Nebraska Notes and Local Incidents in Beatrice Beulah Area
Nebraska notes cover Beatrice horse and grain wrecks at Rock Island yards, Jansen selling 2000 acre ranch in Jefferson county for 150090, Atlantic canning at Fremont ending season, Lincoln guard drills, Beatrice chicken thieves, Leffert dead at West Point, Deder man dies at Norfolk leaving 102 descendants, and county education efforts in Cuming. Also steel bridge east of Tekamah opens saving two miles, Oberwood county notices, and farm accidents.
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Rock Island
Beatrice
Fred W. Leffert
West Point
Efe
Dederman
Norfolk
J. A. Stahl
Cuming County
H. A. Haskell
The
Bee Publishing Company
Edward Rosewater
Tekamah
Gossip and fires and feats in a scattered column
A miscellany of anecdotes and observations ranges from gossip about women's reputation to a Mexico fire alarm mix up and a tortilla factory in Mazatlan. It notes a Rocky Ford festival melon day, Italy’s debt decline, Belgian Sunday labor limits, a Oklahoma rancher Georgia Burns, and odd tidbits on a Turkish or Swiss fire engine frontier incident and a London stamp collection.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Rocky Ford Colp
Italy
Change of Food Brought Health and Happiness
An ambitious girl suffering nervousness and hysteria found relief using Grape-Nuts. After trying many remedies she started eating Grape-Nuts, slept better, gained strength, and returned to schooling, eventually teaching for ten months. Now four years later she is a happy homemaker with no recurrence of weakness. Read The Road to Wellville pamphlet from Postum Co.
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Igh
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Dr Pierce claims Favorite Prescription cures feminine ailments
Dr Pierce argues medicines should disclose ingredients and promotes Favorite Prescription as a potent tonic for female weaknesses and nervous disorders. He cites relief for painful periods and prep for childbirth, urging readers to request a booklet of authorities from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, New York.
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Pierce
Atford
Bec
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
Almanac Gaps And Odd Tidbits From Far Places
A scattered almanac note suggests seasonal fashion divisions for female readers. It also notes women selling newspapers in Spain with no newsboys, a German tobacco filter using ferric salts, Turkish Sultan’s 200 bicycles with jewel mounts, and a California land dispute settled by coin toss among heirs.
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Spain
Turkey
Bart Smithson
California
Nervous Prostration Relief Promised by Pinkham Remedy
A promotional piece extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best treatment for nervous prostration among women. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Chester Curry and Mrs. Charles F. Brown and invites readers to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chester Curry
Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra
Saratoga Street
Boston
Mass
Lear
Pinkham
Charles F. Brown
Mothers’ Club
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Lydia
Lynn
Reverend Lorimer Attacked After Grand Jury Probe
In Utica Nebraska Rev W M Lorimer pastor of the Presbyterian church was assaulted on the streets by Carl Ragan after a grand jury investigation. Ragan had been fined about 105 dollars for gambling and pleaded guilty to a further charge paying 35 dollars plus costs.
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Shelton
Mickey
George Payne
Capitol Hotel
Lincoln
Henry Benson
Ong
Neb
Utica
W. M. Lorimer
Presbyterian Church
Carl ‘Ragan
Ragan
Saloon Shootout Over Boxing Fame Leaves Two Dead
In Hammond Indiana Ferguson Lauden a machinist killed Pandy Golden and James Blemm after an argument over the Gans Nelson fight. Det. John Bellamy was wounded in the leg while attempting to intervene. Golden and Blemm died after being shot.
