Nebraska Notes reports many local developments and incidents
Nebraska notes cover diverse items from the state fair, weather and corn crops, new church and business incorporations, bridge timber shortages, and infrastructure work. It details tragedies and accidents including a fatal shooting, injuries to Mrs Pollock, and a sequence of civic updates on roads, mills, and a new Catholic church, with mentions of surveys, beets, sugar crops, and a remarkable corn growth tale in Randolph.
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Omaha
Crescens
Ptate Fair
Seward
Stromsburg
M. EB
Adams
Fre- Mont
Virginia Telephone Company
Gage County
Cass County
St. Lawrence
Silver Creek
Albion Milling Company
Boone County
Copp
Free Baptist Church of
Samuel Frisbee Bennett
Fremont Signal Corps
Adjutant General's Office
Nebraska
Prout
Dawes County
Mortensen
M. Bundick
Norfolk
Spalding
Emmett O'Keefe
Emmett Connell
Samuel Rees
John Quincy Adams
Edward M. Wellman
Omaha Hotel Supply Company
W. H. Baker
Plattsmouth
John Pollock
Beatrice
Randolph ‘Times
Wickel
Griess
Sutton
Quick Thinking Laborer Rescues as Horse Fells into Trench
Laborer James Policastro narrowly escaped injury when a bay horse fell into a six foot trench under the Commerce street bridge of the Pennsylvania railroad. He and fellow workers watched in alarm as the horse toppled in, then Policastro crawled from the ditch unharmed, having spotted the danger and acted decisively.
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James Policastro
Commerce Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Policastro
Menotti Garibaldi Dies in Rome After Illness
Menotti Garibaldi eldest son of the Italian patriot died in Rome on Sunday after weeks of malaria at his Carano estate on the Campagna. A former general he devoted his wealth to regenerating the Campagna Romano leaving his family in poverty. The government may transfer his pension to his dependents, and his loss caused a profound sensation in the capital.
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Menotti Garibaldi
Rome
Carano
Campagna Roport
Italy
Garibaldi
Man Complains of Leading a Dog's Life
A man grumbles that his treatment feels harsh and he must endure a tough existence. He describes his daily hardships as if he is living like a dog.
Fire in Budapest Warehouse Kills Dozens
A four story Budapest building housing a fancy goods firm and flats caught fire. About 200 workers were inside. many escaped by jumping onto netting, while victims included residents on upper floors and several children. By morning estimates ranged from 40 to 50 dead, with many injured. Firemen assisted, and police reported 13 jump deaths and 16 injuries from window exits.
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Budapest
Hungary
Lou Dillon Pulls Off World Trotting Record
Lou Dillon, the mare, set a mile trotting world record at Readville Massachusetts on Monday with a 2 00 flat. Driven by Millard Sanders she split 30% 30% 30% and finished in 1:31 for three quarters, earning a standing ovation from a large crowd.
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Low Dion
Readville
Mass
Crescens
Gelumbus
Lou Dillon
Jou Dillon
Nebraska State Fair Opens With Electric Launch Feature
The fair will debut an electric launch at the lake on the north grounds for visitors. Mercantile hall exhibit space is fully booked with merchants preparing impressive displays. The wine and sheep barns are complete with fat specimens, and the public comfort building nears completion, promising a convenient rest area for crowds.
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Epworth
Mercantile Hall
Pan American railway chartered to span North to South
Guthrie August 24 dispatch reports the Pan American railway company with 250 million capital to build a 10 000 mile line from Port Nelson Hudson Bay to Galveston Texas through North and South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territory to the Atlantic coast and onward to Peru Chile and beyond with branches to Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso. Incorporators include W H Dodge Stephen A Sheldon W S Pendleton Eldridge G Phelps and C E Wells with offices in Guthrie and Shawnee Oklahoma.
