Nebraska Notes Chronicle Local Changes and Losses
A compilation from Creston to Seward notes Dr Brank Grabel practicing in Wood River. Deaths include Darnold Miller 7 of Beatrice from diphtheria and Cecil Frease 5 drowned at Leigh. Smallpox mild in Syracuse with quarantined houses. Government bids won for a $4000 steam plant in Laramie by Wirth and Winterbottom. Probable coal beneath Boyd county and a mining interest near Gross. Earl Davis injured at Dempster Beatrice foundry. Walter Stockman wanted for forging checks. Ainsworth gains a new Democratic paper the Ainsworth Advocate. Mr. E Markel leaves Market hotel Beatrice. George Cassity takes over. L N Costly appointed at Chadron. Kase & Krause West Point firm reorganized. Paul Kase retires, A E Krause buys interests. Jessie Carpenter of Humboldt shoots foot. not dangerous. R C Ewing of Nebraska City charged with wife and child desertion. Caldwell & Caldwell Auburn assign to creditors. R Stonecypher Table Rock severs index finger. may knit. Dan Austin sells West Point photo gallery to N Boatsmann Sterling. Auburn starts a business college. Miss May Dundas promoter. Miss Anna Remm to Seward as chief operator. Professor Stevens at Rule High Behoo! plans a Seward newspaper. experienced in Philippines service.
Shortage in Kansas treasury exceeds seventy eight thousand dollars
A Morris report summary shows a $78 000 treasury shortage from 1898 to 1905, with $60 000 from missing school fund bond coupons and $18 000 from lost Oklahoma warrants interest. Former Treasurer Grimes disputes responsibility for most bond losses, faults clerk C R Richey, and Kelly calls the report vindicating though noting minor clerical shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Morris
Treasury
E. W. Hach
Grimes
Thomas T. Kelly
State School Fund
Territory of
Oklahoma
Frank E. Grimes
Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Practical homemaking advice from a bygone era
A collage of domestic tips covers kidney pills promotion, exercises with bed linens, shoe care, hand treatments with vaseline and oatmeal, blister relief with alum or camphor, women managing finances, Christmas dinners, hair darkening with black tea, and the importance of clean, well-brushed hair and smart styling.
Lieutenant Kirkman Court Martial Closes in Manila
The military court martial hearing Lieut. Hugh Kirkman of the Eighth Cavalry on forgery charges ended. Kirkman, arrested at Fort McKinley, allegedly forged names to a note to cover a $500 shortage of troop funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Hugh Kirkman
Eighth Cavalry
Kirkman
Fort McKinley
Pension bills pass in brief House session
In a two and a half hour session the house favorably acted on 166 pension bills. Rules require committee of the whole first, then formal passage, which Speaker Cannon completed in eleven minutes. Among beneficiaries are forty-two blind and sixty-eight paralyzed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Cannon
Immigration Inspector Blasts Hungary and Italy
Washington report by Immigration Inspector Marcus Braun criticizes both Italy and Hungary for violations of immigrant promises. He claims fifty million dollars has been sent from the United States to Hungary by immigrants and says Hungarians and Italians are urged to refrain from becoming American citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seore
Washington
Marcus Braun
House
Italy
Hungary
United States
The Little Widow and Grape-Nuts Miracle
A San Bernardino California widow credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health after three months of fever and nervous prostration post partum. She gained weight from 95 to 113 pounds in two months and felt steadier. Her four year old son’s eczema cleared on the same diet, leaving him rosy and well. She invites inquiries and points readers to The Road to Wellville book in the package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino Co
Cal
Wellville
Rescue of Cherokee Passengers After Grounding at Brigantine Shoals
Sixty passengers and crew from the Clyde line steamer Cherokee, en route from Sao Domingo to New York, were rescued after it grounded on Brigantine Shoals in a fierce northeast Atlantic storm. Captain Archibald and a small crew remained aboard as Captain Mark Castle and the sloop Alberta, with a picked crew, reached the ship and ferried off most aboard over two hours. The rescue drew a crowd of hundreds as lifeboats and life savers faced heavy seas and dense fog, with Lieut H M T Walker among the landed passengers returning to Washington from Puerto Plata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Clyde Line
Cherokee
Sao Domingo
New York
Archibald
Mark Castle
Alberta
South Brigantine
Castle
H. M. T. Walker
United States
Yankee
Washington
Puerto Plata
Hart and two others spared death sentence in Mexico
