Havana preps as republic birth draws a grand harbor pageant
Havana awakens in celebration for Cuba’s republic birth with lavish decorations, banners, and flags. Ships in the harbor fly American and Cuban colors while crowds, carriages, and a statue of freedom fill Central Park as dignitaries and guests prepare for the transfer of island control at noon Havana time.
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United States
Brooklyn
General Wood
Morro Castle
New Republic
Havana
Freedom
Central Park
Queen Isabelle
Mr. Payne
Boston
Washington
Palma
Congress
Supreme Court
William Jennings Bryan
Senor Palma
Central Valley
N. Y
Horatio Rubens
Wounded farmer’s son gravely hurt by gunshot at Fremont area
Frank, nineteen, son of a near Fremont farmer, was shot in the abdomen while hunting. He lay on the ground all night, bleeding badly, as townsfolk arranged for transport and a doctor. Surgeons attempted to locate and remove the bullet in an afternoon operation.
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Neh
Frank
Ahoenty
Fremont Hospital
Brown
Heirs dispute trust assets after Hawke death
In Trauska City Nek May 26 somber probate case tests how a deceased billionaire Robert Hawke left real estate and money in trust for his son and three daughters The youngest Minna Hawke later married Kurd Seovil and died with a will directing property to her husband The heirs seek parceling of the estate while the husband of the deceased wife argues she could dispose of her share The judge ruled the wife could set her property as she wished and the case moves to the state supreme court for first ruling on the matter.
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Trauska City
Nek
Robert Hawke
Minna Hawke
Ites Kurd Seovil
Jessen
Supreme Court of the State
Clash of Authority in Forrlemonth Neb City Fire Safety Bill
Mayor Morgan ordered the city marshal to remove a fire hydrant safety cap to access sewers. John A. Murray halted the operation citing a prior rule. The dispute heads to the council Monday with Murray resisting resignation while complaints loom against the mayor or marshal for improper use of the fire apparatus.
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Forrlemonth
Neb
Morgan Io
John A. Murray
Ayor
Murray
Jealous Husband Shoots Wife Then Kills Man in Arkansas City
Frank Willson shot and seriously wounded his wife in Arkansas City on May 26, then killed Abner Canter before killing himself. Jealousy was cited as the motive.
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Arkansas City
Kas
Frank Willson
Abner Canter
Gresham elopes arrest in Nebraska couple saga
George A. Maurer was arrested in Omaha on a complaint by A. A. Hawley of Gresham charging him with criminal intimacy with Hawley’s wife. The couple had eloped from Gresham earlier, registered as man and wife in Fremont, then went to Denver before returning to the state.
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York
Neb
Geo. A. Maurer
Omaha
Brett
A. A. Hawley
Gresham
Fremont
Denver
Women tied to arson attempt on Missouri River barge
Warrants issued for Miss Helman a school teacher and Miss Allen daughter of William Allen accused of arson in an attempt to burn the floating Missouri River barge that housed liquor sales for two to three years. The barge rooted on Holan's island part of Nebraska Island, river cut off. Owners were enjoined last year for liquor sales.
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Klencoe
Helman
Miss Allen
William Allen
Missouri River
Holan
West Point Tornado Alarm Sparks Rural Damage
A West Point Nebraska storm on a hot May night triggered a tornado alarm. A northwest gale formed heavy clouds and a rolling tail touched ground, devastating two farms near St. Charles and killing hundreds of hogs near Crowell. No other casualties reported as it passed two miles south.
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West Point
Nebr
Kar
Beemer
St. Charles
Crowell
War Ends Ahead in South Africa as Peace Talks Continue
London dispatches confirm progress in the South African peace process. A government official says a final announcement may wait for Boer leaders to conclude their conferences, while weeks could pass. The Times critique of British leadership gains attention through The Thunderer.
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London
Associated Press
London Times
War Office
Great Britain
Aged Man Burned to Death in City Fire
Salt Lake City May 26 J J Ruben aged seventy six was burned to death when his home behind the St Elmo hotel was destroyed He had lived in Salt Lake City since 1837 as the first French convert to Mormonism and for a time taught French to Brigham Youngs children.
