Floods Drown Five in Nemaha River Region and Lincoln Suffers Major Flood
Five members of the Doyle family drown when a flood lifts their Nemaha bottoms home and carries it into the swollen Nemaha river near Madilla Nebraska. In Minnesota John O Rigan aged fourteen and Joseph Swanson nine drown at a Wanamingo dam while bathing. Lincoln endures its worst flood with at least five dead and extensive property damage as residents seek shelter and rail service halts.
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Madilla
Neb
Nemaha River
John Doyle
Doyles
Nemaha
Red Wing
Minn
John O. Rigan
Joseph Swanson
Wanamingo
Lincoln
John Nelson
Henry Amed
Schuester
Gillard Nicolas
Financial and livestock market brief from Chicago and Kansas City
Foreign Markets Livestock reports cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago and Kansas City with declines noted. New York stocks show early gains with rail shares advancing and government bonds steady. Washington notes wheat conditions and New York prices for poultry butter eggs and cheese.
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Kansas City
N. Y
New York
St. Paul
The Druggist’s Display Promises Profitable Classifieds
The Tribune Classified Columns guide readers to the largest line of profits in drug commerce. The glowing bottle light signals where to find drug-related opportunities daily. Glancing through these pages becomes a habit that pays and misses bring regret.
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Tribune
Help Wanted and For Sale Classified Snippet
Help wanted items include barber college training in Chicago Illinois U S Army recruiting in La Crosse Wisconsin and local dining room and house work positions. Multiple sale listings note nine room house two cottages corner lot Smith Batchelder Addition and various household items for sale in La Crosse area with addresses and prices.
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City
Denton
Smith & Batchelder
Tribune
For Rent Listings Include Furnished Front Room and Modern Homes
Furnished front room at 611 So. 5th and a new modern house at 1162 State St are available through Fred Itman. Another strict modern room can be enquired at 1120 King. A two story and room house with bath electric light and gas is offered at 1002 S. 8th St with reasonable rent.
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State St
Fred Itman
King
S. 8Th St
Lost handbag and loan ads in La Crosse notices
Black evening bag lost between Milwaukee and Northwestern depots with a reward offer to return to the Tribune Office at Schick Roth Hatavian Bank Building. Plus La Crosse Mortgage & Loan Co and Reed Allen Realty Co promote loans and Panhandle Texas land opportunities with travel offers.
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Milwaukee
Northwestern
Tribune
la Crosse Mortgage & Loan Co
Main Street
the Panhandle
Texas
Panhandle
Reed Allen Realty Co
Wm. Tisch, Mgr
Main St
la Crosse
Wis
Tornado Insurance Rates Listed for Local Residents
Insurance ad shows premiums of four dollars per thousand for thirty two years and six dollars per thousand for six years. Provided by C. S. Van Auken of 328 Pearl Street with contact details included.
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van Auken
WANTED Help in Engraving Trade and Other Jobs
Miscellaneous help wanted notices include teaching half tone and zinc etching for 100 dollars with potential earnings of 20 to 30 dollars weekly. Other ads seek a sober coachman, daily cooking or nursing, or housekeeping for a widower. Also offered 15 cents for Tribune May 27 1908 copies and a plea to return a velocipede from 12231 Madison St.
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National Engraving Co
Winnebago
Tribune
Madison St
All Road Houses Win Licenses in West Salem District
All road houses except Jack Bennet obtained new licenses to operate for another year at West Salem resorts. Rumors of orgies linked to Campbell area houses prompted expected opposition, though licenses were granted for 1909 with revocation only for disobedience of laws or disorderly conduct. Bennet remains undecided about staying, hence no license.
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West Salem
Jack Bennet
Campbell
Heaviest Iowa Man Adam Strubel Buried in Eagle Center
Ad am Strubel the heaviest man in Iowa, aged forty three, was buried at Eagle Center. He weighed 500 pounds and required a coffin thirty inches wide eight feet long and two feet deep. The casket would not fit the hearse lowering device and eight pallbearers used straps. Undertakers had to cut away part of the bedroom wall to remove the body after his farming life.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Adam Strubel
Eagle Center
Strubel
Johnson loses claim despite illness in North Dakota case
Edward Johnson, treated in Grand Forks county hospital for tuberculosis of the leg, will not lose his claim. Williston land office officials ruled his four month illness sufficient cause to abandon his claim and dismissed Catinka Visdahl's case.
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Grand Forks
Edward Johnson
Williston Land Office
Johnson
Catinka Visdahl
Drunk Woman Holds Up Lunch Counter in Rochester Bust
A woman calling herself Mrs Adolph Nelson from near St Paul entered a Rochester rooming house then stole a knife and dishes at a lunch counter and threatened the cashier. Police captured her. She appeared before a city justice admitting intoxication and disarray and blaming morphine and beer.
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Rochester
Minn
Adolph Nelson
St. Paul
Deadwood Mayor Fights Red Light Resorts in City War
Deadwood South Dakota July 8 Mayor Adams orders police to close lower town red light resorts and round up occupants. Officials plan to remove offenders or levy long jail terms to curb notoriety and ease pedestrian passage through the city.
