Nebraska Reform Legislation Passes Delegated Sessions
Official records show measures on Employers Liability Law Municipal Taxation of Railway Property and Pure Food and Dairy Law enacted by both Republican senators and representatives with majorities in each house and approved by Governor George L. Sheldon. The speaker argues this undermines claims of Democratic responsibility for reform.
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Nebraska
Sheldon
Congress
George L. Sheldon
Editors Attack City News Blade and Telegraph
A lengthy critique targets the News- Blade editor as a failure and self important, while The Telegraph is labeled dyspeptic. The piece recounts a bridgeport meeting mix up with a south to north county committee and criticizes local press intrusions and claimed plots.
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The
News- Blade
Blade
Telegraph
Bridgeport
South End
Bridgeport Commercial Club
Omaha Commercial Club
News-Blade
Sidneystea
Illinois church shooting shocks congregation
A member of a congregation in Illinois leaped the railing and fatally shot the church organist. The incident contrasts with Nebraska law where such acts remain illegal and out of bounds.
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Illinois
Nebraska
Local news roundup lists town residents and visitors
Dalton Jacob Meyer of Ickes visits town this week. Herman Armmuth and William Beckenham and family spend Sunday at Greenwood. Mrs. W S Woolsey visiting Sidney this week. Joe Wickard leaves for extended stay in Minneapolis. Miss Clara Armuth heads to Alliance for winter study. F A Redish of Bridgeport in town buying horses. Mrs J Hersey to teach in Pool district this winter. Mr and Mrs R L Loveless visiting Scottbluff this week. W J Getzemeyer plans cementing the hardware store basement. Steve Davis doing the work. Gus Togatis moves barber shop to B W Handley’s pool hall. Dr Boyd resigns as agent and aims for Denver. Herman Martin rents blacksmith shop from Joe Ernest and plans to move soon. Oliver Anderson of International Harvester Co visiting setting up corn binders. A E Kivett and Dr Franke with land buyers this week. Frank Rilen threshing and hauling grain. J Tout seen in Bridgeport on Wednesday.
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Clara Armuth
Alliance
F. A. Redish
Bridgeport
J. Hersey
Pool
R. L. Loveless
Scottabluff
W. J. Getzemeyer
Steve Davis
Gus Togatis
B. W. Handley’s
Oliver Anderson
International Harvester Co
A. E. Kivett
Or. Franke
Frank Rilen
J. Tout
North Divide Social Notes and Local Happenings
Local brief notes report Frank Halston at Bronson ball game last Sunday and visiting families including Mr and Mrs Ebmkie and Herman at Ickea. Misa Branger returns from Riha ranch in Illinois with Marie Rilen. Brummond considers relocating east. Ruhter and Perkins work hay and plan a cook. Lafferty baby ill. Cattle buyers active early week.
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Frank Halston
Bronson
Ebmkie
Herman
Ickea
Misa Branger
Riha Ranch
Illinois
Marie Rilen
Mr. Brummond
Ernest Ruhter
Tom Perkins
Mr. Lafferty
Local notes from Irving and Bridgeport area towns
Irving residents report visiting Bridgeport for a reunion and family travel occurred with Mrs. Winkleman and sons. The community celebrates haying nearly finished as Jam Holiday and A Johnson repaired the schoolhouse. AUP surveyors mapped rough hills with four U S Army workers and E A Cooper traveled to Bridgeport for business and leisure.
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Johnson
Edna
Eastwood
A. Johnson
Local notes from the Kinkaid community
Beyers Bros. hosted their brother Fred from eastern Nebraska who plans to move here in spring. Mrs. Matthews is ill. Dalton made a business trip to town. Our baseball team visited Bronson but details are scarce. Numerous social events and farm work fill the week including corn binders, threshing, a dance at H Ehmkes, and a picnic at the Shear ranch. E J Mead of Arlington Nurseries visited Kin kaid homesteaders.
