War News From South Africa Ramps Up as Frontal Plans Advance
British forces strengthen Natal lines after Indian transport arrives with 500 troops. Buller seeks limited war correspondents. West Australian contingent to the Cape. Queen Victoria hosts Buller before departure. Capetown reports peace moves amid Transvaal agency suppression and Leyds recall.
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London
Transvaal
Daily Telegraph
Natal
Laignek
Glencove
Ladysmith
Commissariat
Aldershot
Redvers Buller
South Africa
Perth
West Australia
Cape
Balmoral Castle
George Trevelyn
Halifax
Yorkshire
Chamberlain
Kruger
Capetown
J. H. Hoffmeir
Africander
Brussels
Dr. Leyds
Alfred Guiiner
Mr. Chamberlain
Woolwich
Cape Colony Leaders Meet Amid Imperial Tensions
London dispatch reports J H Hoffmeir and Sir Alfred Milner conferred in Cape Town the first time in months. Unconfirmed word says Hoffmeir may have an imperial commission to Pretoria. A Lourenco Marquez source says H M Philomen travels to Durban to land 100 men and a gun as Daily Mail warns of great danger and possible additional ships converging on the action.
Minnesota Volunteers Begin Homeward Journey
Minnesota volunteers started for home after an ovation at the ferry depot. They will spend 24 hours in Portland before resumed eastward travel along the Northern Pacific line. South Dakota volunteers were mustered out and paid off, with departure planned for Sunday via Southern Pacific to Portland and then east on the Northern Pacific. The death of Corporal Wayne B. Larrabee from smallpox cast gloom over the ceremony.
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San Francisco
Cal
Minnesota Volunteers
Portland
South Dakota Volunteers
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Wayne B. Larrabee
South Dakota Regiment
Krueger appoints O Beirne commissioner extraordinary
General James R. O Beirne announced he had been named commissioner extraordinary in the Transvaal by President Kruger. The appointment was sent by telegram two days earlier to Dr. Kosman, Kruger's friend in this country. O Beirne, once provost material under Lincoln, also served as immigration commissioner.
Ex Senator James Harlan Dies in Iowa at 9 35 AM
Ex United States Senator James Harlan died at his Mount Pleasant home after a period of illness. The 1820 born Iowa leader had served as senator from 1855 to 1865 and 1866 to 1873, with roles as interior secretary and later public service positions. Funeral plans likely for Iowa Wesleyan chapel in Mount Pleasant.
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Dls Moines
United States
James Harlan
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Methodist Conference
Aeghter
Robert J. Lincoln
Chicago
New York City
James Whitford
Crawford
Iowa Wesleyan University
Clarke County
Ill
Indiana Ashbury University
Iowa
Lincoln
Harlan
Court of Commissioners of
Alabama Claims
Stanton
Petition to McKinley as mediator in South African crisis
Hundreds sign a petition urging President McKinley to mediate between England and the South African republics. Notables, judges, governors, senators, and clergy back the move. Bryan declines to sign while urging restraint to avoid war. Other diplomats and church leaders express cautious support or call for peace.
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New York
McKinley
England
Supreme Court
Congress
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Stevenson
Grosvenor
W. B. Hornblower
Kruger
James O’beirne
Transvaal Republic
United States
America
O'Beirne
Orange Free State
Archbishop of Canterbury
Cardinal Bogue
Ireland
Archbishop Croke
Archbishop of
York
Whale Rune Of With a Man
In San Francisco on October 6 officers of the whaler Beluga recount a 1898 accident. Sailor Oscar Huschenbett was caught by a rope on a harpoon and hurled from the whale. his body struck Mate Nikito and another crewman, then he was dragged overboard before Nikito cut the rope and the whale was lashed. Huschenbett's body was recovered after a chase.
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San Francisco
Cal
Beluga
Oscar Huschenbett
Actic
Nikito
Huschenbett
Wrecked Seamen Rescued Near Staten Island
Captain Bowen of the Arctic Stream reports that on August 11 near the Straits of Magellan the British ship Gifford rescued five Tekoa crew members wrecked off Staten Island. The Tekoa carried passengers and refrigerated beef from New Zealand to London. rescued men were frostbitten and exhausted.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Bowen
Hamburg
Staten Island
Straits of Magellan
Gifford
New Zealand
London
Bank Robbery Hits Rippey Iowa For 1700 Dollars
Early today the Rippey Iowa bank was robbed of 1700 dollars. The gate and vault area were wrecked. Police traced the suspects to Grand Junction as they fled north in a one horse buggy with rubber heel impressions found at the scene.
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Fort Dodge
Rippey
Grand Junction
Nebraska prize band welcomed home in McCook
A spontaneous ovation greeted the Nebraska brigade band of McCook upon arrival from Denver where they won first prize in a carnival band contest. Cannon, whistles, and pyrotechnics framed the homecoming as the band marched to the opera house for a welcome and a banquet for about 100 people.
