Nebraska Items Sketch Early 1900s Town Notes and Oddities
Reports from Nebraska cities describe a possible man made cave with a sword found near Eulo, a mystery about bones, and a natural lodging site. Other items note a bond vote for a Keith county bridge, stray sheep in Lowell, tree planting optimism, a thriving threshing year, triplets born in Saunders county, and sheriff action on a West Point mill. Continued notes cover local livestock shipments, a Chambers family coal gas rescue, Hartington’s livestock shipments, and county homesteading activity. Beatrice Express reports a New Year mystery death in Wymore with Kansas ties.
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Eulo
Kearney
Nebraska
Keith County
South Platte River
Sylvester Haws
Lowell
Hastings Journal
Fremont Tribune
Fremont
S. Wilson Beaver
Saunders County
Beaver
West Point
Beemer
Chambers
Hartington
Sioux City
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Brown
Franklin County
Mr. Brown
Walter McKinney
Buffalo County
Valentine
Tribune Valley County
Dave Ruhle
North Loup
Corral
Father Boyle
Beatrice Express
City
Wymore
Walsh
Wm. L. Cox
Kansas
Boston’s new mayor fixes city debt at 42 million
Mayor Martin of Boston was inaugurated on the 7th and his message sets the gross city debt at 42,544,123 dollars, up nearly 1.5 million from prior. Judge Love of Keokuk resigns from consideration for circuit judgeship. Three hunters freeze to death on the Chickasaw Nation prairie the night of the 5th. Reports from 26 leading clearing houses show total weekly clearances of 1,031,846,086 dollars, down 3.09 percent from last year.
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Love
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Towa
McCrary
Henry Shields
Edward Shields
James Anderson
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Locust Grove
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Robert Bunner
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Monterey
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Florence McCarthy
Brooklyn
Kentucky Whisky Pool
Pittsburg
At Washington Court Elphonso Mell Faces Arsenic Plot
A 15 year old colored boy Elphonso Mell stood in the criminal court in Washington on the 8th accused of poisoning attempts. He allegedly bought arsenic and Rough on Rats, later injuring a family and cattle, with one pig killed. Other items mention mob violence and various crimes across states.
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Washington
Benjamin
Kallaher
Flatbush
L. I
Fannie Gaskell
Elmira
Weisser
Idaho
Chas. Dieterli
Buck Bogie
Rosecrans Bill on Bounties for Civil War Veterans
Washington dispatch notes Rosecrans proposes monthly bounties of eight dollars for soldiers and others who served ninety days or more from 1861 to 1885, less prior payments, plus confirmations on Crow Creek agentship and Porter relief. Post office readjustments may abolish twenty presidential offices. tariff reform gains debated. commerce committee to prioritize inter-state bills.
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Sumner
Bingham
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Money
House
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Miller
Cal
Wilson
Morgan
Rosecrans
John G. Gassman
Lower Brule
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General Slocum
Fitz John Porter
Ways and Means Committee
Protective Democrats
Democratic Committee
Committee On Commerce
Committee On
Funeral crowds at Toronto for railway catastrophe victims
Immense multitudes attended the Toronto funeral on the sixth for railway disaster victims. Civilians and firm employees observed mourning, with draped storefronts and a gun-carriage escort. Ten interments occurred across St James Episcopal, St Michael’s, Necropolis, and St Pleasant cemeteries. One patient, Alexander Turriff, remains critical as his brother was among the dead.
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Toronto
Mulligan
Royal Grenadiers
St. James Episcopal
St. Michael’s
Necropolis
St. Pleasant
Alexander Turriff
Turriff
Fire devastates Belleville school killing twenty seven
In Belleville Illinois the Institute of the Immaculate Conception Sisters of Notre Dame burned killing twenty seven. About sixty girls aged ten and up along with teachers and staff were inside as panic and a frantic scramble to escape ensued. Forty or more pupils found shelter in nearby homes while others leaped from windows. Mary Campbell a teacher from East St Louis died after leaping from a third story window.
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St. Louis
Institute of the Immaculate Conception
Sisters of Notre Dame
Belleville
Mary Campbell
East St. Louis
Porto
Pension Appropriation Bill Nearing House Vote
Washington January 11 the appropriation sub committee Soloman and Fallett prepared a pension appropriation bill to report Monday. It reappropriates unexpended balances for the year ending June 30 1883 totaling 320000000 and adds 15000000 to reach 80000000 with an estimated 32600000 unexpended at year end.
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Washington
Soloman and Fallett
House
Dr E E Fuller Praises Brown’s Iron Bitters
Dr E E Fuller of Korrick Iowa attests to excellent results using Brown's Iron Bitters for his family, endorsing its effectiveness and value.
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Korrick
Iowa
E. E. Fuller
Chicago detective reformed becomes bank robber
A Chicago detective has partially re formed becoming a bank robber. A stump speech challenges an audience with a biting line about cigars. The riddle asks how many creditors miss their class when nature pays its debt.
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Chicago
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