Strike claims and political notes dominate Sidney telegraph
The Sidney Telegraph reports Union Pacific machinists on 75 percent strength amid a wide array of items. A Mexican birth in El Paso. Wyoming sheep man L. A. Gantz under quarantine laws. U S participation in czar proposed anti trust talks denied. E A Bessey tours Russia seeking plants. Reward offered for Omaha shooting suspect W J Alexander. Iglesias challenges anonymous San Jose authors. Park City mine officials exonerated after fatal blast. Gates controls Colorado Fuel and Iron with planned director election. Morosini sends 100000 to rebuild Venice campanile. Cambria Steel to raise wages about ten percent from July 1. Cholera spreading in the Philippines. Capetown harbor extension favored. Felton denies Southern Pacific rumour. William Emperor visit yachts. Kansas appoints Yoe to state board of charities. Citrus shipments and season totals to date. Florence Maybrick pardon drive. Hobson rescues Miss May Cerf. Baer leaves Christian Endeavor post for Home Missions. Minneapolis sheriff seeks E W Ames over municipal corruption exposures.
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L. A. Gantz
Wyoming
United States
E. A. Bessey
United States Department of Agriculture
Russia
America
Steele
Nebraska
W. J. Alexander
Charles Hall
Omaha
Madison
Iglesias
Costa Rica
San Jose
Park City
Utah
Daly-West
John W. Gates
New York
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Giovenni P. Morosini
Venice
Campanile
Cambria Steel Company
Philippine
Manila
Capetown
London Daily Mail
Table Bay
Cape Colony
Felton
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Southern Pacific
The
Alton
J. N. Falthorn
Bergen
Norway
Emperor William
Wanderer
C. L. F. Robinson
New York Yacht Club
Stanley
Kansas
Charles Yoe
Montgomery County
State Board of Charities
Edwin Snyder
Jefferson
Independence Tribune
Citurs
California
Colorado
Edward VII
Florence Maybrick
Woking
Richmond Pearson Hobson
St. Louis
May Cerf
Mississippi
Hobson
John Willis Baer
Christian Endeavor Society
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Minneapolis
Dreger
E. W. Ames
Samar Campaign Voices on Samar Trials and Waller Case
Colonel Stephen Grossbeck arrives in San Francisco en route to Chicago to become judge advocate of the lakes department. He defends Major Waller as a tactician misled by harsh marching conditions and denies a kill and burn order by General Smith, praising water cure as humane for modern warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Stephen Grossbeck
Division of the Philippines
Manila
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Grossbeck
Waller
Jacob H. Smith
Samar
Smith
Balangiga
Ninth Infantry
Philippines
Bank Officers Sentenced for Embezzling $60 000
Salt Lake City July 21. Harry T. Duke and Alexander A. Robertson former cashier and paying teller of the Wells-Pargo bank pleaded guilty to embezzling sixty thousand dollars. They appeared before Judge Morse and were each sentenced to four years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
Harry T. Duke
Alexander A. Robertson
Wells-Pargo Bank
Morse
Baer Resigns as Endeavor Secretary for Presbyterian Board
Secretary John Willis Baer of the United Society of Christian Endeavor has tendered his resignation effective October 1. He will become assistant secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions and begin his new duties in New York on October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baer
Boston
John Willis Baer
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Mr. Baer
New York
Death announced of wife of Senator Patterson of Colorado
The death is reported of the wife of Senator Patterson, a prominent Colorado figure. No further details on age or funeral arrangements are provided in the notice.
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Senator Patterson
Colorado
President Roosevelt Spends Quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt kept a quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill with no callers. He and his family attended religious services as the day passed without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
German spinners seek curtailment over losses
In Berlin on July 21 the West German cotton spinners called for broader production curtailment saying they lose 8 pfennigs per pound of yarn sold and push for measures to reduce output.
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Berlin
Shortage of Harvest Hands in Pierre South Dakota
Wheat harvest will begin soon and haying is underway as farmers struggle to secure help. Crops are expected to be among the best in years and wages for farm laborers are high. A range man offered to hire twenty men with guaranteed work at 40 to 45 dollars per month or return them to Pierre at his expense if he failed.