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Salt Lake City
J J. Ruben
St. Elmo Hotel
Ruben
France
Brigham Young
Fire wipes out Whitehorn mining camp in Colorado
A fire started in the Whiting hotel destroyed twenty buildings in Whitehorn, a mining camp about twenty miles north of Salida Col. The town was practically wiped out by the blaze that struck Saturday.
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Salida. Col
Whitehorn
Whiting
Mob Lynch Abe Withrop in Paris Missouri Jail
A mob broke into the Paris jail today after a desperate fight with the sheriff and deputies, injuring several, and lynched Abe Withrop the Black man who killed young William Grow last month in an act of mob justice.
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Paris
Abe Withrop
William Grow
Lightning strikes Reife home barn in Homesville blaze
The home barn of Joseph Reife in Homesville Nebraska was struck by lightning at about 4 AM and burned with all its contents. Authorities reported no injuries. The fire destroyed the barn and its included farming equipment and hay.
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Homesville
Neb
Joseph Reife
Robbers Terrorize Town in Rosebud Illinois Heist
Three armed men cracked William King’s store in Rosebud Illinois on May 26, blew the safe, and escaped with $100 and valuable papers. The blast woke residents, King fired at the robbers from the office, the assailants fled firing into the crowd and dared pursuit.
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Rosebud
Ill
William King
No Prosecution For 1848 Murder Case
Theodore Bung, who killed Dr. Adolph Nookin in New York on September 13, 1848, was declared insane, indicted for murder, and confined to an asylum. After his discharge he sought trial. the district attorney said all state witnesses are dead and the case was quashed.
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New York
Theodore Bung
Adolph Nookin
Earthquake devastates Quezaltenango Guatemala
A Guatemala dispatch reports Quezaltenango wholly destroyed by a quake lasting about three quarters of a minute. Two hundred killed, many injured, with Amatitlan Solola Nahuala Santa Lucia and San Juan damaged. Coffee crops destroyed. business largely suspended in Guatemala City and countrywide.
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Hamburg
Hamburg Buersenhalle
Guatemala
Quezaltenango
Guatemala City
Amatitlan
Solola
Nahuala
Santa Lucia
San Juan
Nebraska Notes from the State News
The postmaster at Butte has a salary raise to 6100. A Plainview church will be built by Catholics. An anonymous donor offers a home for Omaha newsboys. Germany’s twenty two shipyards employ 60000 men. David C Dodd of Omaha becomes a railway postal clerk. W H Ferguson of Hastings reportedly owns 100 grain elevators along the Burlington line. August Dennuis near Plattsmouth reportedly inherits 50000 from German adopted parents’ deaths.
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David C Dodd
Omaha
W. H. Ferguson
Hastings
Burlington
Mrs. Watkins badly burned in accident at home
Mrs. E. C. Watkins, a nurse, suffered serious and likely fatal burns when her clothing caught fire. Doctors fear she may not recover. The Nebraska Normal team won a third interstate debate against Emporia Jayhawyers with team members F. J. Madsday Edison C. B. Buckley Bradshaw and Gilbert Johnson representing Nebraska.
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E. C. Watkins
Nebraska Normal
Emporia “Jayhawers
F. J. Madsday
Edison
C. B. Buckley
Bradshaw
BK. IJ Gilbert
Johnson
Nebraska
Merchant Kills Himself in Palmer Nebraska
George Herring a Palmer merchant died by self inflicted gunshot at 5 PM, the result of alleged irregularities in his Modern Woodmen of America accounts where he served nearly nine years as clerk. He left a widow and a son.
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St. Paul
Nebr
George Herring
Palmer
Hugh Anderson
Snce
Herring
Falls City horse theft and rattlesnake rescue story
A horse was hitched at the Falls City public square and stolen with buggy and harness during the evening. Henry Schutte near Hickman killed a large rattlesnake after it bit his two year-old son and threatened another strike. David Guthrie seeks a receiver for Guthrie Brothers of Superior due to a dispute between mill partners. Local capitalists discuss an electric railroad from Nebraska City to Sidney with Burlington bridge permission sought over the Missouri.
