Prodigality in Colonel Snell's Will Case Noted at Trial
Witnesses recount Colonel Snell's lavish spending as his disinherited son questions his finances. Frank Harrell details rentals and sales under Mabel Snell McNamera of Kansas City. Fort Dodge testimony notes land plans and gifts to the grand niece amid an Iowa trip in 1908.
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Clinton, Ilg
Mabel
Parrel
Colonel Snell
Lown
Snt
Ilinois
Central
Fon
Mabel Snell
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Snell
McNamera
Erry Realty
Ty Farrel
A. R. Cline
Kansas City
Rewitt County
Launch of the Battleship Michigan At Camden Yard
The Michigan, first of the new guns battleships, was launched at New York Shipbuilding in Camden with Washington officials and Michigan representatives present. Miss Carel Barnes Newberry christened the vessel with Champagne, as a city band played The Star Spangled Banner and a 100‑strong Michigan party observed. The ship features four turrets with two 12‑inch guns each, arranged to allow broadside use, and will have closely placed funnels and masts after completion.
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Lanceh
Camden
N. J
Michigan
United States Navy
New York Shipbuilding Company
Washington
Woman Falls to Death From Seven Story Building
A refined looking woman jumped from the roof of a seven story building on East Seventy seventh Street and died on the pavement. She wore a wedding ring with the initials F. B. 4H inside and had $25 in her pocketbook. She had not been identified at a late hour.
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New York
East Seventy-seventh Street
F. B
Monely
Presbyterian Assembly Weighs Union and Negro Education Needs
The Presbyterian Church in the United States discussed closer cooperation with other denominations, union prospects, and the church’s duty to the Negro. Resolutions favorigned closer ties with the Reformed Church in America and plans for broader Christian cooperation, plus emphasis on education for state university students and local Presbyterian schools.
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Kansas City
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
William H. Roberts
Philadelphia
Committee On Church Cooperation and Union
Reformed Church In
Reformed Church In America, the Presbyterian Church To the United States
United Presbyterian
General Synod of the Reformed Church In the
United States
York
Churches of Christ In
General Assembly
Committee On
Leslie French
University of Michigan
Michigan University
George S. Leinfield
Cincinnnati
Committee On Freedom
EM. Clark
Mirmingham
Ala
A. D. McCoy
O. A. Williams
Oklahoma
Lokan Presbyterial Assembly Favors Power of Dr. Roberts
The Lokan Presbyterian Assembly approved measures reinforcing the influence and leadership of Dr. Roberts within the church structure. Delegates debated governance and authority, culminating in a resolution endorsing his oversight and doctrinal guidance.
Church Assembly curbs power by creating executive committee
In Kansas City the Presbyterian General Assembly approves an executive committee of fifteen to govern church affairs, limiting board powers and reducing access for many paid agents. The move targets concentration of authority, spotlighting figures like retiring moderator Dr William Henry Roberts as a central power.
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Kansas City
General Assembly
United States of America
Sweet Foohie
William Henry Roberts
Philadelphia
Roberts
William McKibben
Cincinnati
Lee
Pittsburg
Charles Scanlon
McKibben
International Conference
Liguor
Congress
Anrest
Porver
K. G. Vernon Hutter
Buffalo
Assembly
Executive Commission
Trains collide on main line. engineer O'Dunne seriously hurt
Westbound Burlington freight No 65 and eastbound passenger No 14 wrecked near Reynolds Nebraska. Engineer Leonard Finley 47 died. engineer Dan O'Donnell badly burned and near death. passenger John Wiseman injured with a broken ankle and others hurt or shaken. Wreck details include overturned engines, derailed cars, and baggage crew injuries. Occurred about 2:50 PM with unclear cause. Reynolds lies between Windicott and Wubbel.
