Succe ssful farmer Creamer's vast 1280 acre Canadian estate
A Bogus mail farm story highlights W Creamer of Baldur Manitoba as a leading mixed farmer. He settled in 1880 and developed 1280 acres with 800 barren and 480 productive, wheat crops 500 acres and 200 of others. He runs 40 horses 60 cattle 50 pigs with modern buildings a 55 foot square barn 29 loads of sheaf hay 3000 bushels of wheat and a crushing machine. His water supply includes a well a spring and poplar bluff protecting against snow. He also operates a threshing outfit and plans for next spring wheat. The balance notes western Canada migration and related curiosities.
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W. Creamer
Creamer
Western Canada
Baldur (Man.) Gazette
Woman's Medicine for Woman's Ills Promoted in Ad
An old advertisement extols a female remedy claiming to ease lasting backaches and general aches in women. It features grateful letters from users and cites a Lynn Massachusetts address for samples, touting decades of use and nationwide acclaim.
Rob Hardy Bank Robbery Near Hardy Nebraska
Three strangers planned and executed a $4000 robbery at the Rob Hardy Bank in Hardy Nebraska. The attackers blasted the safe front, damaged the ceiling and floor, then fled on a Burlington handcar toward Kansas. Local pursuit, Beatrice Bloodhounds, and a $250 reward followed. bank stability is not endangered.
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Hardy
Neb
Burlington
Kansas
Liying
Beatrice Breodhounds
Stage Driver Fights Back in Prairie Hold Up
W. P. Hunt, a Valentine Nebraska stage driver headed to Rosebud, fought off two masked bandits about twenty miles from Valentine. As bullets ripped his clothing and notebook a shot struck his watch but he escaped unharmed. He fired five shots, dropping one bandit from his saddle, and reached Rosebud to alert authorities as Indian police search the reservation.
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Kadé
W. P. Hunt
Valentine
Neb
Rosebud
Hunt
Abraham Lincoln Republicans Honor Memory of Lincoln
The Republicans of the state and Lincoln union honored Abraham Lincoln and Republican principles on Saturday night March 24 with prominent guests Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff of New York Governor Leslie Shaw of Iowa and toastmaster John N. Baldwin of Council Bluff. Delegations from across the state attended a reception at the Lindell hotel before the banquet described as enjoyable though informal. Ladies were present in large numbers adding a notable social element to the event.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican Club
Lincoln
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
Lesle Shaw
Iowa
John N. Haldwin
Council Bluff
Lindell Hotel
Pleads Guilty to Forgery by Late Ticket Agent
George Lee, former night operator at the Burlington & Missouri depot in Louisville Nebraska, pleaded guilty to forgery in district court at Playtsmouth. The case involved stealing railway tickets and forged express money orders. The court action followed a large prosecution presentation and testimony including a supposed accomplice, Bowers.
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Louisville
George
Lee
Burlington & Missouri
Neb
Jessen
District Court
Playtsmouth
Trist
Bowers
Gustin Complaint Finds Rates Unjust for Sugar Shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules in Gustin v Burlington & Missouri that sugar transport from San Francisco to Omaha and Kearney Neb differs in conditions from shorter routes. A 66 cent rate to Kearney is justified, 50 cents to Omaha, but 77 cents to Omaha is not justified compared to 80 cents. Commissioner Yeomans delivers the opinion.
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Washington Dispatch
Interstate Commerce Commission
A. J. Gustin
Burlington & Missouri River Railroad
Nebraska
San Francisco
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Omaha
Neb
Kearney
Yeomans
Figg Family Hounded at Gretna Amid Mob Incident
Louis Figg and his wife return to Gretna after a hazing episode. Figg complains of hoarseness from being choked and a side injury from a kick. Mrs. Figg reports tar-matted hair forced compromised, while neighbors defend the couple as innocent and seek privacy as five women from the home remain missing.
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Web Ann
Louis Figg
Gretna
Figg
Fige
Pigg
Quiet Day in Hastings Poisoning Case Hearing
Saturday sessions in the Horlachger Morey poisoning case at Hastings were uneventful with defense insanity testimony dominating. The court again crowded, and the state had Eva Stewart’s sensational testimony stricken as hearsay after a recall motion.