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Chicago
Hammond
Ind
Nelson
Joe Gans
Ferguson Lauden
Pandy Golden
James Blemm
John Bellamy
Golden
Lauden
Gans-Nelson
Blemm
Bellamy
Quayden
River swallows part of Rock Island train no 12 at Kingfisher
The Cimarron River rose eight feet eroding the Rock Island bridge as part of train No 12 plunged in. Conductor Thomas cites at least nine aboard the smoker with three believed to have escaped. B P Nicholson says ten aboard with others missing, escaping through a rear door after a waterfilled car. No bodies found. Eightyearold Herman B E Sells dies from acute pneumonia linked to inhaling muddy water.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Cimarron River
Rock Island Bridge
Thomas
B. P. Nichoson
Nicholson
Herman BE. Sells
Kate Sells
Payne, O
Ritter Arrested in St Louis Blackmail Case
William H Ritter of Denver a former St Louis delegate was arrested on a blackmail charge after being intercepted on a Burlington train en route to Denver Circuit Attorney Sager alleged Ritter tried to extort money from R M Snyder of Kansas City by threatening to testify about boodle money tied to the Central Traction bill Ritter and Eugene Sweeney were jailed and to be held for inquiry Also report Chinese edict to abolish opium with a decade and suppression of Boxer movement in Shan-Si province
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ST. Louis
William H. Ritter
Denver
St. Louis House of Delegates
Folk
Hannibal
Burlington
Sager
Ritter
Circuit
R. M. Snyder
Kansas City
Snyder
Central Traction Bill
Zai
Eugene Sweeney
Central Traction
Mountain gold ore claim found by Nebraskan herder
Ed Wiseman, once a Columbus and later a North Bend resident, while herding sheep near Spencer Idaho, spotted a yellow glitter on a distant mountain. He investigated and found rich gold ore deposits, staked a claim, and paid the government fee.
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Fremont
Neb
Spencer
Idaho
Ed Wiseman
Columbus
North Bend
Dodge County
Steamer City of Seattle Ashore near Tha! Island
The City of Seattle running from Seattle to Alaska anchored ashore on Tha! island in thick morning fog. Passengers landed and arrived in Victoria. Salvage steamer Salvador and tug Pilot proceeding to assist. another tug to Port Townsend to follow. Steamer not badly damaged.
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Victoria
B. C
Seattle
Alaska
Tha
Salvador
Port Townsend
Jellico town wreck leaves dozen dead in blast
In Jellico Tennessee a deadly blast kills twelve and injures fifty as every business house is wrecked or damaged. Militia is requested from Governor Nox to guard and aid recovery while an inquest begins, and reports say three men shot at a car loaded with 400 cases of high explosives en route to Clearfield.
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Jellico
Tenn
Council of
Nox
Knoxville
Louisville
Evans
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Clearfield
Louisville & Nashville
Jury convicts Smith and associates in peonage case
In Cape Girardeau Missouri the jury finds M. Smith and Charles M. Smith Jr and five tenants guilty on the eleventh count of the peonage indictments. Sentences range from one to three and a half years with fines up to five thousand dollars. James Smith and Rex Smith are acquitted.
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Cape Girardeau
Smith
M. Smith
Charles M. Smith, Jr
John Reed
Roosevelt
Juba
Smith Farm
Krum
Polloc
Charles M. Smith
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Ben Stone
Ben Fields
W. Lee Rogers
William Woods
Floyd Woods
James Smith
Rex Smith
Navy deploys forces as marines land at Cienfuegos
A dispatch from Commander Fulham aboard the Marietta at Cienfugos reports 225 marines landed from the Dixie. The cruiser sailed to Monte Cristi while the Cleveland heads from Havana to Cienfugos to assume Dixie’s role, with Commander Newton due to supersede Fulham.
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Albert R. Couden
Louisians
Havanna
New Jersey
Rainfall delays railroad traffic in Hartington area
Matt was received here for the first time since the washout on the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railway between Concord and Wakefield. The mail came from Sioux City over the Great Northern to Laurel and was transferred to the Omaha line. The rainfall here was not so heavy as south of here, the fall being 6 inches. It will be a week before rail traffic is resumed.
