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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
6
A Florida summer resort street railway moved from mule power to an eighty horsepower electric system. An expert found the plant used its full capacity for typical service, prompting a director to quip that they should have stayed with mules.
A French traveler in Russia complains of a five day mail delay to Paris. An official replies with a sharp analogy that the police, like the stomach, work poorly when one is aware of their faults. The remark underscores frustrations with bureaucratic inefficiency.
Arthur Shapley arrived for rehearsal at the Dartford theatre in England and, after being asked what part he would play, drank poison from a bottle he carried. He died later from the action, following a quarrel with a woman friend.
Perry Cheaney, said to be the nation’s oldest man, died at his Copper Ridge home in the Tennessee mountains on July 4. He proudly celebrated the Declaration of Independence as tied to his birth.
No readable names places or events present. The fragment offers proverbs about desire and gallantry but lacks concrete facts or persons to anchor a news card.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Watson reports findings of apparent violations of child labor laws in Omaha and South Omaha. Children under 16 were found employed in major institutions and a packing house and department store reports list many minors. Officials will compare ages with school census data and authorities may pursue those who falsified affidavits.
Lincoln reported a bank hold up where express company officials say the loot ranged from 30000 to 34000 dollars. Officers who received details from the express firm provide the figures while the firms themselves stay silent. Bankers estimate a sizable sum due to large cash movements toward the north.
Senator Millard will nominate a candidate for midshipman within the next week or ten days after a navy department telegram prompted a revision of his earlier March timeline. He urges all applicants to hurry and forward their papers.
Four members of the South Omaha board of education are charged with accepting bribes to raise teacher salaries and to install Oliver Typewriter machines. One complaint targets board president Alonzo V. Miller, filed by the county attorney.
Plattsmouth Nebraska farmer Chris Bell reports a rare second blackberry crop this year. His cherry trees are budding and expected to bloom again before cold weather arrives.
Rising City Neb October 15 The corn crop in this locality does not meet expectations of the husbandman due to early frost and heavy rains preventing full maturation.
Fremont Neb Oct 15 relatives of Ernest Hussman who vanished from Leavitt have abandoned the search believing foul play caused his disappearance.
Chris Kroeger a 44 year old leading citizen of Schuyler Nebraska was found dead in a water pool near his home after leaving an uptown errand. He had spoken with a friend shortly before and apparently died from heart disease after falling from the sidewalk.
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