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Guthrie, Okla
Pan-American Railroad Company
Port Nelson
Hudson Bay
British America
Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Galveston
Texas
Republic of Mexico
Central America
Panama
Colombia
Ecuador
Republic of Peru
Buenos Ayres
Atlantic
Republic
Peru
Brazil
Rão de Janeiro
Chili
Valparaiso
Pacific Ocean
Pan-American Railway
W. H. Dodge
Stephen A. Sheldon
W. S. Pendleton
Eldrege G. Phelps
Shawnee, Okio
C. E. Wells
Lincoln
Neb
Guthrie
Shawnee
Okla
Notable Chihuahua mine owner Pedro Alvarado Alive in Parral
The report confirms Pedro Alvarado a wealthy mine owner of Parral Chihuahua is alive. Separately Henry T Elby treasurer of Oliver Baptist Church Chicago is jailed for embezzling about 20000 dollars. In St Louis a Tower Grove streetcar lost control injuring three drivers after colliding with an ambulance an ice wagon and a dirt wagon.
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Pedro Alvarado
Parral
Chihuahua
Mexico
Henry T. Elby
Oliver Baptist Church
Chicago
St. Louis
Tower Grove
Time for Private Study and Self-Discipline
A reflective piece urges thirty minutes a week for decades to build a useful sideline and self-control. It cites a successful lawyer who used night study after admission to the bar and promotes ten minutes daily for ten years with a notebook to boost ability from two to twenty five percent.
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United States
Accuracy Review Department and The John Crerar Library
A historical notice invites readers to submit useful ideas to Dr. Bart via The John Crerar Library Chicago. It describes the Arcade Index libraries begun in 1872 and expanding to 1952, housing unpublished material dating to 1796 and urging reader contributions as potential monuments of forethought.
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Bart
M. Pratt
John Crerar
Marshall , Field Building
Chicago
Map curiosity and national character inquiry in a column
The passage asks how many cities could be placed on a Mercator world map and ponders desirable personal forces of various nationalities. It notes a tendency to hear about undesirable traits and asks if the reader knows anyone on different continents.
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Mercator
Fragmentary notes on a club and behavior patterns
The fragment discusses people using and storing a club in or away from home. It mentions workers leaving their club at home to think before using it away from home. The text references locking up the club and avoiding reliance on it to get along.
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Trev
Enjoying Your Employment and Work Ethic
A reflective piece on loving one’s work boosts energy and insight, using a Chicago craftsman as an example of success in a chosen field. It urges interest in current tasks, staying alert, and learning from other lines of work to improve one’s own.
Ingenious Fixes Around the Gatelocked House
An English gateman narrates a life of ingenuity in a suburban railroad job. He and a predecessor improvised a small house for work, showing how practical schemes foster comfort and value life, laboring fifteen hours daily for thirty five dollars monthly without holidays, content to keep his post.
Public School Helpers Seek Community Involvement
Local program invites residents to support schools through tutoring volunteering and fundraising efforts. Mentors provide study help and career guidance while neighbors assist with school events and resource drives.
Moral intuition on discerning right from wrong actions
The text contrasts how a healthy person uses moral intuition to distinguish right from wrong methods and urges self control to avoid disobedience. It notes that men may rely on business intuition to judge actions and acknowledges universal temptation to err.
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Mei
How Foreknowledge Might Help From a Boy and His Pullet
A boy recalls losing his pet Brahma pullet after a gate mishap and reflects on learning from mistakes. He argues observation, not just trial and error, fosters accuracy and growth, citing thinking on errors and value of good reading to avoid similar missteps.
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Pennsylvania
Self-control can be raised like sweet corn
Many confess that they lose their head and a sale because they do not know how to do otherwise. It is in their interest to act differently. Self-control can be raised with instruction and practice.
Opportunities for Betterment After Illness
After sickness we have a chance to apply good resolutions and improve our methods. Seek better food and greater care in eating. A dime's worth of food well eaten does more good than a dollar's worth carelessly consumed. Pleasure in eating helps, but pleasure aimed at pure enjoyment alone brings trouble.
Management of Hens and Egg Laying
The remark notes that despite known egg availability, failing to obtain results signals management issues. It implies organizational gaps in guiding hens to lay eggs and suggests improvements in handling and oversight to ensure productivity.
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