Wife Shot Dead Ends Bitter Quarrel at Brownville Home
In Brownville Nebraska a tragedy ended in the death of Mrs. Charles B. Smith and critical injuries to Mr. Smith. Authorities suspect a double self infliction, though Smith denies the claim and asserts his wife fired first. A seven year old child alerted Mayor Charles Schantz. An inquest is planned as doctors call the wounds fatal. Also Leland Spaulding convicted in Madison for a Norfolk rape case after a lengthy trial and deliberation.
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Brownville Neb
Charles B. Smith
Smith
Leland Spaulding
Norfolk
Madison
Neb
Supreme Court
State Receives $40,000 Dividend from Defunct Bank
In a decision by the United States court of appeals Nebraska will draw from the Capitol National bank receiver a $40,000 dividend held back. The state had lost $236,000 deposited when the bank became a state depository. The 15 percent dividend to depositors reduces the private depositor deficit by $40,000.
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United States Court of Appeals
Nebraska
Capitol National Bank
Bandit Murders Railway Foreman in Mexico
News from Eagle Pass Texas reports the killing of Jordan KE Cooke, in charge of a railroad construction gang, at Acatlan Oaxaca Mexico. He stood with six men when a bandit rode up and fired several shots killing him. His father, ex Sheriff Cooke of Maverick County Texas, has notified Mexican authorities.
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Eagle Vass
Texas
Jordan KE. Cooke
Acatlan
Oaxaca
Mexico
Cooke
Young Cooke
Maverick County
Wrecks Newspaper Plant In Major Fire At St. Louis Chronicle
Fire gutted the four story St. Louis Chronicle building, starting in the boiler room, leaving the interior a total ruin. Typesetting and stereotyping machines and much advertising type were destroyed, halting operations and signaling costly rebuild efforts. Bertha Libbike, who stole a bicycle in Hastings and was captured at Lincoln, was fined 100 dollars plus costs, a jail term of 43 days, likely to be served since she cannot pay.
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St. Louis Chronicle
Jalil
Bertha Libbike
Hastings
Lincoln
Jal
Nebraskan Professor Arrested for Bigamy in Estate Case
RB P Hill a university professor at Tacoma Washington is under arrest for bigamy. The trial centers on title to a large English estate. Hill formerly lived in Blaine county Nebraska.
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RB. P. Hill
Tacoma, Wash
Hill
Blaine County
Neb
Dakota town burned wipes out Edinburg area
In Edinburg North Dakota a devastating fire destroyed most of the business district. Property loss estimated at 100000 dollars. Two women, Mrs. Jacob Indall and Mrs. Jerson, perished in the flames. Homes lost, residents homeless, food shortages feared as fires damaged stores, banks, hotels, implements houses, and grain elevators. Railroad tracks damaged, train service disrupted.
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Edinburg
Stanhes
N. D
Mathe
Jacob Indall
J.’ Jerson
Domstad & Co
State Banks See Mixed Moves Toward National Status
Secretary Hall on the state banking board downplays the rush to become national banks. Despite predictions of rapid conversions and capitalless startups, many applications may not proceed. Three new state banks formed recently two in Lorton Otoe county and one in Bridgeport Cheyenne county. Bridgeport, a new town on the Burlington line, shows recent growth.
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Hall
State Banking Board
Lorton
Otoe County
Hridgeport
Cheyenne County
J. W. Wehn
C. 4. Connett
J. O. Baker
Bridgeport
Burington Road
Five Children Poisoned After Eating Artichoke Plant
Five children of Mr and Mrs Harvey Jackson on a Nebraska farm north of Fairbury fell ill after tasting a plant believed to be artichoke. They suffered nausea and convulsions, with doctors unsure if any will recover. In Dublin, Maud Gonne won a summons for malicious libel against Colles of the Irish Figaro over a claim she was a government pensioner and spy, hearing set for April 26.
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Harvey Jackson
Fairbury
Neb
Dublin
Ireland
Maud Gonne
Mr. Colles
The
Irish Figaro
Fleischman Hangs Himself in Detroit Area Barn
Charles G. Fleischman, secretary of the Trust Security and Safe Deposit Co of Detroit, hanged himself in a barn behind his home. No reason is known, though a recent illness may have unbalanced his mind.
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Fleischman
Charles G. Fleischman
The
Trust Security, and Safe Deposit Company of
Detroit
Saloon Reopen Plan Approved by Des Moines Officials
The Des Moines Iowa board of supervisors has canvassed the saloon consent petition and declared it sufficient. The city council has passed the required consent resolution, paving the way for saloons to reopen soon.
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Board of Supervisors of
Des Moines
Ira
Fouid Dead In Chillicothe After Drunken Row
James Stewart a Londonderry veterinary surgeon was found dead in a Chillicothe street. G George Poe confessed to striking him with a stone during a drunken quarrel, killing Stewart. Cuban Treasury Receipts for March 1900 total 1 678 069. Table Rock school bond for 10000 failed by two thirds with 155 for 88 against. Small fire damages at Osceola Banting Office stock 50 uninsured. Railroads suffer flooding losses estimated at a million.
