Christmas Notices and Local Visitors in Plattsmouth
Residents and visitors populate the Plattsmouth area with Christmas shopping events visits to relatives and church activities. Names include Margle Walker Mattle Minnear Isabella Young Ida Bosdeker and many more as townsfolk travel to Omaha Lincoln and nearby communities. A wolf sighting prompts a large search with ten armed men.
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Margle Walker
Plattsmouth
Potsmith
Presbyterian Church
Mattle Minnear
Nebraska City
Warner Wiley and
Plattamouth
Isabella Young
Ida Bosdeker
Plattsmouth Vialtora
Charles Mute
Omaha
T. J. Brendel
Snawley
Wade Porter
Lincoln
Charles Chriswinner
Zupa
Chris Wisser
Meek Davis
Segle Davis
Wellington
Colo
Murray
James Loughridge
Milford
Neb
Etta Nickles
Nra
HW. C. Long
Robert Shrader
Hampshire
Narrow escape as sled team nearly tips with Grace Long
Doc Long’s team bolted on a Tuesday near Holmes & Smith’s, frightening Grace in the sled. Arch Montgomery jumped in from Oldham’s barn, took the lines, and slowed the run as the team dashed west, preventing a serious accident.
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Doc
Long
Holmes & Smith's
Grace
Bella
Oldham
Arch Montgomery
Lecture Highlights By Mr Hyde On Hugo Classic
A Monday lecture drew a good audience. Mr Lanham was ill, Mr Hyde filled in with a talk based on Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables focusing on Jean Valjean. Listeners felt a strong echo of the bishop's spirit in the discourse.
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Mr. Lanham
Mr. Hyde
Victor Hugo
Jean Val
Jean
Missouri Visitors Stop in town with Long Family
Henry Long and his daughter Miss Gertrude came via Murray to the city this morning. They were joined by Mrs. Shrader and Mr. Kaleay who called at the Journal, and Mr. Kelsay, a brother-in-law of Mr. Long. The writers express pleasure at meeting Missourians.
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Eater River
Will Rice
Pauline Oldham
Wm. Baker
Rock Bluffs
Dora Domingo
Burl Jenking
Louie Puls
John Dermit
Chas. Filson
Margie Walker
J. P. Kelsay
Verton County
Henry Long
Mr. Kelsay
Henry
Lincoln
A. E. Walker
Walker
Johnny Rice
J. H. Rice
Chrischaser School
Missouri
Gertrude
Murray
Vernon County
Robi. Shrader
Mr. Long
City
Long
Kaleay
Kelsay
Tax payments accepted at Murray State Bank offices
Taxpayers in Mt. Pleasant and Rock Bluffs precincts are notified they may pay their taxes at Murray State Bank and will receive official receipts for the payments.
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Murray State Bank
Mt. Pleasant
Rock Bluffs
Zelaya Forces Crushed In Rama Victory
General Estrada defeats Zelaya troops at Rama near Nicaragua as 1900 surrender, including General Gonzales. Des Moines surgeons land at Bluefields to aid the wounded. two Americans reported killed. Navy confirms casualty-toll and matériel losses, with hospital limits strained by the wounded.
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Des Moines
Bluefields
Zelaya
Gonzales
Navy Department
Captain Shipley
Tacoma
Police Seek Share of Reward in Mail Robbery Case
Omaha and South Omaha police officers plan to file claims for portions of a 25 000 reward offered by Union Pacific and the post office department for the Overland Limited bandits. Names include Captain Mostyn Detective Patullo Davis Hell Captain Briggs Turnquist Mawhinney Felisfelder and McRea. The case rests with the United States circuit court for division of the award and the 5 000 government reward.
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Omaha
South Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Post Office Department
Offaha
Mostyn
Patullo
Davis
Hell
South Omana
Briggs
Turnquist
Mawhinney
Elsfelder
Mc@rea
United States Circuit Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Local resident demands slander cease in Murray region
W. M. Rick declares that ongoing false accusations from distant critics must stop. He notes years of residence and states he will pursue legal action under state law against those spreading slanderous remarks about him and his family, without naming individuals.
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Murray
W. M. Rick
For Sale in Murray Property Offers Quick Purchase
Property located in Murray is for sale at a very reasonable price if bought soon. Address inquiries to Plain View Nab W. M. Hendricks.
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Murray
Plainview
Nab
W. M. Hendricks
Lincoln Faces Steam Coal Shortage Amid Coming Famine
Lincoln Neb December 23 A coal shortage threatens the city as steam coal stocks held by dealers are nearly exhausted and no new shipments arrive. Factories would be forced to rely on domestic coal, impacting production.
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Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb
Assassins Strike Across Lands In A Burst Of Violence
London reports a spate of targeted killings abroad. Korea’s prime minister was stabbed to death in Seoul. In St Petersburg the secret police chief Colonel Karpoff was killed by a bomb. In Bombay Nasik chief magistrate Arthur M T Jackson was assassinated in a theater. Each act signals strong anti regime agitation.
