Lincoln Assassination Report and Early News Snippets
A collection of old items notes A. T. Radcliffe’s rare newspapers including a Lincoln assassination telegraph from the New York Herald April 15, 1865 and a 1800 Ulster County Gazette with Washington death and Mount Vernon burial rites. Also Mentioned are Beatrice elections, oil leasing near Wayne, dynamite theft, fire losses, and local civic notes from Nebraska towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. TR. Radcliffe
Western Papers. Company
Omaha
New York Herald
Lincoln
Washington
J. Wilkes Booth
Ulster County Gazette
Kingston
New York
Mount Vernon
Y. G. Lyford
Falls City
State Federation of Retailers
Beatrice
Senate
Denomination College
Wayne
Yeggs
Davis Stone Crusher Co
Blue Springs
Northwest
Congress of Farmers
Chaudron
G. B. Weaver
Trinity Lutheran Church of
York
Mary Fontenelle Tyndall
Logan Tontenelle
Theresa Milton
Walthin
Legislative House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Miles E. Young
Custer
County
Broken Bow
South Omaha
Bank of Cehide Rdvk
Guide Rock
Hight
Boy Scouts of America
Wyoming
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Hastings
Grand Island
C. W. Burdick
Light, Water and Ice Department
Civil Service Plan
Osborne
Mermill County
Bryants
Legislative
Ee. L. Haycock
Calaway
M. E. Schneringer
Callaway
Gretna
Danielson
State Board of Agriculture
University Place
House Judiciary Committee
Fancy Work and a Jewel Pointed Needle
Aunt Lucy asks about heediework. Philippa replies no. They mention a jewel pointed needle on their phonograph and that no needle changes are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy
Philippa
Roy Bean Courtroom at the Saloon Legend of West Texas
A tourist pays with a $20 gold piece at Roy Bean’s saloon and faces a mock court fine of $19.50 when the court session is declared in session. The tale portrays Bean as a west Texas saloonkeeper who ran a daily improvised court with frequent adjournments and strict, humorous justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bean
Texas
Bean
Roy Beifi
Adenture Magazine
Question of Whose Time in a Rural Lesson
Dr. C F Curtis of Town State College recounts a tale of a tourist seeing a country boy herding a single pig. The boy quips that the pig’s time isn’t worth much, highlighting a rural anecdote about value and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.F. Curtis
Town‘ State College
Airplane packed in tubes shown as new air design
A complete airplane capable of carrying a pilot at 100 miles an hour is described as a technological triumph. It can be packed into five metal tubes or carrying cases and reassembled quickly, marking a significant advance in compact air design.
Fragmented Reading Open to Ambiguous Garbled Note
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a grafter and a quote about Sian carhods. Details are unclear and no coherent event, person, or organization can be confirmed from the readable text.
Harvard scientists report 2000 new suns born in Peru nebulae
The observatory in Peru logs and photographs 2000 young suns forming within luminous spiral nebulae. Researchers explain these bodies condense into suns with their own solar systems while debris may become planets. Past estimates by Professor Holden suggested hundreds of thousands of undiscovered nebulae awaiting observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Astronomical Observatory
Peru
Holden
Lick Observatory
Unusual Visitor Seeks Hidden Oklahoma City Lodging
An angular long haired Oklahoma resident enters an Oklahoma City drug store during the inaugural barbecue night and asks about a place called the Happy Huntin Ground rooming house. Staff recall no such place while the man teeters by a stove and mutters about a cold night and a well digger's foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Kansas City Star
Have a cigar Tom MG Eve given up smoking
In a brief exchange a character offers a cigar to Tom while Eve admits she has given up smoking. The dialogue hints at a developing personal tension as the group considers Eve's change.
Listener weighs evidence after hearing your side
When you present your side, the listener tends to agree with you initially but will still weigh the evidence before forming a final judgment. The exchange highlights how open-minded audiences consider both the persuasive points and supporting facts before deciding.
The Favorite Son Mistakenly Wears Shoes
A mother and two brothers attend church as the favorite son realizes he has the wrong shoes. After being scolded to wear his own things, he returns with mates and discovers he is wearing one of his brother Bob's shoes and one of Bob’s. He then notices he has both of Bob's shoes on.
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Mother
Bob
Real Situation Dialogue Auction
Hobson and Dobson exchange lines where a wife jokes about remaining a widow and fearing another man could replace her husband. The brief exchanges reveal a wary, humorous take on marriage and luck.
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Hobson
Dobson
New Textile Fiber Claim Elevates Plant Rubber Pioneer
A new textile fiber discovered by Sir Henry Weckham, a pioneer in plantation rubber, is claimed to be unmatched in strength and bulk, surpassing all existing textiles in performance.
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Henry Weckham
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Chevrolet
Chevelet
F.O. B. Flint
Michig
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Detroit, Michic
Pad Hs Oo
Bayer
Lumbago
Carter
News OF Nebraska
Gem
Logan County
Woman’s Club of
Ravenna
Nebraska Children’s Home Fund
Kearney
First National Bank of
Fairbury
Central Whist Association
North Loup
Tukenkhamun
Lena Driever
Scroggins & Co. State Bank
Oak
Fort Omaha
United States
Fort Crook
State University At Lincoln
D. J. Brown
Ernest Bendekovic
Mildred Pittman
Williany Pittman
Minatare
Vilatte County
Texas Cattle Growers’ Association
el Paso
House
of” Representatives
Flor
Frontier County
Crete’ Mining Company
Burlington
Nye- Schneider-Jenks Company
Fremont
W W. T. Fenton
State Penitentiary
Fred Keim
Table Rock
J. F. Thomsen
Cedar Bluffs
Thomsens
Saunders County
Stewart Paxton
Nebraska High School Debating League
Havelock
Bridgeport
Sidney
Oxford and
Curtis
W. O. McLaughlin
Wises
B. W. Marshall
Brampton
Michigan
Marshall
Hartman
Peruna
iGc
Putnam
Cadillac
Farnam Streets
Mr. Hansen
Ing
J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co
Farnam Street
26Th, Omaha
FOR
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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