Soldier officially dead, later awarded D S C in wartime
Kansas born Lt. Jim Hanbery, long believed killed at Chateau Thierry, was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross at Fort Crook after surviving 44 wounds. He later returned to Omaha as a newspaper reporter, and his wife had insisted he was alive all along.
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Chateau Thierry
Omaha
Neb
Big Jim” Hanbery
Kansas Manual Training Normal
Pittsburg
Kan
Tulsa
Enid
Okla
Fort Crook
Irrance
Hanbery
Pershing
Allen
Kansas
Big Jim
Nellie Crane
France
War Department
War. Department
Jim
Seventh Army Corps
Fort Omaha
War Mothers
Refugee from Smyrna recounts fire and kidnap horror
Constandinos Skatziris, 27, a Greek refugee saved by U S Navy sailors from the destroyer Litchfield, arrived in New York after fleeing Smyrna. He described Turkish bandits burning the city, killing his parents, and abducting his sister Katherina, who was reportedly saved by sailors. He fled via Brindisi and Naples, boarding the Guglielmo Peirce to reach America.
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New York
Constandinos Skatziris
Smyrna
United States
Litchfield
Naples
Guglielmo Peirce
Skatziris
Thomas
Katherina
Greece
Custom House
Brindisi
America
Nebraska Newsbriefs Highlight Local Events And Scandals
Madison Woman's club marks 25th anniversary. Humboldt American Legion offers Stop Thief comedy. Mrs. Harry Kulakofsky dies in Omaha, suspected sleeping sickness. Otoe County labor shortage affects apple picking and corn husking. Bridget Conroy dies at 102 after fall injuries in Omaha. Irrances Sturmer becomes Nebraska’s woman deputy secretary of state. Public health nursing plans formed by nurses from 28 counties in Omaha. Alma farm unroofed by cyclone. Nebraska City guard HQ burglarized of clothing guns and ammo. Eighteen farmers' groups protest grain car shortages at Talmage. Over 1,000 postal workers attend Omaha conference with officials from Washington. Red Cross drive urged for Armistice Day to Thanksgiving. Farm banks consolidate. Alexandria bank absorbs Farmers State. Hubert Anderson dies from shotgun wound during hunting accident. Earl Roush, 38, killed in oil truck accident at Friend. Humane Society cornerstone laid in Omaha with boxes of historical records. Potato country faces car shortages for market. Watermelons sold, frost halts crop. hogs fed on melons. Loafers report on state aid road funds total 11.9 million in five years. 65 projects approved in Nebraska.
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Madison Woman's Club
American Legion
Humboldt
Harry Kulakofsky
Presbyterian Hospital
Omaha
Otoe County
Bridget Mary Conroy
Nebraska
Irrances Sturmer
Amsberry
W. J. Furse
Alma
Nebraska National Guard
Nebraska City
Farmers
Talmage
Hubert Work
Washington
McKelvie
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
State Department of Commerce and Trade
Farmers State Bank of Alexandria
State Bank of
Alxandria
Humane Society
Boy Scouts
Nebraska Society
First
New York
Henry Berg
Hemingford
Frank Smith
Missouri River
United States Department of Agriculture
P. E B. Clement
Nebraska Good Roads Association
Order of the Eastern Star
Otoe
University Place
Hallowe’en
American Legion Post
Peru
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Sheridan County
Guy Wilson
Callaway
Columbus Auto Company
Edgar D. Wilson
Ashland
J. J. Fiala
Tecumseh
State Railway Commission
Burlington Railway Company
Otto Wolff
Order of Dannebrog
Creighton University
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Creighton
United States Agricultural Experiment Stations
Falls City
Penny Department Store
L. A. Crandall
United States Veterans’ Bureau
James Brezevsky
Knox County
Brezevsky
Table Rock
Rex Graham
Pawnee City
Fred Rohler
Daykin
United States
South America
Canada
West Indies
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
H. D. Lute
American White Cross Seeks Free Medical Care for Needy
A Nebraska movement, led by L. O. Jones, raises funds to provide free medical treatment and hospital care through Methodist Episcopal Church hospitals. Enrollment Sunday in Nebraska churches will support the program with a $1 annual fee.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
L. O. Jones
Lincoln
Iowa
Board of Hospitals and Homes
Heart of Man
Nebraska
Prison Poet Carter and Royal Tragedy Echoed in History
Judge Willis praised a prison verse by John Carter a 24 year old inmate later revealed as Tulse. Carter’s tale of hunger and crime led to pardon, then a final line about iron bars. The piece shifts to Rudolf of Austria Meyerlings myth and a cascade of royal tragedies feeding into World War I.
