Nebraska news briefs reflect local incidents across counties
Voter sentiment favors water works. Nebraska City postmaster resigns. Crawford organizes a creamery. Loup City Burlington elevator destroyed by fire. Tekamah hosts county fair for five years. Boyd county streams stocked with trout and bass. Hemingford water bonds of 6500 dollars registered. Norfolk boy dislocated shoulder in caboose incident. Polk county farmer shot in forearm by careless shotgun handling. Manley church reopens with twenty members after revival. Freemont arrest of Frank Ripley on paternity charge. Oakland woman dies of heart disease while hanging clothes. York county veteran Ephraim Farmer dies after Brights disease. Grand Island board sees secretary’s shortage settled at half price, public balks. Bank of Harrison placed under state control. Madison county Drews injures eye in cat shooting accident. Beatrice youths returned from fled to box car. Holt county ousts district court clerk Skirving after weeklong trial. Helen Peck arranges life insurance papers in Lincoln. Preston Drug manager arrested for illicit liquor sales. Hastings thieves culled from Burlington yards. stolen goods recovered. Table Rock man hospitalized with erysipelas. Milford store robbed of shoes. Fremont man extradition pursued for assault on Delia Drake. Blair section man injured in train yard accident. Miller pleads guilty to multiple thefts. sentenced to a year. Local manufacturers praised for supporting home industry. Chadron Baptist preacher breaks leg on hillside. Judge Reckar assists. Nebraska City doctor A. Bowen suffers head injury risking fatal outcome.
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Friend
Nebraska City
Crawford
Burlington
Loup City
Burt County
Tekamah
Boyd County
Hemingford
Moore
Norfolk
George Miller
Polk County
A. J. Fieming
The
Baptist Church
Manley
Frank Ripley
Fremont
Oakland
J. P. Soudenberg
Ephriam Farmer
York County
Waco
Bright
E C. Wockenberger
Grand Island School Board
State Banking Board
Bank of Harrison
Madison County
Drews
Beatrice
Therm
Board of Supervisors
Holt County
John Skirving
Helen Peck
Hickman
Jones
Lincoln
J. G. Preston
Preston Drug Company
Oxford
Buriington
Hastings
Drose
Burlington Company
Harris
N. C. Greenfield
Table Rock
Hospital of
Tie
Stolp
Milford
J. A. Conklin
Frank Baker
Lakette County
Kansas
Delia Drake
Crounse
Sioux City & Pacific
Blair
Cyrus J. Miller
Ed Acorn
W. W. ‘Barnhouse
Adams
Farrell & Co
Morse-Coe
Consolidated Coffee Co
Page Soap Co
American Biscuit & Manufacturing Co
Omaha
S. Reckar
W. Reed
Baptist Church of
Fremont donors eyed for YMCA building fund
A Fremont man pledges 3000 dollars and a local woman offers 2000 dollars, signaling strong community support for a new YMCA building this year. The item appears amid a roundup of local crime, public notices, and state turbine and bank news.
Lawyers Fight Outside Court Over Pollard Breckinridge Case
A courtroom clash erupted as Shelby and Johnson sparred with harsh exchanges and a punch outside the Breckinridge Pollard trial. Carlisle aided Johnson. other lawyers intervened to separate the combatants amid a tense scene.
Unemployed Regiments March to Washington Idea
In Los Angeles on March 11 over 800 unemployed men formed a regiment to march to Washington with Western state support. They seek rail transport and rationing, with General Frye flagging the move to Secretary Lamont and predicting 3,000,000 men by Washington.
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Los Angeles
Los Ancuxes
Cal
Thais Camrasdas
Washington
Frye
Lamont
Rye
Vassar
Worry over silver prompts call for monetary conference
London march 14 British East India merchants and others interest in East India and China trade appeal through the London chamber of commerce for the immediate reassembling of the international monetary conference. They seek a remedy for the heavy fall and violent fluctuations in silver said to injure Eastern trade.
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London
London Chamber of Commerce
Justice Miller's Daughter Burned in Lamp Accident
Mrs Pattie Miller Stocking widow of Colonel Stocking once of Andersonville and daughter of the late Associate Justice Miller of the United States supreme court was seriously burned when a lamp overturned as she lit it last night. She had served in the Interior department for several years and may not survive.
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Justice Miller
Colonel Stockingr
Wasuineros
Pattie Miller Stocking
Colonel Stocking
Andersonville
United States Supreme Court
Interior Department
Abolish the Lords Vote Passes in Commons by Narrow Margin
The House of Commons approved Henry Labouchere’s amendment to abolish the Lords by a vote of 117 to 145 despite government opposition. In Scottsboro Alabama the grand jury recommends impeaching Judge St Talley for aiding the Skeltons in the murder of banker R C Ross on February 4. In St Joseph Missouri John Humphrey shot by stepson after threatening his wife following a domestic dispute.
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Weary Labouchere
Lonpos
House of Commons
Henry Labouchere
House of Lords
Cnatrascooa
Tenn
Scottsboro
Ala
St. Talley
Ninth Alabame Circuit
Skelston Boys
R. C. Ross
Skeltons
Ross
Talley
Stevenson
St. Joseph
St. Josuru
John Humphrey
John Tombs
Amick Vindicated Over Treatment for Consumption
In St Louis on March 12 judgment favored Dr. Amick of Cincinnati against the St. Louis Clinique over his claimed cure for consumption. Amick keeps his formula confidential and offers free medicines to prove cures, a stance deemed against medical code. A separate note from Washington March 14 says all pending pensions for cases not yet resumed or names not struck will be removed, affecting 3060 to 4000 pensioners with special agents ordered to continue former payments until further order.
