Massive blasting powers Wabash rail link near Cumberland
reports from Paw Paw West Virginia describe an 8000 pound powder blast tearing rock from the mountain side to form the Cumberland to Cherry Run connecting line. engineers recount tunnels through Indigo Hill and Welton, the costly route with 2,629 workers, nine locomotives, and nine shovels, aiming for opening by early 1906.
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Paw Paw
West Virginia
Wabash
Rocky Mountain
Terior
Western Maryland Railroad
Cherry Run
West Virginia Central Railroad
George Gould
Sidling Hill Mountain
Potomac River
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
Hancock
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Henry G. Davis
Union
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Welton
Elling Hill
Wabarh
McArthur Bros
Indigo
Court to Decide If Nomination Certificate Files
Lincoln attorney Orpheus B. Polk wins an alternative writ to force Secretary of State Galusha to show cause why a nomination certificate should not be filed. The case tests biennial election law section 235 and will be heard at the first June sitting. Attorney General Brown demurs, noting no election in 1905, while Polk seeks to place a regent nomination and county judgeship filing remains tentative with County Clerk Dawson.
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Lincoln
Holcomb
Orpheus B. Polk
Mandames
Galusha
House
Brown
Friends of the Court
Regent of the University
Polk
Dawson
Runaway Team Sparks Elegant Nebraska City Wedding
Miss Nora Miller married Joseph Ledbetter of Juneau Alaska in Nebraska City at the bride’s parents home. The ceremony drew many guests and the couple plan travel south then to their northern home. Ledbetter rose from poverty to wealth after meeting Nora during her Alaska visit.
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Nebraska City
Nora Miller
Joseph Ledbetter
Juneau
Alaska
Frank Miller
South
Ledbetter
Old valuation stands Pullman car assessment unchanged
State board of equalization heard arguments and kept the valuation at last year’s level for Pullman car interests. State Treasurer Mortensen proposed 100 percent, but Secretary of State Galusha and Land Commissioner Eaton supported maintaining the prior assessment. The franchise value will be reviewed but not raised, and Pullman Interstate representatives appeared unfazed.
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Pullman Car Company
Lincoln
Pullman
State Board of Equalization
Mortensen
Galusha
Eaton
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Common Law Marriage Case
In Soren sen versus Sorensen Valley county the court rules a presumption of marriage arises from cohabitation and presenting as spouses. A child from such union may claim legitimacy and inheritance rights despite the contested nature of the common law marriage.
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Supreme Court
Sorensen
Valley County
Hastings College Seeks Cleveland Gift for Endowment
LINCOLN P. L. Jackson Hastings College financial secretary went to Princeton to ask ex-President Cleveland for funds toward the Hastings endowment. A dispatch reports Cleveland replied with a liberal contribution.
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Cleveland
Lincoln
P. L. Jackson
Hastings College
Hastings
Neb
Princeton
N. J
Supreme Court Orders New Trial for Wife Desertion Case
The Nebraska Supreme Court orders a new trial for Fred Goddard after a nine month penitentiary sentence by Chase County District Court for wife desertion. The court finds deficient evidence and notes the information failed to state willful, without good cause, failure to maintain his wife.
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Lincoln
Supreme Court
Fred Goddard
Chase County District Court
Fruit as Medicine Debunks Diet Myths in Old Text
An old article argues fruit aids bowel health and digestion while warning against excess sugar in juices. It notes fruit helps rheumatics, cautions last meal fruit combinations, and critiques fashionably restrictive dress, ending with a satirical image.
Diseased Cattle Foiled Shipment to New York Slaughter
State Agricultural Department intercepted a carload of diseased cattle bound for New York. Of twenty cows, three died in transit, eight showed advanced tuberculosis, and at least three had pneumonia. Several died at Utica before transfer. The shipper faces prosecution.
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New York
State Agricultural Department
Utica
New Wolft Leather Substitute For Boots and Shoes
English inventor unveils wolft a perfect leather substitute used for boots and shoes. London Shoe Company adopts wolft for walking shoes praising its coolness lightness durability and high waterproof yet porous nature reducing need for rubber in slushy conditions.
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England
London Shoe Company
Frances Willard and Fashionable Dress in Her Last Speech
Frances Willard argues that women must be physically strong and well before achieving true equality. The address laments fashion harming health and includes readable recipes for mashed peas with nuts Graham Gems Irish corn soup and more, illustrating domestic life themes alongside calls for women’s advancement.
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Frances Willard
Fife
Nature
Food Value of Eggs as Nourishment
The article explains egos as a nourishing food with two main elements fats and proteins. An erg weighs about one and a half ounces with one ounce white and one half ounce yolk. Yolk has greater nutritive value. preparation methods include whipped raw or cooking twenty to thirty minutes at about 260. A hard boiled yolk digests better and whites should be finely coagulated for digestion. One egg equals a dozen oysters in value.
Very Dissipated Japanese Students Ate Sponge Cake
In Boston a group of Japanese students dined with a prominent host. One absent guest is labeled very dissipated explaining he eats sponge cake all the time and is said to be all broke up. The anecdote shows the word dissipated used to describe odd behavior rather than drinking or gambling.
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Boston
Hub
Nim
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