Nebraska News Roundup of Accidents and Developments
A Nebraska district column reports a new railroad point near Nemata City with 12 workers and 60 days of dirt work, a B M railroad wreck near Blue with minor injuries, a Knox county schoolhouse incendiary fire, Creighton band uniforms, and various local incidents. Also noted are Lincoln street railway plans, Superior bridge washout, injuries from runaways, a lightning strike on Nelson schoolhouse, and multiple town notices on churches, elevators, and local commerce.
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Safotains
Knox County
Good Templar
Alla
Creighton
Nebraska
Sterling Press
Wm. Flynn
J.J. Gewitz
U. P. Company
Hall County
Grand Island
Stephen Raymond
Steve Marshall
New York
Union Pacific Railway Company
Northampton Mass. National Bank
Hinckley
Boston
Northampton
Union Pacific Railroad
Byrnes
Litell
Union Pacific
Clark
National Bank of Commerce
Steyin
Therisoner
Raymond
Ball
Erie
Buffalo
Northampton Bank
Lincoln Firemen Tournament Sees Frémonts, Seward Triumphs
August 30 Lincoln Nebraska reports a bustling state firemen tournament with strong crowds. Seward captains win hook and ladder and best drilled company, while the Thurstons and Pacifics place in free-for-all and hose race. An explosion at Turner’s drug store caused minimal damage as Seward’s engine promptly tackled the blaze.
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Lixcotx
Neb
T. P. Quicks
Board of Control
Fremont
Thurstons
Pacifices
Grand Island
James L. Reinard
William Hildebrand
Seward
Seward Company
Frémonts
Hook and Ladder Company
Syracuse
Fremonts
Pacifics
Merchants of Lincoln
Moline
Bluff Cs
Council Bluffs
Lincoln
T. P. Quick
Turner
Seward Chemical
Butler
Oman
Coursion Company
Fitzgeralds
Linn County Farmer Endorses Remedy For Digestive Ailments
M. M. Flinckinger, a Linn County farmer, credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy with saving doctor bills and keeping his family safe for seven years. He says there is no medicine he trusts more.
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M. M. Flinckinger
Linn Co
Railroad Collisions Prompt Fresh State News
From shore to shore reports note several railroad collisions in Michigan with large losses. County treasurer deals with defaults and criminal deeds surface. The capital covers new stamp issues, postal notes, and a pension swindler case alongside other news.
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Reported Across Cities
A collection of brief items spans theft and fraud including the Roscommon County treasurer Eyidenes case with some $318,000 missing. Other notes include crashes, missing sums, and forged notes in Trenton. Railway accidents in Cincinnati and Wabash region cause casualties. Police brutality claims surface against Maurice McNamara of New York. A young conductor, John Kennigan, faces dismissal amid unspecified misconduct.
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Harry Packard
Hartford
Trenton
Hall
New Brunswick
Thesylvania Railroad Company
Sib
Cincinnati Express
Mingo Junction
Wm. Hoyt
J.B. Newman
Charles Woll
T. Watson
A. N. Brown
Joseph Little
Swaney
Wabash
Council Bluffs
Clifton
Halli
Maurice McNamara
New York
John Kennigan
Capital Topics The New Postage Stamps
The post office department selects a green shade for the new four cent stamp featuring Andrew Jackson. The three cent will be retired and distributed to postmasters starting September 1. Changes aim to ready for the new letter postage by October 1. Railroad postoffice service expands on the Northern Pacific from Missoula to Helena beginning September 2, linking St. Paul to Portland over 1900 miles.
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Lkeness
Andrew Jackson
Northern Pacific Mail
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Helena
Montana
St. Paul
Portland
United States
Gould P. Austin
Pension Office
Baptism Scene Ends Wet and Wild in Georgia
In Crawford county a large colored baptism ends with the minister pulled into deep water as a 200 pound sister dives to avoid being ducked. Four men rescue her and she vows not to repeat the stunt.
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Georgia
Butler Herald
Crawford County
Pep Taing
James R. Micon Endorses Brown's Iron Bitters
Essex County Virginia clerk James R. Micon endorses Brown's Iron Bitters praising its claimed uses and value. He notes personal benefit from the tonic.
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Essex County
James R. Micon
Costume to remind a lady of her washerwoman
A fragment from Carl Pretzel's Weekly discusses a lawn dress and a joke about a washerwoman. It mentions oil of white birch bark dissolved in alcohol as a fabric treatment that waterproofs and insect proofs cloth without visibly affecting appearance.
