Cattle losses amid cornfields and rail trouble across Nebraska
News from Nebraska reports cattle dying in corn near Sargent, several horses dead, and a team with a husking wagon found in the field. A northbound Union Pacific freight train derailed near Blue Springs due to a broken rail, blocking traffic briefly. A home burglary at Nebraska City left $105 missing and a hired man missing. A brick fell on brick mason Joseph Burr at Nebraska City, injuring him severely. Grand Island reports fire department efficiency improving, while drifted driftwood threatens Nemaha bridges. Near Ellis farmer Henry Scheve plans a 12000 bushel elevator, and a traveling man is jailed in Elwood for giving a cigarette to the agent’s 22-year-old son.
Farm Youth Arrested in Nelson Area for Horse Whipping Mother
John Matson a young farmer living six miles east of Nelson was arrested and jailed Thursday night. He faces a charge of horse whipping his mother who keeps house for him.
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John Matson
Nelson
Death of Ralph Lawerence Burgeson
A one year old child of Mr and Mrs M L Burgeson died last week in Holdrege. The Beatrice Presbyterian church men’s brotherhood held a Friday evening duck banquet in the church parlors with about 150 members attending. The meal was served by church ladies and speakers gave addresses.
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Holdrege
Ralph Lawerence
M. L. Burgeson
the Presbyterian Church
Beatrice
Corn Harvest Stalled by Mud in Humphrey Area
Farmers near Humphrey report fields soaked and corn stranded due to sloppy ground hindering hauling. Cedar Bluffs corn show drew strong interest though speakers missed trains causing disappointment to exhibitors. Mr and Mrs Soloman Pfeiffer of Washington county celebrated a golden wedding anniversary marking their 1859 German marriage on November 22.
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Humphrey
Cedar ‘Bluffs
Soloman Pfeiffer
Washington County
Fremont
Germany
Fremont man arrested for brutal assault on baby
Henry Poore of Fremont is jailed on charges of striking and maliciously beating a months old boy who he and wife allegedly took from an Omaha institution for adoption. Other items note a golden wedding near Lind and lectures by Ruth Bryan Leavitt in Tilden to benefit the Tilden High School athletic club.
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Henry Poore
Fremont
Omaha
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
W. J. Bryan
Tilden
Tilden High School
Harry Miller
P. C. Miller
Neligh
Harry
Remembering Professor Lohmeyer and distant trade notes
Obituary notices Professor Karl Lohmeyer of Königsberg who died at Danuza at seventy seven. He was born with four arms and used teeth to sign and mouth to turn pages with aid to university entry special permit. Also brief market notes on American apples and Kohinoor diamond cuts.
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Karl Lohmeyer
Konigsburg
Danuza
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Hamburg
Americans Flock to Canada in Immigration Wave
The Portland Oregonian notes a large migration of American farmers to Canada this fall. About 70,000 farmers will move with an estimated 70 million dollars in cash and effects, seeking cheaper land, stability, and safer laws. Canadian railways like the Canadian Pacific, Canadian Northern, and Grand Trunk Pacific spur settlement near free homesteads. Government agents in U S cities offer information to assist relocation.
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Portland Oregonian
Portland
Oregon
U. S
Canada
Middle West
United States
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Pacific
Hill
Western Canae
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ottawa
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Neb
Curious mix of news bits sparks global chatter
An array of brief items covers topics from funeral saloon circles in Long Island to a vast Brooklyn flag factory employing women year round. Notes mention high Altitude in Peru, Cuba cabbage weights, Philadelphia subway plans, a Los Angeles divorce over a baby name, Canadian fishing licenses, a Bay of Quinte cruiser, and global birth longevity averages.
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Long Island
Cuba
Philadelphia
Camden
Los Angeles
Bay of Quinte
Ontario
Ingratitude as a Defining Human Failing
The passage lampoons ingratitude as a deeper vice than most faults and argues people struggle to learn from experience. It contrasts industry giving dignity with indolence leaving one ragged and unstable, and claims ingratitude fuels many other sins in society.
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Manny
Helpless with rheumatism recovers after kidney pills
Jacob C Bahr of Lebannon Ohio recounts three months bedrest with muscular rheumatism and swelling. After using Dean's Kidney Pills for two weeks his condition improved rapidly and he returned to work. The ad urges readers to remember Dean's and buy for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Jacob C. Bahr
Broadway
Lebanon
Ohio
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
A Tragic Blunder Chapter XIII Wedding Calamity
Agatha Dale marries Rupert Carroll amid festive church scenes yet collapses in fever after a shock in the vestry when Rupert revelations reveal a prior engagement. The Vicar explains that Rupert’s memory loss and a mysterious past lover drove the crisis as Agatha collapses, awaiting what comes next.
Railroading in Kansas Turns to a Game of Chance
A Kansas railroad worker recalls how an 16 hour work limit under state law creates delays and train shuffles. Trains stall at sidings, crews rest in cabooses, and passengers endure nights in a lone car before a farmer ferries them into Marysville to beat the schedule.
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Kansas
Sum Flower Country
Boston Herald
Lincoln
Union Pacific
Marysville
A New Danger In The Air Causes Fine
The airplane owner explains he was fined a hundred dollars and costs after his chauffeur lost control and the aircraft bumped into and damaged another man’s air castle.
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Gadly
Air Castle
Why She Grieves in Harvard Lampoon Dialogue
A Harvard Lampoon joke catalogs a social mismatch as Rosamond, unhappy after marriage, is questioned if she wed a count and replies that he proved unsuited, highlighting satire of aristocratic expectations.
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Rosamond
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