Nebraska Notes on projects and plans across the region
Contractors rush work on Osceola water system while 125 acres of sugar beets are planned near Bayard and John Rasch of Fremont appeals a ditch-damage case to district court. Nebraska Telephone begins a farmers line near Beatrice as Cuming and Dodge counties plan bridge work. Clarkson tightens saloon licenses ahead of May 1. Aurora reports $5,000 invested in brick sidewalks. Holt County promotes alfalfa as a top forage crop. ONeil dealer Stephen McNichols ships six cars of oats to Manila, first county shipment to the Philippines. Butler county sees a telephone war between Sunrise and the new Butte County line. Beatrice looks to a new Burlington depot. $70,000 authorized for the project with bricklayers to start soon. Alma bonds for water works and electric light are sold with city ownership promised. Fremont sees more building, 50 new residences and paving petitions. Minerva Colby sues Beatrice saloon keepers, remonstrances filed against licenses. Alma’s Company E Nebraska National Guard forms under Captain Shallenberger. April 17 marks end of spring duck season. hunting shift to fishing until September. Norfolk workers to Lamar sugar plant report dull wages and rising dissatisfaction. Wahoo attracts a corrugated steel road culvert factory via $509 club bonus to stay three years.
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Osceola
Bayard
Cheyenne
John Rasch
Fremont
Board of County Supervisors
Nebraska Telephone Company
Beatrice
Cuming
Dodge
Clarkson
Aurora
Stephen McNichols
O'Niel
Manila
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Butler County
Sunrise Telephone Company
Butel County Telephone. Company
Burlington
Alma
Minerva Colby
Dr. Colby
L. W. Colby
Embezzler Bigelow Arrested in Milwaukee Bank Scandal
Frank G. Bigelow former president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee was arrested charged with embezzling over 100000 dollars. He confessed to defrauding about 1450000 dollars and said losses came from wheat and stock speculation. He offered personal securities about 300000 dollars as recompense while the bank prepared for a run. Local directors subscribed 1635000 dollars to protect depositors.
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Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Bigelow
Northwest
American Bankers’ Association
Milwaukee
Chicago
Texans on a Rampage at Public Meeting Shootings Kill Several
At a Hempstead Texas mass meeting to petition the governor for ranger enforcement of the local option law, J N Brown led a shooting spree. Three men died and multiple others were wounded among about one hundred shots. Victims included Congressman John M Pinckney and John Mills.
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Hemstead
Tex
J. N. Brown
John M. Pinckney
Tom Pinckney
John Mills
Doc’ Tompkins
Congressman Pinckney
Rollin Brown
J.N. Brown
Tompkins
Brown
Hempstead
Binckney
Colorado Governor Signs Anti Boycott Law
Governor McDonald of Colorado signs the anti boycott bill passed in the recent legislative session. The measure was urged by the Citizens Alliance and met strong opposition from labor groups. Violations carry fines, imprisonment, or both.
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Colorado
McDonald
Citizens’ Alliance
Nan Patterson Faints as Prosecution Opens Murder Trial
The third Nan Patterson trial for Caesar Young’s murder began with Assistant District Attorney Rand outlining the case. Patterson fainted at session end, revived by afternoon, while Rand portrayed a conspiracy to keep Young from leaving the country and to fuel motive tied to Patterson’s finances.
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Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Goftix
Court of General Sessions
Rand
Young
Joseph
Morgan Smith
Smiths
Miss. Patterson
New York Meat Plant Aims to Break Beef Trust
The New York Butchers Association funds a mighty abattoir project to curb the beef trust. A roof garden for steers and an electric escalator will move cattle to pens for 600 head. The plant targets 3,600 steers weekly and 15,000 to 20,000 sheep and calves.
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Anti-Trust
New York
Beef Trust
New York City
New York Butchers’Association
United States
Rescng
Cata
Verdict in Famous Mine Suit at Council Bluffs
The jury in the Portland Mining case in Council Bluffs Iowa returned a verdict for Burns after a fifty seven hour, seventy four ballot deliberation. James Doyle had sought one million dollars for his interest in the Tidal Wave Bob Tail No 2 and Devil's Own claims now part of Portland Mining Company property. Judge Green posed twelve interrogatories to the jurors, five answered all for Burns.