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Hastings
Eva Stewart
Miss Stewart
Miss Horlocker
Tragedies Hit Several Hearts Across States
A mother and her infant were found dead in a Rushville well after an eight hour ordeal, the mother dying of exposure and the infant drowning as the child slipped in. Nearby, Alexander Nixon returned home to find his wife dead, aged about forty five, with no prior warning. In Ripley Tennessee a black man Louis Rice was lynched after testifying for a defendant in a murder trial. The Puerto Rican relief bill narrowly passed the senate’s conference report with Republicans voting yes and Democrats largely opposing. In Kansas Frank Germont killed his wife by crushing her skull with a neck yoke following her refusal to continue living with him. Conrad Olthoff, jailed for shooting at his sister in law, argued over a demanded task and remains in custody.
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Tate
Alexander Nixon
Fullerton, Neb
Bledister
Conrad Olthoff
Dodge County
Orntje Olthoff
Rorbner
Olthoff
Thompagn
Cook
Deaths From Wagon Accident and River Find In Cedar County
An elderly German farmer Henry Thoens died on his Bow Valley farm when his straw slipped under him and the wagon ran over him. A body found in the Missouri River at St Helens Cedar County could not be identified, with a silver watch and pocketbook recovered. Coleridge reports another body found in Fred Koch's field northeast of town pending coroner's inquest.
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Henry Thoens
Bow Valley
Cedar County
Missouri River
St. Helens
Coleridge
Reifert
Fred Koch
Banks of Nebraska Become National Institutions
Comptroller Dawes approved Nebraska banks converting to national banks. Sth Pant State Bank of St Paul becomes Farmers National with $25,000 capital. Hartington State Bank becomes Hartington National with $40,000 capital. Franklin County Bank of Bloomington becomes First National of Bloomington with $25,000 capital. E C Million and others approved to organize the First National Bank of Elgin with $25,000 capital.
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Nebraska
Comptroller
Dawes
Sth Pant State Bank of
St. Paul
Farmers' National
Hartington State
Bank of Hartington
Hartington National
Franklin County Bank of
Bloomington
First National of
E. C. Million
First National Bank of Elgin
Neb
Lynchings and Armoured Trade News From Virginia and Indiana
A Virginia sheriff permits a mob to lynch two men after a confessed killing in Emporia while militia withdraws. Separate reports note Armour & Co. arrests in Albany for grand larceny involving $10,000 and false charges on sale tickets. A New York telegram reports the Mindland steel works sale to a sheet iron trust near a million dollars with resumed work orders and Beatty named district manager in Indiana.
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Armour
Edward B. Noble
Dennis McGraw
Armour & Co
Albany
N. Y
Kitink
Truat
New York
Misland Steel Works
Munice
Ind
Sheet Iron Trust
Five Robbery at Healy's Restaurant In New York
Five well dressed men robbed Healy's at sixty sixth Street and Columbus Avenue New York. One man talked to the cashier while another took 3100 from the safe. The theft remained undiscovered for about five minutes.
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Healey's
Sixty Sixth Street
Columbus Avenue
New York
Hunt the Bank Robbers at Hardy Under Scrutiny
New developments emerge in the Hardy bank robbery case as Beatrice hounds track a farm trail south east of town. Three young men, strangers to the area, are under surveillance after purchases and talk raise questions. Reward offers $250 plus 10 percent of recovered money. $3,800 stolen, $400 in silver. Sheriff Moore arrests three suspects five miles east of Byron after tracking from Hardy.
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Hardy Bank
Beatrice
Hardy ‘Bank
Moore
Byron
Hardy
Relations with Morey Explored in Court Testimony
Miss Viola Horlocker testified with attorneys present about her relationship with Mr. Morey prior to the alleged assault on Mrs. Morey. The witness grew visibly agitated while recounting events, crying and covering her face as she described advances but did not accuse him of violent intent.
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Ragan
R.A. Batty
Viola Horlocker
Mr. Morey
Mrs. Morey
Victim Buried Alive Found in Mullica Hill Burial
An undertaker uncovering a Smitzer family grave near Mullica Hill New Jersey and Philadelphia found a boy buried alive. The coffin showed struggle with broken glass and limbs drawn in odd posture, indicating a horrible, painful death.
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Mullica Hill
N. J
Philadelphia
Smitzer
Notable descent meets justice in Washington
Mrs Sallie Marshall Hardy, descendant of Chief Justice Marshall, visits Supreme Court chambers and meets Justice Harlan. He jokes about Marshall’s bust as she sits beneath it, sparking a playful exchange with Chief Justice Fuller.
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Sallie Marshall Hardy
Marshall
Supreme Court
Washington
Justice Harlan
Fuller
Mrs. Hardy
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