Unknown man found beneath Lincoln railroad bridge
A deceased male body was found under the Rock Island bridge over Salt Creek near Lincoln. Coroner's jury ruled death by unknown causes with signs of being struck or thrown from a passing train. identity could not be determined.
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Rock Island Railroad
Salt Creek
Rock Island
Union Pacific
W. G. Wollock
Rock Island Road
Wailer
Sulieg
Walton G. Robert
Lincoln
Graham
Jones In Contempt By Toledo Mayor Fine
Samuel M. Jones the Toledo mayor was fined five dollars and costs for contempt of court after asking a prisoner about a bank account and inspecting the man’s hands during a trial. He paid the penalty promptly.
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Samuel M. Jones
Toledo
Wachenheimer
Farmer William Dibbert Hangs Self Near Plainview Neb
The body of William Dibbert, a prosperous German farmer six miles northwest of Plainview, Neb, was found hanging in his granary. He suffered kidney trouble for a year and after a day in the harvest field returned home, failed to appear, and was found by his mother the next morning. A doctor said death was by self-inflicted hanging at about age thirty eight.
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William Dibbert
Plainview
Neb
Mgr. Dibbert
Dibberty
Sale of Road Postponed Thru October
Notice states the sale of the Omaha and St Louis railroad at Quincy has been postponed until next October. The Kansas City and Northern line remains slated for sale July 24. Both lines are leased by the Omaha Kansas City and Quincy.
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Omaha
St. Louis
Quincy
Kansas City & Northern
Connecting
Cansas City
Prison Transfer: Lincoln Confines York Man for Rape
The sheriff conveyed Newton flouck to the penitentiary in Lincoln to begin a three year term for rape after a York Nebraska arrest.
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Lancaster
Newton Flouck
Lincoln
York
Neb
Seizure of drag nets under new game law
Chief Game Warden Simpkins and Deputy McCarthy led a crackdown seizing three large drag seines near Crete on the Blue River. The equipment, tied to local interests, was taken to the state house for destruction under a law banning non minnow seines. Governor to appoint county deputy wardens to enforce the act.
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Simpkins
George L. LeeCarthy
Crete
Nevo
McCarthy
Blue River
Dogge
Doggé
John McConnell
Somerset
Lincoln County
W. E. Corwin
McCook
Red Willow
W. A. Atkifis
Sidney
Cheyenne
Crops Hold Out Despite Heat and Drought Bulletin
Crop reporter Loveland reports a hot dry week with mean temperatures 11 degrees above normal and very light rainfall. Winter wheat threshing is good with fine quality. spring wheat oats maturing early reducing yield. early corn tasseling damaged by drought while later corn holds but below average. apples hay and potatoes poor overall.
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Loveland
Drouth
Illinois Central to light Chicago rail corridor by electric power
The Illinois Central railroad will illuminate its entire right of way from Chicago to Matteson, Illinois, using a new electric lighting plant. The system will provide light for tracks stations and yards for a thirty mile stretch, bringing night illumination to par with daytime levels.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Matteson,Ill
Government accepts bid to furnish 225 horses for cavalry
Dispatch from Sturgis South Dakota reports the government informed G A Martin that the bid for furnishing 225 head of horses for the Thirteenth cavalry at 107 dollars per head has been accepted. Horseowners on the ranges say they can supply the entire number needed.
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Sturgis
S. D
G.A. Martin
Thirteenth’ Cavalry
Carnegie Educational Fund Trustees Meet in Edinburgh
The first meeting of the Carnegie educational fund trustees occurred in Edinburgh on the 15th with Lord Elgin presiding. He read a Carnegie letter stating the deed for ten million pounds had been signed and placed at the trustees disposal.
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The
Carnegie Educational Fund
Edingburgh
Scotland
Lord Elgin
Carnegie
Caveat Filed Against Late Jacob Rogers Will in Patterson
A caveat against admitting the will of the late Jacob S. Rogers was filed in Patterson New Jersey. Flora Roger a niece of the deceased and sister to Mrs. Westerfield lodged the caveat on Saturday, challenging the probate.
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pro‘Bate
Patterson, N. Jr
Flora
Roger
Westerfield
Lincoln Heat Kills Four Men as Temperatures Hit Record
Four men died in Lincoln Nebraska on Sunday amid record heat. The victims are August Kortge Axel Segerholm George Duncan and G H Rogers. Thermometers near pavements reached 112 degrees and 7 pm readings set a new daily record. The heat lingered for days with only two below 100 degrees in thirty one days.
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Lincoln
Neb
August Kortge
Axel Segerholm
George Duncan
G. H. Rogers
Weather Bureau
Duncan
Kortge
Segerholm
George H. Rogers
Journal
Stop the Slaughter of Fish Along the Platte River
Game Warden Simpkins vows to halt fish slaughter caused by unusually low Platte River water. Sand bars trap fish in shallow pools as crowds remove them with pitchforks, contrary to game law which bans methods other than hook and line.
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Simpkins
Platte River
Two Men Killed in Louisville & Nashville Wreck at Nortonville
Two freight trains on the Louisville and Nashville road collided at Nortonville Kentucky killing two men. Two others were fatally injured and two slightly injured. Fatalities include E M Corbett a yealemard Cleveland and Harrison a tramp. Engineers James McGrath and William Porter were slightly injured.
