Nebraska Notes and Local Incidents Across Counties
The report covers a failed robbery attempt near Cozad with pursuit toward Gothenburg, a county court case in Central City convicting Hiram Shank for beer possession with a $226.95 fine, a hydrophobia scare from a dog bite, property sales including R. B. Held’s Leigh restaurant, silver wedding anniversary at Leigh, poor harvests from hail, retirement of H Goldberg, a severe hand crush at Wood River mills, treasury inspector visits Grand Island, banker Paul Beck’s death, James Hruska’s fatal threshing accident, Grand Island druggist Chris Ipsen’s death post gallstone operation, Grand Island fires hitting Kelso & Watters and Sonin, a lumber yard loss, two shotguns stolen in Seward, upcoming Republican county committee officers at Leigh, and Will Van Norden’s eye injury from lime chloride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican County Central Committee
Peterson
Central City
Hiram Shank
Silver Creek
Shank
Eczema sufferers find relief with Cuticura remedies
A 1908 consumer testimony from Mrs. Wm. Klunt details severe eczema all over her body and relief after using Cuticura Ointment Soap and Resolvent. The ad-like narrative includes skin healing, hair regrowth, and renewed sleep, urging others to try Cuticura.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Klunt
Thomas St
Newark
N. J
Eam Pereases i Potter Drag & Chem
Prp
Cuticura Remedies
Boston
Discouraged Women A Promise of Hope and Cures
A long column notes kidney trouble as a cause of female distress and praises Doan’s Kidney Pills by Mrs Irene Tudor of Bellefontaine Ohio with claims of relief after long suffering. It adds lifestyle tips fashion notes and random social observations on handbags hats shoes and ship duties for women sailors in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Tudor
N. Cragg Sr
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Dean
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Fashion and Tariff Bits From an Old Paper Page
The item surveys diverse tidbits on fashion trends from busted sleeves to linen frocks, plus notes on tariffs in Britain and the Apache population in the Southwest. It also cites Canadian homestead figures, Mars life speculation, Danish insurance, a Baltimore House of Industry, convict paroles earnings, Boston poets seeking recognition, and questions about poetic licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Mars
Simon Newcomb
Denmark
Boston
Rudyard Kipling
Munyon's Eminent Doctors Offer Free Medical Exam
Doubt about disease? Mail for a free medical examination blank and diagnosis from Munyon's eminent doctors. Return to 53d and Jefferson streets Philadelphia. Free advice. no obligation. doctors will say if you can be cured or not. The ad mentions a durable brick and a linen skirt as separate items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munyon's
53D
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Pinchot Ballinger Split Roils Washington Politics
In Washington a clash between Interior Secretary Ballinger and Chief Forester Pinchot grows public with Pinchot accusing Ballinger of favoring the water power trust and undoing Roosevelt conservation efforts. Taft backs Ballinger as pressure mounts for a party inquiry and potential removals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wishington
Interior
Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
Spokane Irrigation Congress
Pinchot
Water Power Trust
Roosevelt
Friends of Conservation
Nebraska
Nebraska-Wyoming
Amattoh Service
Interior Department
Beverly
Taft
Newell
Reclamation Service
Congress
Roosevelt Jr Changes Position To Study Aeronautics
Theodore Roosevelt Jr leaves carpet manufacturing in Connecticut to study aviation in New York. He will apply for Aeroclub of America membership, plans to obtain a pilot license after two signal corps balloon trials, and may buy a craft. A separate note reports Senator Ernest L. Tustin urging release of Harry Lee Sing, a Philadelphia Chinese immigrant, from Malone NY detention via habeas corpus if needed. speed tests show C Foster Willard flying a Curtiss aeroplane at Mineola outpacing a 40 mph automobile at 30 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Connecticut
A. Holland Fortes
Aeroclub of America
Signal Corps
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ernest L. Tustin
Harry Lee Sing
Chinaman
United States
Malone
N. Y
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Sing
Harry Lee Simg
C. Foster Willard
Hempstead Plains
Mineola
N. S
Aeroclub of
Willard
Elephants Run Through Streets In Clay Center Stampede
Eleven elephants escaped from a show in Clay Center Kansas and stampeded through the streets for two hours after a dog bit one elephant. The herd broke from its keeper and trampled through town while a showman was knocked from his horse and suffered a broken leg before capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kans
Bloodhounds fail to catch Plymouth burglars in Nebraska
Beatrice bloodhounds used at Plymouth to recover goods from a burglary at August Gearhardt general store but failed to locate the thieves. Sheriff Chirnside found about half the stolen merchandise along railroad tracks. The Burglary totaled about $200 in suits, hats, shoes, collars, and small items. No clues remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbury
Neb
Beatrice
Plymouth
Gearhardt
Chirnside
Living Flag Parade Thinned by Salt Lake Heat
Salt Lake City reports the Grand Army of the Republic forty third reunion parade endured extreme heat. About 160 children and 20 veterans were removed from the street with relief stations and nurses aiding near 40 victims. Illinois led in participation as 7,000 veterans joined a one mile procession past Brigham Young statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Weather Bureau
Brigham Young
Main Street
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Douglass
Utah National Guard
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Oklahoma
Sa. Take
Seventh South Street
Henry
Nevius
Gray Army of the Republic
Reward Offer Discussed in Hamilton Case
In Omaha Nebraska officials consider a reward for James Phillips if he were charged with horse theft rather than murder. The sheriff cannot post county or state rewards under current laws though the governor and county commissioners have been notified and action is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
James Phillips
Marsh Hamilton
Mrs Thaw Declares Herself Almost Penniless
In New York Evelyn Nesbit Thaw denies plans to sue her husband or relatives for 500000 dollars. She says her usual monthly remittance of 480 dollars has not arrived this month and she is virtually penniless. She admits uncertainty about her future actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Thaw
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Mrs Thaw
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Malcolm & Cole
Pete Hamman
Cozad
Mr. Hamman
Gothenburg
Will Warren
Weston
Thomas Skoda
Leigh
John Callely
Colfax County
H. Goldberg
Seth Hall
Wood River
Grand Island
Kramer
Department of the Treasury
Grand Isand
Wilkins
Paul Beck
Crete
Beck
James Hruska
Table Rock
Chris Ipsen
St. Francis Hospital
Mr. Ipsen
Perty
South America
Efen
Kelso & Watters
Geo. H. Wilson
Seward
Gillan
Louis Harting
Harting
Neville’s
W. I. Walling
Charles R. Kuhle
James Palik
Will van Norden
Hastings
Carters
Iver Es
UTES
Leo Wentz
Marine, Ill
Australia
Victoria
England
Dickens
Hans Christian
Andersen
Thomas Hood
Defoe
Thackery
East India Company
China
Mexico
Cascarets
James McGune
Mercer St
Jersey City
Brazil
Arizona
New Mexico
White Mountain Reservation
House of Industry
Baltimore
Maryland Prisoners’ Aid Association
Baily Fly Killer
Harold Somnens
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
Munyon
Slota
What Is
Castoria
Centnee
MTR
Lincoln
Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Chirnsich
Diller
Jefferson County
Burlington Road
ST. Joseph
International Typographical Union
Coliseum
St. Joseph’s
Clayton
Burnham
Local Typographical Union
Lynch
Hays
Elmwood
A. Arrison
Jake Schlauker
Mr. Arrison
Braskans
Libbey
Andersonville
Macon
Tyler
Belle Isle
Lake City
ST. Louis
Pietro Viviano
Grace Viviano
Tommasso Viviano
Duncannon
Carbondale
Ilt
Vivinanos
Th Banc
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