Beatrice mayor resigns as council selects successor
A Beatrice mayor has resigned and the council has chosen the new mayor. The report notes other local events including depots planned for Enenson and Tekamgh, a saloon planned in Tarte Rock, and several incidents around Nemaha county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strouszura
Enenson
Tekamgh
Tarte Rock
Gray McGrew
Nemaha County
Tanner Bros. of
Fremont
Horse City
Idaho
Beatrice
Diparnerta
Crete
Turopere Collier
Brainard
Pierce
Greeley
Cripple Creek
Burchars
Everett
Talmage
Ot Bureen
Douglas County
Npah
Humboldt
Wafe
St. Edward
Farrell &'Con
Omaha
Parker
New Jersey
Rern Methodist Episcopal Church
Platte Center
G. Surpex
Dodge County
Joan Nelson
South Sioux City
Bancroft
Henry Miller
Falls City
Deadly Kansas tornado leaves many dead and injured
A violent northeastern Kansas tornado struck several towns including Seneca, Sabetha, Baileyville, Frankfort and Oneida after crossing from Nebraska. At least eighteen people were killed and scores injured with extensive property damage in the affected communities and surrounding countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabetha
Oneida
Reserve
Kansas
Kansas City
Baileyville
Seneca
Gueida
Falls City
Neb
Preston
Tornado Rips Reserve Kansas Wrecks Town
A tornado struck Reserve Kansas last evening destroying forty four buildings and killing four people. Among the dead were D W Terhune and Ralph Sweeney a boy of nine. many others injured. The Methodist church and Christian church plus parsonage were demolished, with total damage estimated well above fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatua
Kan
Reserve
D. W. Terhune
Ralph Sweeney
John Rynder
William Mellison
Duerson
Terhune
Shermin Phillips
Jerry Young
George Kennedy
Ed Phillips
Jol Rynder
Rynder
Frank Jones
Sweeney
Christian Church
BE. W. Parker
Frankfort's Great Loss Over 100 buildings destroyed in Kansas tornado
A tornado formed near Miltonvale and moved northwest across a farming area then to Frankfort and Bigelow. It wrecked homes and barns, damaged orchards, and injured about twelve people with no deaths reported. The funnel cloud approached Frankfort around 5:50 PM after rain and hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Kan
Miltonvale
Bigelow
Tornado Deaths and Destruction Across Sabetha Area
A deadly tornado struck Sabetha and surrounding areas about 7:30 p.m. causing one death in town and six nearby, injuring fifteen. Twenty-five houses destroyed, fifty damaged, with the Grand Island depot and several blocks wrecked. Among the dead are Hattie Buchney and Ellen Carey. others injured include W. M. Carey and Jacob Meisner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanetua
Kan
Grand Island Depot
E. Norton
Austin
Ellen Carey
W. M. Carey
Ays
Eliza Murphy
Jacob Meisner
Hattie Buchney
William Machamer
Arthur Hays
Sabetha
Dan Sayier
Schug
Sayiors
Beachy
Tornado Kills Four Children in Seneca Oneida Vicinity
A deadly tornado swept Seneca Oneida area killing four children and injuring many. The storm wrecked seventy buildings including the opera house and a schoolhouse with total losses around 290000. Victims named include Aston and an M R Conmett’s daughter, a Voorhees son, and Peter Assenmuncher’s 15 year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida Sexeca
Kan
Baileyville
Aston
M. R. Conmett
M. E. Voorhees
Peter Assenmuncher
MM. E. Voorhees
John Helshaw
Alonzo Hawley
Tornado Rips Through Four Kansas Counties Causing Fatalities
A May 29 tornado swept Palmer in Clay County and traveled through Riley, Marshall, and Nemaha counties, crossing the Blue River near Axtell. Bodaville vanished, Spring Valley saw fatalities, and a 150 person service near Barnes Church was blown down injuring the pastor. Homes in Blue Rapids and Baileyville damaged as wires failed. Heavy rain and hail accompanied the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
Riley
Marshall
Nemaha
Concornpta
Kan
Palmer
Clay County
Blue River
Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific
Axtell
Bodaville
Tiley County
Spring Valley
Barnes
Her. Mascon
Blue Rapids
Marshall County
Willian Stefler
Nemaha County
Baileyville
Pollard and Harris Must Hang
Kansas City reports that Pollard and Harris, condemned for murder, will hang May 29 after the Supreme Court in Jefferson City quashed Judge Dobson's habeas corpus writ. In Wichita a widow, Mrs. M Ashkraft, is arrested on a warrant accusing her of kissing a man, defense says the kiss was for his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowers
North Loup
W. R. Jackson
O'Neill County
Holt County
State House
State Board of Education
Missouri River
Dakota City
Stromsburg
Nebraska Club
Nebraska
State Board -Of-Education
Norton
