Town wiped out by ten foot flood in Black River Falls Wis
Hatfield Dam release sent a wall of water ten feet high through the center of Black River Falls. Town flooded debris filled streets and buildings including banks hotels and stores. Mayor McGillivray estimated losses at least 1 million dollars with rumors of three deaths.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Hatfield
Black River
Hatfeld
McGilliveray
Beirg
Freeman and Spaulding
Jackson County
First National
Jackson County General Office
Spaulding Machine Shops
Marsh
Jones Dry Goods
Black River Falla
Turkey ready for peace talks with Italy
A Turkish government circular note to the German foreign office asks whether a basis for negotiations with Italy exists and under what terms. It contemplates ceding Tripoli under conditions and notes Italy may not be ready to negotiate yet while Turkey hopes to prompt moderate terms.
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Berlin
Turkey
Italy
Tripoli
Constantinople
Baron Marschall von Bieberstein
Danish Arctic Explorers Cast Doubt on Cook Claim
Greenland dispatch reports Kvud Rasmussen found no trace of Captain Elmar Mikkelsen and companions after their coast search last year. They separated to seek remains of Brichain, feared lost. Eskimo Asit Etukishuk confirms Cook’s box held only a broken sextant, no papers, and Fruehen’s party agrees the polar voyage tale is untrue.
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Greenland
Kvud Rasmussen
Elmar Mikkelsen
Brichain
Rasmussen
Mikkelsen
Fruehen
Cook
Amateur Wins Quaker City 2024 Mile Auto Race
Philadelphia amateur Erwin Bergdoll won the Quaker City Motor club’s 2024 mile automobile race driving a ninety horsepower Benz. His time was 3 hours 18 minutes 41 seconds. Wishart in a Mercedes finished second in 3 hours 21 minutes 52 seconds.
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Philadelphia
Erwin Bergdoll
Quaker City Motor Club
Wishart
Miners Injured as Cage Falls in Nokomis Mine
Six coal miners were injured when a cage at the Nokomis mine in Mississippi fell eighty feet. Six sustained broken legs and two others were likely fatally injured in the accident.
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Nokomis
Freight terminals plan eyed by Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island Railroad announces a 2,000,000 plan for freight terminals in Minneapolis. Corneling N. Blien of New York leads. The report ties to broader transportation and industrial developments of the era.
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Corneling N. Blien
New York
Nebraska News on Eastman school and Hawxby case
Chancellor Avery classifies Eastman agricultural school as a university division under the state act with the board of regents controlling vouchers. Hawxby defends his actions as Nemaha County Attorney while the governor approves dismissal of an arson case and a bribery inquiry into campaign expenses proceeds.
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Lincoln
Avery
State University
Eastman Agricultural School
Eastman
Curtis School
Curtis
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Board of
Regents
The
North Platte
Holdrege
McCook
Alma
Jansen Pleads Guilty to First Degree Murder
Louis Jensen confessed slaying Stephen Frazier in Box Elder canyon and pleaded guilty in district court. Judge Grimes sentenced him to life in the penitentiary and to pay court costs, which Jensen said he could not afford. He showed little remorse and claimed to have slept well since arrest.
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Louis Jensen
Stephen Frazier
Box Elder Canyon
Grimes
Grain Dealers Meet in Omaha Draws 1000 Visitors
The National Grain Dealers Association convention brings about 1,000 visitors to Omaha with discussions on grain industry matters. Current national officers include President E. M. Wayne of Delavan Hi Ely Bernay of New York and E. E B. Elliott of Muncie. secretary treasurer John F. Courcier of Toledo. Omaha hosts sixteen members of the national group.
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National
Grain Dealers’ Association
Omaha
Grain Dealers
E. M. Wayne
Delavan
Ely Bernay
New York
E. E B. Elliott
Muncie
Lad
John F. Courcier
Toledo
J. W. McCord
Columbus
National Association
Weather kiosk to be placed in Lincoln city hall square
Lincoln October 10 The weather kiosk funded by the federal government will be installed at the northwest corner of Tenth and O streets if the city council approves a resolution allowing use of part of the city hall square. It will house thermometers barometers weather maps and other instruments.
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Lincoln
Tenth and
O Streets
Weather Bureau
Mad Steer Invades School In Fairview Near Verdon
A frightened two year old steer ran into a schoolroom at Fairview three miles south of Verdon. Miss Sailors and pupils evacuated. the animal rampaged, breaking seats and a stove before retreating to a corner until the wall was pounded. It was later left a mile south of Verdon.
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Mise
Fairview
Verdon
Steer
Carey Higgins
Gralare Jones
Mr. Higgins
Miss Sailors
Ouster suit filed against South Omaha fire and police board
Attorney General Mar tin, by governor order, files ouster action in the state supreme court against South Omaha commissioners J. J. Ryan and Joseph Pivonka alleging drunken conduct in public, liquor law violations and public misconduct. Dean Ringer aids in gathering evidence. second Sackett Law suit after Omaha action.
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Fire and Police Board of
South Omaha
J. J. Ryan
Joseph Pivonka
Martin
State Supreme Court
Aldrich
Dean Ringer
Cornhusker
South
Omaha
Arthur Mullen
Donahue
Shallenberger
Supreme Court
Aldrich Back From St Louis on Interstate Traffic Brief
Governor Aldrich returned from a conference with Governors Harmon and Hadley regarding a brief to be filed with the United States Supreme Court. The document defends the state's right to regulate intrastate traffic and reflects Aldrich's long-held views. The brief is prepared and will be filed October 10 in Washington.
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Aldrich
St. Louis
Harmon
Ohio
Hadley
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Boy Tries Rescue as Kenesaw House Burns
Four year old Paul Mathers attempted to save his nine months old sister during a house fire in Kenesaw while the mother was away. The infant died in the blaze as the fire consumed the home and its contents.
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Paul
Ed Mathers
Kenesaw
New men at Omaha shops in Union Pacific strike
Omaha strike leaders report a carload of strikebreakers detached from westbound consignments and placed to work in the Omaha shops. The Union Pacific says conditions on its lines are improving and satisfactory with all trains moving.
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Omaha
Harriman
Union Pacific
Complaint filed against county official over failed prosecution
Henry Morgenstern files complaint with Governor Aldrich asking removal of a county official for neglecting to enforce a law and perform a duty. The suit alleges failure to prosecute William Seamap, indicted by a May 1907 grand jury for burning a laundry building in Auburn.
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Aldrich
Nomoe@ahan
Henry Morgenstren
William Seamap
Auburn
Margaret Davis appeals murder case from Cedar county farm
Mrs. Margaret Davis serving a life sentence for the 1910 murder of Ira Churchill on a Cedar county farm appealed to the supreme court. The case was taken under advisement. The appeal cites several reasons for a new trial including allegedly improper jury instructions.
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Margaret Davis
State
Ira Churchill
Cedar County
Supreme Court
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