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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
6
The column notes many visits and greetings from Christmas to New Year. Dr A B Walker and family spend time with relatives. I Berger travels with Omaha connections. Carrie Allison goes to Lincoln for legislative clerkship. various locals welcome babies, skating evenings, and hospitalities with neighbors in Murray Nebraska.
The piece attacks Chancellor Andrews as egotistical and hypocritical, accusing him of mismanagement and calling for self examination within his university. It contrasts his alleged flaws with Salvation Army charity, alleging interference and a Christmas day confrontation with a charity worker.
Maple Grove correspondent reports many farmers harvesting corn while roads are passable. Local families and relatives mark Christmas with visits to Plattsmouth, Harlem and Cedar county. Reunions include J R Cathey and son in Cameron, Alfred Gansemer and Uncle Puls with kin, Chas Engelkemeier from Oklahoma, Fred Engelkemeier home gatherings, and Adam Schafer heading west.
Robert Hagel of Madison County is spending the holidays in the community. Martha Spriegel is with home folks. Miss Ada Turner, our school teacher, left Friday for the western part of the state to visit her parents. Clearing Out Sale to prepare for spring stock starts October 12 with prices reduced on all buggies and surveys on hand until sold. 4. H. Cox.
There is no opium or harmful drug in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and it poses no danger to small children. With over thirty years of reputation the medicine is widely used for colds croup and whooping cough. It is pleasant to take and children like it. Sold by Pricke & Co and George D'Ment.
Drs Newell and Tracy will visit Murray each Tuesday with one trip to Dr Gilmore. The notice promotes Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar claiming to ease coughs and colds. It urges securing a bottle, obtaining a coupon, and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Sold by Ger ing and Co's drug store.
James Bryce announces his selection for the Washington post as British ambassador causing him to resign his seat for South Amerlour. His departure prompts genuine regret for his scholarly contributions, while Aberdeen is noted for its highly literate voters. No successor plan yet. odds favor a literary figure from among local clues.
Benjamin Brown financial manager of American and United States Express shot himself in a Williamsburg Brooklyn office after sending a coworker on an errand. He fired once through his lungs, another shot went wild. Witnesses saw the act and Brown was taken to a hospital with no chance of recovery. No motive is known.
Sacramento Dec. 25 reports twenty four persons injured in a head on crash on the Southern Pacific at Harney Nevada. Names include Mrs James F E Ceneated of Til abrasion of shin Mia A F Cook Kankakee TL leg bruised W H Hutchinson Rock Island Lit and Bert Higgins Lime with details incomplete.
The Minnesota Attorney General and assistant file in Thomsey County District Court to halt Great Northern Railway Company from issuing 38000000 in new capital stock. They seek a permanent injunction and temporary restraining order until the railroad and warehouse commission approves the stock issue. The suit cites violations of state law, noting increases in capital stock without required consent could raise rates and charges borne by Minnesota customers.
The Paris court ruled Mme Gould formerly Countess Boni de Castellane is not responsible for most debts claimed by creditor Zelgter. It found her jointly liable for $4,000 in jewels and about $187,000 on a jewelry bill, contingent on normal valuation. Three experts will appraise the jewels. Also noted Christmas army promotions include Colonel Andre advancing to general of division.
New York reports figures from Eilts Island predicting 1,283,415 additional aliens may enter the United States next year via the Fille Island immigration station.
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train traveling 70 mph derailed three miles east of here. One coach and two sleepers left the tracks and slid 40 feet on the tires, with the combination coach rolling into a ditch. Miraculously only three passengers were hurt, and none were seriously injured.
Reports from Wahalak and Crawford, Mississippi describe a Christmas mob hunting Black residents, with five killed and two houses burned in Wahalak and a separate fatal shooting in Crawford. Authorities sought troops as mobs terrorized communities amid claims of no race riot.
In Findlay Ohio Judge W S Duncan ruled probate court lacked jurisdiction to try a case against Standard Oil under the Valentine anti trust law. He held common pleas court has exclusive original criminal jurisdiction and that the indictment remains pending. The decision does not affect grand jury indictments against Rockefeller and other Standard Oil officials. The prosecutor plans to appeal.
Da dabh Navroji, ex British MP, urged self rule for Indians and noted Boer self governance after helping subjugation. He called for a large patriotic fund to educate Indians about their rights and to support the campaign in England. Over 10,000 delegates attended the opening session.
Edward Neal, one of nine fugitives from the Hamilton county jail, surrendered claiming he preferred a 13 month penitentiary sentence to being hunted. Four of the escapees remain at large as authorities pursue them.
John Bell reports London is blanketed by two inches of snow with deep drifts disrupting mail delivery and rail traffic. Coastal storms wreck several schooners and the steamer Hazeldene struck a rock and sank, with lifeboat crews rescuing the crew in a dramatic rescue.
Kansas banks may declare dividends above 10 percent after adding 10 percent of undivided profits to surplus, based on the Nov 12 report from state bank commissioner John Q. Royce. State banks total capital stock 11.67 million, undivided profits 2.50 million, deposits 136.73 million. deposits fell 3.47 million since September.
Washington December 2 The U S Supreme Court affirms North Carolina ruling in Gatewood case upholding state law banning dealing in futures. Justice White delivers the opinion stating the law is not repugnant to the federal constitution.
Dutch forces report capture of the rajah of Goa stronghold at Sidenreng in the Dutch East Indies. The rajah's son and eighteen followers were killed, many wounded, and the rajah's brother taken prisoner. Official telegram omits Dutch losses.
Walter E High tower, a painter, shot and killed Hesse Jose aged 22 in Atlanta and then wounded himself, a likely fatal self-inflicted gunshot.
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