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Amick
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Lochren
Wellman Polar Expedition Team Plans North Pole Base
The White Star liner carried Walter Wellman and four others to Spitzbergen to establish headquarters at latitude 80 north. They will stock supplies for winter, split into a sporting party and a polar party, and push northward to study meteorology magnetic tides and polar conditions for the polar problem.
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New York
Mareh
White Star
Walter Wellman
Gwen LB. French
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Thomas Bo Mohun
Washington, D.C
Spitzbergen
Oas
North Polar
Washington
Contractor Weil accused of supplying diseased beef to Soldiers Home
The case against Joseph Weil of Stafford county centers on a February purchase of a diseased heifer with sores and weakness, shipped as beef to the Soldiers Home in Dodge City. Judge Cunningham notes Weil defended the supply, saying it was good enough for the old soldier, and the contract was reportedly awarded over lower bids amid local outrage. Charles Moody, the home’s commandant, is mentioned as a congressional candidate in the Sixth district.
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Kansas
Loroi van Mareh
Bow tCooninghim
Campbell
Joseph Weil
Stafford County
Dodgeity
Weil
Cunningham
Dodge City
Charles Moody
Short Dresses Ordered by Chicago Telephone Exchange
March 15 local manager at Chicago telephone exchange bans skirts shorter than three inches above the floor to keep dust from settling on instruments. Workers held in cloak rooms and joked about wagers, while the manager cites patron convenience and instrument upkeep as reasons.
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Chicsago
Ste Aco
Chicago Telephone Exchange
Chicago Exchange
Tetu
Despondent Congressman Wilson Reported in Mexico
Dispatches from the son of Representative Wilson in the City of Mexico say he is despondent due to an enfeebled constitution. Meanwhile Republican town results in New Jersey show gains with Rutherford a Republican sweep and tickets winning in Tenafly and Widgefield.
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Wasuinatos
Wilson
Mexico
Jersey
Newants
N. J
Rutherford
Tenafly
Widgefield
Taxation bill to seize corporate property by state authorities
A proposed bill in South Carolina aims to empower state, county and municipal authorities to collect taxes on corporations and corporate property including railroads, regardless of receiverships. It limits U S courts from restraining tax collection and allows seizure and sale of property, with provisions to return un sold assets to the receiver and preserve corporate rights to abatements or contest assessments in state courts.
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Ye Armani
Wasixetox
Latimer
South Carolina
House
Judiciary Committee
DeArmond
Missouri
United States
Lords Amendment Rejected In Commons Amid Debate
In Lospos on March 15 the Commons moved to reject the Lords amended address in reply to the queen's speech and substitute a brief reply. Leaders Balfour and Chamberlain voiced support. Chamberlain urged a fresh mandate from voters. Labonchere insisted the amendment aimed to press Lords to act, not signal govt weakness. Radical leaders accepted a substitute address as best achievable.
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Jabourcheere
Commons
Lospos
House of Commons
William Nernon Harcourt
Eschequer
A. J. Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr Chamberlain
Tueseday
No Irish Flag Raised at City Hall in Brooklyn
Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn declares refusal to allow the Irish flag to be raised on St Patrick's Day despite a city aldermen resolution. He says the measure is inoperative without his approval and would require a two thirds veto override after ten days, a period passing St Patrick's Day. He cites Americanism as his motive.
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Prooklys
Schieren
St. Patrick's Day
Board of Aldermen
Senate Finance Committee Backs Secrecy on Tariff Bill
Washington March 15 The Senate Finance Committee failed to reach agreement on when to report the tariff bill. Some members expect action in the early days of next week while debate on several features was lively. A resolution pledging secrecy on proceedings was adopted amid objections to public disclosure.
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Senate Finance
Washindton
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
Lightning Kills Couple Driving to Church in Damascus
Charles Thompson and his wife were killed when a storm lightning struck their car near Damascus on March 15. The collision tore the vehicle apart, set it ablaze, and burned their clothing as they were en route to worship.
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Damascus
Ala
Charles Thompson
Manufacturing facts reveal Missouri Valley city stats
An extra census bulletin lists 165 cities manufacturing data. It shows capital invested 3.524 billion dollars, 2.581 million workers, total wages 1.401 billion, materials 2.993 billion, and product value 5.621 billion. In Missouri and Kansas, Kansas City Mo and Kan, St. Joseph, Springfield, Topeka, and Wichita contribute figures.
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Missouri Valley
Wastxotox
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Springfield
Missouri
Fopeka
Wichita
Kansas
Kan
Topeka
Kansan City
Gas attack on Indianapolis anti-religion paper foiled
In Indianapolis on March 13 an attempt to blow up the Ironclad Age at 55 Indiana Avenue was thwarted when the editor arrived, opened doors, and turned off the gas. The paper, denouncing Christianity, is seen as the motive. Also noted, Senate finance committee opened debate on the Democratic tariff bill with Aldrich's five day hearing request defeated.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ironclad Age
Indiana Avenue
Wasiinetos
Senate Finance Committee
Aldrich
Novel death by own action reported in Stoxanne Washington
Edwin K Sturgess committed death by own action leaping into Spokane river firing a revolver as he landed too shallow water and shooting himself He left 10000 to a Quincy brother Also reports destitute women and children starving in Starr County Texas a wreck sighting near the Kearsarge and a murder in Newkirk Oklahoma with unknown assailants and robbery were noted
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Stoxanne
Wash
Edwin K. Sturgess
Spokane River
Quincy
San Antonio
Tex
W. G. Chamberlin
United States
Rio Grandee City
Starr County
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