Pere Normal School
Juper M. & Casrsen
Otoe County
Table Rock
Hastings
Mahte
Auburn
Joan Carberry
Stok
Stuart
O'Neill
Parers
Otoe
J. Sterling Merton
Ure Lerty
Nebraska City
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court
District Court
Goon
Tur
Barewa
Targe Corps
Reilatlc
Pollard
Harris
Kansas City
Dobson
Circuit Court
Stone
Jefferson City
Wichita
Kan
M. Ashkraft
I’. Fawcett
Atlanta Mock Fire Devastates Market Street Stables
Fire swept a livery stable in downtown Atlanta late last night destroying the Markham house and a row of small buildings plus about six other houses totaling fifty six structures. The loss reached 800000 dollars with several narrow escapes and five firemen injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Markham
Ex-Treasurer Bolln Sentenced Nine Teen Years in Omaha
Henry Bolln former Omaha city treasurer received a nine teen year term at hard labor and a $211,000 fine in a state penitentiary case. The sentencing followed charges of corruption and financial misdeeds while in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Educational Funds and Funds
Koone County
Permanent School
Burtley
Omaha, Neb
Henry Bolln
Omaha
Uber
Bee lapel campaign ladle patent signed by T. S. Ballew
Stuart Indiana inventor T S Ballew gains a U S patent for a campaign badge shaped like a bee worn on the lapel with winged portraits that reveal messages when expanded by a detent The item is paired with a promotional excerpt from an Iowa patent office circular urging humble inventors toward lasting fame through invention rather than presidential ambition The Des Moines firm of Thomas G Rauon Orwin promotes patent services and sends drawings or specifications for 25 cents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Ballew
Stuart
Iowa
United States
Jimmy’ Huchanan
Andy” Johnson
U. S
Thomas G
J. Rauon Orwin
Solicitors of Patents
Des Moines
Live Stock and Produce Markets Quoted Across Major Cities
Quotations from New York Chicago St Louis Omaha and surrounding markets summarize live stock prices and produce values. Prices show shifts in cattle hogs and grains with regional variations and daily trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Tlsewhee
Ituy
Wd & Ny Bulis
Etek Ee
Esse
Kansas
Feeney
McKinley Denies A P A Delegation Visit in Cleveland
Major McKinley arrived from Canton and will stay in Cleveland over Sunday. He plans to address M E conference delegates this evening. He denies arranging any conference with a committee from the A P A convention in Washington and says he has not been notified of any such visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Cleveland
Ohio
Canton
M. E
Washington
War reminiscence of John A Scace veterans life and cure
Albany contractor John A. Scace recalls Civil War service with the 49th Massachusetts and 61st Regiment, battles including Port Hudson and Sailor’s Creek, and a later injury that triggered crippling rheumatism. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring his health and vigor, boosting his Albany business and skill as an ivory carver. Pink Pills are sold 50 cents a box, or 2.50 for five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
John B. Scace
N. Y
No. 15
Bradford Street
Scace
Berkshire Lodge
Forty-ninth
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
W. F. Bartlett
Port Judson
Donaldsonville
Plain Store
Sixty-first Regiment
Hatcher’s Run
Petersburg
Sailor’s Creek
Seace
Hie
City
Mr Seace
Willams
Mr. Secace
Willama
Dr. Williams’ Med. Co
Schenectady
Tidbits of History and Fashion From An Era
A collection noting England police strength at 49000, Liverpool density, Massachusetts shoe production, leather for soles, world population brain weight, early coal history, first trolley lines in New York and Baltimore, plus millinery trends featuring rose turbans with La France pinks and Black Princé roses and American Beauty accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Liverpool
Acre
Massachusetts
Henry III
Newcastle-on- Tyne
America
Coney Island
Baltimore
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THE
Sidney Telegraph
Charles Callahan
Sidney
Tits Fire Insurance Companies
French
Bow Creek
Stames
Lincoln
George Henzygler
Columbus
Shell Creek Valley
Henggier
Wairner
Osceola
Freeman Scott
Benkelman
Hernan Ghlape
Hall County
Glade
Tur State Military Board
National Yard
John Strawm
Stamm
Stammm
Valley County
Francis Brant
Madison County
Guy Holcomb
Harry Kennedy
I Ieee
S. B. ‘Lobb
Cay
Gregg
Motfon
Usar E
Pear
Nona
Cees
Bolln
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Waldo
John O'Connor
Green Bay
Emil Caspar
John Miller
Louis Tennis
Gene Turbin
Rockford Watch Company
Rockroryp
Hatcher’'S Creek
John A. Scace
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