Accidental Gun Discharge Devastates Omaha Family
In Omaha, 22 year old Galen Ingalls fatally shot his younger brother Floyd, four, with a 22 caliber revolver kept by Floyd. The gun discharged while in Galen’s hands, and he attempted suicide afterward. Mrs. Ross intervened to stop him as Coroner Brailey took custody of the weapon.
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Omaha
Galen Ingalls
Harry Ingalls
Floyd Ingalls
Ingalls
North
Galen
Floyd
Dr. Ross
Twenty-second
Lake Streets
World-Herald
Burkley Printing Company
Brailey
Sixteen years for murder in Papillion case
Fritz Clements was sentenced to sixteen years in the penitentiary for the killing of Luke Goldie in August near the county line south of South Omaha. The indictment of Carl and Henry Clements was served, while Ernest Clements remains unpronounced for shooting with intent to wound.
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Fritz Clements
Luke Goldie
Papillion
South Omaha
Carl
Henry Clements
Ernest Clements
Will Lay Corner Stone at Kearney Military Academy
Preparations race ahead for a large gathering of Masons and visitors to witness the cornerstone laying at the Kearney military academy. A 300‑plus uniformed procession including national guard and industrial school units will march to the campus. W. J. Bryan has accepted to speak.
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Kearney
Kearney Military Academy
National Guard, Industrial School
Masons
W. J. Bryan
Heirs to Big Sum Inheritance Noted In Tecumseh
Ed Waters a former Tecumseh drug clerk and his sister Mrs. N E Phillips now in Cody Wyoming are named heirs to a rich Illinois miner’s estate. The uncle’s coal mining fortune will provide a large cash share, rumored near forty thousand dollars.
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Tecumseh
Ed. Waters
N. E. Phillips
Cody
Wyo
Illinois
Waters
Phillips
Wreck at Ainsworth Injures Two in Fog Collision
A head end collision one mile west of Ainsworth left Otto Rankin of Cody and C M Hoffman of Chadron badly injured. Thompson the eastbound engineer escaped with minor injuries. westbound crew from Chadron also uninjured. Engines lay wrecked on a fifteen foot embankment as dense fog reduced visibility.
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Northwestern
Ainsworth
Otto, Rankin
Cody
C. M. Hoffman
Chadron
Thompson
Williams
Griffith
Mears
Fair Association in Debt at Tecumseh Meeting
The Johnson county agricultural and mechanical association held its annual stockholders meeting at the Tecumseh courthouse. P. H. Hopkins presided, C. M. Wilson kept minutes, and officers for the coming year were elected including president P. H. Hopkins and treasurer T. J. Pierson. The secretary reported receipts of 1929.40 and expenses of 2106.92, showing a current-year deficit of 177.52, with total debt 1727.52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County Agricultural and Mechanical Association
Court House
Tecumseh
P. H. Hopkins
C. M. Wilson
Theodore Smith
T. J. Pierson
Edward Howorth
H. A. Miner
al. Russell
L.M. Davis
Association
Death at Alliance Ruled Self-inflicted Morphine Overdose
Curtis Tarbox died in Alliance on November 17 and the coroner's jury verdict found death from an overdose of morphine administered by his own hand. Undertaker Guy Lockwood said Tarbox's sister Mrs. Morgan of Tucson, Arizona, reported she was not surprised by his drug death due to his addiction.
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Curtis Tarbox
D. W. Butler
W. Z. Zediker
S.H. Desch
R. E. McCool
George A. Hills
W. O. Barnes
Guy Lockwood
Tarbox
Morgan
Tusson
Ariz
Redmond Proposes State Cash Funds Refunding Bill
Nebraska lawmaker W. D. Redmond from Nemaha county drafts a bill to require all cash funds of state institutions to be paid into the state treasury and appropriated by the legislature on voucher. He notes Peru Normal School has no tuition or lab fees, so its cash is small, while others hold thousands. He believes institution heads will accept the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Redmond
Nemaha County
Nebraska
Peru State Normal School
Woman in Fremont inquest death by own action
An inquest at Fremont found Mrs. Martin Cullerton died in a personal crisis due to mental derangement. The 13 year old daughter testified that Mrs. Cullerton returned from the business district, entered the upstairs bathroom, then drank water before her son summoned help. Four physicians later arrived.
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Fremont
Martin Cullerton
Cullerton
Romans Hold Demonstration in Favor of France
Thousands of Romans gathered in the piazza by Farnese palace to praise France’s action toward the church. Garrison troops protected the Vatican while streets to the apostolic palace were secured. a candle lit mock procession formed as calls of Long live France and Down with clericalism rang out.
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France
Farnese Palace
Rome
Vatican
Apostolic Palace
Farnese
Chamber of Deputies
Prince Borgherem
Clemenceau
Shortage of motive power halts rail yards in Kansas City
A systematic inspection finds about 3000 empty freight cars idle in Kansas City yards due to insufficient locomotives. Many cars have waited two weeks to be moved, with 261 empty cars at Sedalia, 379 at Springfield, 300+ at Topeka, around 200 at Wichita, and about 50 at Hutchinson.
