Cook to Clear Himself by Mount McKinley Claim
Dr Frederick A Cook stayed at the Waldorf last night and announced a plan to cancel lectures and fight detractors. He addressed the Explorers club seeking to answer any regular charges about his 1906 Mount McKinley climb while planning another expedition to prove his claim.
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Mount McKinley
New York
Frederick A. Cook
The
Waldorf
Hia
Explorers’ Club
Cook
Barrill
Pr. Cove
McKinley
Ex President Claims Feat Beyond Ages Roosevelts’ Elephant Hunt
Ex-President Roosevelt honors Commander Peary for a great feat as the Roosevelt expedition returns north of Gunso Nigro. Kermit Roosevelt shoots two elephants and a large rhinoceros while the party aims for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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Roosevelt
Peary
Portland
Gunso Nigro
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Kermit Roosevelt
Jeffries to Face Johnson in World Heavyweight Title Fight
Jim Jeffries travels aboard the Lusitania to America and must agree to a match with Jack Johnson for the world heavyweight championship or concede retirement. Johnson plans Chicago arrival, ready to sign and post a forfeit. Ketchel’s knockout loss highlights the pressing bout and Johnson’s fearsome two way attack.
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Johnson
Ring
New York
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Lusitania
Chicago
Ketchel
Ketehel
Children Return Home After Kidnapping Maze in St Louis
Grace and To masso Viviano were kidnapped from their St Louis home on August 2 and arrived home with their fathers. Mothers and relatives greeted them at Union Station as prayers of thanks followed at St Charles Borromeo Church. Detectives found the children wandering in Chicago. police suspect kidnappers hid them to extort a ransom.
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St. Louis
Grace
Tomasso Viviano
Union Station
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church
Chicago
Stephen Parody
Chile Falls to Insurgents in Nicaragua Conflict
A wireless report from Bluefields via Colon states Chile, a key town twenty miles above Nama, is in insurgent hands after fierce fighting. Leaders from Zelaya and Estrada were killed. Also reported is the capture of San Carlos, a strategic site on Lake Nicaragua, by insurgents.
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Chile Falls
San Carlos
New Orleans
H Bluefields
Colon
Chile
Nama
Zelaya
Estrada
Lake Nicaragua
Insurgenta
Meat Packers Convene in Chicago for Annual Convention
The fourth annual convention of the American Meat Packers' association opens in Chicago with about five hundred delegates from across the nation. Governor Deneen welcomes the attendees at the opening session.
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Meat Packers
Chicago
American Meat Packers’ Association
Deneen
Pirates Win World Championship in Decisive Game
In Detroit on October 16 the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Detroit Tigers 9 to 5 in the seventh game to clinch the World Series title. The Pirates secured the championship with strong hitting and solid pitching in the final matchup.
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Pirates
Detroit
le Trign
Pittsburg Pirates
Detroit Tigers
Nebraska Bank Guaranty Law Declared Invalid by Federal Court
In Lincoln on October 16 the federal court struck down Nebraska's bank guaranty law, affirming a lower court ruling and permanently blocking its operation. Judges Vandeventer and Munger ruled the law violates the Fourteenth Amendment and Nebraska Constitution, disallowing private banking forbiddances and guaranty fund provisions. Governor Shallenberger weighing extra session while the new bonding board faces related rate cases. Attorney General Thompson resisted a temporary injunction against the state bonding board regulating surety company rates.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Bank
Vandeventer
T. C. Munger
District Court
Banking Board
Samuel Patterson
Shallenberger
Thompson
John M. Gilchrist
American Surety Company of
New York
State Bonding Board
Nebraska
Gilchrist i
Silica Sand Beds Opened Near Beaver City
Beds of silica sand covering several hundred acres near Beaver City Nebraska have been opened and are being shipped by carload to Cambridge Massachusetts for undisclosed use. The sand beds have a long history with past options by Cleveland interests and earlier shipments to Denver for a soap deposit.
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Beaver City
Neb
Cambridge
Masa
Cleveland
Denver
Cudahy Packing Company
Furnas County
Committee Reports on North Omaha Church Site
A Presbyterian synod committee studying a new North Omaha church site will report today. The report comes after a presbytery appeal by the church covenant. The foreign missions committee noted progress and the synod plan anticipates further advances in all branches next year.
