not yet recovered are feared.
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Fairbury
Neb
F Kroeger
B. F. Kroeger
C. Dake
Omaha May Drop Corn Show
Omaha may skip another National Corn exposition after the last event failed to pay expenses due to bad weather. The executive committee decided to call in stock subscriptions to cover debts and let the public decide the future course.
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Omaha
Beaver City Banker’s Son Kills Self on Birthday
Edward Browhard twenty one year old son of the Beaver City Bank president died by suicide at his birthday gathering. The only known cause cited is a lifelong physical defect. Local police reported the incident as a self inflicted rifle shot.
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Self
Beaver City
Neb
Edward Browhard
Bank of
Murder Suspect Bound Over In Ainsworth Case
George Wilson, charged with the Dec. 27 murder of Jacob Davis a prominent city resident, was held to the district court without bail and is in the county hall. Helen Leads, considered an important state witness, was placed in sheriff custody.
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Ainsworth
Neb
George Wilson
Jacob Davis
Helen Leads
High Record Hog Sale At South Omaha Market
Omaha January six hog prices hit a new peak as seventy one hogs averaging 280 pounds from Richfield Nebraska sold for 8574 dollars per hundredweight. The sale set a high record for the market and underscored vibrant demand for hogs in the region.
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Omaha
South Omaha
Richfield
Neb
Georgia Representative Dies in Dawson
Georgia report states Representative James M. Griggy of the Strand Cost gin district died suddenly at his home here of apoplexy.
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Georgia
Dawson
James M. Griggy
Strand
Zelaya Exhibits Telegrams From Two Americans
Zelaya shows telegrams he says prove the American victims confessed guilt and pleaded for clemency. The messages quote Cannon and Grace requesting mercy from Zelaya, with promises to abstain from politics and to aid the government in peace.
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Mexico City
Cannon
Grace
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Madriz
United States
el Castillo
J. Santos Zelaya
Campo de Marte
Republic
Juan J. Estrada
Leroy Cannon
Don J. Santos Zelaya
Mason
L. W. Groce
Leonardo W. Groce
Balloon Ascends From Pasadena With Noted Passengers
A New York balloon named New York lifted off Pasadena California with passengers including Clifford B. Harmon and Miss Jean French along with Mrs Alvin French and locals George Harris and George Deussler. The craft rose slowly to about 1000 feet as light winds prevailed and moved north toward the mountains.
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Pasadena
Cal
New York
Clifford B. Harmon
Jean French
Alvin French
George Harris
Los Angeles
George Deussler
Murderer of Petrosini May Tie to Palermo Killing
New York police hold a key clue on the man who killed Lieutenant Harry Petrosini in Palermo Sicily last year. A detective said the department hopes for an arrest soon identifying a suspect said to be working in the Carbondale Pennsylvania mines. He tracked Yetrosin to Sicily.
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New York
Harry Petrosini
Palermo
Sicily
Carbondale
Yetrosin
Boy Dies From Football Injury Complications
Frederick A. Randall, sixteen, of Lewiston, Maine, died from a baffling bone disease linked to a broken collarbone suffered during a football game nearly a year earlier. After an operation, tuberculosis of the bone developed, perplexing physicians.
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Lewiston
Frederick A. Randall
Hirundo in North Atlantic with broken shaft at sea
The Norwegian steamer Hirundo, 1,343 tons, is helpless off Halifax after a shaft break. It departed St John’s on January 1 for Halifax to load for Cuba. Steamers are being sent to assist the disabled vessel.
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Halifax
Hirundo
North Atlantic
Cape Race
St. Johns
N. F
Cuba
Explosion Kills Eight In Oregon Railway Blast
A dynamite explosion on a Ore railroad line near Paliac Oregon on January 10 killed eight workers and injured several others. Rescue teams rushed to the scene as investigators began work to determine the blast's cause.
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Ore
Tren Roliwey Rottwry
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