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Fouid
James Stewart
Londonderry
Chillicothe
George Poe
Stewart
Table Rock
Osceola, Neb
Hanging of John Peters Reported Near Tazewell
News from Bliefield describes a Wednesday event near Tazewell twenty miles west where John Peters, a Black man, allegedly abducted Katie Ritchie, was recaptured after escape. Bloodhounds aided capture, then masked men stormed jail, dragged Peters to the woods, and shot him dead, leaving his body bound to a tree.
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Jobya Hk
Bliefield
Tazewell
John Peters
Katie Ritchie
Peters
Dynamite blasts kill three at Bay City packing plant
Explosion at the Ajax dynamite works near Kawkawlin, Michigan kills three men and wrecks homes and stores. A nearby incident in Gibson, Nebraska injures Louis Sworty when his leg is amputated after being struck by a train. An unrelated Cairo hanging reports Riley Powell executing for Elmo Erie’s murder in Charleston, Missouri. A Kroonstad meeting denounces Lord Roberts and appeals to civilized powers for intervention.
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Bay City
Mich
Jajax Dynamite Works
Kawkawlin
Cairo
Ill
Riley Powell
Elmo Erie
Charleston
Tragic Farm Accident Claims Pennington Boy
A Pennington County youth named Joseph Wells died after his shotgun discharged when it slipped from a plow while he talked with another boy in a field. A portion of his head was blown away, authorities report a fatal field accident.
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Joseph Wells
Pennington County
South Dakota
Omaha calls for famine relief donations from citizens
Mayor Moores of Omaha issues a proclamation urging residents to contribute to the famine fund for India. Omaha is asked to donate 1000 dollars as its share of Nebraska's apportionment.
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Mayor Moores
Omaha
India
Nebraska
Murdered by Robbers in Ashland Wisconsin
John Taggart was killed Friday night in Ashland Wisconsin his body taken to a high bridge and thrown into a ravine. Police pursue an unknown black tramp into forests north of Ashland as robbery is named the motive. Also reported Frank Nicholl, a New York acrobat who broke his neck performing, is conscious and recovering after an operation.
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John Taggart
Ashland
Wis
Frank Nicholl
New York
Ground Breaks for Fine Parmelee Opera House
Ground was broken at Jalismouth for the new Parmelee opera house to be one of the finest in the state. The structure will cost about 50 000 dollars and fulfill a long awaited city need. A nearby farmhouse owned by N P Nelson, about two and a half miles from Osceola, burned to the ground due to a defective flue. Loss about 700 dollars, insured.
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Ope
Jalismouth
Parmelee Opera’ House
N. P. Nelson
Osceola
Taylor Not Indicted as Court Reads Names in Frankfort
At the Kentucky circuit court in Frankfort the orders were read and all names announced as having been indicted were listed. The name of Governor W. S. Taylor was not mentioned among those indicted.
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Taylor
Circuit Court
Frankfort
W. 8
White Changes Mind After Nebraska City Council Victory
After winning a city council seat in Nebraska City Thomas N. White initially refused to qualify but then reconsidered. He filed his bond with the city clerk and took the oath of office.
Mob executes man accused of assault near Brownville
Henry McAfee a Black man accused of an attempted assault on Mrs Saunders near Brownville Mississippi died in a mob incident in front of the Brownville schoolhouse. Authorities reported the mob takeover occurred after the alleged incident drawing local attention and fear. The case highlights racial tensions and vigilante action in Bolton Miss.
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Bolton
Miss
Henry McAfee
News in Brief: Captain Dreyfuss in Geneva and miners strike
Captain Dreyfuss is living at Geneva Switzerland. Fight thousands miners have gone on a strike near Santanader Spain.
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Captain Dreyfuss
Geneva
Switzerland
Santanader
Spain
Grain-O coffee substitute ad touts grain drink option
An old advertisement promotes Grain-O as a coffee replacement made from pure grains. It claims its rich seal brown color, gentle digestion, and one fourth the price of coffee, priced at Lic and 25c per package, sold by all grocers. It ends with a moral question about choosing the right path.
Free Gifts to Agents Advertises Lekio Soap
A vintage recruitment blurb seeks 100000 agents nationwide to sell Lekio Scouring Soap Lekkoene and other toilet soaps with promises of big profit and prizes. Also mentions Magnetic Cure for consumption ads and Magnetic Starch as a top household starch with several unrelated lines about Marion era marketing.
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United States
C. H. Marshall& Co
Chicago
May St
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted
A historic testimonial praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a refuge for sickness. The claim asserts the medicine’s unique efficacy and stresses that no testimonial is published without Mrs. Pinkham’s specific authorization.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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