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M’cook
Neb
Nebraska Brigade
Denver
McCook
Akron
Colo
Opera House
Commercial Hotel
State Board Charges Men With Posing as Healers
Acting for the State Board of Health Dr J E Summers filed a county court complaint against A Gillett and M B E B for pretending to heal the sick. Neither man is claimed to be medically trained or to hold medical certificates. Gillett is said to claim magnetic healing. the other denies healing powers. They allegedly pretended to cure John Alstrand. Warrants issued. they will be brought to court when found.
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Omaha
Neb
State Board of Health
J. E. Summers, Jr
A. Gillett
M. EB
Summers
Gillett
John Alstrand
Severe Fire Destroys Multiple Strang Neb Buildings
A large blaze at Strang Neb damaged or destroyed six buildings after starting in the rear of Jacob Stein & Son wagon shop. Losses included Frasher and Sheridan saloon, Dunker’s harness shop, Nicolls barber shop and the post office, with the post office contents saved. Insurance covered portions of the affected properties and the drug store was saved by salt application.
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Strang
Strang, Neb
Jacob Stein & Son
Clark
Frasher and Sheridan
Stein
Dunker’s
Nicolls
C. C. Wright
Borrowing to Bay Cattle in Osceola County
OSCEOLA Neb Oct 9 There is a seasonal rise in mortgage debt as cattle feed on surplus corn. Local records show sixteen farm mortgages filed totaling 20708 85 and thirty one released for 33627 50. Chattel mortgages filed total 65808 20 with releases 17381 65, increasing indebtedness by 34057 90.
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Osceola
Neb
Engine Crashes Into Caboose In Nebraska Yard
An accident at Nebraska City Missouri Pacific yards involved a stationary freight train and a northbound passenger engine. The passenger train collided with the caboose causing damage to the engine end but no injuries due to low speed and an unmanned caboose. The crew of the freight train was blamed for no flagman being present.
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Nebaska City
Neb
Missouri Pacific
Caboose
Soldier Boy Dead in Fairbury Burial of Local Soldier
Bert M. Alkin died at Kirksville Missouri and was buried in Fairbury. A member of Company D he is the fourth from the company to die from disease tied to bad water and poor food at Chickamauga last summer. He was a 1897 Fairbury high school graduate and a respected business man.
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Fairbury
Neb
Bert M. Alkin
Kirksville
Chickamauga
Fairbury High School
Wolves Raid Farms Around Winside Nebraska
Wolves are numerous and bold in the Winside area. Bands of five or six roam the countryside attacking poultry with impunity. One farm reported the loss of 300 chickens to wolves despite efforts to stop them.
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Winside
Neb
Death Comes to Schantre in Columbus Neb
Fred Schantre died at St Marys hospital five days after a wagon fall left his lower body in a plaster cast and his muscles below the heart paralyzed. Doctors said recovery was almost impossible from the outset.
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Schantre
Columbus
Neb
Fred Schantre
St. Mary’s Hospital
Myrtle Mackin injured in buggy crash near Osceola
Myrtle Mackin daughter of Mr and Mrs N Mackin sustained a broken left arm at the wrist and other injuries after her buggy toppled over the bridge with no railing as she returned home in a dark night in Osceola Nebraska on October 9.
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Osceola
Neb
Myrtle
Dust-Reducing Oil Sparks Fire On Rails
Omaha Nebraska October 3 A dust reduction test using crude oil on railroad tracks caused fires on several sea shore lines. Sparks from locomotives started the blazes and the oil accelerated spread, making travel unsafe. Railroads are abandoning the oil plan after this dangerous outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Alto-Gether
Nebraska Synod Holds Notable Meeting at Beatrice
The Nebraska Synod of the Lutheran church met in Beatrice last week with Dr. Barnitz urging aid for home missions. Rev. J. A. Clutz spoke, Midland College president. Officers elected: President Rev. L. M. Huhns, Secretary Rev. R. A. White, Sec. Rev. H. A. Wolfe, Treasurer Andrew Anderson. Dr. George Schall of Baltimore lectured on foreign missions.
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Nebraska Lutheran Synod
Beatrice
Neb
Nebraska Synod of the Lutheran Church
Barnitz
Board of Home Missions
J. A. Clutz
Midland College
Atchison
L. M. Huhns
Omaha
R. A. White
Waverly
H. A. Wolfe
North Platte
Andrew Anderson
George Schall
Baltimore
Farina Lease Frenzy Hits West Point Farms
In Cuming county Nebraska demand for rental land has surged with seven to nine applicants per quarter. Ex-county treasurer reports three quarters advertised drew flood of applications from across the state and beyond, with parcels leased before the ink dried.
