Nebraska items from regional papers
Summaries of local incidents across Nebraska papers include a deadly B M railroad collision near Blue Springs and Wymore injuring a Kansas driver, a boyish theft case in Greenwood, first grain car shipment from Williams Clark at Table Rock, a new Monitor paper in Elmwood, a cow rope accident near Friend, and multiple town notes on buildings, taxes, accidents, crime, and logistics in various towns.
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Doniphan
Liberty Journal
Crete
Blue Springs
Wymore
Kansas
Greenwood Eagle
Frank Williams
Elmwood
Lincoln
District Court
Ainsworth
Williams Clark
Clark
Uncle Sam
E. H. Winney
Ellwood
Butler County
The
Monitor
Friend Telegraph
Murphy
Hewit
J.J. Smith
Table Rock
Valparaiso
Murder in Council Bluffs Ends in Doctor's Death
In Council Bluffs Iowa Dr A B McKune a prominent physician was shot and killed by Dr K D Cross after a feud escalated near supper time Cross surrendered claiming self defense McKune 45 a respected surgeon and member of medical societies Cross an eclectic doctor once a key witness against McKune in a prior abortion case coroner's jury adjourned without testimony
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
A. B. McKune
K. D. Cross
Cross
McKune
Baltimore
MecKune
Pennsylvania
State and Western Iowa Medical Society
St Patrick's Pills Emphasize Purifying Irish Remedy
Advertises St Patrick's Pills as a great Irish cathartic that cleanses the system purifies the blood and regulates the liver and bowels and notes they are sugar coated.
Wrecks and fires span the week in America and Canada
Cable cars crossed the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time with eight minute trips and five cent fares. A mill in Menard County Illinois associated with Lincoln burned, while a New York distillery exploded injuring a worker. A Chicago grain firm head died by gunshot in a coroner's ruling of accidental death. A Denver Utah and Pacific sale price, train wreck near Valley City, a Colorado boat boiler explosion, and other incidents including a Newfoundland shipment death and a Richmond execution fill the week’s rapid-fire incidents.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Menard County
Ills
Abraham Lincoln
William G. Greene
Ingaff
Fleischmann & Co
Blisville
N. Y
John Snedeker
Stillman
Internal Revenue
Cook
Lyman Blair
Blair & Blair
Chicago
Blair
Eastern Syndicate
Denver, Utah & Pacific Road
Fargo
Valley City
Colorado
Buffalo
Commercial
Holt-Ensign
Department of Agriculture
Liverpool
Canada
New York
Richmond
Speciel
R. King
J. Evans
C. Younger
Catham
King
Evans
Younger
Frank R. Sherwin
New Mexico
Pinkerton
Sherwin
Albany
Charles Phelps
Treasury Department
Phelps
Decision in Ker case to be taken to supreme court
Frederick Ker, who fled to Peru with $0,000 in securities of Preston, Keam & Co, seeks release from arrest claiming kidnapping. Judge McAllister orders custody, asserting writs of arrest operate within the court's jurisdiction regardless of capture. Case proceeds to the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Ker
Peru
Preston, Keam & Co
Ker
McAllister
Supreme Court
Lafayette
Ind
Emma
Cephia Atkinson
Ashville
Ohio
Dayton
E. Sloxsson
Halley
Idaho
Deadwood
C. J. Dewey
Montreal
Lsst
Liverpool
England
Dewey
Molvons Bank
Treasury names for supervising architect post
Washington announces applicants for supervising architect to succeed Hill including E E Myers John Frazer E T Gordon and J P Law. Sheridan to retire in February Pope to possibly succeed in Missouri division command. Postmasters salaries readjusted with 2176 offices affected and 102 605 000 new two cent stamps issued since September 15.
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Treasury Department
Hill
E. E. Myers
Mich
Michigan
John Frazer
Washington
Cameron
Pennsylvania
van Wyck
Nebraska
E. T. Gordon
P. Cummings
Philadelphia
J. P. Law
General Sherman
Sheridan
Pope
Department of Missouri
Department of Dakota
Texas
The
Platte
Canada
United States
Postoffice Department
MacLeanborough
Ill
Spirit Lake
Ions
Wymmore
Neb
Posstlice Department
Post Office Department
Explosion at Woolwich Lab and War Rockets Destroy Building
An explosion at Woolwich followed a fire in a main building including the laboratory destroying the structure within half an hour. The building housed many war rockets that flew in multiple directions, causing extensive property damage. Two bodies were recovered as rockets reportedly projected up to five miles. Egypt notes Britain to renew talks over the Suez Canal while Panama reports canal completion by 155s.
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Cedar Rapids
Blair
Hill & Miller
Juniata
Hardy Herald
Valentine
Peter Donoher
Pine Ridge
McGilibuddy
Bee Run
Woolwich
Unsuccessful Train Robbers Terrorize Kansas Route
A twelve man masked gang boarded the Thunderbolt passenger train near Coolidge Kansas at 3 am and robbed the Wells Fargo safe. The engineer was killed, the fireman and brakeman wounded, and the express messenger hurt though later reports vary on injury and loot. An armed posse pursued the robbers from Emporia Topeka Dodge City and other points.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Kansas City
Atchison, Fopeka & Santa Fe
Coolidge, Kay, and Wells, Fargo & Co
Topeka
Dodge City
Coolidge
Peterson
Express
Kansas Curry
Santa Fe
C. C. James
Faddle
James
Global incidents reported across nations in brief items
Reports from Turkey Italy Russia Holland Ireland Germany China Austria and Madagascar describe fires killings riots and disasters. Constantinople suffered a large urban blaze destroying hundreds of houses. Ischia catastrophe tolls and injuries are given. Nowomoskowsk rioting left hundreds homeless. മര
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Nowomoskowsk
Holland
Rotterdam
Brown's Iron Bitters Promoted for General Satisfaction
In Front Royal Virginia an advertisement for Dr. G H Hill promotes Brown's Iron Bitters claiming it provides general satisfaction and recommends it through.
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Front Royal
G. H. Hill
O'Donnell Trials Reveals Witness Cross Examinations
In London court Friday O'Donnell faced cross-examination from Carey's son who testified O'Donnell fired first and did not struggle. Mrs Carey, widow, described voyage details and claimed O'Donnell said I was sent to do it. Magistrate ordered committal for trial at next criminal court session.
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O’donnell
O'Donnell
London
Carey
O' Donnell
Capetown
O’ Donnell
Sullivan
Flowers
Cary
Ute Criminal Court
Sole Survivor: Jane Lennon Honored as Last Northern Slave
Cleveland reports Jane Lennon died near Akron at about 100 years old. Born around 1744 in Dutchess County New York, she survived slavery and gained freedom after New York's emancipation act. Her long life included time with the Merrick family in Massillon and Akron, where she served faithfully and remained deeply loved.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Jane Lennon
Akron
Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Benjamin Franklin
Congress
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
New York
John Day
Empire State
Commonwealth
Dutchess County
Jane
Rensselaerville
Gordon W. Merrick
Paris Tallman
St Jacobs Oil Praised By Milwauker Readers
A Daily Sentinel report from Milwauker Wisconsin notes many users in the city have found St Jacobs Oil effective for rheumatism with remarkable results. The piece presents a favorable takeaway from a broad readership.
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Milwauker
Wis
The
Daily Sentinel
St. Jacobs
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Wells Fargo Express Company
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Chiesto
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Constantinople
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Isclia
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Rudesheim
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