Nebraska Notes Roundup of Local Events and Dignitaries
Various Nebraska items include Adcock and Qone store in Davenport destroyed by fire, marriages in Nelson and Hastings, a record walk Omaha to San Francisco by Joe Turner and KO Golding, Chadron forming a commercial club, death of George Osborn in Oakland, Dawes County corn and next year’s show, a new organ for St. James Fremont, memorial for Mrs. Keene, fatal haystack fire near Osmond, Hayden’s 92nd birthday in Nebraska City, Norfolk tuberculosis death of Charles A. Madsen, Mrs. Oscar Shirley’s pneumonia death near Hastings, drowning accident near St. Paul, drunken brawl fines in Plattsmouth, Edison protection debate on free power, Mrs. J. O. Jennings death in Fremont, Wymore girls form a National Guard company for rifle funds, banking changes at Trenton, government drainage work in Wakefield, Burlington trainman incident at Seward, election talk on Trenton saloon, St Paul dry, Beat Rice Club seeks federal aid for government building, Trenton brick block ongoing, Otis N hardware expansion, and Table Rock School superintendent appointment.
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Adcock & Qone
Davenport
Ea Dugger
Alfred Langon
Nelson
Joe Turner
J KO Golding
Omaha
San Francisco
Dawes County
St. James Episcopal Church of
Fremont
GL M. Keene
Osmond
L J York
Far
Hayden
Nebraska City
String bean salad and red clover seed quality rejected
Instructions describe making a string bean salad with canned yellow wax beans or green beans eggs and lettuce with mayonnaise or French dressing. It then shifts to seed quality criteria for red clover seed, noting color size luster and a warning to reject if brown shriveled seeds predominate.
Western Canada Wheat and Oats Farm Report by Kaltenbrunner
Regina Canada report by A Kaltenbrunner describes harvest yields on his moose jaw creek homestead. 70 acres wheat averaged 20 bushels acre, 30 acres fallow 25 bushels acre. 9000 bushels oats from 100 acres. 50 acres fall plowed zero, 50 acres stubble 380 bushels acre. Carloads shipped for 63 cents a bushel. He predicts strong Western Canada crops despite late spring and adverse weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaltenbrunner
Canada
Regina
Saskatchewan
A. Kaltenbrunnper
Moose Jaw
Western Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Women kidneys are the source of most women's sickness
Mrs. Rebecca Mack of Columbus Ohio testifies that Donn's Kidney Pills cured her kidney troubles after other remedies failed. She suffered back pain irregular secretions nervousness and low energy but found prompt relief and lasting cure with the pills sold for 50 cents a box by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY. Also notes cowpeas suit light warm soils but corn land works in suitable latitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Mack
F. Richstreet
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Donn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
City Attorney Says Wholesalers Exceed Gibson Law
Omaha breweries and wholesalers face a dispute over selling direct to families or individuals under a wholesaler license. City Attorney Burnam argues such sales violate the Gibson law, while some brewery attorneys disagree. The opinion prompts a formal notice to all Omaha brewers and wholesalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaia
Neb
Burnam
Omaha
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Board of
As Breweries
Schoenhoffen
Willow Springs
Ingatius J. Dunn
Willow Springs Brewing Company
Dunn
Mr. Burnam
J W. Hamilton
Storz Brewing Company
Hamilton
Medical Mockery and Miscellany Mix in City Page
A late 19th century newspaper page blends cure ads with home remedies and technical notes. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward, lists poultry foot care and soil tips, and reports on Swiss telegraph wire, Omaha council votes, and underwater electric arcs for divers.
Baby Healed By Cuticura After Severe Sores
A Akron mother recounts using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to cure her baby’s severe body sores and facial damage within weeks, after doctors failed to help. She praises the inexpensive remedy and would buy it again despite cost.
Electric carpets warm Paris floors with wire mesh
In Paris electric carpets double as floor coverings and heating devices woven with fine wire. The innovation uses a mesh through which current passes to heat spaces. The remark that follows notes the odd difficulty of assessing a wagon's fatigue by its tongue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
How To Test Linseed Oil In Paint
Bright tips on detecting adulteration in linseed oil and its use in paint. It explains kerosene discoloration as a sign of adulteration on black surfaces, corn and fish oil smells, and suggests using a blow pipe from National Lead Company to test white lead. Also includes unrelated lines about love and hogs.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Hard to Bring a Flash to a Door Check
A fragmentary note describes difficulty in bringing a flash to a door check and trouble reading lines in a date palm, suggesting unclear conditions or symbolic imagery.
Odd Metaphors About Labour and Form
A reflective quip compares emotion and material form, noting that tears are hard for a potato to summon and a corset to fit a ship. The piece uses whimsical imagery to explore limits of transformation and expressive effort.
Ingenious river salmon trap on the Columbia
An inventive salmon catching plan uses multiple wheels placed in the Columbia River to trap and imprison fish. The method reportedly yields up to five tons daily. Newfoundland features vast lakes covering about a third of the island with 876 named lakes and 30,000 unnamed ones, plus roughly 4,000 miles of coastline.
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Columbia
Oregon
New Foundland
Train Wrecked as Great Northern Eastbound Hurts Cars
The Great Northern fast passenger train No.2 wrecked near Summit Montana after a landslide in the Rockies. The engine was demolished and cars derailed or destroyed except the standard sleeper and observation. No one was seriously hurt.
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Spokane, Wast
Oriental Limited
Great Northern
Summit
Mont
Rockies
Road building boosts rural delivery and state funds
Reports from rural mail centers show broad spring activity in road construction and improvement. States allocate funds, with New York approving a fifty million dollar bond for roads. counties use cash prizes to spur progress, and road drags appear effective in drainage and dryness.
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de Graw
New York
Pastor John Creighton Resigns From York Church
Rev John Creighton, pastor of the Presbyterian church at York, Nebraska, had his resignation accepted by the congregation this morning. He came to York in 1901 and formed many friendships, but due to Mrs Creighton's ill health, the couple will move to Phoenix Arizona. He plans to depart next Friday for the new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Neb
John Creighton
Presbyterian Church
Creighton
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Ebraska
Nebraska
Chadron
George Osborn
Oakland
Charles A. Madsen
Norfolk
Oscar Shirley
Torl
Hastings
John Kerr
William Jow
St. Paul
John Speck
Walter Miner
Plattsmouth
Clarkson
Wymore
Roy Woodard
Nebraska National Guard
L. R Coufal
First National Bank of
Trenton
J R. Greenhalgh
Greehalgh
Coufal
Bank
W. de McEatheron
Government Drainage Investigation Department
Wakefield
Logan Valley
Burlngton
Seward
Sundayne
St Paul
Ed S Miller
Beatrice Commercial Club
Norris and
Hinshaw
PF Payton
Otis N Hardware Company
Carters
S Stitutes
New Mexico
Manila
de Springer
Norway
Switzerland
Buroham
Gibson Law
Lively Seasion
Hall
J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hull
South Omaha
Cid
Avitts
Dr. May
Cubres
Peart Street
Mother Gray
Nuresi
Oniren
Casta
Western
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
W V Bennett
New York Life Building
Plerae Cay
Ewe
Cara
Doug Merton
Rural de
Postoffde
Kinkaid
House
Senate
Committee On Public Lands
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Land Office
N. R
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