Nebraska items include bank reopenings and fires
The First National Bank of Beatrice reopened as a string of Nebraska notes reports fires, thefts, and accidents across communities. Fragments mention a leap year ball in Weeping Water, a crushed hand in Cedar County, a dissolved Logan Valley association, school closings in Osceola, a Hastings Swedish church fire, burglaries in Bennington, and more local misfortunes and civic notes.
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First National Bank of
Beatrice
Weeping Water
Frank Strivens
Cedar County
Logan Valley Agricultural and Mechanical Association of
Wakefield
Osceola
Hastings
Kirschner
Bennington
State Board of Educational Lands
E.R. Waas
Otoe County
Owen Hutchins
Silver Creek
Battle
Bank of North Bend
James Roxbury
Furnas County
N. W. Cunningham
Harlan County
Arthur Bee
Ragan News
William Burris
Ord
Transit Hotel
Retail Grocers’ Association of Omaha
Bancroft
Presbyterian Church
Norden
Langford
Burt County
George Kelly
George Armstrong
Milford Home
Daughters of Veterans
Mary R. Morgan
D. of V’s
Charles Daniels
Bert Hamilton
Douglas County
U. S
North Platte
State Fish Commission
Wm J. O'Brien
Norfolk and Yankton railway bonds eyed for spring work
Preparations for an election on bonds for the Norfolk and Yankton railroad are under way in the area south of Nebraska City. Bonds have been voted twice before but expired when the road failed to materialize. Officials expect construction to begin and be in operation next year.
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Joseph Erti
Charles Nebmann
Nebraska City
Monny
Wall & Eccleston
Noralk
Norfolk and Yankton Railroad
Fred Green
Saunders County
Fremont
North Platte
J. A. Fort
National Irrigation Association
Phoenix
Ariz
Nebraska State Irrigation Association
Hk. L. Muir
Brock
Farmers’ Institute
James W. Eaton
David Brown
Otto Jessen
Job Cassel
Gage County
J. M. Jones
Board of Supervisors
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
E J. Dollarhide
Johnson County
West
Jack
Jack Crawford
Nebraska Club
Holcomb
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Williamson
Mable Shaffer
Belgrade
Miss Shaffer
Wolcott pushes plan for international monetary conference
Washington December 28 Senator Wolcott leads a Republican caucus move to invite principal powers to join an international monetary conference. Five silver friendly senators were chosen to draft a plan. The effort aims to align with the Republican platform and McKinley’s goals, with the president likely to select delegates. Germany and France show favorable sentiment, England seen as tractable with business pressure and silver debt payments potentially persuading public opinion.
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Washington
Wolcott
Senate
Congress
McKinley
Senachor Hoar
France
Germany
England
Lynchings at Owensburg Court Yard Shock Kentucky
At about 2:15 this morning two men seized the jail and overpowered Deputy Jailer John Ashby Jr. They carried the keys away and hanged Alfred Holt, a Black man and alleged murderer of Policeman A White, in the court yard by the Rudd house after giving him time to pray.
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Owensnune
John Ashby, Jr
Young Ashby
Alfred Holt
A. White
Aken
Rudd House
Descendants of John Brown seek aid after fire
A letter from IL N. Rust of Pasadena, California reports Mrs. Anna Brown Adams, daughter of John Brown of Ossawatomie and last survivor of his household, is living in northern California with four small children after her house and possessions were burned. He asks for aid, noting Mrs. Adams would not seek help and a subscription may be started.
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John Brown
WaAsit IncTon
IL N. Rust
Pasadena
Cal
Anna Brown Adams
Ossawatomie
London Hoyday Trade Great
London daily reports mild Christmas weather with fog and no snow yet holiday trade strong in steely, fancy articles books and mechanical toys. Digcooperative store receipts last Monday reached 111000 dollars as about 200000 parcels were processed daily at the main parcel office with 1400 clerks on duty.
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Lonpoy
Dig Cooperative
Gift From Convicts at Leavenworth Warden Gifted Watch
At the state penitentiary in Leavenworth Kansas convicts did not work on Christmas. Morning presents from relatives and friends were shared and convicts contributed a few cents to buy a gold watch for Warden J B Lynch. The watch was presented at chapel as the warden voiced his gratification.
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Leavenwentth
Kan
State Penitentiary
J. B. Lynch
Kansas Telegraph Operator Commits Suicide in California
D W Barrielow a telegraph operator formerly of Kansas City Kan committed death by own action yesterday in Los Andres Cal by taking morphine due to unemployment troubles His father lives in Coffeyville Kan
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Kansas
Los Andres
Cal
D. W. Barrielow
Kansas City
Kan
Coffeyville
Kansas Girl Killed by Malpractice Case At Hand
Garnett Kansas Dec 28 Gertie Baird aged 17 died Thursday afternoon from criminal malpractice. Seorge N Thomas proprietor of a shop house is missing. A $700 reward has been offered for him. He is said to have a bad record in California and Oklahoma.