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Deadwood
S. D
Adams
Woman Dies After Bite During Quarrel in Iowa City
Mrs Mary McElroy of Iowa City died from blood poisoning after a man bit her during a quarrel. The assailant's identity was not learned. Infection progressed while she lived alone and lacked medical help, dying en route to the hospital.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Mary McElroy
Turners Reach Clinton on Long Hike toward Chicago
A party of five Davenporters from the Turner association completed a long hike to Clinton, Iowa, during their planned walk to Chicago. The group traversed towns and countryside as part of their outdoor trek.
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Clinton
Iowa
Turner Association
Chicago
Frank Wister Hurt in Fall From Load Near Brewery
Frank Wister, driver for Heileman Brewing, fell from a load of boxes near the brewery in the forenoon or early afternoon on Tuesday and sustained several minor injuries. Patrolman Hefti assisted him to his home at Tenth and Jackson Street.
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Frank Wister
Heileman Brewing Company
Hefti
Tenth
Jackson Street
Scarlet fever outbreak delays Nebraska during fleet cruise
Scarlet fever has broken out on the battleship Nebraska. The ship did not depart with the fleet on Tuesday and will be held in quarantine in San Francisco, delaying its world cruise participation.
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San Francisco
Cal
Nebraska
Six Different Animal Bites Treated at St Marys Hospital
Six patients were treated at St. Marys hospital for bites from six different animals including a dog, a cat, a rat, a kissing bug, a mule, and a parrot.
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Philadelphia
St. Mary's Hospital
Northwest in Brief Iowa Falls and Sioux Falls items
Northwest in Brief reports that Iowa Falls records 112 to 4 marriage ratio and repeats last year’s total, Sioux Falls notes Brookings county farmers form a telephone cooperative to consolidate lines under one HQ, and Belle Fourche sees 250 miles log float suggesting a large sawmill may be built locally by investors.
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Iowa Falls
Minn
Grant County
Sioux Falls
S. D
Brookings County
Belle Fourche
S&s
Wholesale and retail produce price list with multiple vendors
Market prices from Listman Milling and other sellers include eggs butter vegetables and fruits with items such as potatoes cabbage and peaches. Quoted by Langdon Boyd H. Sieger J. Burns and Howey Co. lists and regional pricing for wholesale and retail including lard, ham, bacon, lard, and various fruits and vegetables.
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Listman Milling Co
A. B. Moll
Efelee
Langdon & Boyd
J. C. Burns
California
Listman Uilling Co
A. Grams & Son
Langdon-Boyd Packing Co
Vis
Howey Com. Co
Asees
Grain and Livestock Market Outlook and Openings
Chicago grains seen weak with favorable weather and a government report due near close. analysts advise buying wheat corn and oats on dips for quick profits. Hog supplies larger than expected with prices higher despite bullish news, while cattle and sheep receipts and futures show mixed directions across markets.
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Chicago
Miner & Co
Inter-Ocean
Omaha
Kansas City
Liverpool
Market Personalities Span Hay Shocks and Local Visits
Shelby resident Louis Kosh brought in two loads of hay while William Layman delivered a fine hay load from West Salem Road. Chippewa County trader Louis Broksch sold a load from his Dakota Minnesota farm. Many locals in town over the weekend, including Carl Workman, Mrs. Striker, and parents Mr. and Mrs. C H Workman, plus Fred Witt and family visiting from Bangor. Visits to La Crosse noted by Miss Cora Beach, Theo Sandy, Theo Jones, and Mr. Pingree, with J M Smith and Roy traveling to La Crosse and W H Harrington making a business trip there.
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Louis Kosh
Shelby
William Layman
West Salem Road
Louis Broksch
Chipmunk Coulee
Dakota, Minn
Carl Workman
Striker
C. H. Workman
Fred Witt
Mr. Witt
Bangor
Theo
Sandy
Nadine
Theo. Jones
la Crosse
Cora Beach
Dick Nagle
Mr. Pingree
D. W. Peters
J. M. Smith
Roy
W. H. Harrington
Local Markets Steady With No Price Changes
Markets held steady with prices unchanged from yesterday. Expectation of many new fruit and vegetable items this week signals upcoming shift in available produce.
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Minnesota
Northwest
John Rigan
Red King
Washington, D. C
Maler Barber College
Ill
U. 8S
United States
Hotel Grand
Badger Steel Roofing & Corre. Co
7Th
Lax
St. Vassers
Farnam St
Hotel Bronson
Allen Hotel
Vine St
Union Hotel
Ferry St
Denham Mrest
Cavanaugh & Smith's
Badger
Pacific Coast
the Transfer Co
Minneapolis
Mine
Schick & Roth
Hatavian Bank
E. Anderson
Caledonia St
Viavi
Cecelia Maloney
Mer
Photography
H. W. Baker
Runckel
Campbell Falls Through
Bennet
Roger Sullivan
Bryan
Cook County
Denver
USA
H. M. Sieger
Henry Andregg
Limburger
Ted
Ned
Market Personals
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