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Carl Pretzel
The Annamite Treaty and Java Volcano Calamity
Special cables from London report Java volcanic eruptions and massive tsunamis. Estimates cite up to 75,000 dead on Java and surrounding islands with Kan mountains submerged and Batavia damaged. Widespread destruction with Langkel island vanished and vast lava flows endangering coastal towns.
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London
Java
Batavia Harbor
Anzier
Boitain
Serango
Batavia
Tanevara
Langkel
Riots Against Jews Report Vast Destruction and Loss
Advices from Ekaterinosla say 346 Jewish houses were burned and plundered during riots with an estimated loss of 611000 roubles. Fourteen Russians wounded by troops in quelling the outbreak have died, total twenty eight. Reports of Jew beating are noted, police and troops suppressing most actions. Berchadi outrages burned eighty Jewish houses, forcing former inhabitants to seek shelter.
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Ekaterinoska
Berchadi
French Annam treaty terms and regional tensions brief
The article notes the emperor of Annam has not yet signed a French proposed treaty under Hamond, with guarantees for a French protectorate and troop stations in Tonquin. It covers France’s aims, Chinese hostility, and scheduled ceremonies. It also reports a London arrest sweep of six Irish dynamiters and related police inquiries.
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Annam
Hamond
French Civil Service Commission
China
France
Tonquin
Red River
Tiue
Cochin
Hue
Champeani
Hong
Packlong
Amerique Not Foundered After Atlantic Voyage Rumor
Rumor at Plymouth on Sunday claimed the Generale Trans Atlantic ar 8 steamer Amerique of Captain Sawtelle, sailing from Havre to New York, foundered after passing Lizzard Point. Later reports confirm the Amerique is safe. A gale in England caused damage and several wrecks with loss of life alleged.
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Plymouth
Amerique
Sawtelle
Havre
New York
Lizzard Point
England
Hudson River Steamboat Riverdale Explodes and Sinks
A boiler explosion on the Hudson steamer Riverdale near Fourteenth Street New York caused the vessel to capsized near Sixteenth Street. About fifty passengers died while over a hundred were aboard when she left Harrison Street for Haverstraw. Tugs and boats rushed to rescue those in the river as debris and wreckage filled the water.
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North River
New York
Riverdale
Sixteenth Street
City
Hoboken
Harrison Street
Haverstraw
Reckless Robbery On Oakland Road Strikes Farm Invasion
A daring daytime robbery near Oakland involved Charles Oakson and his son traveling to their new farm. A hitchhiking youth produced a revolver, stealing about ten dollars, a watch and chain, and a second watch from the boy as Constable Allen led a pursuit that faded with dusk and no capture.
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Omaha
Oakland
Charles Oakson and Son
Illinois
Wallen
How Was Man Distributed on the Earth
Popular Science Monthly discusses human spread from a single cradle versus multiple origins. It argues early migrations from a primitive, resource-poor core, spreading from the Arctic to Terra del Fuego and from Samoyed to Van Diemen's Land, shaping race varieties as populations settled in favorable centers.
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Popular Science Monthly
Agassiz
Carl Vogt
Arctic Circle
Terra del Fuego
van Diemen’s Land
North Cape
Cape of Good Hope
Aes
Of to College and Home Again in 1879 1883
A narrative portrays Bode Hawkins torn from his mother at departure for college in September 1879 and Ambrose Hawkins returning home in June 1883. The family reacts with grief and joy as the elder laments the need to relearn college lessons while the boy adapts to farm life and kinship.
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Burlington
Bode Hawkins
Shaw
Ambrose Hawkins
Oriel
Charles Francis Adams
No sorrow greater than love for greatness fails
The passage reflects on unattainable greatness and social exclusion in the hereafter with a note about the Omaha license set at $80,000 per year.
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Omaha
Nebraska Democrats Nominate Savage for Supreme Court
James W. Savage of Douglas County was nominated for justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court at the Omaha convention. The gathering also named E R Daniels Madison Woolworth and G W Johnson Fillmore as university regents, with Morton chairing the platform committee and the party adopting a liberal platform on taxation, railroad influence, prohibition, and government restraint.
