State Items From Nebraska Briefs and Notes
Lincoln plans celebration notes Lincoln state items Columbus reports 18 saloons Furnas county celebration Elkhorn yields plenty of fish Fall wheat cut next week Omaha to publish evening paper Osceola erects ten houses postwar Colfax has 10000 sheep Central City forms brass band Covington car shops done Thayer county balloon flight July 4 Nemaha seat Brownville North Platte Odd Fellows building 27 Howard school districts militia at home Missouri River at Omaha twelve feet Cars Covington to Jackson by July 4 Prairie dogs centennial at Columbus 2000 Texas cattle bound for Niobrara Grain Colfax jail unoccupied four Lincoln county jury four indictments Polk county largest man outside Sidney Soil Nebraska diverse Wheat and corn prospects North Platte to vote on steam fire engine Columbus 25 tramps a week Grind Island Centennial Reading Room and saloon Sidney first in state Gage 370 Blue at Beatrice July 4 Minor Milton to be hanged Sept 22 Richardson 600 corn 800 wheat Post G A R at St Paul Howard county Kearney college bid Columbus ice houses DeWitt opposition enlarged Wehn enterprise Columbus bigamy charge the Columbus Republican Niobrara 20th birthday Fort Hartcuff scouts report no peaceables Haok Bullock soda wager at Fremont
Sidney Leader Praises H T Clarke And Local Enterprise
A Sidney reader extols H T Clarke of Bellevue now based in Sidney for funding a 2000 foot bridge across the North Platte, buying lots, and aiding Front Street cleanup. He notes Sidney merchants, improved town reputation, and asks for more enterprising capital. The piece also comments on community virtue and church assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Clarke
Bellevue
Sidney
Omaha
North Platte
Black Hills
Union Pacific
Kansas Land Of Gold Mines Jokes In Rural Black Speech
A Nashville Black man asks a rural Black man about Kansas likening it to the land of Canaan and its supposed milk and honey. The exchange spirals into jokes about oil coal silver and gold mines, ending with a boastful plan to stuff the wife with the mines and head to Kansas, provoking a sharp refusal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Kansas
Prosperity and a strange walking fish tale from county paper
A collection of views on prosperity urge readers to take action and not blame circumstances. A Brockport Journal anecdote tells of a woman who dreams of a perfect dress, only to wake to a ripped garment, hinting at unseen forces. William W. Wilcox returns to Middletown with a tin-pall specimen from Sherman, a two fish described as walking on land with four legs and eellike skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Wilcox
Middletown
Conn
California
Sherman
Rocky Mountains
Nameless Force Demonstration Wrecks Schooner on Lake Pontchartrain
A process verbal by Prof C G Forshey L P Maddox and M F Bigney reports Prof Wingard tested his so called nameless force at Lake Pontchartrain yesterday at 435 PM. The schooner Augusta moored one and three fifths miles away blew up within 90 seconds, sinking to the water's edge. Witnesses say the wrecked vessel showed extensive damage. Wingard suffered a severe hand burn while handling a glass tube. The committee notes potential military use of the force at 5 to 7 miles distance and comments on the philosophical reflections following the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Forshey
L. P. Maddox
M. F. Bigney
Wingard
John Grant
J. B. Kelly
E. L. Cope
Charles Brown
John P. Labranc
Bigney
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Sidney Telegraph
Joseph B. Gossage
MAILE
Donixy
Union Pactifi
Iney
Im. I. Syyuew
Geo. R. Ballou
Ge Law
Neb
Geo. W. Heist
Nebraska
Clad
John M Tiuurston
BROWN
Inman & Gantt, Attorneys AT Law
North Platte, Neb
L. Hobbs
Sidney, Neb
Carrie & Grant
Harbloon’s
AXE & Co., Plasterers
J. Manoney
New Platte River Bridge
Joan W. Bellew
Lincoln
Columbus
Furnas County
Osceola
Colfax
Covington
Thayer County
Nemaha County
Brownville
Odd Fellows Building Association
Howard County
Valley County
Jackson
Prairie Dogs
Texas
Niobrara
Colfax County
Lincoln County
Polk County
Grind Island
State
Gage County
Beatrice
Minor Milton
Richardson County
Grand Army of the Republic
St. Paul
Kearney
Sioux City
D. C. & Black Ikills
DeWitt
TeLvoram
Brother Wehn
Lawrence Cockburn
Columbus Republican
Fort Hartcuff
Haok Bullock
Fremont
Xear
Chirke
Isis
G. W. Dudley
C. A. Moore
John McDonald
D. Carrigan
William France
CE Borgquist
Hugh McFadden
Bidney
Fyutter
Mr. Clarke
West
Brudder
Sambo
Canaan
de Lan
Dar Am de
Brockport
Ind
New Orleans
Republican
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