Nebraska Crop Bulletin Reports Hot Dry Week of Forage Stress
The Nebraska crop bulletin notes a hot dry week with above normal highs across the state and variable rainfall. Corn advances rapidly in moisture rich areas while droughty zones see poor yields and chaffy kernels. Fall plowing proceeds but some counties face soil dryness and pasture declines.
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Nebraska
Hamilton
Jefferson
Johnson
Lancaster
Nemaha
Dakota
Dixon
Holt
Madison
Boone
Garfield
Greeley
Hall
Howard
Adams
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock
Kearney
Cheyenne
Keith
Keya Paha
Logan
McPherson
Rock
Scotts Bluff
Modern Woodmen Prepare for Woodmen Day at Exposition
The head camp of the Modern Woodmen of America plans a major Woodmen Day on September 22 at the Trans Missis sippi Exposition grounds. Omaha South Omaha and Council Bluffs camps organize speechmaking parade and fireworks with dignitaries including President Wattles Governor Wolcomb and Northcutt plus Royal Neighbors leaders. large attendance expected aided by reduced railroad rates to visit the exposition touted as one of the world’s great events.
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Oneda
United States
Canada
Tangier
Omaha
Sesostris
Lincoln
Midway
Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific Railways
South Omaha
Swift Packing Company
Swifts
Boyd's Opera House
Creighton Theater
Shriners
Benyaker
All Nations
Modern Woodmen of America
Council Bluffs
Wattles
The
Exposition Association
Silas A. Wolcomb
Nebraska
A. R. Talbot
Supreme Oracle
Watts
Royal Neighbors
Northcutt
Hawes
Nebraska Exhibits New Winter Plums At Horticulture Show
The Omaha Bee reports in the horticulture building Nebraska showcased rare fruit, featuring winter plums nearly as large as Idaho prunes. Grown by Fred Behlin near Columbus, the fruit stores well and gains flavor in cold months. Douglas County presents the first Concord grapes of the season.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Idaho
Fred Behlin
Columbus
Douglas County
Trouble in Twentieth Kansas Promot ion Dispute
San Francisco August 29 Lieutenant Colonel Little sent promotions to Governor Leedy for the Twentieth Kansas regiment. Colonel Funston accuses him of insubordination and plans to arrest Little. The feud, simmering since Camp Merritt to the Presidio, risks a court martial and two colonels in one regiment.
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San Francisco
Little
Leedy
Twentieth
Kansas
Miller
Funston
Twentieth Kansas
Camp Merritt
Presidio
A. C. Alford
F. R. Dodge
C. M. Ball
Colonel Little
Sergeant Ball
Thomas
Linen pants length dilemma noted in fashion chat
A remark observes that linen pants never hit the perfect length, with wearers facing consistent issues of being too long or too short. The quip highlights enduring tailoring frustrations in menswear.
Missouri Soldiers Return Home from Chickamauga Camp
A train carrying 152 members of the First, Second and Fifth Missouri volunteer regiments arrived in St Louis from Chickamauga Park hospitals after fevers and camp illnesses. Twenty one men from the First regiment went to their homes, others were sent to city hospitals or continue homeward. A relief train will move the sick Third and Fourth Missouri regiments from camps near Washington to St Louis, leaving Washington for Middletown, Pa, early tomorrow.
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Alleny
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Missouri
Bell
War Department
Middletown
Watson
Spain
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Manila
Santiago
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Schley
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Maria Teresa
Villamil
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Merrimac
Suez Canal
Miles
Shafter
Toral
Cuba
United States
McKibben
Calmera
Wood
Rough Riders
United States First Volunteer Cavalry
Guantanamo
Porto Rico
Compania Transatlantica Espanola
Blanco
General Miles
Mole St. Nicholas
Guanica
Port Ponce
Ponce
M. Canbon
Madrid
Merritt
Coamo Porto Rico
Vegetarian Costs Chicago Lawyer Dearly in Damages
In CarcaGo on August 29 lawyer P. R. Barnes files in supreme court a suit for 81000 against Foater and Scarritt's meat market. He claims a roast of beef concealed illness for him and his family after eating it, and doctors bills followed.
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CarcaGo
P. R. Barnes
Supreme Court
Barnes
Foater & Scarritt's
Kansas Soldiers Die of Typhoid in War Casualties
Two Twenty-first Kansas soldiers Joseph McBride and Elmer Payne died of typhoid fever, one at Third division hospital in Chattanooga after the regiment moved, the other at a private hospital there. About seventy-five remain ill at Camp Thomas. total regiment deaths reach twelve, six from Company B Larned.
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T Haminton
Joseph McBride
Elmer Payne
Twenty-first Kansas
Third Division
Chattanooga
Camp Thomas
Larned
Solace Overdue From Santiago With Sailors
A Boston dispatch to the World says the Red Cross hospital ship Solace carrying sailors from Santiago was due in New York on Tuesday. No word has arrived since it left Cuban shores, raising fears for its safety. The ship carries sick and convalescent sailors from Sampson's fleet bound for Chelsea naval hospital.
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Santiago
New York
New York World
Boston
Red Cross
Solace
Cuba
Sampson
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Storm tragedy in Freer leads to eighteen deaths
Freer Italy reports a deadly collapse as twenty peasants seek shelter in an old suburban house during a violent thunder storm. eighteen perished. In Camp Wreck, the Eighth Ohio reports nearly 300 sick, later found hunger caused many to feign illness. 170 recovered after feeding.
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Freer
Italy
Eighth Ohio
Cuba
Flagmaker Crimmins Dead After War Service at Navy Yard
James J. Crimmins master flagmaker at the Brooklyn navy yard died at 64. Since the war began he worked day and night producing flags and ensigns for the government. he served in the U S Navy for twenty nine years.
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New York
James J. Crimmins
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Crimmins
United States Navy
Yellow Fever Reported in Vers Orus Vexa Mexico
Reports from Cruz Mexico in August 1899 indicate several yellow fever cases. Authorities impose strict sanitary measures and prohibit importation of the fever into Gulf ports within the jurisdiction.
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Vexa.Cruz
Mexico
Gulf
Trouble Over Bismarck Memoirs In German Dispatches
Aug 29 reports state the German empire is examining Prince Bismarck letters. The Bismarck family vows not to publish memoirs or correspondence if text liberties occur. Also Aug 29 rumors surface of a major German bank failing with liabilities in the millions and assets reportedly gone.
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Bismarck
Braun
The
Germania
Prince Bismark
Prince Bismarck
Breau
Allgemeine Deutcche Credit Effecten Verasischerungsbank
Timeline of Cuban and Philippine War Events 1895 1898
A dense chronology lists insurrection and war actions across Cuba and the Philippines from 1895 to 1898. It tracks generals like Maceo Weyler and Shafter, battles at Santiago Manila and Guantanamo, naval actions, blockades, sieges, and the shift toward peace negotiations and independence movements.
Gloves for bicyclists urged by wheelwoman in article
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece quotes a wheelwoman advocating gloves for cyclists. She notes hands suffer during falls and brushes and argues thick gloves prevent many injuries while even thin silk or kid protect against sunburn and tanning.
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New York Commercial
Man Finds Dollar Spends Two In Celebration
A man who finds a dollar always spends twice that amount in celebration. The remark suggests a habit of rapid expenditure following a small windfall.
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War Revenue Bill
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