John W Mackay Dies in London Heart Failure and Pneumonia Claimed Life
John W Mackay died at his London home Charlton House Terrace after a period of illness from heart failure with congested right lung and pneumonia. He was conscious most of yesterday before the sudden heat wave worsened his condition while he attended to business in the city last Tuesday. Mrs Mackay is grief stricken and funeral arrangements have not been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John W. Mackay
Charlton House Terrace
Fatal Mistake of Husband and Brother-in-Law Killed
Mrs. George Joubert shot and killed her husband George Joubert and his brother Moses Joubert who returned home in a drunken state and forced entry into the locked house near Ava Illinois. She fired with her husband’s revolver, killing both men, believing burglars threatened her.
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ST. Louis
Murphysboro
Ill
George Joubert
Moses Joubert
Joubert
Ava
George
Moses
Tseng Arrives in New York With English Wife
The Hon. C. K. Tseng secretary of the Chinese legation at Washington reached quarantine on the Umbria and then went to the city. He brought his wife Miss Burnett of London who plans to spend the winter in Washington. She wore plain clothing while Tseng wore his native dress.
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New York
C. K. Tseng
Washington
Umbria
City
Miss Burnett
London
England
Love Drove Him to Murder in Marshall
George Wiley shot and killed Miss Davie Flynn at Rich ard Dearking’s home and then killed himself. The motive was Flynn’s refusal to marry Wiley. Flynn died shortly after, and Wiley’s body was found in the street outside the Dearking residence with a self-inflicted gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Dearking
Sanger Takes Charge as War Department Head in Root’s Absence
Returning to Washington Utica N Y July 21 Colonel William Cary Sanger assistant secretary of war and Mrs Sanger left for New York and Washington Secretary Root sails for Europe next Thursday and during his absence of six weeks Colonel Sanger will be in charge of the war department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
William Cary Sanger
Sanger
New York
Washington
Root
Europe
War Department
New Dates Announced for Tecumseh Chautauqua
Tecumseh Neb July 21 The Tecumseh Chautauqua rescheduled from July 12 to 20 due to rain and floods will run July 26 to August 3. The event will feature community lectures and performances in the revised dates.
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Tecumseh, Neb
Unknown man found dead near Green River Wyoming
Ranchman C D Crisman reports a badly decomposed body found near Marston Wyoming with crows and vultures feeding on flesh. Murder suspected but identity of the man is not known. Body hidden in thick brush by a stream.
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Green River
Wyo
C. D. Crisman
Marston
Nebraska Society Aims to Improve Religious Education
A Lincoln conference formed The Nebraska Society for the Promotion and Improvement of Religious Education with Prof Charles Fordyce as president and T M Hodgman as secretary. The group grounds its non sectarian Christian aims in faith, calls for district discussions, and seeks to address declines in parental religious instruction and Bible school effectiveness.
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Mirst
Charles Fordyce
Wesleyan University
T. M. Hodgman
University of Nebraska
E. B. Andrews
N. M. Mann
Omaha
George Sutherland
Grand Island College
W. G. Whitmore
Valley
A. B. Fairchild
Doane College
Nebraska Society For the
Grand Island
Hastings
Beatrice
Nebraska
Chinchbugs Devour Early Corn in Fremont Fields
Farmers report considerable damage to early corn from chinchbugs that migrate from harvested wheat fields and focus on the outer rows, threatening yields in Fremont Nebraska recorded July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont, Neb
Devoted Husbands and Selfish Tendencies Observed
A brief note contrasts husbands devoted to wives with those focused on themselves, highlighting differing marital attitudes and priorities.