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Beyers Bros
Fred
Nebraska
H. Ehmke
Pete Kolp
Mr. Hicks
Gilbert Nelson
Mrs. Dalton
Quinn Ranch
Shear Ranch
Local Notices Highlight New Arrivals and Installations
South Divide area reports new residents from Olympia Kansas, F Narjes and family, with a mansion planned by A Garey and C Garey. Rev T Moellering of Hampton Nebraska visits the local pastor. Livoni’s threshing machine brings lively activity as F Wacker departs for eastern Nebraska returning soon.
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F. Narjes
Olympia
Kans
A. and
C. Garey
Adams
T. Moellering
Hampton
Neb
Livoni
F. Wacker
Nebraska
Reade's Dramatic Failures and Critics
The article profiles Charles Reade late in life, noting his shift to playwriting after gaining fame as a novelist. It highlights his belief that others ruined his works, his financial waste on failed productions, and his stubbornness. It credits him with dramatic talent and some collaborations that briefly succeeded, while most plays failed with the public.
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Tom Taylor
Dion Boucicault
Poultry Fakes and Fake Birds in Old New England Farm
An unnamed poultry farmer exposes tricks to turn an old rooster into a marketable fake. He paints feet, breaks bones, lifts the breast, and later uses a board to flatten a skeleton chicken to create the illusion of a fat, tender bird.
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New England
Unobserving Thief Loses Claim to Yosouf’s Horse
Yosouf's valuable horse is stolen during business, but the owner exposes the thief by asking which eye the horse is blind in. The thief falsely claims the left eye, while Yosouf reveals the horse is blind in neither eye, reclaiming the horse and punishing the villain.
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Yosouf
Yesouf
SPECIALS ON EXCURSIONS TO EASTERN CITIES AND LANDS
Travel deals advertised by the Land Seekers Information Bureau offer low rate trips to eastern cities resorts and Canadian and New England destinations. September and October runs cover Puget Sound California Washington Oregon and many intermediate points with powell Wyoming excursions on the first and third Tuesdays. Send names to D Clem Deaver Omaha as General Agent for land information.
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Michigan
Canada
New England
Puget Sound
California
Washington
Oregon
Garland and
Powell
Wyo
D. Clem Deaver
Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Omaha
Notable births mark 1809 as a remarkable year
The year 1809 is praised for producing many famed individuals including Abraham Lincoln Edgar Allan Poe Oliver Wendell Holmes William Ewart Gladstone Charles Darwin Lord Houghton Alfred Tennyson Edward Fitzgerald Professor Blackle Mary Cowden Clarke and Felix Mendelssohn in a memorable nineteenth century span.
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Abraham Lincoln
Edgar Allan Poe
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William Ewart Gladstone
Charles Darwin
Lord Houghton
Alfred Tennyson
Edward Fitzgerald
Professor Blackle
Mary Cowden Clarke
I Felix Mendelssohn
Absolutely Free. Angry Mother Confronts Music Teacher
A Florida Times-Union brief states an angry mother bursts into a parlor and accuses a young music teacher of kissing her daughter. The teacher replies he makes no charge for the act.
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Florida Times-Union
Public Notice of Homestead Final Proof Hallmarked
Elmer L. Hicks of Potter Cheyenne County Nebraska filed notice of intention to make final commutation proof to establish a land claim for lots 1 2 3 4 section 4 township 14 north range 52 west 6th meridian before the register and receiver at North Platte Nebraska on October 12 1906 witnesses Charles Stanton Albert W Gustafson Gilbert Nelson Edward Nelson all of Potter Nebraska J E Evans register U S land office at North Platte Nebraska
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North Platte
Nebraska
Elmer L. Hicks
Potter
Cheyenne County
Charles Stanton
Albert W. Gustafson
Gilbert Nelson
Edward Nelson
J.E. Evans
Register
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Contest Notice on William J. Kelley Homestead Entry
Nellie oran files a contest against homestead entry No 10092 by William J. Kelley for the NW 1 4 of Section 8 Township 23 Range 51 Neb near Alliance. Kelley allegedly has not resided improved or cultivated the land since entry. Contestants must appear and present evidence October 22, 1908 at the United States Land Office Alliance Neb. Publication ordered due to unsserved notice.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Alliance
Nellie Oran
William J. Kelley
W. W. Woon
Register
Notice to Mary Lane in Nebraska divorce case 1908
John Lane filed for a divorce against Mary Lane in Cheyenne County Nebraska District Court on September 14 1908 alleging abandonment for over two years. Mary Lane must answer by November 2 1908.
