Confession and Cuban Expedition Plot Deepens
An agent warns of a dangerous mission as Roblado plans to take his daughters. A secret pact with Travers promises silence. Rebels reportedly will dynamite a train near Gomez camp, risking many lives with no survivors.
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Esa
Poobertivaen
Walt
Jack
Roblado
Spencer
Sonstrous
Ife
Rohlado
Senor
Travers
Vavana
Gomez Main Camp
Plot to Spirit Lola and Lola's rescue in Havana scheme
In Havana Jack and Smithers plot a risky ruse to move two young women to a safe location. They plan to feign Don Rafael's trip, mislead pursuers, and use a vehicle to spirit the pair away while masking identities. The plan hinges on timing train departure and securing consent from the girls. Smithers reveals Cuba’s fight for freedom as his motivator.
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Smith
Squire John
Danser
Havana
Jack
Smithers
Don Rafael
Victoria
Senor
Senor Rablado
Spain
Jola
Travers
Lola
Don
Cuba
Seageshaul
Colorado
Texas
Mexico
Santa Fe
Rela
Five Minutes Too Late in Havana Train Plot
In a tense exchange Smithers and Travers plot to rescue Jessie Cameron from a planned night departure on a Havana train. They consider separating the ladies from the party to foil a suspicious rebel plan while dodging authorities and a dangerous timetable.
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Smithers
Jessie Cameron
Mr. Travers
Havana
Sherman Kinship Tales Hint at Theater Etiquette
Gen Sherman enjoyed theater and disliked crowding by selfish patrons. A niece recalls how he calmly halted a pushy jumper with a curt retort, then finished the play amid quiet gratitude. Also noted, a Sofia bootblack Tolstoist doctor parades his philosophy while polishing boots.
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Gen. Sherman
Aden Sherman Griffith
Omaha World-Herald
Count Tolstoi
Vienna
Tolstoi
Budapest
New York World
Lubekoff
University of Sofia
Sofia
Shubekoff
Elephant collects at Hindoo temples joke
A humorous exchange imagines an elephant collecting offerings in Hindu temples, with a Gotham resident joking about someone dropping a peanut into the basket on a Sunday morning.
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Hindoo
Gotham
Faithful to Death in Melee of Russian Combat
A Japanese officer recalls two samurai comrades amid brutal fighting with Russians. The elder shields the younger, bloodied but resolute, tearing cloth to bind a bullet wound and vowing to press on. Both men stay side by side as they endure peril and fight onward.
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Leslie
Hippo capsizes boat on Zimbabwe river injuring party
Mr Simpson of Birmingham England and his niece Miss Simpson visited Bulawayo from Victoria Falls. While inspecting river islands a hippo beneath the boat overturned it. The party, including the boatman and six paddlers, plunged into 13 foot depths. The boatman saved them and landed them ashore after a desperate struggle.
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Mr. Simpson
Birmingham
England
Miss Simpson
Bulawayo
Victoria Falls
When Father Plays at Poker Wins and Losses
The poem describes a family routine around a father who smiles after winning at poker and grows irritable and scowling after losses. The household reacts, with Ma wishing he would quit and Pat suggesting letting Pa win, while Mao jokes about paying the players back.
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Father
Bill
Pat Pa
Mao
Morning After Hair of the Dog Returns
A man meets a Southern friend in a hotel cafe to drink again after a night out. The Southerner, asked how he feels, answers that he feels like hell, a true Southern gentleman in the morning.
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New York Sun
Nebraska state education system outlined at Omaha meeting
State Superintendent Fowler spoke to county superintendents at the Omaha meeting detailing Nebraska's education framework. He highlighted local school control, state funding from land endowment, free education for ages six to twenty one, and the University of Nebraska as a central pillar, with enrollment and building counts from 1903-04.
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Fowler
Omaha
Iebraska
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
United States
Krens Bond For Lincoln County Court Release
William Krens of Custer County posted a 1500 bond and was released pending final decision in the district court. He was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary for burning a stack of grain. In Ansley area more prairie chickens were killed in October and November, but the summer hunter has been stopped, leaving birds plentiful and tame.
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S . Peterson
Polk County
Fremont Turnverein
Indianapolis
P. B. Neff
Broomfield
Beatrice
Peter Drouland
Plattsmouth
F. C. Kingsbury
Arizona
Miss Para Love
Fremont
Roscoe Pound
Ion
State University
Frank M. Hall
Frank H. Woods
Howard Pennn
York
Broken Bow
Armstrong
Hastings
Grand Island
George Coll
Dawes County
Lancaster
Mickey
Coll
Ryan
Greene
Lincoln Hospital For
Executive Department
Phoenix
Ariz
Hall
Holt County
Neb
Bernard W. McGreevy
Elkhorn Valley Bank
Gage County Poultry and Pet Stock Show
Opera House
Blue Springs
Mortensen
Burlington
Union Pacific
John Marquardt
Harrisburg
Ore
Norfolk
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Cass County
Jessen
Gust Jones
Cuming County
James Tighe
Irving
Bancroft
McDermott
Krens
Lincoln
William Krens
Custer County
State
Ansley
Lincoln Bank Receiver Ends Gothenburg Failure Report
Lincoln receiver William C. May files final report with state banking board secretary Rouse. People's State Bank of Gothenburg failed in 1901. depositors have received 39 percent, and the receiver is discharged.
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Lincoln
William C. May Hag
Rouse
State Banking Board
People’s State Bank
Gothenburg
Beatrice Institute Observes Christmas Cheer
The Institute for the Feeble Minded at Beatrice held a fitting Christmas observance with simple activities and community spirit showcased.
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Institute For the Feeble Minded
Beatrice
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Rover
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