Large beaver trapped on Elkhorn near Oakdale in Nebraska
Nebraska news items report a beaver trapped in the Elkhorn River near Oakdale. Other notes include a Scotts Bluff man killed after a horse mishap, measles among Fairmont students, and a Nebraska soldiers fund raising at the state house.
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Elkhorn
Oakdale
Guy Merrill
Scotts Bluff County
Fairmont
State House
Nebraska
Colfax County
F. Zediker
Beatrice
Zediker
Twelfth
Iowa Infantry
Vaclav Klacek
Wilber
Minnesota
Dakota
W. H. Ashby
W. E. Chittenden
Ashby
Chittenden
Louis May
Fremont
May
Barry
Wymore
McCook
Norfolk Post Office
Frank Chessman
Brownville
George Ray
Chessman
Ray
Cheesman
W. P. Miller
Rising City
Burlington
Havelock
State Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics
Labor Bureau
Missouri
Niobrara River
Missouri River
Niobrara
Chamberlain
Butler A. Jones
Edward McLerron
James MclIntosh
Leroy Martin
Dr. L. Simon
Frank P. Morgan
Chappell Register
Joseph Pfifer
Joseph
Nebraska City
Third Nebraska regiment praised for orderly Savannah camp
Maj McClay and his men receive high compliments for a meticulously arranged camp on Dale avenue near Thunderbolt. Generals Fitzhugh Lee and staff inspect the site approving its tents kitchens and bakery. Officers praise leadership while regimental strength at about 1050 with few illnesses.
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McClay
Nebraska
Savannah Morning News
Seventh Army Corps
Dale Avenue
Thunderbolt
Texas
Louisiana
J. H. McClay
Savannah
Bryan
Visquain
Jacksonville
Fitzhugh Lee
Algernon Sartoris
A Victim of Yellon Fever Dies in Monterey
A. G. Shears ex clerk of the district court and longtime Chadron resident died Sunday, November 20, in Monterey Mexico, of yellow fever. The death notice was relayed to E. W. Julian, editor of the Dawes County Wahetimelic.
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Chadron Dispatch
A. G. Shears
Monterey
Mex
E. W. Julian
Dawes County Wahetimelic
Death of prominent Chadron figure in Monterey
The obituary notes the death of Mr. Shears, once a Chadron district court clerk and Whitney newspaper man, who died after a brief illness in Monterey. He faced prior misappropriation allegations and absconded years earlier, leaving a legacy among local Republicans and American colony members amid yellow fever concerns.
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Chadron
Monterey
Shears
Hill
Whitney
Beatrice dispatch questions welfare work and profiteering
A Manila letter from Seaman C. Peters alleges misuses in commissary and quartermaster operations. He cites Red Cross supplies sold locally, towels sold for profit, canned milk and fruit priced above cost, and tobacco marked up. He urges an investigation of one regiment to uncover wrongdoing.
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Beatrice Dispatch
Seaman C. Peters
Manila
Red Cross
California
Free Rural Delivery Report Highlights 35 States
The annual report of First Assistant Postmaster General Heath for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, notes the rural free delivery program now operating in thirty five states. The document outlines general features of the postal system and details the rural service expansion.
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Heath
Saya
Washington Dispatch
Rural Free Delivery Sparks Mixed Local Opinion at Tecumseh
Postmaster Brundage notes pleased residents favoring continuation of rural free delivery while business leaders want it ended citing adverse effects on trade. Mail volume via rural carriers rose about 40 percent since setup. newspaper deliveries have grown, but mailboxes are often poor and unsafe.
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Tecumseh
Neb
Brundage
Nebraska in Washington Dispatches Sight Captain Appointment
President McKinley ordered First Lieut. Winthrop Wood of the Ninth Cavalry, wounded at Santiago, appointed captain and quartermaster to fill the vacancy from Col Gillis’s death. Wood, released from hospital after a Mauser bullet removal, had been in Washington four months. A. B. Harvey of Lincoln heads to plead before the Supreme Court in the Capital National bank cases. National banks named as reserve agents for Otoe County National Bank.
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Nebraska
Washington
McKinley
Winthrop
Wood
Ninth Cavalry
Santiago
Gillis
Ft. Robinson
Hamilton
Soldiers’ Home
A. B. Harvey
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Capital National Bank
United States National Bank of Omaha
National Bank of Commerce
Kanzan City
Otoe County National Bank of
Nebraska City
Neb
Beatrice Moves to Forfeit Last Street Railway
Beatrice ends the street railway era as the court orders the removal of tracks and forfeiture of the company charter. The city’s suit, begun by the attorney under city council guidance, culminated in a judgment requiring track removal by June. If unfinished, trustees Plummer, Hale, and Pethound will oversee sale and reporting to the court.
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Beatrice
Street Railway Company
F. H. Plummer
A. J. Hale
A. J. Pethound
Cattle Losses in Burwell Amid Storm Hit Fifty to Sixty
Reports from Burwell say about sixty head of cattle were lost from one herd near there as the herd, newly brought in, could not endure the storm. Small losses occurred among other herds while hog cholera spreads in Fairmont, culling hog herds.
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Burwell
Fairmont
Town Treasurer Salary Question in Reading Township
Reading township faces a dispute over extra pay for the town treasurer. The board has been giving $25 per year beyond the statutory 3 percent on collections, except school money which yields 1 percent. The county attorney says no authority exists for the extra allowance and cites the statute promising only the specified percentages. He warns board members would be liable on their bonds if the practice continued.
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Rising City Dispatch
Reading
Charged With Stealing a Team in Dakota City
A. Lifkin, former South Sioux City liveryman, jailed after a warrant from William H. Mitchell charges him with stealing a team. Lifkin, arrested in Holstein Iowa, has long planned to move to Iowa. The dispute centers on ownership and payment, Lifkin claiming Mitchell paid little of the price. Lifkin, Mitchell’s uncle, has lived with him for years and denies the accusation.
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Dakota City Dispatch
A. Lifkin
South Sioux City
Sheri? Borowsky
William H. Mitchell
South Stour City
Lief
Seffkin
Holstein
Siefkin
Iowa
Liefkin
Mitchell
Wymore Voices Against Continuing Trans Miss Exposition
Wymore residents express strong opposition to extending the trans Missis sippi exposition into next year. Local business leaders say the event brought only limited benefit and hurt other Nebraskan towns, while city funds and time could be better used. The note adds that Knights of Pythias in DuBois are constructing a new ball.
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Wymore Dispatch
Wymore
Nebraska
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Nebraska News
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Omaha
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Lee
United States
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Panama
Cleveland
McCray
Major Scharmann
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Buffalo Bill
William Cody
Volunters
Nebraska National Guard
Thirteenth
Howell
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Nebraska Regiment
Knights of Pythias At
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