Nebraska News Highlights Taxvaluations and Divorce Ruling
Lincoln reports the state railway commission valuing Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and Omaha property near 10.6 million for reproduction value and 8.7 million depreciated value with mileage estimates around 37 thousand. The Dodge County inheritance tax case ends failed. Anderson divorce affirmed. Frederickson judgment upheld. Saloon licenses contested. Bishop Tihen consecration set for July 6 in Wichita. Paul Gilmore to perform The Mummy and the Humming Bird at the Opera House June 21.
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Axel Anderson
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Supreme Court
Ira Davenport
Nebraska
Frederickson
Floyd Flinn
Flinn
Excise Board
Bishop Tihen
J. Henry Tihen
Bonacum
Wichita
Hennessey
Farmer's House Set a Fire While Absent at Camp Meeting
Beaver City Nebraska June 12 the house of W B Green three miles south of Beaver City was burned with its entire contents at 4 a m The Greens had been away at a camp meeting for three days The fire was evidently incendiary tracks of a man and a horse are visible Lincoln bloodhounds were sent for and the trail will be taken up when they arrive
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Beaver City
Neb
W. B. Green
The Swinehead on Hog Rearing and Feeding
Practical advice on rapid land improvement by pasturing pigs, feeding eight to ten months, avoiding overfeeding with corn, and preventing diarrhea from dietary changes. Separate housing for sows, pigs, and fattening hogs is urged, with notes on prolific sow lines and inheritance of mothering traits.
Minister Demands Beadle Warn Lord Elphinstone
A kirk episode at Cumbernauld ends with a minister accusing Lord Elphinstone of sleeping in church. The beadle tests the peer who denies dozing, prompting a sharp exchange about what the minister had been saying. The crowd hears a playful retort about waking and a jest on guinea money.
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Cumbernauld
Lord Elphinstone
Elphinstone
Guinea
London Chronicle
Chamberlain’s Remedies Advised for Travel Ailments
Travel tip urges carrying Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for journeys. Brand noted as essential and unavailable aboard cars or steamships. Sold by all dealers.
Canal Cut By Gophers Threatens Fort Laramie Canal
Pocket gophers bored a long tunnel into the Fort Laramie Fort Lar amie canal east of Mitchell Nebraska causing hundreds of yards of earth to be moved for repairs. The south side section of the government system will begin work at once on a project covering over 60 000 acres with headgates at the Whalen dam. Engineers have prepared for construction after approval by army engineers on their last inspection.
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Scotts Bluff
Neb
Pocket Gophers
TriState Canal
Mitchell
Fort Laramie
Whalen Dam
Nebraska
Army Engineers
Funeral of Arch Hoxsey in Atkinson Nebraska
The funeral for Arch Hoxsey was held in Atkinson Nebraska with Mrs Mary E Rogers of Pasadena present. The Masonic lodge attended in a body and Miss Isabelle Havens read a poem at the grave titled Hoxsey King of the Golden Skies. The service followed the Methodist Episcopal burial ritual and his ashes were interred beside his father in the local cemetery.
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Atkinson
Neb
Arch Hoxsey
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary E. Rogers
Pasadena
Hoasey
Lodge of Masons
Isabelle Havens
Hoxsey
A H York
Doctor Roy Alexander Found Dead in Hay Loft
Dr Roy Alexander of Bristow Nebraska was found dead in a hay loft after a day of missed calls to patients. Officials reported he died from strychnine poisoning and his body will be sent to Oakland Nebraska for burial.
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Spencer
Neb
Roy Alexander
Bristow
Oakland
Ned
Omaha Driver In Grave Condition After Speedway Crash
In Omaha on June 12 physicians report F. Nygaard in dangerous condition with a fractured skull after an accident in a five hour endurance race at the speedway. His brother I Nygaard suffered only minor injuries with a severe collarbone injury noted.
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F. Nygaard
The
Speedway
Nygaard
Tiis
Sidebones in Horses Lameness and Treatment
Sidebones form on both sides of the coffin bone in horses and can cause lameness. Deposits of minerals, injuries, or weight overload trigger swelling above the hoof, with cold baths and iodine often used for relief. If pain persists, firing and extended rest may be required.
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McIntosh
Illinois Experiment Station
Forests of Europe and animal oils in history
Forests cover about a tenth of the earth and a quarter of Europe. Shark liver oil from the shark liver is described as one of the finest animal oils. Ice as a commercial commodity was known only since the early nineteenth century.
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Europe
Markets Close Mixed as Wheat and Cattle Steady
Chicago and South Omaha market notes show firm wheat and cattle demand with steady hogs and softer sheep. Wheat futures range around 88 to 89 cents, corn and oats modestly higher, pork and lard firm, cattle receipts strong with beeves up to 610 dollars, hogs near 6 dollars, sheep lower on the day.
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Chicago
South Omaha
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