Nebraska News Briefs From Cities and Counties
Fire at Heartwell and a Grand Island death dominate Neb raska items. Gomme of Eddyville found dead in Altoona building with a revolver. West Point faces grippe flu epidemics among the aged. Blair reports a 100 foot tower with 14 065 volts. Miller homicide suspect still at large with rewards. Beatrice forms equal suffrage group. Lincoln hosts Nebr a conservation congress session. Ruth Shafer injured in buggy accident near Ohiowa. Grand Island woman nominated for school board. Wolf hunts near Fairbury net five prairie wolves. Seward student fighter located after alleged injury. Pawnee City mystery of Mrs Leslie Close persists. Hastings power plant blaze prevented by Ingleside brigade. Nebraska auto railroad crossing rule campaigns. Fifty six crossing accidents since 1910. Tekamah auto injury endangers master plumber McKay. Ne is received word of…
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Heartwell
B. A. Gomme
Eddyville
Altoona
Grand Island
West Point
Herman Ketterman
Blair
George Hood
Miller
Beatrice
Woman's
Nebraska Conservation Congress
Lincoln
Ruth Shafer
Ohiowa
A. W. Sterne
Bower
Fairbury
Charles Frost
Seward
Leslie Close
Pawnee City
Ingleside
State Asylum For the
Hastings
Nebraska
McKay
Tekamab
Free Surprise Box Advertised by Loose Wiles Co
The brief notes state a Free Surprise Box promotion from the Loose Wiles Biscuit Co of Omaha Nebraska. Readers are invited to request a box of assorted biscuits at no cost. The item appears among a collage of miscellaneous clippings and jokes in the 1913 issue.
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Loose Wiles Biscuit Co
Omaha
Neb
America
Miners Fight Breaks Out At Butte Picnic Tug of War
A Sunday miners picnic in Butte featured a tug-of-war between Irish and Slovak teams. The Slovaks led until the Irish team dropped the rope and attacked. One Irishman gained the upper hand on a downed opponent while a friend urged to fetch a belt for the fray.
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Butte
Qwan
When the Sun Will Die and Earth Becomes Dead Worlds
The text contemplates the sun finally ceasing to emit light and heat, leaving the earth and other planets as lifeless worlds. It notes calculations placing the sun’s end at about seven billion years from now and considers the distant fate of our solar system.
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Earth
Acts of the National Law Makers in Congress
Fragments report congressional activity with references to a money trust investigation and an executive session on a report. The text notes a House bill to omit hotel and taxicab rates in Washington during inauguration and mentions adjournment times. Contains several garbled phrases and figures including a large sum and harbor mentions.
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Eben Nes
Harbors
Ren Winke
House
Washington
Money Trust
Senate and House address river and labor bills and expositions
In Washington the senate and house advanced river and harbor and general appropriation work while considering the labor department bill and naval pensions. Notable items include a proposed government stake in the Panama Pacific exposition, a rail valuation report, and eulogies for late lawmakers. Buffalo Bill Cody elected president of Showmen's League of America. Bishop Hogan of Missouri dies of pneumonia.
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Senate
Onmere
Washington
House
Department of Labor
Raynor
Maryland
Otter
Rhode Island
Wedemeyer
Michigan
MacVeagh
Poindexter
Navy
Baltimore
Shipping Trust
Appropriations Committee
Agricultural
Shipping Trust Investigation Committee
Buffalo Bill
Chicago
Showmen's League of America
William F
Buffalo Bills
Cody
Wit Benefit Many Nebaskans
Washington senate military affairs committee to meet Thursday on a bill to place retired Civil War volunteer officers on the retired list at the same pay as regular army officers of equivalent rank. Senator Brown, subcommittee chair, will seek a favorable report. More than a thousand Nebraska veterans would gain from enactment.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brown
Nebraska
Nebraska Fares Well Washington Public Building Plan
The senate committee on public buildings recommended nearly a half million dollars for Nebraska public buildings in a bill before the senate. Itemized costs include Lincoln public building for McCook at 26000 dollars and post office land office and other structures at 75000 dollars plus more for Falls City Wahoo and other sites.
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Nebraska
Washington
Senate Committee On Public
Senate
Lincoln
McCook
Allance
Post Ofice
Dareau
Falla City
Wahoo
Dialogue on wisdom and price of knowledge
A brief exchange contrasts those who know what is best with those who lack means to afford it. The dialogue hints at value, discernment, and social divides without naming people or places.
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Hazel
Hand Condition Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs Mary Taylor of St Clair Missouri describes a fifteen year eczema like hand disease with watery blisters cracking and bleeding. After trying remedies she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment on doctor advice and recovered fully with no remaining symptoms. Sample free with 32 page Skin Book.
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St. Clair, Mo
Mary Taylor
Ady
Plants Grow Stronger With Special Nourishment
A German investigator reports plants resist cold best when nourished with a special feed. Sugar feeding is said to boost a plant’s resistance to low temperatures, akin to how food affects animals, though to a lesser degree.
Castoria Advertisement and Literary Quote
An old fashioned ad excerpt mentions Fletcher's Castoria for infants and children and includes a quotation about love attributed to Thackeray. It presents a mix of product promotion and a literary reflection, reflecting period advertising and prose.
Unclear Phrase Scraped From OCR Text
Fragmentary OCR line mentions striking and favor toward a man near a pocketbook with no clear context or identifiable event, people, or place.
Watered stock and wealth talk in New York club
A Day of the Billionaire piece quotes a New York lawyer at the Lotus Club lamenting watered stock and magnates. He predicts billionaires may boast of expensive cars while social ties with earlier mentors blur as wealth grows.
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New York
Lotus Club
Jones
Doctor Exhibits Humility Toward Fellow Physician
A physician deflects praise for a colleague's skill, highlighting teamwork over personal glory in a modest, professional tone. The exchange underscores mutual respect within the medical community.
Automobile Aroma Sparks Farmer Confrontation
Farmer Hiram mends the front fence when a car speeds by emitting blue smoke from its engine. He tells his hired man Sam city folk may be foolish, but the smoke exposes their pretensions and prompts a blunt, wary exchange.
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Hiram
Sam
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