Debraska Notes Reflect Local Developments and Commerce
The First National bank of West Point becomes county depository. Lakeside faces a coal famine again this winter. Grand Island investors buy the Feather restaurant in Alliance. Beatrice area farm sales and land transfers continue. New churches and garages planned in Bayard, Uehling, Beatrice, and Leshara. Fremont interlocking switch opens as state’s priciest project. Pierce to become a second class city in April. Rural clubs meet weekly. Cedar County real estate active.
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Fremont
Cedar County
Citizens’ Telephone Company of
Atkinson
Bayard Commercial Club
Burwell
Burrwell
Carpenters
Leshara
Great Northern
Coal Vein at Peru Neb Shows Profit Potential
Nebraska news notes a coal discovery near Peru with a vein thickness of 37 to 85 inches, nearly level and easily drained. State officials, Prof E H Barbour, and local citizens examined the mine depth to 42 feet and collected samples for analysis. Landowner A M Borst seeks a $5000 state reward, while F M Medley also claims discovery rights. A commission will inspect and report before funds are appropriated.
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J. W. Crabtree
State Normal School
Peru
Duncanson and Gregg
Peru, Neb
E.H. Barbour
State ‘University
Barbour
University
A. M. Borst
Mickey
F. M. Medley
Borst
Medley
Convicted cattle thief Frank Donner returned to Neligh Nebraska
Frank Donner, previously convicted of cattle stealing, was retaken in Washington after escaping Neligh jail. He was wounded in a Spokane area altercation and hospitalized before recognition led to his arrest. He remains injured and under stricter guard as he faces penitentiary transfer.
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Frank Donner
Washington
Nebraska
Nelight
Spokane
Wash
Neligh
Sarpy County Farmers Eye Papillion River Project
Sarpy County farmers and property owners discuss widening and straightening the Papillion River to prevent annual floods. A 250-person meeting showed broad support for the scheme, with advocates citing low costs and large land value gains once completed.
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Sarpy County
Sarpy
Will Assess All Licenses For Taxation In Omaha
The county assessor announces saloonkeeper licenses will be listed with other property for tax this year marking the first time licenses are taxed. Reed reports state board instruction to assess all licenses on their April 1 value of 750 dollars rather than full 1000 dollars, reflecting declining license value.
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Omaha
Reed
State Board of Equalization
Modern Brick Plant Planned by Bucyrus Firm
Mr Real of the American Clay Working Machinery Co of Bucyrus Ohio closes a deal with Humboldt Nebraska brick makers to install a fully modern plant for building and pressed brick. Exhaustive tests claim Humboldt clay is as good as any for brick making and will be guaranteed as a top quality product north of the natural gas strip.
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Real
American Clay Working Machinery Company
Bucyrus
Ohio
Humboldt, Neb
Ohio Company
Humboldt
Train Crushes Man Near Lexington
John Manley was killed three miles west of Lexington when he and two companions, sleepy on the track, lay down and were struck by a passing train No. 5. His companions alerted authorities, a coroner's inquest followed, and the verdict exonerated the railroad company.
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John Manley
Lexington
Hanley
Railroad Company
Golden Wedding At Overton For Mr And Mrs Cheney
Mr and Mrs Bradbury T Cheney celebrate their golden wedding at Overton with fifty guests. They came to Overton from Iowa in 1878 after moving from New Hampshire in 1864. Mr Cheney once ran a successful farm operation and two years ago they sold the farm and moved to Overton. Their direct descendants total about fifty.
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Bradbury T. Cheney
Overton
Cheney
Iowa
New Hampshire
Elopement scandal in Overton rocks Nebraska family
The report states Wiggins fled to elope with his wife's sister Miss Mattie Guess, leaving his wife to care for two children. He recently sold his farm and was visiting his wife's family en route to Kansas. He cashed a $1,200 check in Overton, leaving his wife without support.
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Wo Wiggins
Overton
Neb
Mattie Guess
Kansas
Ashland Library Move Planned by Woman's Club and Officials
The Woman's Club and Ashland school officials plan to relocate the large school library to the city library building and merge it with the women's organization under their direction. The library has served the school for many years.
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Woman's Club
Ashland
Catholic Church Movement Aims at Oxford Construction
A plan to erect a Catholic church in Oxford is take shape with building to begin this spring. Simultaneously a society will organize and a church will be built in Stamford nearby.
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Oxford
Stamford
Auburn Chautauqua to Build New Auditorium
The Auburn Chautauqua association will erect an auditorium in time for the annual assembly. A covered venue will prevent rain disruption of sessions, with season tickets raised to cover additional costs.
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Uehlingt
Great Northern
Farley
Big Cut
Auburn Chautauqua Association
Auburn
Homesteaders Rush In to Box Butte County
Hemingford Nebraska reports a strong spring influx of homesteaders to Box Butte County with hundreds of cabins already rising in the western lands and southern Sioux areas. The Kinkaid Act is credited as a boon to development.
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Box Butte
Hemingford
Sioux County
Sheep Men Move Fast to Ship Flocks
Local wood river shepherds rush unloading as market fluctuations drive rapid shipping. Sheep are reported in good shape after a mild winter favorable for feeding.
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Wood River
Found Dead in His Home at 75
Robert McCormick 75 was found dead in his house. He never married, was well off with property and bank money. He will be buried at Gretna.
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Robert McCormick
Mr. McCormick
Gretna
Long Tale of Woe from the Time He First Started in Life
A dialogue adapted from Youth’s Companion recounts Sam Ingalls, a timid man who endured a rough life. Friends Amzi Nason and Pettis Lane discuss his lifelong misfortunes from failed chances to love and work. The tale notes hope of better times in the next world.
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Amzi Nason
Sam Ingalls
Sam
Will Plummer
Hetty Gregg
Susan
Hetty
Moving Comedy Conversation Between Neighbors
Two residents joke about moving out and leaving behind rubbish as they reveal their new addresses 915 I street and 711 B street. They note cleaning needs from cellar to roof and exchange astonished reactions. The snippet captures light dialogue and timing.
Left handed compliment at guardians meeting
Lord Rosebery received a witty rebuke when he expressed interest in inspecting the poorhouse. The chairman instantly replied that no one in Great Britain, from John O Groats to Land's End, would be more pleased to see him there than the guardians themselves.
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Lord Rosebery
Board of Guardians
Great Britain
John O’ Groat
Land's End
Pat's Souvenirs and the brick from head election
A visitor asks about a glass case. Mike explains a brick from a head injury at the last election and a flower from the grave of the person who threw it. The lively Irish heckler is identified as the source of the anecdote from the London News.
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Pat
Mike
London News
Monster Maine Lobster Sold for Taxidermy Display
A 22.5 pound monster lobster caught near Rockland Maine by the Paul Revere was purchased by Major James Dillaby for $6. He had the creature shipped to the city and sent to a taxidermist for stuffing. The crustacean, likely 50 years old, measured 36 inches tail to claw and 22.5 inches nose to tail.
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Maine
James Dillaby
Paul Revere
Rockland
Dillaby
Coffee Jags and Relief via Postum Experience
A Philadelphia woman describes coffee jags causing nervousness digestion trouble and headaches. After switching to Postum she reports improved health and energy with a restored sleep pattern and ends dependence on coffee. Postum Co. Battle Creek backs the account and notes restaurant cooks may underprepare Postum.
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Phila
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
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