Local man jailed for bootlegging and bicycle mishap
The Cumberland liquor case ends with a young painter and paper hanger in jail after Sheriff Hill captured him. A Shelby county fugitive, Mose Dexter, awaits a judge after hiding from the grand jury. John Hudspeth, a lawyer, crashed on Fourth Street while bicycle learning, badly mudded and with a damaged wheel. A Presbyterian poverty social and plant sale at Christensen's store yielded modest proceeds.
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Cumberland
Sheriff Hill
Shelby County
The
Telegraph
Mose Dexter
Walnut
Atlantic
John Hudspeth
Germany
Fourth Street
Chestnut
Hundspeth
HL. C. Gillett’s
Mr. Hudspeth
Funeral and legal notices from a small-town paper
The deceased, long associated with Sam Havens, will be interred locally under the Red Men order. He is survived by a sister Mrs. Carl Phares and a brother William in Des Moines. Yesterday, two youths Berney Daniels and Albert Strutz were charged with corn theft, arraigned and jailed three days after a $10 fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Havens
Order of Red Men
Carl Phares
William
Des Moines
Berney Daniels
Albert Strutz
Wallace
Wru
Guttenfelder
Blanche Cox
Salvation Army
Cox
New York
Local and Personal Notes From Atlantic S
Friday reports a long list of residents and visitors in Atlantic from nearby towns and cities. Names include Will Baird Silas Wilson and Mrs. Wilson plus many others from Massena Des Moines Omaha and Bear Grove Township. A liquor case against Frank Tabor resumes Monday in Justice Wallace's court and local travel continues with multiple trips to Omaha for Ak-Sar-Ben events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Baird
Shelby County
Atantic
Silas Wilson
Des Moines
TY. P. Davis
R. Mittersbaugh
Massena
Atlantic
R. J. Lavery
W. W. Eller
Omaha
Frank Tabor
Justice Wallace
D. J. Vance
Colorado
Earnest Tharnish
Exposition Grounds
Fred Schultz
C. Trede
J. W. Kelsey
Vermont
J. D. Walker
Indianapolis
Ind
Monros
Frank Snouller
Chas. Moreland
Rudolph Lorenzen
Frank Kramer
Horton, Kan
Horton
United States
McNaught
Geo. John
Extra
Council Bluffy
U. S
P. J. Appleman
Mr. Appleman
Ashland
Turkish Bath troupe fails to refresh audience
A fair sized Atlantic crowd last night greeted the Turkish Bath company and mostly left disappointed. Five actors plus a pianist offered jokes that were old and often ribald. Some audience members left after the second act, while a few enjoyed only the tumbling between acts two and three. Also notes that Thos Townsend, once a city resident, died in Des Moines and was brought to Atlantic.
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Ralph P. Selby
Gertrude Roth
Lewis
Des Moines
Tom Irons
Anita
Turkish Bath
Thos
Court notes reveal long session. Hoffman indicted for liquor selling
Last week at the county court a lengthy session concluded after four weeks with numerous witnesses and extensive inquiries. Peter Christianson faced attachment for 793.49 owed to W. E. Simpson and potential property losses. John Hoffman, linked to a Walnut Street hour exchange, was indicted for liquor selling but secured $400 bond. Abe Byrd defeated Robert Campbell in a $5,000 slander suit marking a busy courthouse week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Christianson
Abe Byrd
John Hoffman
Grand Jury
Audubon
Inquisitor of County Morals
Sheriff Hill
Peter Christenson
Atlantic
W. E. Simpson
W. E. Butler
Christenson
Christianson
Walnut Street
Garret Tormay
Liberty
John Kiernan
Henry Martin
Campbell
Byrd
Wrecked Mexican Central Train Spreads Escape Tale
El Paso reports Conductor Coffey and Engineer Martin fled after a head on with a freight train near Cuatitlen causing one American cattleman fatality. Two American engineers from Mexico and Vera Cruz were later jailed by friends in a Pullman. Pursued by officers, they were aided by a Toluca master mechanic who fired up an engine to take them northward.