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North Omaha
Minden
Neb
Presbyterian Synod
Committee On Foreign Missions
Tts
Grain Growers in West Anticipate Big Attendance
Hastings Neb Oct 19 President Nelson of the grain growers department of the American Society of Equity reports strong interest for a national conference in Indianapolis on Nov 15. Letters from western states indicate large turnout as farmers and cooperative elevators are urged to unite under concerted action.
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Hastings
Neb
Nelson
Grain Growers’ Department
American Society of Equity
Indianapolis
Wniona
Johnson Held for Murder in Frankland Case
Omaha dispatch reports coroner's jury recommended holding Thomas Johnson a Black man and veteran amid circumstantial evidence in the murder and robbery of Honey R. Frankland at Union Station. Johnson denies all, as witnesses place him near the scene and a knife linked to a theft. Arraignment date pending.
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Frankland
Omaha
Honey R. Frankland
Chicago
Union Station
Thomas Johnson
Johnson
Humboldt Hotel
Dodge Street
Dolley Walker
CLUB WOMEN DISCUSS HOME MAKING IN LINCOLN MEETING
Lincoln Nebraska October 16 The Feder ation of Women’s clubs spent a full day discussing making the home Ros Bouton of the state university spoke on domestic science and aiding young women in home affairs her work winning broad endorsement A L Mains state food commissioner spoke on securing pure food for husbands The session featured talks on absorbing the idea of bringing auxiliary farm institutes into the federation
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Lincoln
Nob
Federation of Women's Clubs
Ite Cine
Mise Ros Bouton
Department of Domestic Science
The
State University
Mins Bouton
A. L. Mains
Farmere’ Institutea
Plattsmouth Postmaster Pleads Guilty to False Voucher
Chester H. Smith, postmaster at Plattsmouth, pleaded guilty in U S district court to submitting a false account and voucher to the auditor. He was fined 1000 dollars, paid it, and was discharged from custody. Smith had served as postmaster about twelve years. The charge involved paying assistant Mabel C. Truesaler 250 dollars for the quarter ending Sept 30 1906 but awarding only 160.
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Plattsmouth
Omaha
Chester H. Smith
T. C. Munger
United States District Court
Post Office Department
Pender Liberty club keeper arrested. goods seized
In Pender Nebraska the keeper of the Liberty club was arrested and the sheriff seized the club’s goods after saloons closed. The group, formed months earlier, included about Thy people with Rev C S Hughes as witness and accused of aiding bootleggers.
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Pender
Pender Liberty Club
James Maloy
Rev
Hughes
Lawsuit Over Fatal Accident Involving Liggett Driver
Mrs. Mary Campbell sues Guy H Liggett for 15000 in district court claiming her husband John M Campbell died last August after Liggett, an inexperienced driver, caused his electric car to collide with a street car and then struck Campbell a second time, killing him.
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Omsha
Guy H. Ligaci
Liggett
Mary Campbell
John M. Campbell
Ligggett
Campbell
Farmers slow to husk corn in Nebraska
Nebraska farmers delay husking corn as they work other tasks. No accurate crop estimate yet, but early harvest shows good condition. General rainfall improves plowing conditions and winter wheat looks sound. Seeding resumed after rain and stands in fine shape.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Personal Tax Reminder and Tax Sale Schedule
Taxes due November 1 with delinquency notices by December 1. Land tax delinquent May 1. Interest 10 percent from delinquency date. Real estate advertised first week in October and sold for taxes first Monday in November. Include property description in all tax communications. Free Motvaina, County Treasurer.
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Motvaina, Co
Repair Work Sewing Machines and Organs
Repair and maintenance service offered by a practical mechanic who will be permanent local support rather than traveling fixers. Guaranteed work with repairs and parts for all machines. Contact Geo D Darling at phone 139.
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A. D. Rodgers
P. O
Cok
Gem City
Alliance
Newberry
Hardware Company
D. Clem Deaver
Land Seekers Information Bureau
Omaha, Nebr
C. C. Smith
Sam
NY V Zuisden
America
Nebraska News
Vendeventer and Munger
Guaranty Fund
Furns County
East
SYNOD
Mise Bouton
H. Smith
John J. Campbell
Brennal
Furst Quality
Abe Ee Ee Ae
F. J. Brennan
Wm. James
al Wiker
Randsland
Chines
Geo, D, Darling
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