Nebraska Notes Highlighting Local Civic and Crime Items
York to get a fourth rural delivery route and Wausa area farmers move to install rural telephones. Ice storms damage trees near Elk Creek amid heavy rain. Hastings reports dancing fever epidemic this winter. Construction materials for the state penitentiary increase as new steel cells near completion. Lincoln taxes for 1902 stay at 24000 after court reversal. Koehler Hotel company of Grand Island forms with S.A. Peterson and G. B. Bell among incorporators. Douglas County pays 16563 as part of annual settlement. Education board issues life-teachers certificates. Penitentiary architect Grant resigns, Beemer named acting superintendent. Nebraska City and Otoe county push Brownlow road aid bill. Kitty Williams ordered to daily baths for three weeks as vagrant. Omaha library endures book mutilation. Old locomotives sent west as Atlantic and Pacific engines arrive. South Carolina liquor dispensary hailed as source of revenue. Elk club hosts visiting editors with refined hospitality. Jamie Larabee, freezing at 15 degrees below zero, robbed of gloves and saddle after being thrown from pony.
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York
Wausa
Nebraska
Columbus
Elk Creek
Hastings
State Penitentiary
Lincoln Traction Company
Holmes
Koehler
Grand Island
G. B. Bell
C.B. Ryan
Douglas County
Mortensen
Fowler
Papillion
F. Bertha Hosford
Garrison
L. P. Grundy
Valley
J.C. Jensen
Beaver City
S. I. Johnston
Leavitt
Thomas J. Jones
Lawrence
Neb
R.W. Grant
State Board of Public
Beemer
Nebraska City
Otoe County
Brownlow
the Tribune
Kitty Williams
Berka
Omaha
Kitty
Omaha Public Library
Olds
Union -Pacific
Wyoming
Atlantic and Pacific
Supreme’ Court
Supreme Court
Mtree
B. Tillman
South Carolina
Elk. Club
Lincoln
Jamie Larabee
Baltimore Wholesale Fire Destroys District and Value Soars
A massive blaze in Baltimore wipes out nearly twenty blocks of wholesale and retail stores from Hopkins Place to Holliday Street. By nightfall losses reach tens of millions as firemen from multiple cities fight the flames, dynamiting structures to stem the spread.
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A. Baltimore
Dispatch
Joni B. Hurst&Go
Hopkins Place
Baltimore Street
Howard
Holliday Street
Charles
Baltimore
Lexington
Fayette Street
Holliday
Washington
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Horton
South Charles
German and
Lombard
J. W. Potts’ & Co
Nation Dialers
Ot Charles
Fayette Streets
Daily Record
Ross’ Drug Store
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Offices
Bell ‘Telephone
Holliday Street Theater
Shuttle Train Plan Aims To Move 30,000 Per Hour At St Louis
Officials outline a shuttle service between Union Station and the World's Fair grounds to move about 30,000 people each hour in each direction. Two tracks at Union Station and the fairgrounds will be reserved. Ten car trains with 100 seats per car would run on a 1 250 foot block, one minute apart. Through passenger traffic to the fair would add 10,000 per hour. Five double track streetcar lines could handle 3,000 per hour each. Estimated city to fair capacity starts at 40,000 per hour.
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St. Louis
Union Station
Organizers Weigh National Farmers Exchange in Omaha Meeting
A March 1 meeting in Omaha will launch preliminary steps to form a National Farmers' Exchange with capital of 50 million dollars. H N Gaines of Topeka Kansas chairs the committee shaping the plan which prioritizes grain livestock cold storage lumber coal packing house products and milling. Terminal elevators are sought at Kansas City Omaha Minneapolis and Chicago with product offices to be set in major cities nationwide.
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Omaha
Farmers’ Trust
National Farmers’ Exchange
H. N. Gaines
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Chicago
Trust
Young Lawmaker Battles Seed Distribution Reform
Mr. Sheppard, a young member, pressed seed distribution reform seeking to strike distribution machinery from an agricultural appropriation bill. The chamber sustained his point, but the body later restored the sections by a large vote. An amendment for purchasing rare seeds failed. the bill passed with minor changes except for the seeds provision remaining unchanged.