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India
St. Petersburg
London
Seoul
Korea
Karpoff
Bombay
British India
Nasik
Arthur M. T. Jackson
Embezzler Warriner Sentenced After Guilty Plea in Ohio Case
Charles L. Warriner, ex-treasurer of the Big Four railroad, pleaded guilty to embezzling 643000 and was sentenced to six years in the Ohio penitentiary. He pledged remorse and sought mercy as prosecutors consider further charges if any hidden funds are found. Mrs Jeannette Stewart Ford, the woman in the case, faces trial Monday on blackmail and receiving stolen goods charges.
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Cincinnati
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Common Pleas Court
Ohio Penitentiary
Warriner
Woodmansee
Hunt
Big Four
Jeannette Stewart Ford
Assassination Mails St. Petersburg Secret Police Chief
Colonel Karpos chief of St. Petersburg secret police was lured to a Viborg district apartment and blown to pieces by a bomb. The host Michael Vosskressensky was captured as the alleged attacker.
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St. Petersburg
Karpos
Secret Police
Viborg
Michael Vosskressensky
Anarchist shoots Roumanian premier in Bucharest
In Bucharest on December 23 the Roumanian prime minister was shot and seriously wounded by a Roumanian anarchist, prompting a national crisis and political reaction.
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Bucharest
Roumania
American Mining Congress opens HQ in Washington
Washington December 23. Headquarters of the American Mining Congress open in Washington to push legislation for a national bureau of mines. President Taft and Interior Secretary Ballinger reportedly favor the proposal. The group cites mining dangers with 30 000 deaths and 100 000 injuries in three decades, and 3125 coal mine deaths in 1907.
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Washington
American Mining Congress
Bureau of Mines
Taft
Batlinger
Department of the Interior
Anld
James F. Galbreath, Jr
Denver
Congress
Steel Trust 10 Cut Mellon Bonus of 2 Million Dollars
United States Steel Corp announces a bonus exceeding 2 million dollars for officers and employees for 1909. About 60 percent will be paid in cash while 40 percent is in preferred stock at 124 or common stock at 90. Recipients may subscribe for 25,000 shares of preferred stock at 124.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Wardlaws Indicted in Death of Mrs. Snead in East Orange
Newark December 23 Grand jury returns two indictments against three Wardlaw sisters accusing them of causing the death of Mrs. Ocey W. M. Snead whose body was found in a half filled bathtub in an unfurnished East Orange house.
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Newark
N. J
Ocey W. M. Snead
East Orange
New Attack on Christy in Lunacy Papers Case
Mrs Maybelle Thompson Christy gains an order from Supreme Court Judge McLean directing the state lunacy commission to furnish a certified copy of papers alleging the artist Howard Chandler Christy was committed to an insane asylum in March 1907 The move aims to aid a habeas corpus hearing in Musk ingum County Ohio to win possession of ten year old daughter now with Christy at Zanesville Ohio.
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Insane Asylum
New York
State Lunacy Commission
Maybelle Thompson Christy
Howard Chandler Christy
Christy
Supreme Court
McLean
Christys
Zanesville
Charles A. Taussig
Muskingum County
Ohio
Further Break in Wheat Cushions Mixed Grain Prices
Chicago markets show renewed weakness across grains with Wheat futures sliding to Dec at 1.14 and May 1.10 3/4 while Corn and Oats post declines. Pork and rib futures ease, Lard and Pork hold near midday levels, cash prices list No 2 hard red wheat at 1.16 to 1.17 and corn around 6 to 6 1/2 cents.
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Chicago
South Omaha Live Stock Prices and Receipts
South Omaha markets report December 22 with cattle receipts 2,500 steady prices for native steers 4.00 to 8.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 6.00, western steers 3.50 to 6.25, stockers 3.65 to 5.95, calves 3.50 to 7.75. Hogs receipts 6,000 with prices 8.12 to 8.25 for heavy, 8.10 to 8.15 for mixed, 8.00 to 8.15 for light, pigs 6.75 to 7.75, bulk 8.05 to 8.15. Sheep receipts 2,800 with yearlings 5.80 to 7.00, wethers 4.80 to 5.60, ewes 4.25 to 5.30, lambs 6.85 to 7.15.
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South Omaha
Ewes
Lamba
Manitoba Extends Dry Territory After Local Vote
Winnipeg Manitoba reports that eighteen counties joined seventy dry counties after local option votes. Fifty counties remain wet as Manitoba expands prohibition across the region.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Man
Chicago Live Stock Prices on Dec 22 Market Summary
Chicago live stock market reports steady cattle with steers bringing up to 7 508 40 for an 21 000 head run. Cows and heifers quoted 3.40 to 4.25, stockers 3.00 to 5.00, best calves 9.59. Hog receipts 85 000 down 164 to 250 cents, top hogs 8.40. Sheep receipts 22 000 weak and lower.
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Chicago
Christmas Long Ago From A City Christmas Scene
A nostalgic poem by FRANK H. SWEET contrasts a warm old fashioned Christmas with crowded city life. The speaker laments urban hustle and praises simple gatherings, neighborly greetings, and shared meals, wishing for a return to traditional cheer and friendship over modern excess.
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Murray, Nebraska
J. C. Long, Murray, Ned
J. W. Holmes
Murtray
Missouri River
Mac Churchill
Art Baker
Selaya
Estrada
Rama
Ormaha and
C. L. Waeriner
Wardlaws
Frank H. Sweet
Nee Presa Aasoeiation
Agin
Chris’mas
Solomon
Gurley
John
Chris
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