White Feather the Soldier Who Earned a Medal of Honor
A shy draper's assistant, nicknamed White Feather, joins the cavalry, endures ridicule, and wins courage to rescue a wounded captain in battle. His act earns praise from a British commander and hints at a future commission, but he dies shortly after, faithful to a love that misled him.
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Sustaii
Horse Guards
Wellington
Jack
White Feather
White
Feather
Fang
White -Feather
White _Feather
South Africa
Trumpeter Pipes
Gnen
Royal Artillery
Pipes
Polish Language Use Banned in Posen Postal Service
In Posen district the chief postmaster orders all mail in Polish to be rejected. He states the postal service has national and educational duties and thus Polish inscriptions are not to be accepted at post offices or agencies. Wolfgang Voltz in Chicago reports.
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Posen
Poland
Wolfgang Voltz
Chicago
Suspect Callahan Held in Cudahy Kidnapping Case
Eddie Cudahy identifies Callahan as the man who accosted him and guarded him during captivity at Melrose Hill house, with detective warrants and a city jail hold. Callahan, an ex convict, denies involvement though admits ties to Pat Crowe. Detective Wyer and Dueberry arrested him at his home on 53rd Street and Poppleton Avenue.
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Damess Callihian
Oinaha
Cudahy
Eddie Cudahy
Callahan
Min
Surpy County
Melrose Hill
Fifty-Third Street
Poppleton Avenue
O ‘Kelly
Wyer
Dueberry
Sehief
Donahue
J. A. Burris
Nineteenth and
Grand Avenue
Hurtig
Omaha
Lincoln
South
Local Liquor Offender Peynons Faces Possible Sentence
John N. Peynons of Dakota City Nebraska, a decade of alleged liquor violations and more than fifty prior arrests, was found guilty by a district court jury after one ballot. He was held on $330 bonds to appear March 3 for sentencing, with expectant judges to impose a strict penalty due to repeated offenses.
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John N. Peynons
Dakota City
Neb
Commonwealth
Peysons
Grives
Vice Chief Clement Suffers Severe Leg Break in Lincoln Accident
Vice Chief Clement sustained a broken left femur after a wagon toppled at Seventh and O Street in Lincoln while he attempted to reach a fire. He was taken to a sanitarium and doctors expect at least two months of confinement and up to three months before full use of the left leg.
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Clement
Lincoln
Heavy Show at Long Pine Brings Wet Season Prospects
A severe storm at Long Pine Nebraska brings heavy rainfall across fields with no wind. The mild winter has eased conditions for cattle men, and spring work prospects look brighter despite widespread wetting of ground.
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Long Pine
Neb
Mary Wozny in Columbus Quarantined with Mild Smallpox
A thirtee n year old girl Mary Wozny living at A C Bordwick home in Columbus Nebraska shows a mild smallpox case and is placed under quarantine. Three pest house cases have been in treatment for two weeks and are progressing well.
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Mary Wozny
A.C. Bordwick
Columbus
Neb
Wis
General Chaffee Invited to Join German China Offensive
General Chaffee reports he has been invited by Field Marshal von Waldersee to join a larger scale expedition in China. The plan aims at a new offensive. Chaffee is told he will not participate. Debate centers on US duty to dissuade Germany and on China’s leader’s punishment amid ongoing peace talks.
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Chiffee
United States
China
War Department
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
Chaffee
Chrimese
Conger
De Wett Fails to Reach Objective in Towns Near Fri Fight
Daily Mail correspondent reports General De Wett blocked at Strydenburg and Hope Town, 38 and 55 miles from Friday’s action. Burghers protest indiscriminate flogging, half his force threatens surrender, malcontents choose to fight independently.
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Daily Mail
de Wett
Strydenburg
Hopetown
Sons and Daughters Win Protection Order Revived
The Sons and Daughters of Protection triumph over the Bankers Union in a contention. The plaintiff order is restored as an individual mutual beneficiary organization with new officers to manage. It preserves a $4,712.76 reserve fund and all office furniture and fixtures, starting anew without debt.
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Banker's Union
Bankers’ Union
Peculiar Death Provokes Coroner Visit in Long Pine
Mrs. Charles Byron of Long Pine Neb died under unusual circumstances prompting a coroner from Ainsworth. He found no foul play but the estranged husband, an eccentric German, retains the body for weeks. Citizens may be forced to intervene to ensure proper burial.
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Charles Byron
Long Pine
Neb
Exposition Bill Passes House for 1903 St Louis venture
Washington reports that a bill authorizing the holding of the international exposition in celebration of the centennial Louisiana Purchase and appropriating 5 million dollars passed the House under suspension of the rules by 1919 to 41. The opposition was in the minority and the debate was brief with no mention of Sunday closing.
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Washington
St. Louis
House
Crossing the Missouri at Niobrara Ended in Losses
A freighter named Will Merritt attempted a winter crossing with hogs aboard and broke through the ice. He escaped with one horse and two hogs lost. A peddler also lost his horse and outfit on a second try. The season’s ice crossings likely end for winter.
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Missouri River
Niobrara
Will Merritt
Convictions Reported for Statutory Rape and Burglary
William Heavrin was convicted in district court of statutory rape involving a thirteen-year-old girl, Della Lee, and sentenced by Judge Jessen to five years in the penitentiary at Nebraska City. Bud Brown was convicted of burglary and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.
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William Heavrin
Della Lee
Jessen
Nebraska City
Bud Brown
Colorado Word Press Denies Grizzly Hunter Tales By Roosevelt
A Colorado press summary states Vice President Theodore Roosevelt denies sensational stories portraying him as a hunter of grizzly bears and mountain lions. The account cautions against sensational folklore and reaffirms Roosevelt’s public image.
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Colorado
Spress
Theo
Roosevelt
Ill Fr Loomis ill in Caracas and mines idle by strikes
News in brief reports Fr Loomis known as American minister in Venezuela is very ill in Caracas. In Lackawanna alley Pennsylvania every silt mill is idle due to strikes. An explosion at Commerce mine in Graham county Arizona killed seven miners including the superintendent.
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FR. Loomis
Venézuela
Caracas
Lackawana Alley
Pennsylvania
Commerce
Graham County
Ariz
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Janetta
Mérivale
England
War Office
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Robert
Harry Merivale
Sea Grange
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Miss Howard
Harry
Cone
Cme
Anetta
Drake
OKO Konkokeke
Fie
Sby' Young
Ndahy
Kriotsar
Crowe
Letst
Dentos
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