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Kansas
Garnett
Nan
Gertie Baird
Seorge N. Thomas
California
Oklahoma
Native Rising on Tumigs Reserve Sparks Clashes
December 23 reports from Carstons say the Tumigs reserve uprising in Bechanna hind is growing serious. A parley was refused, fighting erupted, and British forces must await reinforcements.
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Carstons
Bechannahind
Farming Made Easy Omams Dec 25 Sioux City soil expert signs Stirling contract
Campbell a noted soil culturist from Sioux City has signed an important contract with the Stirlington. He has spent three years testing a method to turn the semi arid lands of Nebraska Colorado Kansas and the Dakotas into crop producing districts. He has secured help from Northern Pacific Soo Line and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul to set up five experiment stations next spring. Each farm will be forty acre tracts producing corn oats wheat rye and vegetables.
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Omams
Campbell
Sioux City
Omaha
Stirlington
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Dakotas
Northern Pacific
Soo Line
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
President to Foreclose Government Mortgage on Railroads
Washington reports that the President plans immediate foreclosure of the Union and Central Pacific mortgage. He has held talks with the Attorney General and the Interior Secretary and set a program awaiting Congress action. Cleveland aims for a settlement of the Pacific railroad debt or foreclosure before his term ends.
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Wasminarox
D. C
Union and
Central Pacific Railways
Ife
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Cleveland
Pacific Railroad
Immense Corn Shipments From Synacuse Neb
Synacuse Neb December 28 Thousands of bushels of corn have been cribbed here in six weeks and fifty five thousand more have been shipped by elevators in two weeks An extra freight train for corn is needed daily The city mirrors Nebraskawide corn harvests with husking largely complete and many storing grain
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Synacuse
Neb
Nebraska
Governor Pardons Two Prisoners in Missouri
Jefferson City December 28 Governor Stone pardons Taylor Underwood who was serving ninety nine years for manslaughter in the second degree from Barton county on condition he leave the state and not return without governor's permission. John Jackson colored was released after twenty years for murder in the second degree from Saline county.
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Jefferson City
Stone
Taylor Underwood
Barton County
John Jackson
Saline County
Bryan's Lecture Tour Causes Doubt on Schedule
William J. Bryan paused in Cincinnati for an hour en route to Atlanta where his lecture drew praise. He hinted to a close confidant that he regrets undertaking a string of nonpartisan talks and may seek relief from the engagements.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William J. Bryan
Atlanta
McKinleys Celebrate Christmas in Canton Snowy Holiday
Canton Ohio December 25 Ideal Christmas weather prevailed. Major and Mrs McKinley spent the morning driving about in a double seated cutter with family members. At the old homestead Mother McKinley and her daughters reside and the president elect ate his Christmas turkey.
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McKinkey
Canton
Fatal Shooting at Eagle Station in Worthville Ky
A fatal shooting occurred at Eagle station yesterday after dinner when Frank Harris and Henry Medley fired at each other over a suspected infidelity. Medley was shot five times and Harris twice. Medley died. Harris was gravely wounded.
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Worthville
Eagle Station
Frank Harris
Henry Medley
Harris
Sedalia Brewery Burned in Fire That Levelled Plant
SEDALIA Mo Dec 28 The Sedalia brewery owned by Henry Weigand Jr was destroyed by a night fire believed started by a defective flue The blaze consumed the building machinery ice plant and stock Henry Weigand Sr and Edna and Feda Weigand ages 2 and 3 barely escaped with their lives The loss exceeds 25000 with 12000 insured
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Sedalia
Mon
Henry Weigand, Jr
Henry Weigand
Edna
Feda Weipand
Fursurance
Fire destroys two buildings and hospital in East Twenty Third Street
A morning blaze in Manhattan yesterday leveled two large structures on East Twenty Third Street and partially destroyed the New York Polyclinic hospital forcing patient removals. The fire drove about a score of families from nearby homes and caused an estimated damage of 500000 dollars.
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New York
East Twenty-Third Street
New York Polyclinic Hospital
San Francisco Fire Destroys Valentine Printery
Fire yesterday noon wiped out the Francis Valentine & Co. printing plant in San Francisco. Loss set at 50000 dollars. One fireman was fatally hurt in the blaze.
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San Francisco
Francis Valentine & Co
Spain in Hard Lines Amid Philippine Revolt Reports
Madrid dispatch says government hides true Philippines situation to secure loan. Colony in revolt, scattered Spanish troops hemmed in by rebels, and German officers suspected in insurgent ranks. San Francisco reports Manila advices on Noveleta assault and Cavite Viejo sorties ending in heavy Spanish losses and rebel hold.
