Nebraska and surrounding counties in brief notes
A garbled Nebraska page reports varied items: a German Lutheran ministers event at West Point, harvest conditions in cities, theft of shoes and clothing from Beemer, and bond payments on a court house. It mentions Wayne schoolhouse plans, local athletic clubs, sale of the old Fillmore County courthouse site, and local charity chair gifts. Fire losses near Bashville, early closing rules in Red Cloud merchants, and teacher association politics trouble. Deputies organize a Royal Highlanders chapter, a theft of livestock near Randolph, a misdose of strychnine in Humboldt, and a scarlet fever death near Columbus. sheriff election contest noted.
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Nebraska
West Point
John Nell
Beemer
Cass County
Court House
Red Cloud
State Teachers’ Association
E. Wilk
B. F. Thomas
Platte Center
the Royal Highlanders
Palmer
Offiers
Rescue and firefight tales amid war dispatches from Capetown
Dispatches recount rescue of Gilmore’s party near Abulet river on December 18 by Colonel Hare and Lieutenant Colonel Howe after Filipino abandonment. Reports from Capetown detail losses and captures in a January 6–8 sequence, including Essex replacing Saffolk battalions, and a medical officer sent to Colesberg area.
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Timo
Hare
Howe
Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
Gilmore
Abulet River
War Office
Forester-Walker
Capetown
French
Buffolk
Fish
Watson
Eece
Buller
Frerecamp
White
Daily Mail
Durban
Widgeon
Dele
Teece
Colesberg
Essex Regiment
Fragmented Tales and Advertisements in Late-Era Chatter
A jumbled patchwork recounts a break in, a watchman seen in a window, and a casual invite for whisky. It then shifts to scattered notices about Fargo College, burglar work in Paris, varnish making, furniture polish, Peruna tonic endorsements, and random wartime coal scarcity plus a Texas locomotive lit with 100 bulbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Strike Settled Reported By Samuel Gompers
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor has secured assent for settlement of the strike. Details remain unclear as negotiations proceed and parties await final approval from involved unions and employers.
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Cutonco
Jan
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
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J.C. Aven
Lowell
Brisas
Olsame County
Iowa
Illinois
Wayne
McCcok Athletic Club
Filmore County Court House
C. W. Houbesky
F. Right
Emerson
J. W. Lates
James Schneider
Bashville
Robert
Edward Burke
Randolph
8. B. Day
Humboldt
David Aschler
Columbus
Thomas Noon
Office of Sheriff
London
Earl of Ava
Wen Ie Ae Aeal
Cy the Peeeied
Tee
H. C. Simmons
Fargo College
Cead
Fargo
N. D
Paris
W. N. Roach
United States
North Dakota
W. N
Catarr
Roach
Larimore
South Dakota
Peruna_Medicine Company
Ohio
Hartman
Great Britain
Plummer
Transvaal
Cee
Bali
Bat Oxy and
Sivas i Eign Sige Meta
ST For the
Coash Bree
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