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Portland
Council Bluffs
Iowa
James Doyle
Bob
Portland Mining Company
Burns
Green
Arkansas Governor Objects to Nebraska Governor Reference
Governor Davis of Arkansas denounces Governor Mickey of Nebraska for invoking Civil War memories. The clash occurred at the Northern Settlers convention in Galveston Texas as Mickey’s remarks referenced wartime friends and veterans. Davis called the topic inappropriate for today, then received applause and a seventeen gun salute aboard the cruiser Galveston.
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Davis
Arkansas
Mickey
Northern Settlers’ Convention
Galveston
Texas
Jefferson
Nebraska
Union Pacific Declares Cars Unsafe and Halts Freight
Union Pacific refuses to handle freight cars missing safety appliances, causing congestion at Council Bluffs transfer yards. After initial embargo and a modified order by General Manager Mohler, inspectors remove noncompliant cars, leaving many sidelined and piling up on side tracks.
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Union Pacific
Union’ Pacific
Council, Bluffs
Mohler
Congress
Union ‘Pacific
Council Bluffs
Dramatic Suicide at Milan Cathedral by Marchioness Pallavicini
The young Austrian marchioness Maria Pallavicini Viscountess of Trent killed herself during Good Friday services in Milan's cathedral. She shot herself in the forehead as worshippers knelt, dying en route to a hospital. She was famed for her beauty and was not yet thirty.
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Milan
Maria Pallavicini
Trent
Austria
Italy
Gates Wheat Deal Ends In Wild Chicago Session
The Chicago wheat pit saw one of its wildest sessions as John W. Gates and associates attempted to control May wheat nationwide. A wholesale sacrifice of prospective profits followed to limit losses, ending with a closing quotation at $1, down from $1.23 less than six weeks earlier.
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Chicago Board of Trade
John W. Gates
America
Chicago
Equitable Life Agents Seek Charter Amendment Over Dispute
Equitable Life representatives in New York press for a charter amendment to allow policyholders seats on the board as a resolution to a clash between President Alexander and Vice-President Hyde. They plan a continental committee to press the legislature with aid from state managers and Canada. The article also notes correspondence about a $13,089 Cambon dinner viewed as personal, not society business.
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Equitable Life Insurance
Alexander
Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society
The
Equitable
New York City
New York State
Canada
New York
Higgins
Insu
Ancée Hendricks
Ance
Cambon
France
Hydé
Equitable Society
Nebraska bill to ban cigarettes faces adoption opposition
J H Cagebeer editor of the Blue Springs Sentinel aided a measure aimed at outlawing cigarette manufacture and sale in Nebraska. The draft act imposes misdemeanor penalties of 50 to 100 dollars plus costs for violations and holds officers and managers liable for knowledge of violations. The July date marks when the act would take effect if passed.
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Nebraska
J. H. Cagebeer
The
Blue Springs
Sentinel
Neo Race death by own action Here
Mr and Mrs T E Bailey of Pittsburg claim twenty three children with ages from 18 months to 35 years old The oldest son is 35 and the youngest 18 months Mr Bailey notes a relative in Franklin Ill has thirty one children The account includes a tale of twins and a clothing store hat giveaway anecdote in a casual family fragment
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T. E. Bailey
Pittsburg
Bailey
Franklin, Il
Aerchant
Chant
City Clerk and Officers Blocked by Council Deadlock
Kansas City officials remain without a city clerk comptroller assessor or city physician as Democrats in the majority refuse to confirm mayor James H Neff Republican appointments amid ongoing deadlock.
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Kansas City
Council i
James H.neff
Epublican
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Nebraska Notes
Harlan County
National Board
Culver
M. C. Shallenberger
Charles’ H. Reed
G. B. Gaskill
Norfolk
Lamar
Colo
Denver
Wahoo
Wheeler and
W. C. Riehl
Sanilac Center
Mich
Milwaukee Bank
Texans
Naltis
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