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Mary Lane
John Lane
District Court
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Jonn Lane
Proposed Nebraska constitutional amendment on Supreme Court powers
The 1906 proposed joint resolution to amend Article six sections two four five six and thirteen sets new terms for the Supreme Court judges and chief justice. It covers court jurisdiction elections terms salaries and the governor’s initial appointments after adoption. Approved July 15 1908 with secretary Geo C Junkin certifying submission to voters on November 3 1908.
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Nebraska
State of
Supreme Court
Mustice
District Court
Geo. C. Junkin
Lincoln
United States
Notice of contest against homestead entry 22076 Neb
Department of the Interior Land Office in North Platte announces a contest by Wm. Defoe of Lebanon Neb against homestead entry No. 22076 filed May 1 1907 by Joseph R. Dickson. Contest alleges Dickson failed to establish residence or cultivate the land. Public notice of appearance and evidence is set for Oct 12 and final hearing Oct 16 before a county judge and the land office officials in North Platte. Publication authorized by Register J. E. Evans.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
North Platte
Neb
Wm. Defoe
Lebanon
Joseph RR. Dickson
Joseph RK
Nebraska
J. E. Evans
Register
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure in Cheyenne County Neb
Anglo American Mortgage and Trust Co. files foreclosure petition in Cheyenne County Nebraska against James Coulter Jennie Coulter and heirs to recover 2475.00 plus interest on a mortgage securing real estate described as East half of Southwest Section 4 and East half of Northwest Section 10 Township 18 North Range 49 West. Plaintiff seeks decree to satisfy the debt and sell the premises by October 12 1908. Cras Battelle attorney for plaintiff.
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Anglo American Mortgage and Trust Co
James Coulter
Jennie B. Coulter
Anglo-American Mortgage & Trust Pta Ptcy
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Inpleudei
Brewer E. McCague
Aron F. Hendrickson
L. W. Tulcusts
Anglo-Americaan Mortgage & Trust Company
Rook
Ernest Stuht
Prgedsi
Primntiy
Anglo-American Mortgage & Thustt Co
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Dalton
Jacob Meyer
Ickes
Herman Armmuth
William Beckenhamer
Greenwood
W. S. Woolsey
Joe Wickard
Minneapolia
Dr. Boyd
Denver
Herman Martin
Joe Ernest
North Divide
Irving
Uncle Sam
U. P
E A.cooper
WM. Beckenhauer
Dalton, Ner
Clara
Mr. Dalton
Broncon Nine
Mr. Cunningham
Robi
Eppe
E. J. Mead
Arlington Nurseries
Ras
Kinkaid
Pacific Coast
Yellowstone Park
Utah
Colorado
Big Horn Mountains
Black Hills
M. A. Surpman
Sidney, Neb
L. W Wakely
G.P. A
Omaha, Neb
H. E
Rder
Asahel G. Blodgett
Grace M. Staten
Sarah
Sidney ‘Telegraph, & Weekly
James Tucker
CTICE
Blale
Rovender
Charles Battelle
Cras
Battelle
the Grand Hotel
Dalton, Nebraska
C. W. Handley
Prop
Dalton Livery Stable
Feed and Sale
C.W. Handley
Dalton, Neb
Dalton Meat Market
Herman Armuth
Hardware and Furniture
W. J. Gatzemeyer Dalton
Kivett Land CO
Kivett Landg
Bancroft
Chichester’s
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