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Falls City
John Strauss
Henry Schutte
Hickman
Nebraska City
Sidney
Burlington
Missouri
Tragic double suicide after deadly porch scene in South Bend
John W. Curry aged 31 a carpenter killed his sweetheart Susanne Keeskemeti aged 16 then shot himself with a 38 cal revolver. The couple sat on the porch with her parents present then retired. Five minutes later the mother heard three shots. At 2 am she found the two bodies side by side on the ground. Authorities found no struggle and no motive evident.
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South Bend
Ind
John W. Curry
Susanne Keeskemeti
Curry
Earry
Carnegie Library Opens in Lincoln with Carnegie Gift
The Carnegie library building at Lincoln opened to the public on Tuesday afternoon May 27 with addresses by prominent citizens. The structure and fixtures cost 877 000 and were donated by Mr Carnegie. Rumors from Plattsmouth claim Will Berger and Miss Ida Murray wed in Council Bluffs. Berger deserted his wife, Ida Murray’s sister, last summer and has not been located by his family since.
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Carnegie Library
Lincoln
Carnegie
Plattsmouth
Will Berger
Ida Murray
Council Bluffs
Berger
Union revival set for Plattsmouth high school tent
Arrangements provide a 2500 seat tent revival at Plattsmouth High School beginning June 1. Evangelist F. E. Smiley of Denver and a noted singer with a 100-voice choir will lead services and provide music.
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Union Revival
High School
Plattsmouth
F. E. Smiley
Denver
Fetch of illegal nets nets a 100lb fish haul near farm
Deputy State Game Warden Couns man of Omaha with Don Forbes of Dakota county seized a 225 foot trammel net containing 100 pounds of fish. The catch was distributed to the poor. A 40 yard gill net on Charles Wester's premises was confiscated at the same site near William Burnett's farm.
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Counsman
Omaha
Don Forbes
Dakota County
William Burnett
Charles Wester
Pennsylvania Coal Miners Strike Halts 150000 Workers
150,000 coal miners in Pennsylvania are idle as a strike continues. The stoppage affects multiple mines and raises concerns about energy supply and labor relations during the period.
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Pennsylvania
Wyoming Snowstorm Ravages Sheep Flocks
A Wyoming snowstorm continuing from Saturday night has dropped ten to fourteen inches of wet snow. Thousands of sheep and lambs are dying, with a prominent sheepman estimating Uintah county losses at about two hundred thousand head.
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Evanston
Wyo
Uintah
Robber Kills Italian Saloon Keeper in Kansas City
In Kansas City on May 21 Joseph Barrone an Italian saloon keeper aged 31 was shot and killed by a robber after a struggle for cash. The assailant fired five times three bullets hit Barrone and silver money was found on the floor though the drawer held no cash.
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Kansas City
Joseph Barrone
Barrone
Woman Kills Husband in Pittsburgh Suburb
Louise Pearson shot her husband Joseph Pearson a jockey instantly killing him in Esplenborough last night. He had threatened with a hatchet earlier and fired at his head point blank wounding the brain. Mrs Pearson surrendered to officers and awaits coroner's inquest.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Pearson
Louise
Esplenborough
Pearson
Two Men For Penitentiary In Nebraska
Shiff Sammons filed removal papers from the district court clerk for Lester Strong and Arthur Snowden to the penitentiary. Strong faces a five year term and Snowden an eighteen month term from May 20 192. The sheriff will transport them to Lincoln. Strong previously served two years for rape and awaits a new trial.
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Kearney
Nebr
Shiff Sammons
District Court
Lester Strong
Arthur Snowden
Strong
Snowden
Lincoln
Child Hurt at North East Farm Window Accident
In Fremont Nebraska on May 24 a two year old girl, Little Gertie Booker, daughter of Mrs. W. A. Booker, sustained a broken finger and crushed two other fingers after she pulled a stick from a window sash. The child fainted, hanging by the injured hand, as her mother arrived.