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St. Paul
Science seeks the truth giver twilight sleep in crime cases
Dr BH B House of Ferris Texas urges experiments on 1800 prisoners at Leavenworth to test that twilight sleep with scopolamine will elicit facts about crimes. The plan drew informal interest at a Medical Association of the Southwest meeting though no official endorsement was given. He cites a Dallas case where an arresting officer’s circumstantial verdict was overturned by information from twilight sleep questioning.
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Hot Springs
BH. B. House
Ferris
Tex
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kan
Medical Association of the South
Medical Association
Doctor House
Dallas
Moose Likes Violin Music In Remote Minnesota Camp
In northern Minnesota's Stony River district Charley Lanie, a famed trapper, endures solitude 35 miles from any town. He plays violin by his cabin, and a large bull moose wades belly deep to listen when the tunes drift across the water. The moose returns after each concert, and despite chances to shoot, Lanie refrains out of music's kinship.
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Duluth
Minn
Stony River Territory
Minnesota
Thomas Denley
Stony River District
Charley Lanie
Denley
Lanle
Lanie
Citizen Uncovered in Record Reveal
In Kalamazoo Michigan an alien hunting permit led Michael Schmidt of Augusta to learn he had become a citizen four years earlier. The county clerk found his naturalization papers, issued during the war, entitling him to immediate naturalization without delay.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Michael Schmidt
Augusta
Schmidt
Record Aurora Borealis Dazzles Skies in 1859 August Week
An extraordinary aurora borealis lit the night skies for a full week in August 1859, captivating observers across regions. Spectators reported vivid red greens and pinks, with widespread public fascination and leading scientists noting unusually intense magnetic activity.
Science Cuts Fatigue Boosts Factory Efficiency
Scientific methods to reduce worker fatigue succeed in a large factory with a 27 percent gain in efficiency, marking a notable improvement in production and labor performance.
Thirst Saves Life As Fireworks Plant Blows Up
Frank Danaise owner of the Danaise Fireworks company near Lorain Ohio escaped with no injuries after leaving his plant for a bucket of water. The one story wooden building blew apart when powder exploded, source of blast unknown. Danaise was about 100 yards away when the explosion occurred.
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Frank Danaise
Danaise
Lorain
Giant fossil oyster shells found in Starr county
Giant fossil oyster shells, scientists say over 400000 years old, were unearthed in a clay bank in Starr county near a petrified forest in Brownsville region. Some shells exceed three feet in length.
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Brownsville
Tex
Starr County
Who Killed Rudolf of Austria
The piece discusses the puzzling deaths around Franz Josef era, focusing on Rudolf crown prince of Austria Hungary and his failing marriage to Princess Stephanie. It notes Rudolf’s desire to divorce and wed Maria Vetsera, leading to the Meyerling tragedy that followed.
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Rudolf
Meyerling
Vienna
Maria Vetsera
Europe
Meyerling Castle
United States
Austria
Belgium
Franz-Joseph
Elizabeth
Bavaria
Maximilian of
Mexico
Johann Salvator
Geneva
Francis Ferdinand
Hapsburgs
Franz Josef
Austria-Hungary
Franz-Josef
Stephanie
Leopold VI
Baroness Vetsera
No Preacher Shortage in Stevens County colored settlement
In Stevens County a small yet remarkable Black settlement founded in the 1880s thrives with maize broomcorn and watermelons. About 60 families live on homesteads and roughly 20 preachers serve the community amid independent lines.
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Stevens County
Hugoton Hermes
Aunt Sarah Seeks Cheap Liniment for Husband Blues
In a Philadelphia Ledger essay a Southern town resident Aunt Sarah visits a drug shop asking for a potent liniment for her abusive husband. The clerk touts a popular remedy, one dollar a bottle, claiming it cures many pains for people and beasts. Aunt Sarah questions affordability, remarking she needs it for her husband, not a beast.
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Sarah
Philadelphia Ledger
Revival confusion over backsliding and bootlegger
In a Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt a man describes hesitating during a revival trek after spotting a bootlegger ahead. He fears backsliding if he cannot find a reliable distributor and jokes about the chickens of a time to find one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bibbles
Birmingham Age-Herald
A Monologist Questioned on Conversational Skill
The exchange questions Mrs Gowitt as a conversationalist. The verdict: she stimulates thought with many ideas yet talks so much that others cannot respond. The quip highlights her rapid discourse and the social effect.
Treasure legend tainted by failed dig at Morro do Castello
Rio de Janeiro investigators failed to locate the legendary treasure hidden in Morro do Castello as giant steam shovels and water pumps disrupted the site. The tale ties to Don Joao da Cruz, a bishop accused of stealing gold candelabra and coins and fleeing to Lisbon in 1745.
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Morro Do Castello
Rio Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Joao da
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Greenwich
Conn
Putnam Trust Company
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Moose
Trapper
Michigan
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