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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
2
A garbled summary notes sugar trust troubles on Wall Street, reactions to Speaker Cannon, and political plotting. It mentions Walter Wellman attacking Explorer Cook and Wellman, quotes on tariffs, Nebraska river power, and state power-site filings amid broader distrust of trusts and reform debates.
The piece discusses battles over water power sites, state interests, and Pinehot Wellman in the Taft era. It notes a Nebraska power site probe, planned court action on filings, a Northwestern Rail strike waning, sugar trust witness disappearances, and Rev. Paul Moore Strayer praising helping a man in a pinch.
The item accuses a big power trust of hoarding rivers and stalling development to keep electric rates high in Nebraska towns. It notes state sites require filings and six month monopolies for $2, with repeat filings possible, while citing various local incidents and figures.
The Plattsmouth post office lists uncalled letters dated November 29. Miss Mae Darling Miss Irene Lindsay Miss Pearle Lewis Miss Annie Rich Mrs A Turner John F Bixby Walter Downer Anton H Polek G W Surface Elmer Sawyers Josef Toslem will be sent to the Dead Letter office in Washington if not claimed within a reasonable time.
For sale in Murray a property is offered at a reasonable price if taken soon. Address inquiries to Plainview, Nebraska. W M Hendricks signs the notice.
Mrs. G. Stone is visiting Omaha and plans to depart on an early morning train, traveling to the city today.
A New England style snowstorm blankets the western region with heavy flakes. Temperatures near ten degrees above zero usher in real winter as trains run late and mail is disrupted. Colorado reports heavy snowfall and widespread ice causes accidents and business paralysis.
Charley Cline, employed by C. L. Martin, split his thumb this morning while handling a trunk. Slippery walks caused the accident as the trunk fell between the wagon and his thumb. The injury is painful but not disabling and should heal soon unless infection sets in.
Night Operator at the M I A E Whitlow who has worked at the depot for some time left on the early train Saturday to Omaha to take the required examination to become an operator He passed the test and is now the night operator at Plattsmouth Union Ledger provides the brief notice about his career move.
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