Clash of Rages Oklahoma Race Riot Ends in Murders
Reports from Muskogee Oklahoma describe white and black mobs in Coweta with several deaths including the city attorney’s slayer and a man named Sudduth. A white man assaulted a black street helper prompting arson and gunfire as armed groups converge to repel the violence.
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Muskogee
Qokla
Coweta
Sudduth
Swazer
Ed Ruse
Swater
Hart
Tope
Missionary reports cannibal raid and crew killings
The Rev. J. G. Patton arrived from Malecules in the New Hebrides and recalled a raid by a French trading vessel. Natives kidnapped by the ship attacked the steamer, captured three crew members who were natives, and were killed and eaten in reprisals.
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Victoria
B. C
J. G. Patton
Malecules
New Hebrides
Des Moines Supreme Court Labels Bet Stealing as Larceny
Iowa Supreme Court rules that taking money from a man in a supposed sure thing bet constitutes larceny. The decision clarifies the legality of seizing winnings in gambling disputes and frames the act as theft.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Death Valley Scott Reappears in California Show
Walter Scott, a once mysterious miner and speed king, performs aboard a west California limited train Saturday near Gan Bernardino, entertaining crowds with flourishes of shell and feats as big as three tomato cans.
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Death Valley
Scott
Gan Bernardino
Cal
Walter Scott
Extension request and currency reform talk span many fronts
The item compiles requests for a sixty day extension for reorganization, Nelson Aldrich attending the trans Mississippi congress to discuss currency reform, and Aldrich submitting a revised monetary plan to the national monetary commission. It notes Canada’s population, railroads’ rate-contract bans, a tobacco trust case, and various political and global events including Taft’s California tour, floods in Japan, and other public notices.
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Nelson W. Aldrich
Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress
Kansas City
Rhode Island
National. Monetary. Commission
Canada
Interstate Commerce Commissions
United States Circuit Court
Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Company
Wickersham
Nebraskan Hero Receives Bronze Medal for Rescue
Clinton B. Runner, 19 of Hershey Nebraska, saved three Hungerford children from a prairie fire near their cave. He carried Pearl 3 and others to safety at water tanks despite smoke and collapsing roof. Runner suffered burns to neck and hands.
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Miss Murphy
Kanaly
Clinton B
Hershey
Neb
Runner
Ram
Hungerford
Pearl
Lela
Cela
Manderson Will Filed For Probate In Douglas County
The will of General C. F. Manderson leaves all estate to widow Mrs. Rebecca Manderson who will serve as executrix without bond. Real property valued at about 95000 dollars and personalty at about 20000 dollars are listed in the petition for probate.
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Douglas County
C. F. Manderson
Rebecca Manderson
Labeling Violations Probed by State Inspectors at Grand Island
Hall County inspectors with the State Food Commissioner have begun seven prosecutions at Grand Island against merchants for failing to label original packages with net weight. The Cudahy company faces suit over unlabeled net weight of lard. Donald & Porter charged for unlabeled cheese, milk, and oats packages.
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Hall County
Jackson
Grand Island
Cudahy Company
Donald & Porter
Miss Wyoming Weds Mr Land in Coincident Names
Douglas County notes a marriage of Wyoming Bonham of Council Bluffs to Robert Land, both aged 24 and 27, who arrived at the courthouse to complete preliminaries for a wedding. The license clerk nearly offered a homeseeker rate on the permit upon noting their matched surnames.
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Wyoming
Land
Douglas County
Burlington station cornerstone laid at Nebraska City
The cornerstone of the new Burlington passenger station in Nebraska City was laid with ceremony. The station, costing a little over $50,000, will be two stories tall and built of pressed brick with terra cotta and red sandstone ornaments.
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Otoe County
Burlington
Nebraska City
J. W. Ho‘berg
Jones reports army worm damage to wheat near Wymore
Gage County farmer John H. Jones says crows and black birds have eaten all the army worms in his wheat fields near Wymore causing the wheat to be eaten off during sprouting. About fifteen acres were affected.
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Gage County
John H. Jones
Wymore
Canning Factory Closes After Successful Season in Nemaha
Nemaha County reports the local canning factory shutting down after a record season. Output reached 5,400 cases with 1,400 more cages than last year's peak, marking the largest production since opening three to four years ago.
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Nemaha County
Religious Awakening in Callaway Revival
The greatest revival in Callaway is now led by Dr. A. Smith of Beloit Wisconsin with Prof. L. G Dibble of St. Louis assisting. The event is reported to have drawn about 200 conversions.
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Callaway
Custer County
A. Smith
Beloit
Wis
L. G Dibble
St. Louis
Nebraska in Briefs from Heaven City to York
City meeting advances electric lighting plans in Heaven City while Armour and Co fined $50 for pure food law violations. York hosts mail service exam November 4 and Odd Fellows dedicate a state home for aged, widows, and orphans costing $130,000. Lincoln alums plan trek to Michigan Nebraska game. bank clearings rise 45 percent over last year.
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Heaven City
Lincoln
Armour and Company
York
State University
Furnas County
Emma_ Abbott
Aduttery
Jatt
Charles M. Kearney
Morrell
Presbyterian Synod of
Neraska
Hastings
North Platte
James Stephen
Central City
College Section
Little Blue River
W.J. Bryan
Nebraska
Aldrich
Clay Valandingham
Rochester
L.D. Macy
Rome
Omaha
Wunderlich
David City
Railway Commission
Martin
Land Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Conr Tegeman
George W. Norris
Lincoln Bank
foNow
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Local Reader
A Natick Massachusetts woman reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the change of life. She claims the remedy made her well and urges others to seek Mrs Pinkham's confidential free advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Tavo Phys
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nathan B. Greaton
N. Main Street
Natick
Mass
The Very Worst Weights and Measures Anecdote
Clement J. Driscoll, at a New York dinner, shared humorous tales from his tenure as weights and measures commissioner. He recounted a grocer’s lament over a would be fifteen ounce pound and a jab about a missing apwenteen.
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Clement J. Driscoll
New York
Mr. Driscoll
Wall Street Flyer Brings Sudden Market Reversal
In a brief exchange, Mr. Lambkin admits taking a flyer in Wall Street and being ahead briefly before the market dropped and wiped him out. The incident underscores the quick volatility of trading and sudden losses in equity bets.
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Wall Street
Mr. Lambkin
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