In Fort Worth, Texas, friends report that defendants C B Hart, Richardson, and Mason, condemned to death in Chihuahua for poisoning two Americans, will not be executed. The court decreed they will be sent to the convict stockade to serve twenty years each at hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Friends of
C. 8
Hart
Richardson
Mason
Chihuahua
Mexico
New York Life Insurance Company
End Of Elopement In Norfolk Captures Deserter
Morris McKibbon and his sixteen year old wife were found hiding in a desolate hut after a yearlong chase by Nebraska detectives. He faced charges of eloping with a sixteen year old and deserting his wife and three children in Fillmore county. The girl had been Frieds Frose of Exeter Nebraska and had gone to live with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Morris McKibbon
Nebraska
Fillmore County
Frieds Frose
Exeter
Neb
Moroccan conference opens in Algeciras with open door policy
Delegates from France Germany Britain and the United States assemble in Algeciras for the Moroccan conference opening at 3 PM. Duke of Almodovar elected president amid calls for Moroccan independence and open door reforms while surveillance of contraband arms and financial reform are planned next. Land and sea observers describe the bay and Gibraltar area as the conference unfolds with ambassador White and Minister Gummere hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeras
Spain
Duke of
Duke of Almodovar
United States
Juke
Morocco
White
France
Germany
Mohammed el Torres
Mole of
Gibraltar
Ambassador White
Brooklyn
Sigspee
Mr. White
Gummere
Bay of
Ayuntamiento
Algeciras
Herr von Radowitz
Count von Tattenbach
Portugal
M. Revoil
Austria
Orchard Held for Murder in Idaho Case
Caldwell Idaho probate judge binds Harry C Orchard on a murder charge in the case of ex Governor Frank Steunenberg. Defense presents no testimony. Key witness is policeman Andrew Johnson. Julian Steunenberg testifies that Orchard questioned him about his father’s homeward time before the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Idaho
Church
Harry C. Orchard
Frank Steunberg
Andrew Johnson
Julian Steunenberg
Orchard
Death of Marshal Field in New York after illness
Chicago merchant Marshal Field dies at the Holland House after an eight days illness from pneumonia. Death comes peacefully as family members, kept close to the bedside for days, gather around the death bed amid alternating hope and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marshal Field
Chicago
Holland House
Admiral Hichborn Endorses Peruna in National Appeal
Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn of the U S Navy in Washington endorses Peruna as an invigorating tonic. He notes Peruna helps prevent colds and catarrh and can aid in recovering from illness when taken early. The endorsement is echoed by other high ranking officers in supportive statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hichborn
Peruna
Philip Hichborn
U. S. Navy
Washington, D. C
Peri
Fashion dicta spark controversy among women in society
The piece mocks strict fashion rules ruling women’s looks and notes how some wear black to mourn. It suggests mourning should come with a husband, mentions wart removal by dam penning with soda, and comments that modern women seek independence with partners along.
Mull's Grape Tonic Ad Claims Cure For Various Ailments
An old advertisement promotes Mull's Grape Tonic as a cure for typhoid fever malarial fever appendicitis impure blood pimples skin diseases sick headache biliousness piles and female troubles. It offers a free full sized bottle to first time users and cautions against alcohol opium and morphine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miull
Mull
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Darnold
Houston Miller
Charles Miller
Beatrice
Cecil Frease
Leigh
F. H. Frease
Syracuse
Wirth and Winterbottom
Falls City
Laramie
Wyoming
Boyd County
Gross
Earl Davis
Dempster
Quinton
Plattsmouth
Walter Stockman
National Bank of Pender
Thurston State Bank
Ainsworth
F. F. Humphreys & Son
Hr. E. Markel
Market
George Cassity
L. N. Costly
Northwestern
Ashland
Wis
Harmon
Chadron
Shoshoni
Wyo
Costly
Kase & Krause
West Point
Paul Kase
A. E. Krause
Kase
Jessie
John Carpenter
Humboldt
R. C. Ewing
Goldberg’s
Nebraska City
Lincoln
Ewing
Caldwell & Caldwell
Auburn
M. E. Caldwell
S. L. Caldwell
R. Stonecypher
Table Rock
Dan Austin
N. _Boatsmann
Sterling
Paxton-Gallagher
Miss May Dundas
Anna Remm
Seward
Professor Stevens
Behoo
Philippiaes
Kansas State
Ernor
Ees
Tap
ST. Paul
Minn
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
England
Hill
Canada
The
London Express
Hoch
Dodds
Ie Ravers
Cheroker
Kigh Sen
Ese Union
Great Britain
F. W. Diemer
M. D
Springfield
Grape Tonic Co
Third Ave
Rock Island, DL
Gures Sige-Hea
Lane
Paxtine
R. Paxton Co
Carters
Jedy Tors
Price
W. Diemer
M.D
Spr
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