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Sheppard
Nebraska 1904 football schedule unveiled
The 1904 schedule lists games for Nebraska with opponents including Lincoln High School, Grand Island College, Grinnell College, Colorado University, Creighton College, Ames College, Knox College, Minnesota University, Iowa University, Bellevue College, and Illinois University. Lincoln hosts several contests while away games occur in Denver Minneapolis and Ames.
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Nebraska
Buckner
Spangler
Hawkeyes
Lincoln
Iowa
Lincoln High ‘School
Grand Island College
Grinnell College
Colorado University
Denver
Creighton College
City May Sue On Indemnity Bond After Injury Case
The Nebraska Supreme Court holds a public service corporation liable for negligent construction harming citizens and allows the city to sue the indemnity bond posted by the company. In the Omaha Gas Company case a wearer injured in a trench sued the city after recovering from the city, with the gas company appealing.
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Supreme Court
Omaha’ Gas Company
South
Omaha
Gas Company
Argo Starch Plant Nears Opening in Nebraska City
Repairs at the Argo starch works in Nebraska City have been completed with doubled labor to finish changes. The plant will reopen with a large workforce of about four hundred men women and boys and run full time to meet orders. The company belongs to the trust and plans to operate only this western plant next year. Two other trust plants will run in Indianapolis and Oswego New York.
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Argo Starch
Nebraska City
Missouri River
The
Trust
Indianapolis
Oswego
N.Y
Prohibition Party Calls State Convention Meeting
State Prohibitionist W Burt Clark announces a February 1 1904 gathering at the Lincoln hotel Lincoln Neb to set the date and location of the next state prohibition convention and to conduct any additional business. Sessions begin at 1 a.m. and 2 30 p.m with Clark as state chairman.
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W. Burt. Clark
Prohibition Party
Lincoln Hotel
Lincoln
Neb
Wbart Clark
Man Taken to Hastings for Safety Amid Murder Charge
Frank Barker of Riverton accused of killing his brother Daniel and Daniel’s wife whose mutilated bodies were found in a cow shed on their farm. Barker was moved to Hastings for safety and then reportedly to Red Cloud as the sheriff feared a mob reaction.
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Hastings
Frank Barker
Riverton
Daniel
Red
Japan's Demands Moderate Astonish World
The London Times says Japanese demands are moderate and will astonish the world when disclosed. Japan did not ask Russia to withdraw a single soldier from Manchuria or renounce any rights there. The London Daily Graphic reports the treaty draft was drawn up by Baron Komare in consultation with Baron de Rosen.
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The
London Times
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
London Daily Graphic
Baron Komare
Baron de Rosen
Severest Newfoundland Cold Snap Brings Isolation
Colder than since the 1890s, St John’s Island records 37 degrees below zero in interior areas. Harbors freeze and rail traffic halts as seasides suffer new flood damage from renewed high tides. The winter in Newfoundland is the harshest in fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Island
Seaboard
Newfoundland
Coal Creek Tragedy Ends In Four Dead Inunion Strife
In Coal Creek Tennessee a violent clash between union and non union labor left four dead and three wounded. Guards hired by Coal Creek company killed three of the dead while a deputy sheriff slain by a guard he went to arrest.
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Coal Creek
Tenn
Coal Creek Company
Kansans rally against railroads in stock war
A Salina dispatch reports central and western Kansas stockmen and farmers forming new associations to challenge railroads and shippers over low cattle prices and new policies. They seek state legislative action and aim to elect two stockman allies in Saline Ottawa districts.
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Salina
Kan
Central
Kansas
Saline County
Western
Saline
Saline County Livestock Association
Thomas Anderson
Saline-Ottawa
Cs. B. Kirtland
Avas
Kansas City Exchange
National Live ‘Stock Exchange
State Board of Railroad
Kansas Flour to be Cash on Delivery Across Region
Southeastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri millers announce a radical shift to cash transactions for flour. No more credits or time payments. shipments will be C O D with a bill of lading statement. Millers insist buyers must pay cash, arguing farmers also must be paid in cash.