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Fremont
Nebr
Gertie Booker
W. A. Booker
Fred Lees Farm
Sprat
Nebraska Ranch Hosts Vast Model Farm On 8000 Acres
An eastern investor H. D. Watson has created a scientific outdoor school of agriculture on a 8000 acre ranch in Nebraska. The spread features dairy stock, beekeeping, multiple fruit orchards, and large alfalfa fields with a central dairy herd and smaller herds across divisions. It is described as the largest farm of its kind and aims to educate on broad agricultural practices.
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Nebraska
H. D. Watson
State school funds allotted by population figures
The semi annual apportionment distributes $41,750 among counties at $1.10 per school age person. This is the largest allocation except the 1898 $1.20 special back tax year. Total school population is 377,000.
Pastor Benbrook Faces Church Expulsion After Shooting Incident
Rev. Benbrook of the Christian church at Wymore preached to a large congregation as elders examined witnesses about last week’s shooting. They voted to expel Dr. W. H. Johnson, whom the pastor assaulted, and the membership upheld the elders’ finding by a two to two vote.
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P. Benbrook
Christian Church of
Wymore
W. H. Johnson
William H Moody as Secretary of the Navy outlined
The piece compares William H Moody to President Roosevelt noting his tall presence, explosive speech, and sharp manner. Born in Newburyport Massachusetts in 1857 he became a leading criminal lawyer and district attorney before entering Congress in 1895. He championed civil service reform and naval funding while serving on Insular Affairs and appropriations committees.
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William H. Moody
Newbury
Mass
Harvard
Roosevelt
Mr. Moody
Haverhill
Moody
Massachusetts
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
Congress
General Coggwell
Speaker Reed
Appropriations Committee
Dewey
Insular Affairs Committee
Mother of Twenty Nine Shows Large Pennsylvania Family
The Swartwood family of Mountain Top near Wilkes-Barre claims the state’s largest brood with Mrs. Samuel Swartwood who bore twenty nine children and has twenty two living. She urges early marriage, cheerfulness, home mastery, and abundant air sunlight food and love. The children all live at home and meals are abundant, with the mother noting the ease of raising a big family once older siblings help. She recalls the early hardships over clothing and says a big family is a blessing to tell other women.
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Pennsylvania
Mountain Top
Wilkesbarre
Samuel Swartwood
Swartwood
Sam
New York Sun
Our Descent From Monkeys Matched By Baby Movement
The text discusses infant toe movement as a heritage from ancestors who used hind feet like hands. It notes babies wriggle toes independently and that in zoological gardens one may see monkeys using hind feet to grasp objects. It also describes babies turning soles sideways with legs straight, a posture resembling a climbing monkey.
Baby grasping hands show ancestral tree-dwelling habits
The article describes infant hand use and bow legs as the inherited grasping behavior from arboreal ancestors. It notes babies use the palm to grip flower pots and limbs, while thumbs appear less essential in tree-climbing monkeys and some young primates. It links this to bough-gasping habits preserved across species.
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Pearson
How to Manage Husbands From Harper's Bazar
A brisk guide explains that a husband’s home coming demands tact and nourishment. It urges greeting with a smile, feeding him first, and avoiding irritability or chatter when he is tired or headachy, noting men often arrive hungry animals needing care.
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Harper’s Bazar
Wood Magic and the Spell of the Woods
A 15 year old narrator recalls camping with his father and visiting an abandoned logging cabin. He reflects on decay and permanence in nature while his father calls him back, sensing a shift in how he treats his son as he reveals he has learned the woods’ spell.
Primitive Mail Carriers Highlight East Asia Methods
The article notes Corea uses ox carts for mail, a very slow method in a conservative country. In China faster mail exists with two main systems. Darin couriers, often with military escort, carry letters for individuals, while two private firms handle public letters across the empire. The local company serves major cities, and the general company delivers to distant frontiers.
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Corea
China
Canada Offers Land To Welsh Colony In Patagonia
Canada offers thirty eight square miles of land to a Welsh colony in Patagonia as a solution to its members struggling to make a living there. The proposal aims to establish a new settlement for the Welsh migrants seeking a steadier livelihood.
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Canada
Patagonia
Distressed Map Lacks Appreciation Amid Unwanted Shipping
A fragile old map shows signs of wear and neglect as collectors discuss preservation. The item’s condition highlights challenges in curating historical materials amid frequent transit and handling.
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