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el Paso
Tex
Coffey
Martin
Mexican Central Railroad
Cuatitlen
Mex
Mexico City
Caboose
Mexico and
Vera Cruz Road
Ina
Toluca
Anderson Is Acquitted In Johnson Case At Stanton Neb
Oliver Anderson is found not guilty of murder in the Johnson case after a short jury deliberation at Stanton Nebraska. The conflict over disputed accounts led to a July or August confrontation ending with Anderson injuring Johnson then shooting him as the latter approached. The verdict closes a violent sequence between half brothers and a neighborhood dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reed
Clay, Clay Co
W. Va
Chamberlain
Vic Emmert & Co
H. G. Weber & Co
Stanton
Johnson
Stanton, Neb
Oliver Anderson
Andrew Johnson
Anderson
Fort Depar
Aaron F. Boglan
Hubbard
United States
W. H. Johnson
Boglan
Briefs from Telegraphic Dispatches
News items from telegraph briefs include a devastating wind and snow storm in Bessemer Michigan, a mill fire at Oconto Lumber, Senator Hanna denying resignation as GOP chair, a McCoy Choynski match set for October in Chicago, price hikes in pipe and coal, Tommy Ryan illness, a Grass Valley death from a prize fight, Milburn Wagon Works securing a British order for Transvaal, Maine district nominating Luther F. McKinney, a major New York stock exchange celebration for Admiral Dewey, recruitment halts for Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth infantry, and overall volunteer army enlistment nearing target.
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Bessemer
Mich
Oconto Lumber Company
Senator Hanna
National Republican Committee
Kid McCoy
Joe Choynski
Chicago
Central Foundry Trust
Tommy Ryan
Denver
Jack Root
Grass Valley
Cal
Jim Pendergaat
Sacramento
Charles Hoskins
Milburn Wagon Works
Toledo
Transvaal
Democrats
Maine
Luther F. McKinney
Bridgeton
Thomas B. Reed
New York Stock Exchange
Seventh Regiment
Admiral Dewey
Thirty-eighth
Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry
Martial Law at Havana as Strike Issue Falls to Ludlow
Civil Governor Rivera places the strike dispute under military jurisdiction in Havana as General Ludlow asserts there will be no general strike. Rivera vague on authority, police chief Cardenas urged to follow military offers, while Ludlow warns of possible prison capacity at Presidio and Cabanas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Ludlow
Havana
Rivera
Senor Rivera
Cardenas
Presidio
Cabanas
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Joun Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Wheel
Poverty Social
Christian Endeavor Society
Presbyterian Church
Christensen's
Gerald Brown
Christensen Bros
Will Greenleaf
City
Ben A. Wood
Harry Pennell
Max Crain
Cripple Creek
Nellie Dickerson
Oskaloosa, Mo
Marie Bartley
Thomas Townsend
Joyce
F. Parsons & Co
Mexico
Dubvuque
Dubuque
Harlan’s Road
Harlan
Chicago and Northwestern
Carroll
Atlantic National Bank
Towa
J. A. McWaid
C. L. Brown
C.R. Hannan
Chas. R. Hunt
Chas, Block
T. G. Turner
H. L. Henderson
A. McWaid
L. Henderson
L. W. Niles
Canada
Iowa
Adair
Guthrie
Casey
Citizens Bank
J. W. Gray
Wowan
Waarrensburg
May Cotter
Jesse Allen
Jack Cotter
Kansas City
Wildcat
Leonard B. Imboden
Planters’ Bank
G. E. MacLean
Towa Orry
George E. MacLean
University of Nebraska
State University of Iowa
State of
C. B. Hess
Levi Downs
Chestnut Street
Nichols’ Bank
Postoffice
Europe
Gall
Shbus
C. W. Savery Abstractor
Fifth Street
Melvin E Quint
Locust St
Oakland Herd
Lorah
Brayton
PrTun Jacosson
Brayton, la
Shaw & Crombie
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