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Louisville & Nashville Road
Nortonville
Yealemard
Cleveland
Harrison
James McGrath
William Porter
Lieutenant Ramsey Dead After Batangas Engagement
Lieutenant Ramsey of the Twenty first infantry, wounded near Lipa Batangas in early June, has died in Manila. Also reported is the death of Solon A Massey, formerly a lieutenant of artillery, recently appointed purchasing agent for the insular government.
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Ramsey
Charles’ E
Twenty-first Infantry
Lipa
Batangas
Manila
Solon A. Massey
Tragedy in Urbana as Whitter shoots two men
Edward Whitter fatally shoots William Murnin and mortally wounds John Daly during a quarrel in Urbana Illinois. Whitter surrenders to police and awaits charges.
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Edward Whitter
William Murnin
John Daly
Urbana
Whitter
State Board Reports Moderate Increase in Total State Assessment
The state board of equalization reports a total state assessment of 1,283,251,622.60, up 23,137.66 from last year. Wheeler county shows missing figures as the board finalizes county allocations, with statewide valuation rising from 171,747,593.93 to 174,124,632.20 while county charges increase from 178,499.39 to 185,586.12.
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State Board of
Wheeler
Board
T Board
Wheeler County
Bartley Parole Terms Hint at Full Disclosure of State Funds
Governor Savage reportedly will receive a complete list of individuals who had state funds when ex State Treasurer Bartley’s shortage was discovered. The move is seen as a potential effort to recover money and identify others liable under the law, possibly revealing Bartley’s exact retained amount.
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Savage
Bartley
Appeals for Protection in Grand Mesa Lakes Case
William Radcliffe of Denver appeals to the state to protect his Grand Mesa lakes property. He alleges armed men occupy the land and threaten to kill his employer if they stay in Delta County. Radcliffe seeks the attorney general’s opinion on state duty and claims neither he nor his mother are responsible for Womack’s death by Game Warden Malyanney. He estimates trout losses at $10,000 and says he avoided returning to the scene to prevent lynching.
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William Radcliffe
Denver
Grand Mesa Lakes
Delta
Rad‘cliffe
W. A. Womack
Malyanney
Radcliffe
Trout
Mrs Kruger Dies After Illness in Pretoria
Mrs Kruger wife of former President Kruger of the South African Republic died Saturday afternoon July 20 in Pretoria after a three day illness of pneumonia. She was sixty seven. Mr Kruger was not informed until later due to poor telegraphic communications and broke into tears.
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Krugen
Kruger
South African Republic
Pretoria
Amr
Shey
Red insect defeats grasshoppers in Callaway Nebraska fields
Farmers near Callaway Nebraska report a tiny red insect that attacks grasshoppers by entering under their wings and eating into their bodies. The pests are said to die in large numbers, leaving millions of dead grasshoppers in each field.
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Callaway
Neb
Cummins Injured in Buggy Accident Near Strawberry Point
Albert Be Crimmins of Dubuque, candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Iowa, was thrown from a buggy near Strawberry Point. Cummins suffered a dislocated shoulder with cuts and bruises while driving.
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Cummins
Albert Be -Crimmins
Dubuque
Tay
Iowa
Strawberry Point
Ty Elinder
Cummin
Secretary Hoot Returns from Western Military Posts
Secretary Hoot returns to Washington from an inspection of western military posts with General Gillespie chief of engineers and Colonel Randolph chief of artillery. The dispatch notes their visit alongside Secretary Root in this wartime mission.
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Washington
Root
Gillespie
Randolph
Lincoln tragedy ends in hunter's deadly family shooting
Frank Marshall a colored cook killed his eighteen year old niece Verne Lee and fatally wounded his sister Eliza at 312 South Twentieth Lincoln. He then rode away on a bicycle before surrendering after a brief pursuit. Police and witnesses described him as crazy though he gave a coherent account. Lynching talks followed as Chief Hoagland protected him and escorted him to the penitentiary.
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Frank Marshall
Verne Lee
Eliza
Marshall
South Twentieth
Lincoln
Miss Lee
McKnight
Chief Hoagland
Old Man Shoots Himself in Lincoln Home
An elderly man sixty years old killed himself with a rifle shot at 9 30 am on July 10 at his stepdaughter's Lincoln residence. He lay on a couch when Morton's departure for ice water left no one in the room. Neighbors found him fatally wounded as the blood streamed from the head.
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Leonard
Lincoln
Neb
Morton
Boy Fatally Injured in Wagon Runaway Near Chester
A seven year old son of Dr. Barkins was thrown from a wagon driven by a runaway team near Chester Nebraska. He fell across a wire fence with a deep neck gash and a severely damaged arm. The father struggled to control the mules as the boy lay wounded. Doctors fear he may die.
New President Elected at Ohio University
New President De Alston Enis of Hamilton Ohio has been elected to lead Ohio University. The election followed Rev Hutsinpiller of San Francisco declining the post after earlier election. Tower Minnesota reports eight miles north of Duluth ten buildings destroyed in a fire including a hotel a butcher shop and a saloon with unknown losses.
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de Alston Enis
Hamilton
Ohio University
Hutsin Piller
San Francisco
Pivetin
Minnesota
Tower
Duluth
Minn
Tré
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