Judge finds Callahan not guilty in Cudahy kidnapping case
The Omaha jury acquits James Callahan of any complicity in kidnapping Edward Cudahy Jr. The judge expresses disbelief at the verdict and discharges the jurors. Callahan’s re-arrest follows on two remaining counts as police withdraw the $5,000 reward for Patrick Crowe.
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James Callahan
Omaha
Edward ‘Cudahy, Jr
Baker
Callahan
Donahue
Patrick Crowe
Connek
Kept Out of White House Neighborhood
A Washington dispatch reports Harry Finkelstein a well dressed man about thirty four with a Cleveland address held at police headquarters on suspicion of insanity. He sought to see the president on urgent private business and grew excited when denied access. He carries letters of recommendation under the alias Harry Stone claiming family troubles.
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Washington
Harry Finkelstein
Cleveland
Finkelstein
White House
San Francisco
Denver
Harry Stone
Prairie fires near Mullen plus ranch losses reported
A Hyannis Nebraska dispatch says prairie fires raged four days across the region and are nearly under control with one head fire south of Mullen still causing damage. Stables and sheds of Cherry county ranchers, including the Roseberry brothers, burned. Deimer and Guilfoil suffered heavy losses in Grant county. Extensive cattle range destruction noted.
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Hyannis
Neb
Mullen
Cherry County
Roseberry Brothers
Deimer & Guilfoil
Grant County
Three Morris Brothers Shot at Illinois Country Dance
At a country dance three miles south of Gilman Illinois brothers Walter James and Philip Morris from the city were shot. Walter died and James and Philip were wounded with James seriously injured. The shooting followed a fight with three or four other guests. George Morrison fired and surrendered to the sheriff claiming self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman, Ill
Morris Brothers
Walter
James
Philip
George Morrison
Southern Pacific to Withdraw Fast Trains for Track Reconstruction
Due to unsatisfactory roadbed on the coast division between Santa Barbara and Saugus California the Southern Pacific will suspend fast trains to reconstruct and ballast the line. Eighty pound steel rails will be laid and only the Sunset Express will operate each direction during rebuilding.
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Coast Division
Southern’ Pacific
Santa Barbara
Saugus
Cal
Private Sartell Court-Martialed for Five Years Hard Labor
Military records reveal Private Charles D. Sartell of Grand Rapids Michigan, Fifth Infantry, D Company, was court-martialed January 29 and dishonorably discharged with forfeiture of pay. He is to serve five years hard labor in a military prison. He is currently confined in Bilibid prison at Manila.
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War Department
Charles’ ‘D. Sartell
Grand Rapids, Mjeh
Bilibid
Manita
Vast array of global incidents fill late 19th century news
A wide collection of events spans bank burglary in Brighton Michigan with $4000 lost, famine in Shan Li province, Boer casualties, a Buffalo brewery embezzlement arrest, a Lisbon anti clerical protest, Tolstoy’s letter to the czar, a Manitoba tornado near Winnipeg, and a veel of other international reports including trials, rescues, and political notes.
Law panel earns nickname over salaries in rail board bill
It is suggested the law creating the new board of railroad commissioners should have been called an act to draw salaries. The remark highlights criticism of the bill’s framing and the implied cost to taxpayers.
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
Dodd's Kidney Pills Reach Iceland via Far Routes
A fragment recalls an order for Dodd's Kidney Pills sent from the United States to Iceland and onward through New York London and Greenland ending on a remote Arctic island. The note claims US goods travel far while praising American medicine and manufacturing. Nortonville women seek a first class dressmaker.
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Sigridur Jonsdottir
Kirmarstodum
Reykholasveit
Bardastrandarsysla
Iceland
Europe
Dodd
New York
London
Eng
Greenland
United States
Earth
America
Ear Cure Promises and Patent Remedies Ad
An old newspaper column touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure for deafness and other patent medicines. It pledges $100 for incurable catarrh deafness, promotes Grain-O coffee substitute, Garfield Tea, Putnam Faceless Dyes, and lists Lincoln Nebraska druggists and Monroe Drug Co. as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Sealef
J. Cheney,& CO
Toledo
Ball
Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionville, Mo
May Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Advertised for Teething Pain
A vintage advertisement touts May Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claiming to ease teething pain, soften gums, relieve inflammation, calm stomach wind and colic, priced at 2 cents per bottle.
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Winslow
Gratitude Letter From Mrs Haven for Pinkham Remedies
Emma Haven of Council Bluffs Iowa writes that four years of womb trouble with heavy monthly flow left her unable to work. After long doctoring with no relief she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier Sonative Wash and Liver Pills and now feels like a new woman. February 1 1900.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Hf Lewis
Valentine Ave
Tremont
New York
N. Y
Haven
Pinkham
Pinggam
Emma Haven
South Ave
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Queer South Carolina Snakes Describe New Color Variants
The report notes a garter snake that appears red in daylight, a cottonmouth moccasin with a bloated appearance, and a three foot water snake. It mentions black banded water snakes found in samples that float upright with tails twined around aquatic plants.
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South Carolina
Carolina
Hound Killed in the Ciage By Chase of Rabbit
Abilene Kansas resident John Regan walked his hounds when a rabbit bolted toward a tennis court. The rabbit ran beneath a ground wire screen, slipped past it, and escaped while the hounds crashed into the barrier. One dog, valued at 350 dollars, was killed and several others injured, ending some animals’ careers.
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Jack Turner
John. L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Rochester
N. Y
Rosser
Stony Mountain
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Spain
Philippines
Leaverworth
Andrew Carnegie
Andréw
Iola
Register
Sig
Rosebud
Aurora
John Regan
Abilene
Kan
Bunny
Jay Low
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Pao Ting Fu
Shah of
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District of New York
Great Wall
International Area
Cape Town
Admiral Kempis
Cavite
Pollock
Général Kitchener
Paarde Platz
Buffalo
N.Y
Thomas ‘McGeechan
Boyle & McGlynn
Lisbon
H. Timm
Cass County
Weeping Water
Charles AL. ‘Thorpe
Geneva
Fillmore
Leo Tolstoi
Russia
Ledpoeddé Melville
Beta
de ' Mellville
Elizabeth, Houseman
Riverdale
Oshkosh
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern
Deheré
Li Hung Chang
Shan Li
The
Christian Herald of New York
Associated Press
Great Britain
China
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas‘City
A. C. “Cable
Covington
I. C
James “Paxton ‘Voorhees
Indiana
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Nortonville
Kidd Drug Co
Rigg
O Street
Lincoln
Java
Kiowa
Comanche
Wichita
Oklahoma
Fred L. Wenner
Guthrie
Ukia
Beemum
Tim
National City Bank
Lyon
Teatimoniala
Lupia Pinknau
Hall & Ruckel
Boston
W. L. Douglas
Goodyear West
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Sprint
Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Emporia
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