Convicted Brother-Killer Faces New Trial in Nebraska
Lincoln reports a new trial was granted by the Nebraska Supreme Court for Frank Larson a Hart County farmer convicted in a lower court of killing his brother and sentenced to life in the penitentiary. A physician testified Larson was insane at the time of the crime. The piece also covers campaign contributions political preparations for Woodrow Wilson's visit and German day plans in Lincoln. Deer locally are becoming plentiful and state farm enrollment is expected to rise. a farmer Georgy Parlow is injured by a gasoline engine accident.
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Lincoln
Supreme Court
Frank Larson
Hart County
Larson
Larsen
State House
Laven Fer
Strveyer
Miier
Aoe
Palen Panac
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Bryan
McAdoo
Democratic National Committee
Nebraska
W. J. Bryan
Railway Commission
Stenger
St. Joseph
Morrissey
Morning & Ledwith
Andrew M. Morrissey
District Court of
Lancaster County
Secretary of State
Walt
Secretary of State’s
Colonel Branson
Waverly
Greenwood
State Farm
Bradford
Douglas County seeks requisition for Klossen case
County attorney John Guelish applies to Governor Aldrich for requisition papers on Missouri’s governor to extradite Emil Klossen. Klossen deserted his wife and child in Omaha and is detained by St. Joseph police chief.
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John Guelish
Douglas County
Aldrich
Missouri
Emil Klossen
Omaha
St. Joseph
Forger Given Indeterminate Term in York Case
Harry Dunham faced Judge Corcoran in York Nebraska for forging checks on the York Produce company. He received an indeterminate penitentiary sentence.
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York, Neb
Harry Dunham
York Produce Company
Corcoran
Peter Mortensen Remembered in Personal Memories Booklet
In Ord Nebraska on September 20 a memorial booklet honors Peter Mortensen. The item features his portrait and tributes assembled by his wife and son for the late figure’s remembrance.
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Ord
Neb
Peter Mortensen
Trilyntes
Funeral of Judge Thompson at farm home near Grandleland
Judge John Richard Thompson, once a Populist gubernatorial and supreme court candidate, died at his farm twenty miles west of the city after a long illness. He was sixty two, leaves five children and two brothers, and was a native of Ohio who settled in Iowa in 1844 and Grand Island in 1879.
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Farnsworth
Grace Jones
Kate Carr
John P. Thompson
Dpd. W. Musser
W. H. Thompson
Wate
Democratic
Ross Thompson
Ioowa
Thompson
Ohio
Iowa
Grand Island
Technical high school movement gains momentum in Omaha
In Omaha a push to establish a technical high school begins with rumors of support from railroads short on workers and labor unions. Plans include a half‑day work and half‑day study model to broaden educational access. Superintendent Groff expects Omaha to follow peers but remains cautious awaiting earlier precedents.
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Omaha
Groff
Oamara
Suffragists Prepare Fight at Nebraska Teachers Meeting
Amid the state teachers association annual convention on November 6 7 suffragists led by Mrs. Draper Smith and Mrs. Ada Atkinson plan a three day campaign to urge adoption of a woman suffrage resolution. They will seek the National Educational Association’s resolution and craft a Nebraska teachers version.
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Onaha
State Teachers’ Association
Draper Smith
Ada Atkinson
Political Equality League
National Educational Association
Chicago
Wil
Nebraska
Grain Rush From Omaha to Chicago Drives Urgent Deliveries
Grain rushes from Omaha to Chicago as dealers hurry to meet month end delivery and avoid being squeezed on a wheat deal tied to Armour. At the Omaha elevators massive car loading continues for eastbound passenger schedules. Fish Commissioner O'Brien distributes 20 000 black bass raised in Valentine hatcheries to lakes and streams.
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Omaha
Chicago
Armour
O'Brien
Valentine
Suicide of Fred Hellner Near Oxford Neb
Fred Hellner hanged himself from a tree near his Oxford area home. Found by his son Carl Hellner, the death is believed to be self inflicted. Hellner was a pioneer settler of Purnas county owning a fine farm across the river from Oxford. He is survived by a widow, a daughter, and three sons.
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Oxford
Neb
Fred Hellner
Carl Hellner
Hellner
Purnas County
Ave
Two Carpenters Injured In 40 Foot Silo Fall
Ned Kearney and J Wagner with Ernest Sunburg are hospitalized in St. Luke's after a 40 foot fall at J W Kegley farm fourteen miles northeast of the city. Union school building burned destroying structure and furniture. occupants evacuated.
Prisoner George Keyes Dies in County Jail
Grend Island Neb September 2 A prisoner at the county jail on a charge of shouting with intent to kill Beerley months ago died by his own hand using an oblique method inside the jail. Authorities report the death appears self inflicted and related to his confinement as a suspected felon.
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Grend Island
Neb
George Keyes
Beerley
Keyes
Conald Ero
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Frank Wallace
Nebraska News
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Farmer
Bloomfield
Georgy Parlow
Harvey Myers
Alliance Nebraska
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Mortensen
Judge Thompson
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Grandleland
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Furnas
Kearney
Union
Alliance Tailoring Co
C. W. Zurn & Co
PHONE
G. Zurn
Sunshine Maitland
Sunshine Mail
Monarch
J. H. Vaughan & Son
Feed and Fuel
Box Butte Ave
Wind River
Thermopolis
Wyo
Hardin
Mont
Upton
Moorcroft
Gillette
Huntley
Billings
Big Horn Basin
D. Clem Deaver
Farnam Street
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