Neville and Jane Separated by War Weighed by Snow
Neville departs at dawn after a farewell with Jane and Mrs. Swaffham as snow falls and the Cromwell conflict looms. Jane and Cluny confess love in harvest fields before distant London calls and hopes of marriage rise amid family tension and war news.
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Lucky Cromwell
London
de Wick
Swaffham
Cluny
Neville
Swartta Am
Cromwell
Jane
Saul
David
Shadowy figure fades as moonlight reveals distant horse
A scene unfolds with a cat slipping into a saddle, a neigh heard, and two women watching a dark form dissolve into the horizon. Jane thanks her mother as Neville is awaited, with the mother noting his duty and his longing to be with them.
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Jane
Neville
Cromwell closes in on Worcester to end the Stuarts
Cromwell resumes the campaign after illness and victory in the north. He plans a two front move to trap Charles Stuart, aiming to cut off London from Worcester and finish the civil war. Parliament and London rally to the Commonwealth as Cromwell weighs paths to victory.
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Cromwell
Forth and Clyde
Fife
Charles Stuart
England
Perth
Stirling
Charles
Carlisle
London
York
Nottingham
Coventry
Shropshire
Shrewsbury
Worcester
Royal
Warwick
Keynton
Harrison
Lambert
Israel Swaffham
Lord Evesham
Neville
Beyon
Parliament
Commonwealth
Charles’ Stuart
Wales
God
Dunbar
Lincoln council grants franchise to Western Union Independent Telephones
Lincoln city council approved a fifty year franchise to Western Union Independent Telephones. The ordinance passed 10 to 4 and 9 to 5 with Albers voting no. Company must begin service within eighteen months for 5000 subscribers, set rates at 36 dollars annual long distance business and 24 dollars long distance residence, increase rents with more lines, bond of 20000 dollars, and pay the city 500 dollars yearly plus a escalating percentage of gross earnings.
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Lincoln
Neb
Western Union Independent Telephones Company
Albers
Lawier
Wilkinson
Thompson
Valley Girl Rescues Runaway Horses To Fremont
Miss Kate Whitmore of Valley Nebraska guides a team of runaway horses for three miles, warning others by telegraph and finally stopping them before returning home then proceeding to Fremont with friends for church. In Memphis Mississippi River rises threaten levees and communities with evacuations and limited fatalities as authorities brace for possible washouts.
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A Valley
Neb
Dispatch
Kate Whitmore
W. G. Whitmore
Miss Whitmore
Here
Valley
Fremont
Memphis
Tenns
Mississippi
Walnut Bend
Cartersville
Tennesse Street
Cotton Belt Crossing
Whitehall
Charitabl
Governor Vetoes Senate File 29 Over Constitutional Issue
Governor Mickey vetoed Senate File 29 on March 9 marking his first veto. He argued the measure to empower the commissioner of public lands and buildings to collect county fees was unconstitutional. He proposed an alternate bill lacking the objectionable features.
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Mickey
Sidney Nebr court house debate prompts new building talk
Citizens discuss replacing the shabby old Sidney court house with a more commodious facility to meet modern needs. The county property is well located and valuable, but current repairs waste money, prompting calls for a new building.
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Sidney
Neb
Rivers on a Rampage Beneath Genoa Neb Flood
The Loup River bottoms from Columbus to Genoa Nebraska flood and submerge a 30 mile stretch turning bottoms into an inland sea. 200 to 300 houses marooned near Columbus with residents rescued by boats. An old couple and daughter reportedly missing as UP tracks washed away. Agonee village abandoned and livestock perishes as farmers flee to high ground. Damage likely tens of thousands and flood stage higher than 1881.
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Columbus
Genoa
Neb
Nore
Union Pacific
Agonee
Rivers Rise Across Midwest as Flood Risks Grow
Reports from Cairo New Madrid and New Orleans show rising Mississippi water levels with fears for levees on the Missouri side. Cincinnati notes the Ohio River near danger and a possible record flood as the Weather Bureau warns of higher stages and further rain.
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Cairo
Ill
Mississippi
New Madrid
Missouri
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Evansville
Licking
Washington
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Drownings, Derailment and Fog Turbulence Hit River Ports
No more bodies were found from the Spier Falls ferry disaster leaving three known dead and fourteen missing Italians. The Frisco Southeastern limited derailed near Boise d Arc with several cars overturned but two engines stayed upright. Two postal clerks and a baggage man were slightly hurt while passengers escaped injury. Dense fog snarled harbor traffic in New York with three ship collisions but no fatalities. The Philadelphia liner anchored off Sandy Hook until the fog cleared.
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Spier
Falls
N. Y
Frisco Sou Eastern Limited
Boise d’Arc
Miller
Davis
Kansas City
Massenger
New York
Philadelphia
Sandy Hook
Lfe
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Amelia F.barr
Maiden Lane
Mrs. Swaffham
Mary
Frances
Matilda
Janes
Lincoln Council
Senate
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Loup
Atte
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