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Hartington
Neb
Matt
Minneapolis & Omaha
Concord
Wakefield
Sioux City
Great Northern
Laurel
Omaha
Grinches
Sage will settlement ends contest of will
In New York a settlement of the Russell Sage will directs the executors to pay legacies only if the will remains unchallenged. Probate was granted without contest. Each niece and nephew receives 50000 dollars and the minor Edson Conrad of Auraville New York is set to receive a double portion.
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Sage
New York
Russell Sage
Mino i
Edson
Coonrad
Ruervilet
Cited Salt Lake County case targets Mormon Church leader
Lake County prosecutor before district court judge Strong shows cause why he did not issue an arrest warrant for Joseph F Smith, Mormon Church president, over alleged unfounded allegations by Charles Mostynse. The complaint cites Smith's marriage to Mary T Schwartz and connections to Senator Smoot and leaders, with a possible motive linked to a Republican congressional bid.
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Smith Salt Lake
Christensen
Attorne Lake County
Criminal Division District Court
Strong
Joseph F
Mormon Church
Charles Mostynse
Smon Iy
Yi ‘Senate
Wenape
Prey Smith
Smith
Mary T. Schwartz
Mormon Oy
Smoot
Gynor Cutler
Chiristenserta
Arly Yor
Train Wreck Near Sy Detains Passengers and Fatalities
A wreck between a southbound excursion train and a northbound freight near Sy injured several people as the engine overturned. Three or more were fatally burned, including engineer Smiley of Mat and fireman C. Curdy of Lima. Dispatch crews rushed to the scene to aid the injured.
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Dayton
Einwatl
Hamilton & Wayton Ral
Fargr
Smiley
Mat
C. Curdy
Lima
Auto Crash Paralyzes Man and Kills Daughter
In Cincinnati a car accident involving Charles Schwab era magnate Martin de Croix and Frances Schmidlapp, president of a savings and trust company, left de Croix seriously injured and his daughter Charlotte dead. The Schmidlapps were reportedly in France touring when the crash occurred near Marseilles, damaging their vehicle and claiming a fatal outcome.
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Cincinnati
Charles Schwab
Martin de Croix
Frances Schmidlapp
Savings and Trust Company
Charlotte
Schmidlapp
France
Lewis
Charles Schawb
United States Steel Cori
Japp
Marseilles
Henry Leslie Dies in Self-Inflicted Wounds
Rulo Nebraska two men report Henry Leslie of Bert, aged seventy, found dead from razor wounds in a shed on his premises. The elderly farmer, recently retired from farming, apparently took his own life without an stated motive.
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Henry Leslie
Rulo
Bert
Supreme Court Upraises Fees for Indian Claims
The Supreme Court upholds a $150,000 fee awarded to Nagel & Co. of St. Louis and Ward Smith of Vinita as attorneys for three Indians involved in a long standing $5,000,000 claim against eastern states for territory losses. The case concerns fees and expenses tied to the historical Baudinot claim.
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Washington
Supreme Court of Juystr
Columbia
Nagel & Co
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Gherry County
Daniel Webster
Peter Jansen
Jefferson County
Atlantic
National Guard
Noah Crandall
Bassett
Oakland
Magnus Nelson
Gage County Herald
Sutherland
Arlington Roller Mills
Nearney
J. M Robotham
Plaittsmouth
Henry Shark
Nebraska City
Minneapolis
E. D. Hammond
Mr. Hammond
Morton-Kregsen Packing Company
John Paul
London
Herod & Co’s
Sangong
China
Yellow Sea
Cupid
Dodds
Tad
Aoman
Jil
Missouri
Belgium
Georgia A. Burns
Oklahoma
Herald of
Joseph
Oregon
Maud Bale
Chico
Maggie Jones
Basel
Huningee
Thomas Tapling
Mrs
Snow
Reed
Peking
United States
Europe
Yuan Shi Kai
Tang Shao Ki
Board of Foreign Affairs
Council of State
Shan-Si
Sopingfu
Cienfueres
Colo
Dotty
LegstOloney
Albatross Wygers
Kong
Samsehus
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