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Kansas
Missouri
Lawrence Considers Electric Street Car Franchise
Lawrence moves toward a new electric street railway system as F A Sharpe of Chicago seeks a franchise to supply light heat and power. The bid implies consolidating gas and electric firms and dam power control, surprising local citizens amid prior dam studies and options on streetcar rights of way.
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Lawrence
F. A. Sharpe
Chicago Capitalists
South Claims Huge Cotton Gains From Sully Campaign
Cotton brokers estimate the South is about 300 million dollars richer due to Daniel J. Sully's recent campaign. Bull pool profits are reported at 135 percent, though total investment or volume traded remain undisclosed. Sully's allies peg his profit at three to six million dollars.
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South
Daniel J. Sully
Sully
Gold Brick Purchaser Receives Odd Letter From Stranger
Jacob H Alten of Wellington Kansas bought a gold brick for 10000 in Wichita. A letter mailed from La Junta Colorado warned him the brick was worth five dollars and urged him to guard against others in distress. The writer said he would enjoy spending the money and might write again from a foreign shore.
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Jacob H. ‘Alten
Wellington
Kan
Wichita
la Junta
Colo
Fruit Growers Plan Wichita Meeting to Form Association
A call goes out for horticularists in Wichita Kansas to meet and organize the Arkansas Valley Fruit Growers' Association led by Frank Yaw. The group aims to promote fruit growing and enforce laws protecting trees and shrubs, with focus on transplanting diseased plants. Arkansas Valley interests, backed by Superintendent Schell, claim regional leadership despite recent freezes.
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Wichita
Kan
Arkansas Valley Fruit Growers’ Association
Frank Yaw
Schell
Kansas
Sedgwick
Cowley
Senator Hanna Recovers After Abrupt Health Setback
In Washington D C Senator Mark A Hanna suffered a congestive attack that alarmed his family but was halted by prompt treatment. He rallied by sundown and his condition improved toward his normal state of health in recent weeks.
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Mark A. ‘Hanna
Washington, D. C
Radium Deposits Prove Commercial Promise in Colorado
Experiments by Denver chemist Justine Gaynes and Dr W D Engle show radium can be deposited in usable quantities. A photograph captured radium rays. ore from Paradox Valley Montrose, known as carnotite, yielded about 4 grains of radium from ten pounds of ore once named for France’s late President Carnot.
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Colorado
Justine Gaynes
Denver
W.;.d. Engle
Denver University
Paradox
Montrose Si
Carnot
Date Changed for Farmers Co operative Meeting in Omaha
The Farmers National Co operative association shifts its Omaha meeting from June 14 to March 1. The event aims to consolidate co operative movements and organize the American Farmers' exchange to secure better farm product prices.
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National
Co-operative’ Association
Omaha
American Farmers’ ‘Exchange
Archbishop Farley Denies Women Choir Ban Critique
Archbishop Farley of New York sailed to Rome on the Prinz Adalbert and denied plans to urge the pope that banning women from church choirs would cause hardship in the United States.
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Archbishop Farley
New York
Prinz Adalbert
Rome
Hay and Eggs Sell Near Market Price in Fayette
In Fayette Missouri T J Hall hauled baled hay into town and carried a basket of eggs on it. The hay and eggs sold at market price with the eggs nearly equal to the hay’s value, missing only two cents.
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Missouri
Fayette
Isador Raynor Elected U S Senator by Democratic Caucus
In Maryland Isador Raynor of Baltimore was nominated by the democratic caucus and elected United States senator to succeed Louis E. McComas. The republican minority voted unanimously for McComas. Raynor was renowned as the leading counsel for Admiral Schley in the naval court inquiry.
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Maryland
Isador Raynor
Baltimore
United States
Louis E. McComas
McComas
Raynor
Admiral Schley
Naval Court
Record-Setting Garden City Hounds Tie Coyotes and Rabbits
Garden City Kansas handlers Joe Holmes and Arthur Crow report a remarkable week with three of Holmes’s hounds catching three coyotes in twenty minutes and six of seven jackrabbits. Arthur’s hound recently killed a coyote in seven minutes.
