Local Notes From Lorenzo Area and Surroundings
I Hicker and Coleridge Nebraska visitors stay with John Ajak. Mrs Earl Hiett’s cousin Jessie Merrit visits. Threshing paused due to first snow storm. Simon Fishman reports good flax yield east of Lorenzo. Livoni farm active with eastern parties. Orville Miller to take western trip next week. Chas Foster’s spring wheat yields 25 bu per acre. Fred Hellrich ill for some time. Hallowe’en box social at Dist 99 school. Mr Heartway’s Illinois and Dakota relatives visiting. L O Fundingsland buying grain at Lorenzo shipping about a car daily. Guy Shaw and father finish farm buildings and move to York County.
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I. Hicker
Coleridge
Nebraska
John Ajak
Earl Hiett
Jessie Merrit
Simon Fishman
Lorenzo
Livoni
Orville Miller
Chas
Foster
Fred Hellrich
Hallowe’en
Dist
Mr. Heartway
Illinois
Dakota
L. O. Fundingsland
Guy Shaw
Father
York County
Potter community notes and local updates
Catholic services drew a strong crowd as Father Blume led at 10 am. Mr Hansen, buyer of the blacksmith shop, will start building on south plots near Struble’s with a well being drilled by Bernard Robinson. Ed Thornburgs seek nerve treatment for their child in Denver or Omaha. Misses Struble and Stewart attended the Teacher’s Association. Lora Adams visited family. Charles Stanton’s family planned winter in Clay Center. Mrs C W Johnson hosted MBE Aid with good attendance. Mrs Geo Thornburg sent treats. Montauk ranch sale drew a crowd. Hazel Thornburg reports progress at Cheyenne convent school. Dr Smith of Big Springs examined local stock. B F Thornburg notes his brother’s grave illness. Wm Breiting traveled to attend his sister’s Dakota wedding.
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Father Blume
Hansen
Mr. Struble
Bernard Robinson
Ed Thornburg
Denver
Omaha
Struble
Stewart
Teacher's Association
Lora Adams
Chas. Stanton
Clay Center
Stanton
Charles
C W. Johnson
M. BE
Montauk Ranch
Hazel Thornburg
Cheyenne
Smith
Big Springs
B. F. Thornburg
Wm. Breiting
Dakota
Becker In Death House Asks for New Trial
Charles Becker lies in Sing Sing death house awaiting execution for the Herman Rosenthal murder. He faces a likely electric chair in the week ending December 9, while an appeal pauses the sentence. His last words claimed innocence and demanded a reversal and new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Charles Becker
Sing Sing
Herman Rosenthal
New York
Justice Goff
Becker
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Market Summary
Market report from Union Stock Yards South Omaha October 30 shows light cattle offerings totaling about 4,500 head for the day and 26,790 head over three days. Western beef steers steady to 10-15c lower for the week. cows and heifers slow selling. Hogs arrive 7,200 with prices about 20c lower. range $7.55 to $7.60. top $7.65. Sheep and lambs light, around 20,000 head. active buying with prices strong to near 4c higher. feeders strong to 10-15c higher. lambs $6.60-$6.90. feeders $5.35-$6.25.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Doctor Stack Dies After Drinking Carbolic Acid
Hartington optician Dr Stack died twenty minutes after ingesting carbolic acid found in a whisky bottle amid whisky and carbolic acid in quart bottles. He leaves a widow and a four year old daughter. In a separate incident Matt Allson was struck by a Union Pacific freight engine and is in critical condition at Columbus hospital while attempting to cross the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Matt Allson
Columbus Hospital
Telegraph to End Weekly Papers for Long Arrears
The Telegraph, citing Washington postal rules, will discontinue weekly papers or attach a one cent stamp to each pauper mailed to subscribers with twelve months of arrears. Several names were dropped to comply, and all in arrears likely face removal. Publisher F A Gapen confirms strict enforcement.
Multiple Accidents and Political Moves Hit News from 1915
A Missouri Pacific passenger train wreck near Pleasant Hill Missouri injures several. Diaz’s capture of Vera Cruz stirs Mexican government action. German aviator Weissbarth and passenger die after a crash near Geingen. Three die and three injured in Harmon Ohio collision with Wheeling and Lake Erie train. A Reno court grants divorce to Mrs Edna Hutt on desertion grounds. Union Veterans league adjourns with Zanesville Ohio set for next meeting. Prussian coal distrust rises as state criticizes price hikes. Prince Lichnowsky named German ambassador to London. Detroit Livingston channel opened to commerce. Aviator Blanc dies after wing failure. Illinois supreme court blocks candidate-name duplication on ballots. Auto crash kills editor C W Prior. four injured. Windis riot disrupts Champaign opera. Boston Red Sox celebrate World Series title. German navy plans 15 inch guns on new ships surpassing US 14 inch standards.