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Academy of Music
Omaha
J. Sterling Morton
State Central Committee
J. F. Winney
Nebraska City
J. Sale
Victor Vifguain
Saline
J. C. Crawford
Cuming
Beach Hinman
Lincoln
F. E. White
Cass
Gen. Montgomery
Lancaster
Judge Martin
Richardson
C. ER. Redick
Douglas
Judge Inney
Bear
Madison
Wallace
McManigal
Glover
Washington
J. E. North
Platte
Supreme Court
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Colfax
Jas. W. Savage
G. W. Johnson
E. R. Daniels
J. M. Woolworth
E. H. Clark
Central Committee
James Creighton
United States
Arthur
Union
Congress
P. D. Sturdevant
State House
Stout
Unhappiness of the Insane in a September Popular Science
The author recalls convalescing in an asylum and attending an evening card party for capable patients. A patient tells of her fourteen year separation from her daughter, caused by her husband who confined her and rarely visited. The writer finds her story credible and notes such cases are not rare.
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Popular Science Monthly
Rte
Mothers In Asylums Driven By Law And Longing
The author laments mothers confined in asylums under a law that allows husbands to confine wives as insane. Two-physician certificates can seal this fate, cutting them off from children and kin. He notes equally strong male affections and the misery of awaiting reunion or release.
Praying Against Time in an Overnight Harper’s Drawer
A Brooklyn child Rose prays to visit Aunt Margaret in an omnibus and to see relatives, asking protection, good behavior, and safe travel while the household sleeps. The scene blends devout longing with childlike wants and ends as sleep overtakes the room.
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Brooklyn
Franklin
Rose
Aunt Margaret
Grandpa
Grandma
Kate
Sophia
Charles Swan
Papa
Mamma
Jesus
Aaa
Harper’s Magazine
Treatment by Drugs in the British Quarterly Review
The article argues modern medicine moves toward simple, direct drug use with a clear physiological aim. It notes a shift to one drug for one purpose, reduced doses, and targeted administration, while vast pharmacopoeia fades. It predicts future practice will favor elemental, scientific adaptations of fire, air, earth, and water.
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British Quarterly Review
Drainage Improves Soil Resilience Against Drought
The text explains that under draining creates porosity, drains remove surface excess water, and dry hot soil is aided by capillary rise from below, reducing drought impact compared to less porous soils.
Ice Cream Brings Cald Comfort After Storm
Readable fragments describe residents seeking warmth with ice cream after a cold spell in Boston. Officials note community support and local shops offering free treats to those affected.
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Boston Star
Seal Pup Snatched On Island Excursion
A seal pup, months old, was captured by Ernest Whitehead during an island excursion and tied in a sack on a sloop bound for Ventura. The mother seal reportedly pursued the vessel for eighty miles, attempting to rescue her youngster as the boat reached Santa Barbara.
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Ventura
San Buenaventura
Santa Barbara
An Unscrupulous Collector
A Boston Post tale describes a Rome bound book incident where a German shopkeeper loses a bound set of Mephs belonging to a traveler. A second American buyer learns the volumes exist and pressures the shopkeeper to reveal their location, securing the volumes for herself and another American buyer.
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Boston Post
Rome
Peeple
Paris
Talented Dead-Beats on Broadway Detected by City Detective
A New York Journal feature shows a sharp detective spotting a well-dressed man labeled a nobby dead-beat. The man, with no work or funds, enjoys Easygoing chatter and cigars, while friends fund his stay. Experts warn unoccupied men may target vaults and crimes.
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Pinkerton
Broadway
New York
Iseer
New York Ondon
Paris
Publes
Petted to Death in a Loud Family’s Care
A distressed account claims a baby died after excessive pampering by relatives. The fragile infant received constant handling and travel by family members, with little rest, while concerns about overindulgence and neglect surface in the narration. The piece notes the child’s sickness and the family’s well intentioned but fatiguing care, ending with a somber farewell.
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Bevid
Grandpapa
Grandmamima
The Influence of Forests on Climate and Fertility
The Boston Courier notes forests affect climate and soil, warning that removing hill forests leads to soil loss in valleys and rivers. Periodic floods would erode fertile soil, with at least one authority predicting Ohio could become half sterile in under fifty years if hill forests are not protected.
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Boston Courier
Ohio
Intemperance in Arms Then Causes Life Failures
A concise warning that intemperance in arms leads to repeated life failures and unforgiveness by the offender, reflecting a moral stance.
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