Active Shaft Work Underway at Swedeburg Coal Mine
Active work on the Swedeburg coal mine shaft is in progress near Wahoo Nebraska. The stock company now presses development with confidence asserting there are paying quantities of coal and valuable clays, and will continue sinking the shaft despite prior skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahoo
Neb
Swedeburg
Bond to Pay Depositors at German Bank of Murdock
The Nebraska state banking board approved a bond of 70 000 by stockholders of the defunct German Bank of Murdock to pay all claims within six months. C F Cushman to act as trustee as the bank winds up its affairs. The failed bank's paper is reportedly good for face value and no receiver will be appointed.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Board of Banking
C. F. Cushman
Bank of Murdock
Cushman
Stock theft suspects loom in district court case
Greeley Nebraska July 19 district court convened with Judge John R Thompson and notable legal talent to hear cases against cattle and horse thieves Mike Lamb and Marv Hill charged with driving a carload of cattle and six horses and mules from the northeast area near Boone and Wheeler counties has seen a history of theft with several offenders punished including incarcerations and executions in six years Will enlarge orphans home Fremont Nebraska July 19 the board approves a 40 by 16 foot addition and three stories to the orphans home moving the school building north and seeking water works extension funds to support the project with the treasury strong enough to cover the costs
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Greeley
Neb
District Court
John R. Thompson
Mike Lamb
Marv
Alas Hill
Boone
Wheeler
Fremont
Reward Offered for Murderer in Madison Case
Acting Governor Steele issued a proclamation announcing a $200 reward for Charles J. Alexander, wanted for the murder of Charles Hall, an Omaha gambler, on July 4 at Madison. Hall was shot in cold blood and Alexander reportedly fled down a street toward a horse and disappeared.
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Lincoln
Neb
Steele
Charles J. Alexander
Charles Hall
Madison
Hall
Alexander
Fremont residents oppose adjunct school district law
In Fremont Nebraska on July 19 the adjunct school district measure faced strong opposition countieside. Of eighty three districts in the county votes returned from all but nineteen and the proposition was defeated in every district, yielding a total county majority against it of about two hundred.
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Fremont, Neb
Grasshoppers Die by Millions in Callaway Area
Grasshoppers in Callaway Nebraska are dying by the millions with farmers unable to explain the cause. Insects crawl to the tops of surfaces and fasten their feet in a deadly grip before dying. A sample batch was sent to Prof Bruner at the state experimental station for analysis.
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Callaway
Neb
Bruner
State Experimental Station
Counterfeiters Strike Hastings in July Exchange
A couple of counterfeiters struck Hastings and managed to exchange several spurious coins for real money, officials report. Local authorities investigate phase of the operation and seek leads on suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings, Neb
Hastings
Young Man Drowns in Lake at Peterson’s Lake
SARONVILLE Neb July 19 Hardy Aspegren son of Adolph Aspegren a popular young man drowned in Petersons lake while bathing authorities reported no others missing and the mishap sent shock through the small community
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Saronville
Neb
Hardy Aspegren
Adolph Aspegren
Peterson's Lake
Ainsworth to Hold Carnival in September 1902
Amass meeting of Ainsworth citizens voted unanimously to stage a carnival in the town on September 16 to 19, 1902. The event is planned to bolster community spirit and local engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Neb
England's Climate Growing Warmer Warmer 11-3 Degrees Rise
The article notes Great Britain's average temperature has risen about 11.3 degrees in the past fifty years and that January is now nearly three degrees warmer, reflecting a broader discussion of warming trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Great Britain
Yellowed clothes washed with Red Cross Ball Blue ad
An early 20th century ad brief promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes, pricing 5 cents for a 2 oz package. The piece includes various quips and small notices, mentioning Piso's Cure and a rupture cure advertisement. It closes with a proverb on conscience and suspenders.
A Place to Spend the Summer
A travel note highlights lake resorts along the Milwaukee Railway line in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa ideal for summer vacations. Okoboji is named as closest resort with easy Omaha access and unusually low round trip rates this season. Full information on application to F A Nash Western Agent C M and St P Ry Omaha.
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Milwaukee Railway
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Okoboji
Omaha
F. A. Nash
Western
Farnam St
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Samar Campaign
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German Bank of Murdock
Piso
J. W. O'mien
Minneapolis, Minn
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Londgermeg
Bnoren Nun
Farnam St. Bostnees
Suortrand
Eare
Sues & CO
Omaha, Nebr
Steinway
Schmoller & Mueller
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's Hall
A. Morrissey
ST. Mary's Academy
Dexsreem
Conservatory of Muele
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
St Mary's Academy
Notre Dame P
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