Indicted Union Pacific Mail Robbers Named in Omaha Case
Six counts in an Omaha indictment charge felonious and murderous attempt in a Union Pacific mail robbery plot. Defendants include Donald W. Woods Fred Torgensen Frank Grigware Jack Shelton and Peter Butterbough alias with true names mostly unknown. John Doe identified by authorities as fifth man. trial expected in July with up to seventy five witnesses.
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Omaha
Donald W. Woods
Dan Downer
Fred Torgensen
Derf
Frank Grigware
James Gordon
Be, B, Hollingshead
Jack Shelton
Jack Gordon
Lawrence F. Golden
Alina Peter J. Butterbough
John Doe
Aged Man Drowned in Well Near Bair Nebraska
A badly decomposed body of Hans Christensen aged about seventy was found at the bottom of a sixty foot well on his premises at Bair. He lived alone, had cleaned the well with a rope ladder and had been missing since May 30, believed to have visited his son in Orum. His face showed bruising, body decomposed, ladder rope found in the well.
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Hans Christensen
Bair
Neb
Hjs Preadses
Christensen
J. C. Christensen
Orum
Thi County
Lincoln Official Recovers Health After Paralysis
W H Cowgill a member of the state railway commission, after a paralytic illness, returns to his office and reports feeling as well as ever. Beatrice and Alliance notes report a saloon license case heard in district court with adjournment to June 22 and a fatal lightning strike near Rushville killing George Carter, twenty, during a storm.
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Lincoln
W. H. Cowgill
State Railway Commission
Wymore Saloon
Beatrice
Neb
Then- Junction
Wymore
Pemberton
Rushville
Alliance
George Carter
Not Busy Season Yet Lets Attend to All Classes of Work
The note encourages focus on all classes of work during a slower period and implies ample time to complete tasks. It emphasizes planning and efficiency while suggesting it will be beneficial to stay productive even when demand is light.
Beatrice man charged with bootlegging in three-count complaint
Beatrice Nebraska June 14 William Beck a longtime hotel porter was jailed on a three count complaint filed by Chief McGirr charging bootlegging He will have his hearing today in Jal
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Beatrice
Neb
William Beck
Jal
McGirr
Switching Fee Set Between Omaha and South Omaha by Union Pacific
The railway commission approved a 1 cent per 100 pounds switching charge on all freight classes between Omaha and South Omaha. The news notes a Woodmen of the World camp in Detroit voting to allocate 750000 dollars for a new Omaha building, planned to be twelve to fifteen stories high.
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Lincoln
Jean
Railway Commission
Union Pacific
Omaha
South Omaha
Woodmen
Detroit
Sovereign Camp
Woodmen of the World
Rock Island Refuses Beer Delivery to Elks Club
In Lincoln on June 15 a dry spell looms as Rock Island agent refuses to deliver fifty cases of beer to the Elks Club. The action follows injunctions protecting club members drinking in club rooms and preventing interference with club beverage service. The Rock Island attorney advised the refusal. the railroad's stance echoes a larger dispute over rail and express shipments amid pending railroad commission questions.
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Rock Island
Elka’ Club
Lincoln
Hut
Elks’ Club
Railway Commission
Adama Express Company
Wer
Expresa
Seymour Named by Board of Equalization Secretary
Lincoln June 12 Henry Seymour a bookkeeper in the auditor s office under Weston and Searle was named secretary of the state board of equalization and assessment with a 1000 yearly salary He succeeds Chris Schavinn killed by an automobile as he left the state house Seymour came to Lincoln from York county The postmasters association adjourned after officers were elected and Lincoln was chosen as next meeting place W J Cook Blaly as secretary and other officers listed along with Rural delivery remarks by P Vi Megraw about painting mail boxes white for visibility
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Chris Schaiiin
Auto
Lincoln
Henry Seymour
Weston and Searle
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Chris Schavinn
State House
Seymour
P. Vi Megraw
Poat Infister General
Mystery in Death of Ella Boldenow in Bloomfield Neb
Ella Boldenow a fifteen year old daughter of H F Boldenow was found dead with a bullet hole in her head and an empty revolver beside her in her Bloomfield home. Authorities say the death appears self inflicted but circumstances raise questions for the coroner’s jury. The night before she was reproved by her father for intimate relations with an uncle who was boarding there and told to leave.
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Ella Boldenow
Bloomfield
Bloomfeld
Neb
H. F. Boldenow
Here
Boldenow
Body found hanging from railroad bridge near Herman
Herman Nebraska June 12 Charles Arnold found a man hanging by one arm on a wire fence near a railroad bridge after apparently falling from a passing train. The skull was crushed by the impact. Coroner Pearce took charge and recovered $1 and a memorandum book identifying the deceased as from Michigan. The book listed an address for Mrs James Griffith in Lansing Michigan.
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Herman
Neb
Charles Arnold
Pearce
Michigan
F. J. Griffith
James Griffith
Lansing
Mich
Costly Fire at Cleveland Destroys Rag Warehouse and Sash Plant
A major blaze in Cleveland damaged F. Fisherman & Co. rag warehouse and the Ohio Sash and Door factory. One fireman injured, several narrowly escaped as walls collapsed. Forty five girls fled the rag warehouse but chaos caused large losses estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
F. Fisherman & Co
Ohio Sash and Door Company
Druggists Gather in Lincoln for State Meeting
The druggists of the state will convene in Lincoln starting tonight at the Lincoln hotel and continue through Thursday night. Mayor Love will deliver the welcome address, and Rep. Ian Killen of Cass County will give the response.
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Lincoln
Conight
Mayor Love
Lincoln Hotel
Ian Killen
fCce County
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Lin
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Rev. Sykes
Des Moines
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Niobrara Ave
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Sweetwater Ave
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Attorney AT Law
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U. 4
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Bogue
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Osteopathic
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Over Norton's Store
C. L. Weber
Geo. J. Hand
Joterne Homeopathic Hosteal University of Town
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J. E. Moore
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First National Bank
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Undertaker
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G. W. Zobel
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