High Financing of M. E. Smith Company Aired
In Omaha on June 22 Mark Woods testified that over $1,000,000 was diverted from M. E. Smith & Company to Burgess Nash and related firms. The Woods Brothers and Burgess, Teagle, Megeath face stockholder lawsuits seeking more than $3 million, while a $125,000 offer to settle was debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Walter Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Mark Woods
Lincoln Capitalist
M. E. Smith and Company
Burgess-Nash Company
M. E. Smith Securities Company
Woods
Woods Brothers Company of
Lincoln
Woods, Teagle
Werd Burgess
Omaha Missionaire
Smith and Burgess-Nash Company
Teagle
Omaha National Bank
Ward Burgess
Burgess
Masis
M. BE. Smith Securities Company
Frank Woods
Walter C. Tengle
Sam Megeath
B. H. Dunham
Woods Brothers
New York
Tengle
Meseath
Smith Securities Company
Securities Company
Standard of! Company
Megeath
John A. Loomis
Dunham
Altho
Loomis
First Preferred
Government seeks to cancel Baker San Geronimo lease
In Porto Rico the government and defense argued to cancel the 99 year lease obtained by Lt Cmdr Virgil Baker on San Geronimo reservation. The case questions whether Theodore Roosevelt Jr. could execute the lease and cites alleged fraud and misrepresentation. The trial began May 10 and is the longest in local history with over two thousand pages and four hundred exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Run
Porto Rico
Defense
United States
Virgil Baker
San Geronimo Reservation
Frazer
Baker
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
J. A. Smith
Supreme Court
del Toro
Bates Book Store Unveils Giant Cannons For Loud Display
Bates Book Store unveils oversized cannons as a loud, harmless display designed to draw attention. The event features beamed excitement and a crowd gathered to witness the spectacle without danger or disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Book Store
Fatal Fall of Army Plane Kills Two Aboard
Major W. L. Moose Jr. and West Point cadet William Point died when an army observation plane they piloted plummeted about 300 feet and burned on the Coldstream golf course at Hast Meadow Long Island. Eye witnesses in a field tower saw the plane spiral and vanish behind trees as a bright flash followed. Cadet Point was the son of Lieutenant Colonel W. T. Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Field
N. Y
W. L. Moose, Jr
William Point
West Point
Moose
Coldstream Golf Course
Hast Meadow
L. I
Cadet Point
W. T. Point
Quartermaster Corps
Hail and storm sweep through McCool and nearby towns
York Nebr June 21 hail damaged crops along the Blue river near McCool with estimates of ten to fifteen percent loss. Rushton reports heavy hail. wheat oats in Benedict area damaged. corn damage noted but limited by small crop size. Lincoln area rains varied with strong winds. Antelope creek rose but stayed within banks. A small tornado hit Hebron causing property damage but no injuries as windows shattered and phones disrupted.
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York
Nebr
Blue River
McCool
Rushton
Benedict
Lincoln
Greenwood
Ashland
Louisville
Fremont
Bradshaw
Rule
Wymore
Crete
Firth
Table Rock
Tecumseh
Smartville
Nebraska City
Columbus
Fairbury
Fairmont
Sioux City
Towa
Missouri
Kansas
Black Hills
Hebron
Neb
Six in Boat Drown in St Marie River Tragedy
Six youths drowned when a rowboat containing seven people overturned near the foot of turbulent rapids on the St Marys River in St. Marie Michigan. Arthur Tessier 16 led the group in a dancing moment before losing balance. One boy Isaac Jonviceur 15 was rescued. All victims resided on the Canadian side in Sault Ste. Marie.
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St. Marie
Mich
Charleston
Arthur Tessier
St. Mary's River
Clement Cornier
John Parsons
Emile Carey
Peggy McIntyre
Annie McIntyre
Isaac Jonviceur
Tessier
Competition Called Handicap of Church
Florence Meredith Douglas of Baudette Minnesota won a 50 prize in a national contest by the National Council of Congregational Churches for an essay arguing petty denominationalism hampers church and Sunday school work. She addressed how budgets consume effort that could support constructive youth care for America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Council of Congregational Churches
Florence Meredith Douglas
Baudette
America
Rain Freshens Lakes Boosting Southern Holt Fishing
O'Neill June 23. Rains in the last ten days have materially freshened the lakes of southern Holt and catches of bass pickerel and perch are being made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neill
Holt
Opening of the twenty eighth international eucharistic congress in Chicago
Chicago hosts a vast eucharistic congress with mass worships and a cathedral ceremony led by Cardinal Bonzano installed as papal legate. Cardinal Mundelein heralds the spiritual harvest and six hundred seminarians, thousands of clergy, and bishops from many lands participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Christendom
Cathedral of the Holy Name
John Cardinal Bonzano
Pius X
Cardinal Mundelein
Congress
Cardinal Bonzano
Quigley Seminary
Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
Knights of St. Gregory
Knights of St. Sylvest
Dennie J
St. Thomas Aquines
Heylin
Rome
Jesus Christ
Old Bill Tells of State Fair Antiquities
Local holder C D Clements reveals two 19th century papers from L with Omaha 1881 state fair poster listing $15000 in premiums and world wide competition, electric lights and exhibits plus a Sept 14 1881 agricultural address by General C H Van Wiek. The second item is Capt C M Murdock letter dated Nov 7 1879 asking for a rail pass to Omaha for Beatrice railway official. Murdock died 1924 aged 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. van Wiek
Nebraska
J. T. Clarkson
Schuyler
J. C. McBride
Lincoln
C. Hartman
Omaha
Capt
C. M. Murdock
Wymore
Lincoln Land Company
Blue Springs
Gage County
Murdock
Beatrice
Burlington
Cardinals Get Grover Alexander
Grover Cleveland Alexander, longtime Cubs pitcher, was released via waivers to the St. Louis Cardinals after violating training rules. The Cardinals paid a waiver price of $4,000, with Cubs president Bill Veeck noting the move was deliberate to discipline the player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National League Cubs
Grover Cleveland
Alexander
St. Louis
National League Cardinals
Cubs
Joe McCarthy
Cardinals
Bill Veeck
Journal Want Ad Readership Appeals for Results
Classified readers are invited to place notices in the Journal Want Ads with the promise that messages will reach a broad audience and yield effective results. The ad space emphasizes visibility and prompt responses for personal and business notices.
Protestants See Mutual Benefits in Catholic Meet
Protestant ministers in Chicago welcomed the Eucharistic congress saying it underlines shared faith foundations and welcomes Catholics to America. Leaders from Congregational, Baptist, and Episcopal churches praised religious freedom and the spectacle as a force for progress and harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stephen A. Boyd
First Congregational Church
Wilmette
Melbourne P. Boynton
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Congress
America
Charles P. Anderson
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
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Burgess and Woods
State
Platte Valley
Buhling
Louis Hevlin
Amur
Belgium
Carlo Respighi
Vaticin
Ignaz Selpel
Austria
Buick
Buick Motor CO
General Motors Corporation
Flint, Michigan
J. B. Livingston
4Th and Main Streets
Plattsmouth, Nebr
Old Bill
Grover Alexander
California
van Camp's
Campbell's
Tvecans
the People’s Market Telephone
Sam Giventer
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