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Newspaper
Falls City Tribune
Location
Falls City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
3
Readable bits show freight and passenger trains in Omaha and Lincoln with times including 1:57 and 1:00 pm. The garbled OCR lists Nos 105 103 191 and routes for local freight and passenger service, indicating a timetable snippet for area lines.
A unemployed Oakland seaman William Getchell and neighbor Charles Ackerman found a 40 to 60 pound ambergris lump on Goat Island drift. Scientists in California valued it highly and traders arranged offers while New York sent for tests. The find could ease his famished home life as he works odd jobs in the ferry yards.
A sprawling summary notes amendments to school funding and governance in Nebraska. Provisions include notice requirements for school house actions, annual maintenance levies, tax collection procedures, and caps by district size. It references emergency clauses and effective dates through 1905, with further changes on teacher certification, truancy enforcement, and penalties for cigarette sales.
The Falls City gathering sparked claims that Union Pacific and Northwestern railroads rigged the Pollard nomination, a view dismissed by The State Journal which notes no railroad influence in the convention. It says younger First district reformers seized control, rejecting old-guard interference and stressing genuine political independence.
Market letters report the Kansas City cattle market turning better after a fall. beef steers steady to higher at 4.50 to 5.70, cows and heifers around 2.75 to 4.75, veal calves recovering to 4.75 5.50, feeders weaker, stockers steady, and hay prices rising late in the week. Receipts up 25 percent from last year with 4,000 head today. Sheep and lamb markets eased slightly with feeders steady.
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