Big Dollar Dinner in Kansas City Brings Bryan and Harmon Guests
Missouri Democrats gather 2440 at a Young Men's Democratic Club banquet in Kansas City a Bryan Harmon event with 15000 attendees. Guests include four former Missouri governors and Governor Folk. Bryan praises La Follette and denounces Taft while urging reform and unity among progressives.
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Kansas
Civ
Missouri
Young Men's Democratic Club of
Willam J. Bryan
Judson Harmon
St. Louis
St. Joseph
T_ TL. Crittenden
David B.rancis
Senator Stone
Alex. M. Dockery
Joseph W. Folk
Parnien
Bick Deters
Unknown Graves and Poetic Longing for Parents
John C. Boone, a longtime local citizen, honors his parents with verses about their unknown resting place. The graves are unmarked beneath a decayed beech, long gone, leaving their final destination a mystery lost to time. He laments not knowing where they lie and imagines placing wreaths on their sacred mounds.
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John C. Boone
Mr. Boone
Yourg
Moving picture show moves to Farmele Opera House
The management of the moving picture entertain ment announces a relocation from the Alcazar to the Farmele Opera House due to small seating capacity. Patrons will find plainer, flickerless pictures and a more comfortable viewing experience with their own projection machine. The note thanks readers and invites continued attendance, with details for Wednesday night’s show.
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Moving Picture Entertainment
Alcazar
Farmele Opera House
Plattsmouth
Uncalled Letters List At Plattsmouth Post Office
Monday March 30 list includes ad vertis Ladies Mrs Hettie Baley Gentle men C me John Bignall Henry Snake C I Smith S Smith and Harry Lee. letters to be called for.
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Plattsmouth
Advertis
Hettie Baley
C. Me
John Bignall
Henry Snake
C. I. Smith
S.smith
Harry Lee
Nebraska couple arrested in Illinois flight over desertion
Mrs Emery Tibbetts and Ulysses Shelby of Nebraska City Neb were arrested in Rockford Illinois on Sheriff Fisher's request. Shelby a painter once gained a fortune but has spent most of it. The pair eloped with Shelby’s small proceeds from a recent property sale.
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Lincoln Evening News
Emery D. Tibbetts
Ulysses Shelby
Nebraska City
Neb
Rockford III
Fisher
Shelby
Illinois Points
Chicago Man Charged Baggage Fee in Plattsmouth
Phillip Neuman of Chicago visited Plattsmouth to showcase dress goods. His trunks arrived Friday and stayed at the Burlington station until yesterday when moved to a hotel. A 25 cent storage fee imposed by baggage man Frank Barcus sparked Neuman’s anger as he departed for Omaha.
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Phillip Neuman
Chicago
Great
Windy City
Plattsmouth
Burlington Station
Omaha
Frank Barcus
Horses Contract Hydrophobia In Elmwood Barn
Dr W L Cameron of Palmyra travels to Chicago for rabies treatment as three of his fine horses die from dumb rabies in two weeks. The last, Cameron's Rest valued at 2000 dollars, dies after a vaccine needle incident injures the doctor. A Lincoln vet and state farms try to save others but fail. Incidents trace to possible bites from rats or skunks. barn infested with rats then skunks appear. three dead skunks found, rats and skunks may have transmitted infection.
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Elmwood
W. L. Cameron
Palmyra
Chicago
Cameron
Lincoln
Henderson
Farmers urged to support local country press with subscriptions
A farmer told an institute that the country press is the farmer’s own paper as it is sustained by farmers and local advertisers. He urged advance annual subscriptions by April first and shifting patronage to live advertisers who back the paper.
Beware of unscrupulous photo framing schemes
A Nehawka Register note warns readers about con artists who show enlarged photos, offer frames for three dollars, deliver low quality images, and pressure victims into accepting bad deals. It recounts editor help in stopping such tactics and urges readers to avoid or resist these scams.
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Nehawka Register
Visitor Andy Taylor Seeks News on A B Taylor Illness
Andy Taylor of Hendley visits the city to learn of his uncle A B Taylor who has suffered a serious illness for two years and has not left his house since last fall. At 77, his age makes recovery slow though friends hope he improves and may go out again.