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Missouri Pacific
Pleasant Hill
Vera Cruz
Diaz
Weissbarth
Union Veterans’ League
Zanesville, O
Charles Max Lichnowsky
London
Baron Marschall von Bieberstein
Stevens
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Emil Howard Ross, Jr
Emil Howard Ross
Denver
Young Ross
Livingstone Channel
Detroit River
Lake Erie
Blanc
Chalons
Ilmnois Supreme Court
Progressives
C. W Prior
Chicago
Prior
Hinsdale
University of Windis
Champaign
Farneil Hall
Boston Red Sox
United States
Bulgarians claim major victory in Turkish campaign
After two days of fighting the Bulgarian army routed Turkish forces and the Greeks occupied Verria without resistance. The Greek army is within fifty miles of Saloniki and a railroad link to the city remains intact. Bulgarians cut the Constantinople Adrianople railway isolating Adrianople, and seized a Turkish military train, according to Sofia and Athens dispatches.
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Verria
Athens
Saloniki
Constantinople
Adrianople
Sofia
Porter racing halted by court ruling in Porter Indiana
Judge Tuthill of the superior court sustained state authorities in quartering troops at the Mineral Springs Jockey Club track. The ruling cites the state constitution giving the governor power to call out the military to execute laws, preventing judiciary from limiting the governor in this duty.
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Mineral Springs Jockey Club
Porter
Ind
Tuthill
Superior Court
Navy wireless station at Arlington signals world span
First tests of the navy's high powered wireless station at Arlington Virginia were a complete success. Officers would only say the first step in a system to extend worldwide with stations at Colon Hawaii Guam Pearl Harbor and the Philippines has been taken to place every ship and possession in instant communication with the capital.
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Washington
Arlington
Colon
Hawaii
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Navy ships dispatched to Dominican waters amid disorder
Washington reports growing disorders in San Domingo and heavy street fighting near Puerto Plata threatened American lives and property. The navy department ordered two warships, the cruiser Baltimore and the tender Yankton, to Dominican waters with 700 marines aboard. The Baltimore will carry an additional 150 marines and both vessels are to arrive by mid next week, reinforcing the Prairie.
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Washington
San Domingo
Puerto Plata
Navy Department
Baltimore
Dominican
Poisoning Linked to Lindloff Family Murders in Chicago
Evidence in the Louise Lindloff trial connects three other family deaths to poisoning besides her son Arthur. Crystal gazer Leard testified she predicted the deaths of two former husbands and a daughter, while physicians testified Julius Graunke and John Otto Lindley and Frida Graunke died from poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur
Louise Lindloff
Julius Graunke
John Otto Lindley
Frida Graunke
Doctor's question and Rexall Orderlies ad
A Rexall Store advertisement emphasizes bowel health, claiming most illness stems from inactive bowels. It promotes Rexall Orderlies as a gentle, safe remedy with a money back guarantee if not satisfying, noting they do not cause purging and are suitable for children and the elderly. The ad lists two sizes and credits Sidney Drug Co. as the retailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
Sidney Drug CO
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed by Mrs Brogan
Advertising notice features Mrs P H Brogan of Wilson Pa praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as superior to all others for croup. Sold by all dealers.
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P. H. Brogan
Wilson
Chamberlain
Croup
Miss Cameron Before Grand Jury on Johnson Links
Chicago date Oct 31 reports six indictments for federal white slave statute violations none involve Jack Johnson. The grand jury then summoned Lucille Cameron to disclose more about her relationship with Johnson and its government interest.
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Miss Cameron
Grand Jury
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Federal
Lucille Cameron
Johnson
Hollingsworth Wins Suit for Two Million Prize
Dr J G Hollingsworth of Kansas City wins a suit against Edward Tufts over stock in the Grand Union Mining Co of New York and Mexico. A district court here will follow Referee QO E Collins recommendations, awarding two million dollars in stock to Hollingsworth if upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Grand Union Mining Company
New York
Mexico
J. G. Hollingsworth
Kansas City
Edward Tufts
Hollingsworth
QO. E. Collins
Roosevelt engages Burns for election day fraud watch
In Oyster Bay on October 31 Colonel Roosevelt announced he had retained Williams Travers Jerome and Detective William J Burns to guard polling places in New York state on election day. Burns joined Roosevelt for luncheon to discuss the plan.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Williams Travers Jerome
William J. Burns
New York State
Mr. Burns
Balloon Uncle Sam lands in Russian province after long flight
Berlin reports a dispatch by H. E. Honeywell, pilot of the Uncle Sam balloon, stating a landing at Ryeschiza in the Vitebsk province. The distance flown by the Uncle Sam is notably shorter than the journey of the French balloon Picardie.
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Berlin
H. E. Honeywell
Uncle Sam
Ryeschiza
Vitebsk
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Potter
Rosenthal
Hartington
Postoffice Department
F. A. Gapen
the Telegraph
Porter Ends
A. R. LE Sueur
Sidney, Nebraska
C. J. Hellwig
North Side
Blacksmith
Burnes
Russia
Sidney
Sidney Lumber CO
U. P
Rock Springs
Hanna Coal
Schlitz Beer
Tobin Biock
Sidney Marble Works
Columbus
A. A. Clark
Proprietor
THE
Sremont
Ferdinand Schutz
Fremont Brewing Company
Pilsner Beer
Duckenheim
Sidney, Neb
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