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Kansas City
Sedalia
Springfield
Topeka
Kas
Wichita
Hutchinson
Newport Nebraska Woman Weds Idaho Man in Spokane Ceremony
Miss Ida B Stahl of Newport Nebraska and Frank B Paris of Webb Idaho wed in Spokane on December 15 after a long courtship. The couple met when he was a clerk in Newport and later became a merchant in Idaho. They plan to live in Idaho where they had dreamed of settling for fifteen years.
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Ida B. Stahl
Newport
Neb
Frank B. Paris
Webb
Idaho
Spokane
Court House
Stocker
Nebraska
Paris
Sheriff investigates bootlegging at Tate village druggist
Sheriff Martin of Pawnee City travels to Tate to check licenses and found J. R. Creek operating as A. W. Nixon & Co. with a few patent medicines on hand, suspected of selling liquor without a license.
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Martin
Pawnee City
Tate
J. R. Creek
A. W. Nixon & Co
Delay on the Campanile prompts referendum on rebuilding
Venice faces a standstill in Campanile reconstruction after the July 14 1902 collapse due to dispute over construction method and materials. A proposal calls for a public referendum to settle the differences.
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Venice
Credit currency will report favorably thereon
The house banking and currency committee favors a credit currency bill differing from the American bankers plan. It raises the tax to three percent on credit currency equal to 25 percent of capital and allows national banks to issue up to 37 1/2 dollars per 100 dollars of paid capital. Supporters say it adds currency elasticity for crop moving and emergencies.
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House Committee On Banking and Currency
American Bankers Association
United States
House Committee
States May Bring In Labor Decision On Immigration
Secretary Strauss of the department of commerce and labor rules that a state may induce immigration. The ruling finds no violation of immigration law or prohibition on alien contract labor in the South Carolina case for encouraging immigration or paying immigrant expenses.
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Strauss
Department of Commerce and Labor
South Carolina
Aoki Affirms U S Japan Friendship at Waldorf Dinner
Viscount Aoki the Japanese ambassador in New York declared Japan's obligations to the United States would stand as a lasting monument to cordial ties. He dismissed fears of a Pacific power struggle as ridiculous and said Eastern Asia could support commerce for all nations. The remarks came at a Waldorf Astoria dinner hosted by the American Asiatic association with President James R. Morse presiding.
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United States
Japan
Viscount Aoki
New York
Eastern Asia
Pacific
Ambassador Aoki
American Asiatic Association
Waldorf-Astoria
James R. Morse
Herreshoff Burns Reported After Naptha Tank Explosion
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff renowned yacht designer suffered severe burns Sunday when naptha exploded in the Herreshoff shops machinery department. His two sons Sidney and Francis were slightly burned while helping to extinguish the flames. The injury may leave him bedridden for two weeks and could disfigure him permanently.
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Bristol
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff
Herreshoff
Sidney
Francis
Mr. Herreshoff
Notable English Pastor Faced With London Offer
The Rev Charles F Asked of Pembroke Chapel Liverpool is courted by a London church and has been offered the pastorate of Fifth Avenue Church in New York. Asked says he is perplexed and needs time to decide while the Liverpool Post-Memory notes the offer targets the most famous pulpit in the kingdom.
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England
Charles F. Asked
Liverpool
Lndon
Prevent
Pembroke Chapel
Fifth Avenue
New York
Liverpool Post-Memory
Asked
London
Post-Mercury
Colored Man to Contest Chicago Judge Result
Assistant State’s Attorney Ferdinand L Barnett the only Republican defeated in Chicago court judges election has filed a petition with Cook County court to recount votes He claims he was duly elected and fraudulently counted out by election judges He says urgent letters and calls from many colored voters prompted the move.
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Ferdinand L. Barnett
Chicago
Cook County Court
Barnett
Pollard Bill Seeks Salary for Vacancies in Congress
Representative E M Pollard of Nebraska introduces measure to amend section 51 of the revised statutes to pay members or delegates filling vacancies from the date of election or appointment. The proposal covers vacancies in either house due to death or other causes.
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E. M. Pollard
Nebraska
House
United States
Congress
House of Congress
Railroads Seek Uniform Freight Classification
Railroads plan a universal classification of freight to satisfy shippers and ICC guidance. The Central Freight Association in Chicago asks eastern lines to join, forming Western and Eastern committees to pursue a single standard.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Freight Association
Chicago
Prinzessin Victoria Luise Wreck Off Port Royal Rouses Tragedy
The Hamburg American Line steamer Prinzessin Victoria Luise, sailing from New York December 12 to Kingston Jamaica, went ashore near Port Royal. Passengers were landed safely. Captain Bruinswig, in charge when she struck, died by suicide.
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Hamburg-American Line
Prinzessin
Victoria Luise
New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Port Royal
Capt. Bruinswig
Victoria Suise
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Pdebraska Dews
Fair Association In Debt
Alliance
Costa
de. Felice
Giordano Bruno
Bruno
Newport, Neb
AOKI
Pollard
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