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Wymore
Oxford
Reynolds
Sguth
Finley Kiy
No. 4
Strang
de Witt
Linccoln
Windicott
Wubbel
Leonard Finley
Burl
O’donnell
Nebraska Notes and Local Happenings in Brief
Miss Florence Wilson resigns as society editor to become private secretary to Judge William Hayward. A barn burned near Fairfield destroying valuable horses. Ne braska City voters approve 5000 in bonds for a public park. The Degree of Honor held a two day session in Elmwood with Miss Mary A. Latky in charge. Nebraska City Chautauqua plans finalized for August. Mrs. Louis Seitz dies near Rule. Sickrell defeats England 6 to 0 at Pickrell. Nebraska City party tours Europe. return planned via Canada. Beatrice trades barber shop for a Mumboldt hotel. Engine accident injures Hardy at National Stone quarry. Drowning near Rule of George Owens’s stepson. Police to clear city of vagrants and support poach. Louisville man seriously injured at quarry. Missing Plattsmouth child found five miles south. Omaha man’s metal launch travels from Omaha to Pittsburg. Missouri Pacific freight wreck south of Louisville due to soggy rails.
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Florence Wilson
Nebraska City Daily Press
William Hayward
Republican State Central Committee
William Hiawary
Fairfield
George Owens
Plattsmouth
Burlington Shop
Albert Clabaugh
Omaha
Missouri River
Pittsburg
Missouri Pacific
Louisville
Neb
Irish Wanderer and Early Breakfast Studies Reflected
A fragment discusses an itinerant Irishman’s dramatic exclamation and a pianist Alaric Hambourg’s travel anecdotes, followed by a lengthy synopsis of U.S. agricultural research on cereal breakfast foods. It notes cooking variations, digestion studies, and conclusions favoring corn meal, rolled oats, and farinas for economy, while warning not all digestible forms suit everyone.
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Shere
Alaric Hambourg
Aler da
Dir Hambourg
Ilmbourg
Hholes
Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin 316
Washington Star
Connecticut
Maine
Minnesota
Ontario Agricultural College
Jong
R. Llarcourt
Marscourt
American Car Leads Paris Race Through Mud in Russia
Despatch from Nikolsk dated May 24 reports the American car in the Paris automobile race ahead after two days of plowed muddy roads. It overtook the German car near Vladivostok as both struggled to extricate from the mire. Nikolsk lies about 100 miles from Vladivostok.
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Faris
Nikolsk
Russia
Paris
Vladivostok
Vladivostko
Exeter to Celebrate Fourth With Large Fund and Events
Exeter Nebraska plans a grand Fourth celebration with two mass meetings already held and a substantial public fund subscribed. Organizers promise a larger and better event than in past years with several special features for the town to enjoy.
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Exeter
Neb
Collision at Reynolds Wreck Claims Passenger Engineer
A head on crash near Reynolds Nebraska between Burlington No 14 passenger and a westbound freight kills Len Finley the passenger engineer. Fireman James Hall and freight engineer Dan O Connell suffer injuries as crews scramble after the sharp curve mishap blamed on timing error and missed warning flag.
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Fairburry
Neb
Wady
Burlington Passnger
Reynolds
Fairbury
Len Finley
Dan O’connell
James Hall
Williams
Fragman T
No Frontier Meet Dropped. Hastings Plans Fourth of July
Hastings will not host a frontier meet this season due to waning interest after last year’s success. Businessmen push for a city Fourth of July celebration in one of Hastings parks.
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Hastings
Neb
Mrs Courtney Taken to Dr Blank's Sanitarium
A overheard exchange in a Rockhill car notes Mrs Courtney being placed in a sanitarium after being described as old and childish. The slender woman questions the claim while the stout woman clarifies she was sent to Dr Blank's sanitarum.
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Rockhill
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Fonaire
Unity of Churches
Presbyterians
Federal Council
James D. Moffatt
Washington and Jefferson College
Pennsylvania
Lokan
DH. Roberts
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Engineer Finley OF
Wymore Dles
O'Dunne
Cape
Lene” Soc and
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Elmood
Mary A. Latky
Louis Seitz
Rule
Sickrell
Iigland
Pickrell
IH. D. Wilson
Tred Hoebel
Europe
England
Canada
Jr. B. Smith
Beatrice
Mumboldt
William Stenter
O'Donnell
Burlington
George Campbell
James Ogden
Mineha River
Yates
Vo Hardy
National Stone Company
My Hardy
Aaocod
Ofvolti
Americano
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