Peetz News Highlights Local Events and Changes
The Peetz community hosts a debate, welcomes new restaurant owners, and plans Arbor Day tree planting. Residents attend social gatherings, purchase property, and discuss school district updates while local families prepare for migration and new farming ventures. An immigrant car influx forecasts growth as a poet emerges among town talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J F. Whitelock
R E Jones
Marie Sallach
N. R. Owens
D. S. Horner
Proprietress
Geo Tewksberry
L. G Lowe
Sam Sweet
Sidney
City
F. L. Whitelock
T. J. Henning
Maxwell Auto
Peetz
D. M Armstrong
Seely Resigns Amid Ulster Crisis and Navy Moves
Colonel John Seely resigns as secretary of state for war after Ulster resistance details surface. Churchill confirms a battle squadron was kept near Ireland but delayed its deployment until after crews’ leave, and the government guaranteed officers in Ireland would not use arms to suppress home rule opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Seely
Seely
Ulster
House of Commons
George
Asquith
Seeely
Charles Beresford
Spanish
Irish
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Ireland
Clara Notes on Weather and Local Happenings
Clara reports breezy weather with small town updates. Mrs Bowen visited friends at Ickes, a ball team may form this summer with the diamond at The Montauk Ranch. Weber sale drew a fair turnout. Farming begins in the community. Frank Beyer drills a well for Mr Ingle. Ed Quinn trip to Sidney, Hoadley moved to Potter, Schimpf attended the Sextorp sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Quinn
Sidney
Jas. Hoadley
Potter
Wm Schimpf
Sextorp
Much Work Planned for Lincoln Highway
Reports from the Lincoln Highway office of TL B. Waldron Nebraska state consul indicate a busy season ahead with counties across the state planning road work independent of the Lincoln Highways Association. Greene County Iowa votes 20000 for county road work including 15000 from general funds and 5000 from a local special fund. Chicago Motor Clubs take charge of 28 miles from Chicago to Lincoln Highway at Chicago Heights to link Chicago with the transcontinental route. Washington and Oregon work on a Cascade Mountains feeder, the Columbia River Highway, in a plan to create the nation’s most scenic roadway but with high costs and a 400 foot viaduct costing 12000. The Columbia River route requires railroad adjustments to fit the road. Nebraska boasts a flat state roadbed and little expense for hills.
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Lincoln Highway
TL B. Waldron
Nebraska
Lincoln Highways Association
Greene County
Iowa
Chicago
Chicago Heights
Washington
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Columbia River
United States
Their Hope and a Haunted House Rental Dilemma
The Baltimore American notes doubt about renting haunted houses to actors. It suggests actors seek to see ghosts, offering a wary view on the ease of securing such spaces for performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimtore
Chamberlain's Tablets Praised for Stomach Trouble Relief
Mia G. C. Dunn of Arnold Pennsylvania reports long stomach trouble and bilious attacks eased after taking Chamberlain's Tablets. She says one bottle provided immediate relief and she feels like a different person. Sold by all dealers as an advertisement.
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Chamberlain
Mia
G. C. Dunn
Arnold
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward Card
A historical advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It features F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and testimonials from National Bank of Commerce. Claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces and notes price 76 cents per bottle with other products marketed by the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Mother Jones rearrested in Colorado strike zone
“Mother” Mars Jones, aged strike leader, was captured from a southbound train at Walsenburg by Captain Nickerson under orders of Adjutant General Chase. She is held in the county jail under military guard and incomunicado after a week’s freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars Jones
Colorado
Walsenburg
Nickerson
Chase
Lansing to Succeed Moore as State Counselor Nominee
President Wilson nominated Robert Lansing of Watertown New York editor of the American Journal of International Law to be counsellor for the department of state succeeding John Bassett Moore. Cone Johnson of Texas was named solicitor for the department succeeding Joseph W Folk. Also reported a German lieutenant Saint George of the Ninety eights regiment received thirty months fortress imprisonment for killing Lieutenant Hanrge in a February duel and was dismissed from the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Robert Lansing
Watertown
N. Y
American Journal of International Law
Department of State
John Bassett Moore
Cone Johnson
Texas
Department
Joseph W. Folk
Tieutenant von la Valette Saint George
Hanrge
Tobacco Monopoly Warned by U S District Attorney
The Metropolitan Tobacco company, labeled a jobbing monopoly in violation of the Sherman act, faces an immediate end to its methods per an announcement from United States District Attorney Marshall of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Tobacco Company
United States
Marshall
Nhew York
Coffeyville official killed by high voltage accident
M A F Patten, president of Coffeyville Gas and Fuel, died after contact with a 22,900 volt high tension wire at an interurban railway power station in Jefferson. Professor Peck Shoots Self in Head. Harry Thurston Peck, former Columbia University professor, killed himself at a Stamford rooming house by shooting himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. F. Patten
Coffeyville Gas and Fuel Company
Jefferson
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Stamford
Conn
National Life Association Suspension Notice
The National Life association of Des Moines has been suspended from doing business in the state of Illinois by Rufus M Potts, state insurance superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Life Association of
Des Moines
Ilinois
Rufus M Potts
Ardmore Fire Claims Four In Explosive Blaze
Mrs Dora Murphy Corrinne Murphy Miss Mabel Curtis and Mrs Elizabeth Finley perished in a Ardmore Oklahoma blaze sparked by an explosion. The tragedy killed four women in a single dwelling, with local officials investigating the cause of the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Murphy
Corrinne Murphy
Mabel Cutis
Elizabeth Finley
Ardmore
Okla
Bank Robbery in Altoona Ends After Shootout
A robber shot the cashier of the Union Bank of Altoona Pennsylvania, wounded a depositor, and fled in a car with about $500 in cash. Police investigated and searched for the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank
Altoona
Cannibals Kill and Eat Natives in Malekula Area
Reports from Malekula Island in the New Hebrides describe six Walla Island mission teachers murdered by native natives in the north part of the island. The attackers reportedly killed and consumed the teachers in a violent incident during unrest on the island.
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Malekula Island
New Hebrides
Walla Island
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