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Garden City
Joe Holmes
Arthur Crow
Kansas
Arthur
Banquet in Washington Honors G A R Leaders
President Roosevelt and General John C. Black headlined a Potomac Department Grand Army of the Republic banquet in Washington with Secretary Miles and other officials as guests of honor. Patriotic addresses were delivered by the president and General Black.
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Roosevelt
John C. Black
Tai
Nelson A. Milee
Washington
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic
Black
Senate Debates St Louis Exposition Loan Request
The urgent deficiency bill before the senate includes a loan provision for the St Louis exposition. Mr Patterson spoke in reply to Mr Foraker and then Bailey's point of order was considered amid broad opposition with a strong noes vote and no roll call.
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St. Louis
Senate
Patterson
Foraker
Bailey
Jost
Woman Tells of Nine Years of Kidney Pain Relief
Mrs John La Rue of 115 Patterson Avenue Paterson New Jersey describes long suffering from kidney trouble. She details backache headaches dizziness nosebleeds and blood rushes. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief after initial improvement and urges others to use them.
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John la Rue
Paterson Avenue
Paterson
N. J
Doan
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Ad in Toledo Drugstore Notice
A vintage ad offers a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure deemed incurable by Hall Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney of Toledo and Walpine Kinnan Marvin as references and promotes Hall's Family Pile for constipation.
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Cheney &C
Toledo
Vnder
F. J. Cheney
Walpine, Kinnan & Marvin
All Druggtats
Hall
Arid Lands Benefit From Salter Seed Varieties
Reading like a farm ad the notice touts Salter seed products for drought prone areas including Speltz Hanna Barley Macaroni Wheat and 60 Day Earliest Oats plus Bromus Inermis. It invites readers to request a big catalog and farm seed samples by sending 100 stamps to John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin. It also contains an unrelated insurance pitch for State Farmer's Mutual of South Omaha Nebraska.
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Mont
Colo. Ariz
Idaho
Salter
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
WN. U
Mutual
State Farmer's Mutual Insurance Co
South Omaha
Nebr
B. R Stouffer
Marrying for Money Cited as Easy as Cashing Counterfeit Bills
A fragmented note claims marriage for money is as simple as cashing counterfeit bills at a bank, reflecting a cautionary, sensational tone from crime or social commentary of the era.
Defiance Starch Promotes Unique Process Advantage
An advertisement extols Defiance Starch as superior due to a distinct production method. It claims the product is unlike competitors, better in quality, and costs 10 cents for an extra one third more, highlighting superior value.
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Defiance
Cuban annual passes arrive for Colorado & Southern routes
The Denver Republican reports a curious occurrence in the railroad world. A Havana origin plant with three broad leaves bears the words annual passes in Spanish, addressed to T. K. Fisher, general passenger agent, for transportation on three Cuba routes and sent to the passager department.
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Colorado. & Southern
Denver Republican
T. K. Fisher
Authority For Transportation
Havana
Cuba
Remembering penny-pinching days with Speaker Cannon
Speaker Cannon recalled his youth saving $15 in a year from $100 wages. He described living on plain board at $1 per week, eating hog and hominy, and resisting fancier dishes as adults. He spoke while waiting to see the president.
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Speaker Cannon
People Strive to Succeed More Agreeable Than Those Succeeded
The remark suggests that individuals pursuing success show more agreeable behavior than those who have already achieved it, implying aspirational effort shapes demeanor differently between the two groups. The quote contrasts ongoing effort with attained status.
Gratitude for Dodd's Kidney Pills Cited by Sault Ste. Marie Painter
In Sault Ste. Marie Michigan on February 8 C I Smith a painter and decorator living at 309 Anne Street reports crippling pain from lumbago sciatica or rheumatism. After using two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he could walk without a cane and was quickly cured and grateful.
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Sault
Ste. Marie
Mich
Smith
Anne Street
Dodd
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