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Will Hull
Hendley
A. B. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Kangaroo Court Question May Decide Naturalization Case
Switchmen discuss whether a person not born in the state and not at the coming municipal election, especially one born in Missouri, should naturalize. The matter, before Judge P M Linsey, is appealed to Judge Thrall's court. arguments due by John Snead’s departure for Sioux City tomorrow to obtain a timely decision.
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Missouri
P. M. Linsey
Thrall
John Snead
Sioux City
Court Enjoins Sale of Improved Economy Separator
Nebraska City Press reports a court ruling finds the Improved Economy Separator sold by Sears Roebuck Company infringes a patent and orders stoppage of sales. The winner warns users of the device and states Sears must disclose purchaser addresses, dates, and prices from January 6.
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Sears Roebuck Company
Sears Roebuck Co
Nebraska City
Could Not Ford To Marry
Mt Pleasant Iowa telegram dated March 30 reports that on March 12 a marriage license was issued to Parrott McDonald and Miss Ora Cressup near New London but no wedding occurred. McDonald delayed, the pastor waited, a search party found him at the club rooms and he refused to marry citing poverty. The couple remained on friendly terms and the license unused as the community watches.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
McDonald
Ora Cressup
New London
Miss Cressup
Shadow
Tragic rescue ends in death at open cistern
A man in Omaha drowned while saving his child from an open cistern seven feet deep. He stood on the bottom to lift the child free as rescuers pulled them from the water. The tragedy warns of hazards from uncovered cisterns and wells in towns.
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Omaha
Victor Rosewater Named Reform Delegate amid Blame Game
The Kearney Democrats praise Victor Rosewater as a reform delegate head while critics accuse Attorney General Thompson of shielding him over a 500 dollar “free pass” fee. They question why Thompson acts against lesser offenses but not against a Republican national delegate.
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Kearney
Thompson
Victor
Omaha Bee
Douglas County
Platte Mutual Insurance Company audited in 1907 report
Lincoln Neb March 30 1908 E M Searle Jr Auditor of Public Accounts summarizes examination of Platte Mutual Insurance company Plattsmouth Neb. The city village mutual began 1898 and shows reserves 1510.70 general fund 2071.95 with real estate mortgaged and bank deposits. Officers White Soennichsen Helps Gering and others named.
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Platte Mutual
Lincoln, Neb
E. M. Searle, Jr
Platte Mutual Insurance Company
Plattsmouth
Neb
Insurance Department
W. J. White
H. M. Soennichsen
H. J. Helps
Henry Gering
D. O. Dwyer
T. E. Parmele
C. A. Marshall
Henry Roering
A. L. Searle
Fine Farm Homes In Cass County
Cass County farms boast fine modern homes under way. Ed Tritsch near town starts a 28 by 28 two story house with Smith and Tocketter crews. Henry Born west of town and Peter Meisinger near Cedar Creek plan similarly styled homes as prosperity grows in Cass.
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Nebraska
Old Cass
Ed Tritsch
Amil Walters
Smith & Tocketter
Henry Born
Mr. Born
Cass County
Peter Meisinger
Cedar Creek
Mr. Meisinger
Campbell couple to settle in Plattsmouth
Mr and Mrs A P Campbell return from M Hoardsville and plan to reside in Plattsmouth. They have rented rooms over Wescott’s clothing store and will move in once their household goods arrive.
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A. P. Campbell
M Hoardsville
Wescotts Clothing Store
Longtime Burlington Shops Worker Retires After 25 Years
Fred Heinrich closes a 25 year service run at Burlington shops. Since 1882 he served in blacksmithing coal chutes shop yards and finally sixteen years as watchman earning trust for decades. He plans to tend his home south of the city and stay active locally.
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Burlington
Fred Heinrich
Heinrich
Mallard Shot Sparks Ducking Saga At Rock Bluffs
Banker T M Patterson hunted at Rock Bluffs yesterday and reportedly had a fine shot at a Mallard as large as a horse but missed. Fred Patterson notes the duck was ornery to hit and whether Patterson bagged any game remains unknown.
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T. M. Patterson
Rock Bluffs
Fred Patterson
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