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West Point
Neb
Cuming County
Norfolk firm to winter 10000 sheep in new yards
A. J. Knol Jin & Co. in Norfolk Nebraska employs crews to move feed yards and erect a warehouse scale house elevator and lodging for men to winter ten thousand sheep. About $10000 will be spent on improvements including a gasoline powered elevator and grinding water pump. The firm plans to feed around 1100 tons of hay with 800 tons already contracted.
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Norfolk
Barcoh
Neb
A. J. Knol Jin & Co
Hastings to get electric plant after election
Hastings capitalists reached a consensus at a recent meeting that the city will secure an electric light plant soon regardless of the charter proposition. They will await election results and, if the $20,000 bond measure fails, seek a franchise and have a plant operating within thirty to forty days.
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Hastings
Neb
First Jackrabbit Hunt of Serasaon Near Kearney
KEARNEY Neb Oct 8 The season's first jackrabbit hunt swept the sandhills southwest of Kearney resulting in eighty five jackrabbits and several prairie chickens killed Hunters used a thousand foot wire cable with a team on each end to drive rabbits Watermelon patches were also captured during the hunt.
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Serasaon
Kearney
Neb
Three Horse Teams Stolen in Nebraska Thefts
Three spans of horses were stolen last month in Nebraska with two teams found in O Neill. One team sold for 190 dollars and another for 200 dollars. The thieves remain at large as police search for suspects.
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Central City
Neb
Stark
Centerville
York County
O'Neill
Nebraska Products at Paris Exhibit Shown
Adams county will exhibit grains at Paris as William Lowman sends a large box of wheat oats corn barley and rye from Hastings Nebraska to Washington DC for display in France. The grain comes from the Hastings street fair and aims to make a strong showing for Adams county in Paris.
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Nebraska
Paris
Hastings
Neb
Adams County
William Lowman
Washington, D. C
Hastinga
Hastings Seeks New School Building and High School
Hastings public schools are crowded and will require a new school building. City officials consider constructing a new high school as the current facility is too small.
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Hastings
Neb
Brown county stockmen elect new officers in Ainsworth
Ainsworth Nebraska October 3 The Brown county stockmen association met and elected officers for the ensuing year President J C Hed tick vice president George Savage secretary Thomas Seals treasurer J M Hanna fifth member of the executive committee is J H Davinson About twenty new members were added bringing total to about 100 members with much interest shown
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Ainsworth
Neb
Brown County Stockmen’'S Association
J. C. Hedtick
George Savage
Thomas Seals
J. M. Hanna
J. H. Davinson
Railroad buys additional freight and passenger cars
The Baltimore and Ohio South Western railroad adds two postal cars, four baggage cars, five combination baggage and coaches, three first class coaches with wide vestibules, and two parlor dining and observation cars. The article notes some husbands are men of few words due to wives' backing.
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Ous
Baltimore and Ole South Western Railroad
Delusional Laborer Faces Unprofitable Work Claim
A worker insists that labor under a persistent delusion is unprofitable, framing the challenge as a continuing dispute over value and effort.
Free Christmas premiums with Red Cross and Hubinger starch
A promotional offer promises free premiums to the first five buyers of the Endless Chain Starch Book, including Red Cross and Hubinger's Best starch and Shakespeare prints or a calendar, with later purchases at six cents for two 10c packages. The ad touts Red Cross starch as the top invention, credits J C Hubinger, and ends with a jarring closing line about worthless men finding wives.
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Red Cross
Hubinger
United States
J. C. Hubinger
Best Reading Prompts Liberal Religious Literature Appeal
An application for Best Reading was sent to Mrs. H. D. Reed at 132 N 38th Ave Omaha Neb. The note adds a wry remark about too many men settling for small aims and comments that portrait art is easy to do.
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Frek
H. D. Reed
N. 38Th Ave
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska corn crib marvel on Burlington route near Hastings
Travelers along the Burlington road note Atlanta Nebraska near Hastings as a corn crib hub with twenty four cribs. each 12 by 12 feet, totaling 6964 feet nearly a mile and a quarter. Nebraska's 300 million bushel crop tests storage, while bankers report tight lending and few borrowers.
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Burlington Rai
Denver
Atlanta
Hastings
Nebraska
New Inventions and Patent Tactics Highlighted
The week shows 34 percent of patentees selling inventions before issue. Getting manufacturers’ addresses is the main hurdle. Two New York reference works list 428000 US manufacturers and can be read at Sues & Co. Omaha. Notable buyers last week include Lorain Steel Ohio New England Rubber Tire West Virginia United States Aerating Fountain New York Michigan Vapor Stove Gendron Wheel Toledo Westinghouse Pittsburgh Morgan Wright Chicago. Where one is honest from principle ten are honest from prudence.
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New York
United States
Office of
Sues & Co
Lawyers and Solicitors
Bee Building
Omaha
Neb
Lorain Steel Company
Ohio
New England
Rubber Tire Wheel Co
West Virginia
Aerating Fountain Co
New York City
Michigan
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