Nebraska In Brief Highlights From Fremont To Lincoln
District court in Fremont awards Le Roy Meijee 20000 damages against Stockyard and Land Co for injuries while employed. Fort Calhoun centennial plans proceed with October 11 marking 100 years since Missouri river landing. Government orders troops from Fort Omaha and Fort Creeks to participate. Dairy price investigations reveal profits from producer to retailer. Home grown seed wheat germination tests low with daniel seed from east. Albion Home Builders forming to construct affordable modern homes. Dr W F Wild resigns amid board of health dissatisfaction. Wymore approves Arbor State Riverside park sale for sewer funding about 50000. Dodge County porker sale brings 6000 payoff. Ames man buys 6000 hog, bragging rights. Elk City. Reed. Lincoln inflation dairy probe shows profits. Fort Calhoun centennial date set. Lincoln football outlook strong. Hog cholera largely wiped out in Dodge County. Masonry gathering at Grand Island with numerous delegates. Potato harvest in Sheridan county light. Belgium royal visit to Omaha planned for Oct 25. Peru road contract about 50000. Spanish influenza detected in Omaha. Adams county sugar shortage worsens with 800 bags from California. Nemaha county to form new national guard company. Heavy rain washes out dam on Southern Nebraska Power Co. New Chadron hotel planned at 150000. Lincoln highway paving west of Columbus delayed until next spring. Brown county soldiers to hold home-coming in Ainsworth Oct 10. Fremont carnival raises 1125 for American Legion fund. Omaha moral squad abolished amid raids and damage suits. Wild ducks reported abundant in sand hill region. State fair hogs mostly healthy after quarantine. Tecumseh paving project delayed.
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Ft. Calhoun
Washington County
Fort Calhoun
Missouri River
Fort Omaha
Fort Creek
Lincoln
Nebraska
Leo Stuhr
Albion
State Board of Health
Department of Public Welfare
W. F. Wild
State Health Department
Wymore
Arbor State
Riverside
H.C. McGrath
Ames
Dusiness
Dodge County
Snesons
Namin Beom
Chase County
Sioux City
Seward County
Norval Clark
Peter Pratt
Walter Briggs
Omaha
Mary Haney
Ruby Crippen
Anna May Boland
Canning
Meckenzie
Mra
Emily P. Hornberger
Hornberger
Alliance Packing Company
Alliance
Wyoming
Citizens State Bank
Halston
Dodge
H. Kerston
Fremont
Grand Island
Hastings
Broken Bow
Sheridan County
Washington
Albert
Queen Marie
Belgium
Peru
State Normal Road
Adams County
California
National Guard
Nemaha County
Auburn
Superior
Southern Nebraska Power Co
Republican River
Chadron
Columbus
Brown County
Ainsworth
Fremont Post
LYNCHING MOB DRAGS MAYOR AND OFFICIALS IN OMAHA
In Omaha Nebraska a mob of several thousand assaulted Sheriff deputies and dragged Mayor Ed P Smith from the courthouse swinging him by a rope. The mob torched the treasurer's office and forced prisoners from jail as flames spread. William Brown a colored man was captured and hanged on Harney Street after a nine hour stand. Brown allegedly robbed and assaulted a couple earlier, with Brown later confessing.
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Omaha
Nebr
William Brown
Harney Street
Neal
Court House
War Department
Ft. Crook
Ft. Omaha
Ed P. Smith
Brown
William
Mies Lebeck
Japan invites China to confer on Shantung settlement
Tokyo signals readiness to invite China to negotiate over Shantung restoring terms. If China refuses, Japan says it will retain current Shantung conditions. In the Pacific, Marine forces will expand on the coast as Brigadier General Pendleton moves to create a second advanced base HQ in San Diego with about 250 additional Marines.
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Tokio
Japan
China
Shantung
Pacific Washington
Marine Corps
Pacific Coast
Pacific Fleet
Joseph Pendleton
San Diego
Proclamation Praises Loyal Fiuman Warship Crew
A proclamation by Captain Gabriele d Annunzio extols four Italian warships Dante Alighieri Mirabello Nullo and Abbe for loyalty to the Fiuman cause. It claims their desertion forced Allied commanders to withdraw from Fiume harbor while Dante Alighieri remained loyal to Annunzio. General Garibaldiio in Paris commented on potential actions and urged a solution involving Wilson France England and Italy.
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Fiume
Dante Alighieri
L’anpunzio
Giuseppe
Peppino) Garibaldiio
Associated Press
Paris
Garibaldi
Gabriele d’ Annunzio
Annunsio
Wilson
France
England
Italy
Germans Move to Mexico for Immigration Wave
The German consul in Mexico reports that 36 600 immigrants are the first sizable group responding to Mexican overtures after the armistice. Officials say they are well educated, skilled, and ready to buy land or form partnerships with Mexican landowners.
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Washington
Mexico
Immiee
Ae Eae Ee Et Cies
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Extradition Issues Rise From Versailles Treaty Provisions
The Versailles settlement grants Belgium the right to demand extradition of listed enemy subjects for war law violations, but the process must occur within one month after ratification. A royal decree on February 16, 1919, established a commission to investigate German infringements, with documentary identity issues complicating the task. Americana Eat More Bread as demand shifts show price declines and rising consumption of bread. The Bank of North Dakota, under the nonpartisan league, sold 2 million dollars in bonds at par, split between 6 percent bank and real estate series, to firms in New York and Chicago.
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Belgium
New York
Chicago
Geiling Bonds Biemarck
Bank of North Dakota
Villa Tries to Unite Rebeie El Paso
A courier en route to San Antonio from Francisco Villa’s headquarters near the Durango Chihuahua state line said he had plans to unite factions. The report notes efforts to bring together opposing groups as the conflict in the border region intensifies.
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el Paso
San Antonio
Tex
Francisco Villa
Durango Chihushna
Fragmented Paramour Tale of Fear and a Damaged Lamp Post
A fragmented narrative describes a two year older sister contending with a younger brother over care and a desire for new clothes. An automobile hits a lamp post nearby, halting their pursuit as they argue about obedience and material wants.
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Don
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Ana Vitelaay
Tee Ban
le Roy Meijee
Stockyard and Land Co
Tekamah
Nebras
le Begre
BR. L. Massey
Untee Pacific
Malt County
Sand Hill
Tecumseh
Smith
Fiuman
Italien
Anninsic
Witeon
Villa
Rebeie
Che Stars and Sitges
Aloe Oma
Bop Reeves
Igs
Fuaioband Cnc
Aida Besser
MCA
Hasney
Ain
St. i Reer UU
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