Peetz notes mix of local events and regional news
Our Correspondents PEETZ COLO Miss Carman returned from Sioux Falls with Howard Dennis to spend the summer with Bert Swatzlander. Numerous farm activities, arrivals, and family updates across Peetz highlight community life, plus railroad repairs and equipment updates. An Ark murder and a Minnesota lumberman burial are also noted.
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Miss Carman
Sioux Falls
Howard Dennis
Bert Swatzlander
Petre
A. H Clemmons
Clemmons
Herman Bourdeau
J. F. Whitelock
Frances Grave
Ponca
Neb
Chas. A. Strahmeyer
Gothenburg
Peetz
John Wagner
Sterling
Oh Frazier
Wm Frazier
Brombaugh
C. B. & Q Railroad
Winston
P. P. Strahmyer
Watson
G. W. Gage
A L. Johnson
St Paul
Gage
Scarborrong
G. R. Hopkins
St. Paul
G. A. Buzza
Sidney
Bert Cates
John Conley
Hl. van Valkenburg
J. Wi. Frazier
Page
Sterling, Colo, Parties
Santa Fe Railroad Ends Retrenchment, Increases Shop Work 25 Percent
The Santa Fe Railroad company issued an order ending retrenchment measures in the shops and raising mechanics' working time by 25 percent over the schedule in force since the start of the year.
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Santa Fe Railroad Company
Verdict awards 50000 for loss of eyes in Brooklyn suit
Matt Yarkonis received a $50,000 verdict in U S district court Brooklyn against the Lackawanna Railroad for the loss of both eyes in a railroad incident.
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Matt Yarkonis
United States District Court
Broooklyn
Lackawanna Railroad
Fire destroys Decatur store and theater building
A blaze in Decatur destroyed the Jinn and Scruggs department store and the Powers theater building, occupying an entire block. Total damage was estimated at 730000 dollars.
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Decatur, Til
Jinn & Scruggs
Powers Theater
New Franchise and Incorporations Reported in Sheridan County
Norfolk franchise owners form businesses with capital stock of ten thousand dollars. Black Ranch Company filings include one million, with Fred J. Black as president and Hattie P. Black on the board. The Norfolk Baseball Association incorporates with ten thousand dollars. Lake Side State Bank files articles in Lakeside with one thousand dollars capital. Warfield Advertising Company of Omaha forms with ten thousand dollars. State officers note public information efforts and a bid setting by the state board of control for contracts. Governor Morehead urges farmers to report stock disease to the livestock sanitary board for disease prevention.
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Norfolk
New Bank
Sheridan County
Lincoln
Black Ranch Company of
Thedford
Thomas Counts
Fred J. Black
AL. Black
Fremont
E. W Shields
Art J Koenigstein
Wil Hall
Wd. Stafford
E. R. Mullong
Fred Koerlin
R. L. Beveridge
Warfield Advertising Company of
Omaha
James Balerman
Thomas O. Warfield
Lakeside State Bank of
Lakeside
State Banking Board
HC Peterson
Fred W Black
Jacob J Terman
Charles C. Jamison
State Board of Control
Morehead
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Senate likely to delay Panama tolls vote for weeks
Senate delays Panama tolls repeal as O Gorman and Norris rally against the bill. House passage of Sims bill 247 to 161 spurred a lengthy Senate contest with an apparent one senator majority for opponents and a Norris amendment seeking reaffirmation of US exemption rights and arbitration talks with Britain.
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Norris
House
Sims
Panama
Congress
Senate
O Gorman
Rep
United States
Great Britain
Druker and Gallivan Elected to Congress in Two States
Dow H Druker a Republican won the Seventh New Jersey district seat while A Galivan a Democrat captured the Twelfth Massachusetts district. Winthrop M Daniels was confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Druker
Gallivan
Dow H Druker
New Jersey
A Galivan
Denn
Massachusetts
Poet of the Rockies Die. Cy Warnum, Chicago writer, dies
Cy Warnum, famed as the Poet of the Rockies and a short story writer, has died in Chicago. His work spanned verse and prose, earning notice for regional imagery and narrative craft.
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Rockies
Cy Warnum
The
Chicago
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offer and Endorsements
One hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and a Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo backed by National Bank of Commerce's testimonial. Claims cure by internal dosing. price 75 cents per bottle. testimonials offered free. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Omaha Seven for a Quarter Fare Enjoined by Court
In Omaha a special election mandate the street railway to sell seven tickets for a quarter began April 9. The company contests the rate as unremunerative and confiscatory and secured a temporary restraining order via attorney John L. Webster in district court. Expect continued legal action likely reaching the state’s highest court. In Beatrice, nurses from out of town attended a Nebraska Graduate Nurses' association meeting with Drs Fall and Hepperson speaking, while the Gage County Medical Society held a quarterly session with papers by Dr. Miller and Dr. Bachle.
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Omaha
Sttreet Railway Company
John L. Webster
Street Railway Company
Sears
Beatrice, Neb
Nebraska Graduate Nurses’ Association
Omaha Traveler Acquitted After Nightlong Jury Deliberation
In Seward Nebraska on April 9 B F Jordan an Omaha traveling man faced assault charges for allegedly attacking William Hickerson with intent to do great bodily harm. The jury deliberated overnight and acquitted him. Also Beatrice Nebraska reports George Campbell longtime Democrat of southern Gage County has been named postmaster of Wymore after receiving notification from Washington.
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Seward, Neb
B. F. Jordan
Omaha
William Hickerson
Campbell
Wymore
Beatrice
Neb
George Campbell
Gage County
Washington
Wynore
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Mrs. C. Burkhardt
Ayle & Evricson
Sidney, Nebraska
Sale Stable
Max Livoni
George Peel
Sidney Marble Works
A. A. Clark
Prop
Metropolitan Hotel
Nebraska
Lloyd Mann
C.M. Wright
NEW Harper Building
Colo
Elihu Francis
Fendley
Ark
Lumber King
Frederick W. Weerhaeuser
U. S
Paradox Valley
Federal
Denver
Santa Fe
Decatur
Sidney Lumber CO
U. P
Rock Springs
Hanna Coal
Million Dollar Ranch Incorporated
NEW Baseball Association
M Honard
George E Pinto
National Farmers’ Exchange
Tobey
George T. Tobey
Will Hayward
Mr. Tobey
Burkett
Wilbur Anness
Duncan
Otto Patterson
Ww. E. Swatzlander
Scanlon
Sidney, Neb
Ulm Mor
Helene
White House
Dwinell- Wright Co
Jackson
Bee Hive
Standard Oil Company
Omaha Street Railway Company
Sires A Bank Ac
Vienna
Leincorporated
H. A. Stover
Agency For the
Gentral
Hahler
Harper
Cc. M. Wright
Chichester
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