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London
Madrid
Philippines
San Francisco
Manilla
Philippine Islands
Hong Kong
Noveleta
Cavite
Viejo
Gront
Castillians
John L. Sullivan in Debtors Court At Boston
John Sullivan famed pugilist appeared before the municipal court debtors session in Boston yesterday to explain his failure to pay a florist bill. The case will be heard again January 11. Report says despite earning thousands, he did not leave enough to satisfy a $318 verdict.
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Bostox
Mass
Nee
John Sullivan
Paer
Sullivan
Prosecuting Attorney Mosby Dead in Missouri
Joseph Mosby, prosecuting attorney of Maries county, Mo., died at St. John's hospital, St. Louis, of cancer. He was 65 and a cousin of Confederate cavalry leader General John Mosby. Born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, he moved to Missouri as a boy.
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Mosby
St. Travis
Joseph Mosby
Maries County
St. John's Hospital
John
Harrodsburg
Missouri
Questions and Answers Relating to Patents Clarified
The item explains US patent procedures and records. It notes eight week average patent allowance, six month foreign protection under international agreement, and confidentiality of ungranted applications. It also states that prior claims and non patentable principles do not bar multiple inventors from patenting similar objects. Des Moines firm Barvir offers services beyond Iowa with drawings and patent specs for 25 cents.
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Belmond
Iowa
U.S
Bank of West Superior Suspends Operations
West Superior Wisconsin bank with capital 50000 and surplus 50000 suspended operations this morning due to statewide bank failures in Minnesota and Maine.
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West Superior
Wis
West Surrivon
Bank of
Minnesota
Minois
Man Sacrifices Life to Save Friend in Well Incident
Independence Kansas dated December reports Henry Holl and Harmon Long were working a well at Edna when fire damp sparked. Holl tied a rope to Long and pulled him to safety but collapsed himself, giving his life for his friend in the dangerous incident.
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Independence
Kan
Henry Holl
Harmon Long
Edna
Holl
Long
Seria
Readers invited to send in data for free horoscopes
Planetary points invite readers to submit birth data for printed horoscopes. Prof Cunningham previously forecast McKinley’s 1897 presidency from Canton data. he now begins a horoscope of the McKinley administration at noon March 4. Include full names, birth details, and addresses for free answers in these columns.
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William McKinley
Cunningham
United States
McKinley
Canton
Major Meley
Star of Bethlehem
G. W. Cunningham
Clinton Street
Chicago
Ill
Scorpio Rising with Sagittarius Intercepted Affects Franks Traits
Frank of Notre Dame described with Scorpio rising and Sagittarius intercepted on the ascendant. Mercury Venus and the Sun in this angle, ruling planets Mars Jupiter Mercury Venus and the Sun. He is medium height with a well proportioned body and dark features. Eyes sparkle and show sharp sight. Energetic and stirring with ambition for large business and a taste for mystery. Creative, inventive in ideas, fond of chemistry and pharmacy. Strong language, deep thinker who sometimes withholds knowledge. Intuitions sharp and broad knowledge without formal study.
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Scorpio
Sagittarius
Miss Mary W Guiva Scorpio rising prompts Mars ruled traits
A zodiacal reading notes Miss Mary W Guiva has Scorpio rising with Mars ruling. It describes a medium height compact build, dark freckled complexion, secretive nature, ambition, and interest in mysticism and chemistry. It praises admiration for surgeons soldiers firemen and military affairs.
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Mary W
Guiva
Mars
Mara
Leo traits and ruling sun described in birth lore
Leo is tied to the sun as ruling planet and rising sign. It depicts a wiry, muscular figure with fair ruddy complexion, light hair and eyes, and popeyed gaze. Individuals are cheerful, generous, restless without work, quick tempered yet seldom deeply angered, and capable of fierce judgment. They boast pride, ambition, and a gift of language.
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Leo
A Novel Use for Blotting Paper Towel
A recent patent describes a blotting paper towel to dry a person after a bath by enveloping the body and absorbing all moisture in seconds. The idea is ingenious yet would remove the traditional friction deemed beneficial to skin by some.
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Nebraska News
John Sheldon
North*Loup
J. B. West
J. FE. Lamaster
Corbett
State Board of Education
Peru
Wausa
Norfolk & Yankton Railway
AL & O
Wroomfield
Niobrara
EOR
Senator Wolcott
St. Louis
Owensburg, Ky
South Africa
Uncle Sam
Bryan
Kentucky
Winston
Fred Gilbert
Cintenco
John Winston
Ind
Watson’s Park
Gilbert
Spain
John L. Sullivan
Thomas G. & J. Barvir Onwie
Solicitors of Patents
Des Moines
Louis
Prof. Cunningham
Notre Dame
Tno
John M
Brooklyn
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