Nebraska News Highlights From Local Papers
A Brown County marriage license marks a first for the region. Reports detail injuries from a horse kick in Barada, a girl in Greenwood losing a finger to an axe, and a man in Ainsworth recovering after a fall from a locomotive. Other items note burglaries, a forthcoming elevator in Fairfield, and railroad conductor layoffs.
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Falls City
Henry Weick
Barada
Greenwood
Allen
Kearney
Stuart Ledger
Mr. Orcutt
Sioux City & Pacific Railroad
Ainsworth
Orcutt
Lyons
Bancroft’s Hardware Store
Apollo commandery returns home as cigar convention opens
Apollo commandery E T arrives in Chicago from Europe on Monday while the international convention of cigar makers opens in Toronto. Capital removal cases are deemed illegal by Dakota District Judge Edgerton. A ten car freight from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon carries canned corn. The New Jersey GOP nominates Judge Jonathan Dixon on the first ballot. Scarlet fever is declared epidemic in Illinois.
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Apollo Commandery
E. T
Chicago
Toronto
Edgerton
Dakota
Portland
Ore
New Jersey
Jonathan Dixon
State Board of Health
Illinois
Belmont’s
Babylon
N. Y
John Metz
August Nichols
Mare Island Navy Yard
Congress
Davy Yard
Fairlawn
Scranton
Enterprise Carriage Company
Cincinnati
William Faxon
oThe Supreme Lodge of Odd Fellows
Providence
H R. S
Minneapolis
Junius Brutus Booth
Brown's Iron Bitters Endorsed as Good Appetizer
Huntsville Alabama Dr J T Ridley says Brown's Iron Bitters is a good appetizer and merits attention from sufferers.
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Huntsville
Ata
J. T. Ridley
Outlaw Henry Mosier Arrested After Prairie Murder
Henry Mosier alias Moore, who killed Jas. Knight and J. H. Wenzell for a $55 loot near Cheyenne, was captured Saturday in Louisville Colorado. He claimed fear of lynching and predicted death within minutes of reaching Cheyenne. A Tombstone report notes eight Apache attackers at Antelope Springs near the city, killing George Ward and driving Amos Williams to safety. Citizens pursued the Indians, believed to be connected to Gen. Crook’s uprisings, near Casas with horses stolen from nearby ranches.
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Henry Mosier
Moore
Jas. Knight
J. H. Wenzell
Cheyenne
Wenzell
Louisville
Colorado
Tombstone
Arizona
Sys. Eight Hostile Apaches Attacked A Hog Ranche At Antelope Springs
George Ward
Amos Williams
Sonora
Crook
Casas
Government notices and personnel changes in federal agencies
Washington reports J F Gardner of Colorado named agent at Ouray Indian agency. The Niobrara Fort Randall star route is discontinued after a lower bidder’s contract was annulled. Cadet Beebe dismissed from the U S Military Academy for hazing. Secretary Folger accepts Supervising Architect Hill’s resignation and questions civil service law provisions on officer selection and veteran preference. Treasury figures list gold, silver, notes, and certificates totals.
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Colorado
Ouray Inilian Agency
Niobrara
Fort Randall
Dakota
J. R. Miner
Post Office Department
Arthur L. Beebe
United States Military Academy
Folger
Hill
Mass meetings of Irish league across Europe and America
Mass meeting of the Irish National League at Carrick-on-Shannon with over 60 000 attendees. Thomas Power O Connell urged home rule. Marlow gathering heard O Brien advocate peaceful resistance. Updates from Russia England Australia Switzerland Italy and Ireland include trials, expulsions, and planned American meetings.
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Irish National League
Carrick-on-Shannon
Thomas Power O’conner
Galway
Ireland
League
Marlow
O’brien
United Ireland
Vatican
Cardinal Simeoni
America
Catholic Church of
Cardinal McCabe
Dublin
Yellow fever ravages Guaymas provoking mass exodus
A San Francisco report describes Guaymas and Hermosillo facing a deadly yellow fever outbreak. Dozens die as residents flee, authorities bury victims rapidly, and many houses and businesses close. The medical corps is reinforced while the city and Mazatlan report worsening conditions.
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San Francisco
Guaymas
Hermosillo
Mazatlan
Guayma
Mexico
Board of Health
Terrible Boiler Explosion at Sligo Iron Works
A massive boiler explosion at the Sligo iron works in Pittsburg Pa. devastates the flagging department. Nine workers killed or injured including Charles Douglass. The upright boiler, six feet across, blasted into the Monongahela river. Coroner vows investigation while Philips Merrick & Co. face $10,000 loss and Erie railroad plus nearby dwellings sustain $3,000.
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Pittspurg
South Side
Sligo Iron Works
Lake Erie
Muster Mechaniec
Lake Erie Railroad
Charles Douglass
John W. Allen
John McGavigan
Monongahela River
Sligo
Philips, Merrick & Co
Erie
Louis
W. M. Stewart
Christ. Miller
Lieutenant Greeley Reported Dead by an Esquimaux
Lonon September 23 Prof Nordenskjold telegraphs that during an Arctic excursion Dr Nathorst aboard the Sofia led by Captain Nilsson reached a bay near Cape York on July 27. An Esquimaux interpreter Hans Christian verified a native claim that a commander of an American expedition named Kasleizh was dead and the rest had returned by sled from Littleton Island.
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Walstenholm
Smith Sound
Littleton Island
Nathorst
God Haven
Christian
Sotia
Proteos
Lady Franklin Bay
Sofia
Fatal Fireworks at Pittsburg Exposition
An explosion of fireworks in a outbuilding at the Pittsburg exposition killed one boy and burned three valuable horses, destroying 300 feet of stabling. Jockey Thomas Rogers of Kalamazoo died in Polkadot’s stable. Horses Polkadot Maud R and Green Horse perished. Maud R valued at 33000, Green Horse 2000. Exposition losses cited at 5000.
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Pittsburg
Polkadot
Maud R
Green Horse
Thomas Rogers
Kalamazoo
W. J. Small
J.5. Custer
Boston
Maud ER
Chamberlains Colic Cholera Remedy Promoted For Summer Use
The notice urges every family to have Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for bowel complaints in summer. It claims the product is the only reliable preparation of its kind, pleasant and safe to take. Timothy Hay reports great seasonal success and will roam in clover the rest of the year.
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Timothy Hay
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