Fatal Auto Upset Near Sac City Claims Six Lives
A car carrying six men plunged twenty feet off a south Sac City embankment killing J C Burton a telephone lineman and injuring W L Holt postmaster Ed Lewis. Driver W B Rust failed to avoid the edge after being crowded by another vehicle. Memorial services for Dean Charles E. Bessey were held at the University of Nebraska with brief remarks by Dean A F Woods Regent Ned Brown and Chancellor Avery presiding.
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Sac City
J. C. Burton
W. L. Holt
Newell
Ed Lewis
W. B. Rust
Charles E. Bessey
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Grover Barber
A. F. Woods
University of Minnesota
Ned Brown
Dean Bessey
Avery
Prices Are Right on John Deere Binders
Fundingsland Transfer Co. has just received two car loads of John Deere binders, highlighting strong inventory and ready availability for buyers.
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John Deere
Fundingsland Transfer Co
Bulgaria Breaks Through in Serbia War Drive
Bulgarian forces pierced Russian lines and invaded Serbia from Nish, capturing thousands of men and dozens of guns. Austro-German Bulgarian fronts shift as Servians rely on allied aid. fighting continues near Kragujevac and Dvinsk with heavy casualties on both sides. Britain’s parliament to weigh an Anglo French loan pact of 500 million dollars.
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Servia
Teegrai
Nish
Viasina
Athens
Garibogha
Kragujevatz
Macedonian Servia
Roumania
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Stripa
Dvinsk
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Poland
Loos
la Scarpe
Champagne
Souain
Belgrade
Austrian War Office
United States
Germans Use New Gas in Cham pagne Fighting
Dr Lucien Dumont reports Paris hospital observations on a green smelling gas used in Cham pagne combats. Three soldiers from Zouain Zuippes and Moranvillers describe brief exposure leading to suffocation for unmasked men and unconsciousness for masked men, followed by convulsive fever after regaining consciousness. Authorities suspect prussic acid as the base.
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Champagne
Lucien Dumont
Paris
Zouain
Zuippes
Moranvillers
German Yacht Two Sisters Linked to Gulf Attacks
German yacht Two Sisters sails from Galveston with a German crew and no cargo except empty canisters. Authorities watch her closely as reports tie the attack on British tankers in the Gulf of Mexico to her voyage. The vessel, bought after the August storm for three times its presumed value, drew customs scrutiny with no contraband found.
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Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
United States
Sayer Sentenced to Life in Fort Madison Penitentiary
George McDonald, convicted of murdering Charles Hird of Dubuque, received a life sentence at Fort Madison penitentiary.
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Sayer
George McDonald
Charles Hird
Dubuque
Fort Madison
Seven Added to Hall of Fame in NYU Election
Seven names join the Hall of Fame in the fourth NYU senate election, bringing total inductees to 56 with 50 men and six women. Reconsidered figures John Paul Jones and Roger Williams failed re election while new honorees include Francis Parkman, Elias Howe, Joseph Henry, Charlotte Cushman, Rufus Choate, Daniel Boone and Mark Hopkins with vote totals.
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Hall of Fame
New York University Senate
John Paul Jones
Roger Williams
the Divine
Mark Hopkins
Williams College
Francis Parkman
Lias Howe
Joseph Henry
Charlotte Cushman
Rufus Choate
Daniel Boone
Corn crop largely mature in South Platte district
About 80 percent of the corn in the South Platte district of Nebraska will make hard, sound grain, per the Burlington railroad crop report. North Platte area will be slightly lower but satisfactory. unfinished frost corn will aid ensilage. Wheat threshing continues with expectations of a bumper crop.
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South Platte
Nebraska
Burlington Railroad
North Platte
Kokomo Firm Prepares Enormous Barbed Wire Supply
A Kokomo Indiana manufacturer has built new machinery to mass produce deadly barbed wire for European warfare. The wire features one inch long barbs on a one eighth inch steel core with four barbs per inch, arranged to project at right angles.
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Kokomo
Ind
Local firm to flood market with special flexible barbed wire
A local company describes a new barbed wire product that is stronger and more flexible than standard offers. The wire, capable of injuring horse or man, remains supple despite a large core rod and can be wound on ordinary reels for shipment. Vast production is expected soon.
One Consolation Divorce Joke From Detroit Free Press
A man sighs that his wife sues for divorce and wishes to die. The reply notes it is better to have alimony than life insurance, reflecting a grim joke from the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit
Riee Press
Diamond separating invention born of luck at Kimberley mines
A Kimberley miner, after months of futile trials to separate diamonds from other stones, discovers that a greased vibrating inclined board can catch diamonds while other stones roll off. He builds a machine from the accidental method, automating what was once a hand task and cutting time and costs. Pathfinder notes the breakthrough.
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Kimberley
Pathfinder
The Gullible Cow and a Child Sreck Nadane
Two little girls walk through a field and fear a cow yet plot to ignore fear. They debate deception versus honesty and, in verse, reveal concern about how others would view them. The speaker notes a mixed, moral tone about conscience and courage.
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David
Moses
Sinai
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Boyd Mann
Russia
Wonder Car
Cvery
Maxwell
C. E. Harper
Sidney, Nebraska
Indiana
America
Standard Oil Company
Omaha
U Perry
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Ritchie & Perry
Attorneys-at-Law
Bridgeport, Neb
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Jos, A. Wolf
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Cheyenne County Abstract Company
Joseph M Swenson
Cleburne Block
HR. H. E. Mantor
Stewitts Building
C. W. Zike
Palace Livery Barn
J. C. Swatzlander, M. D
Wvestern Drug Co
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GAPEN
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Glenn Bliss
Bentley Building
W.T. Eikner
McIntosh
J, LL. Roach
Myron L. Babcock
Logan County Bank Building
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