Roosevelt Party Camped Near Katwe Eight Miles Off
A diplomatic and military roundup notes the American expeditionary group camped Monday night at Katwe eight miles beyond Kabula Micro with Colonel Roosevelt and party in good condition. Hunters have traveled fifty four miles since leaving Kampla Unganda on December 23, aiming for Kisingo fifteen miles from Katwe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kabula Micro
Katwe
Roosevelt
Kampla Unganda
Kisingo
Japan
Manchuria
Copenhagen University
Frederick A. Cook
von Ketten
Secret Police
Moscow
Karpoff
St. Petersburg
Taft targets stock trading curb and New Mexico statehood moves
Representative Hinshaw presses Congress to intervene in James A Cook case in Mexico. Taft seeks to curb future delivery trading in wheat corn cotton and other products. Statehood talks for New Mexico and Arizona confined to constitutional conventions and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinshaw
Nebraska
State Department
James A. Cook
Guadalajara
Mexico
Congress
United States
Danville
Ill
Lincoln
New York
Newsies
Eles
Consul Olivares
Managua
Champ Clark
White House
Taft
Willard
Lorimer
Patronnige
Hainois
New Mexico
Arizona
South Dakota Board of Pharmacy
Redfield
Beatrice Italian killing case jury seated in murder trial
Beatrice Nebraska jury seated in the Bertuca murder case against an Italian charged with killing John Preushs. Eight witnesses testified including Mrs Wisner and doctors Gifford Yoder and Coroner Reed. The state read Perkins testimony who saw Bertuca flee after the shooting. The bullet was dented, suggesting impact with a hard substance. Sentiment favors the Italian, viewed as an accidental shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Bertuca
John Preushs
C. Leppidevin
F. J. Prin
Odell
W. D. Reed
Filley
Olson Berg
W. B. Knouse
Miles Jackson
George W. Walker
Harry Schroder
E.M. Gashaw
B. H. Carson
J. T. Elerbeck
Frank Wisner
Prentice Boy
C. C. Gifford
B. Yoder
John Q. Reed
Enoch Perkins
Tate
Uak
Preushs
Fix Date for Court Terms in Fifth District for 1910
Judges Good and Corcoran set district court dates across Hamilton Polk Butler Seward Saunders and York counties for 1910. Terms run February April May plus October November and December with juries drawn for each term. In Polk Butler Saunders York counties juries meet on the second Tuesday except where noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Neb
B. F. Good
Wahoo
George F. Corcoran
Fifth Judicial District
Hamilton County
Polk County
Butler County
Seward County
Saunders County
York County
Butler
Saunders
York Counties
Telephone line opens long distance service in Alliance
Wehn Telephone Company finished a line along the Union Pacific right of way from Bridgeport to Jala and opened the first long distance circuit for Alliance. It connects with North Platte Grand Island Fremont Lincoln and Maha with plans for Denver and other Colorado links once fully completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Neb
Wehn Telephone Company
Union Pacific
Bridgeport
Jala
North Platte
Grand Island
Fremont
Lincoln
Maha
Denver
Colorado
Hastings Bets on New Hotel With 75 Rooms
Will Madgett leads Hastings efforts to fund a new hotel. Subscriptions total $34,000 with $50,000 hoped to be raised. stockholders will meet to plan the balance. The proposed structure would have seventy five rooms and cost seventy five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Neb
Will Madtt
Madgett
Body of Indian Found Near Valentine Nebraska
Ernest Runs With an Indian was found east of town about noon Tuesday by section men. He appeared to have been struck by a train sometime Monday night, with both legs broken and multiple bruises. The sheriff took charge of the body and sent it to town awaiting the coroner's return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
Neb
Ernest
Arraignment in third degree murder case in Grand Island
Charles Thompson was arraigned before Judge M'lin on the charge of third degree murder in the case of Tommy Ryan of Wood River. A thirty day continuance was granted and Thompson was released on a $5,000 bond furnished by W. T. Speirs and W. J. Thompson, his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Néb
Charles Thompson
M'1lin
Tommy Ryan
Wood River
W. T. Speirs
W. J. Thompson
Nebraska Happenings and Local Notices
The bulletin reports Jake Davis a pool hall owner murdered in Ainsworth with suspects George Wilson and Helen Leads. Blair and Washington county brace for a busy January week featuring a short course a corn show and a domestic science course for women. Editor Harry E Graves of the Union Ledger wed Jennie B E Marks in Union. Louis Allen of Valley hospitalized after a gunshot wound from a buggy shotgun mishap. Robert Douglas reappointed Clark’s postmaster for four years. Erastus Young to retire as Harriman Union Pacific general auditor with C B Seger succeeding him. John Lyman’s Cedar Bluffs horse rescue from river wires near a Platte River bridge. P L Gue photographs a Perryopolis mill 1776 Washington mill in operation today. Tekamah recluse Oskar Sklenar dies in a fire. he was Bohemian and nearly eighty. Police locate Mrs Mary Allen’s two children now adults. Rev B P Quivey had withheld location until now. Chief Donahue confirms they are with Ed and Mrs Austin at Newman Grove and efforts to bring them home continue. James H Craig Beatrice resident dies aged 76. a Boone family descendant born Christmas 1833 journeyed to California in 1862 and survived a Cape May wreck after a Cape Horn voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Davis
Ainsworth
George Wilson
Helen
Blair
Washington County
Harry E. Graves
Union Ledger
Jennie BE. Marks
Union
Allen
Robert Douglas
Clarks
Douglas
Erastus Young
Harriman Lines
Union Pacific
C. B. Seger
Southern Pacific Road
San Francisco
Omaha
Chicago
John Lyman
Cedar Bluffs
Platte River
Fremont
Mr. Lyman
Mary Allen
Faulkner
Oklo
Grand Island
Neb
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
B. P. Quivey
Donahue
Harry Allen
Isabella Allen
Ed Austin
Newman Grove
Kentucky
Col
Nathan Boone
Mr. Craig
Illinois
California
Cape Horn
Cape May
Vast Triple Merger Unites Guaranty Morton and Fifth Avenue Trusts
New York reports a three way merger of the Guaranty Trust Morton Trust and Fifth Avenue Trust companies under a single head the Guaranty Trust. The move creates resources above 150 million dollars and may yield large stock and cash dividends to shareholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Thomas F. Ryan
Levy P. Morton
Guaranty Trust Company
Morton Trust Company
Fifth Avenue Trust Company
United States
Levi P. Morton
Morton-Ryan Concerns
Alexander J. J. Hemphill
Morgan Interests
Bliss, Morton & Co
Financial
Morgan
Thomas F.ryan
Mower the Slayer Confesses to KC Murder
Ward Mower of Falls City Nebraska confessed to Kansas City police that he killed Neil McCoig, a Falls City restaurant owner, beating him with a railroad iron and iron hook before shooting. He said fear of being accused of stealing notes drove the murder. Police released all detainees after his confession.
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Mower
Kansas City
Ward Mower
Falls City
Neb
Kas
Neil McCoig
McCoig
Springfield Man Fined for Offering Bribe to Civil Service Official
William Kreiger of Nokomis was fined $50 and costs by Judge J Otis Humphrey in federal court for attempting to bribe John C Black president of the national service board. Kreiger sought a rural mail carrier post and sent $50 with a letter claiming it would pay for special attention to his exam answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
William Kreiger
Nokomis
J. Otis Humphrey
Federal Court
John C. Black
National Service Board
Kreiger
Civil Service Commission
President Black
Mr. Black
Iowa Farmers Seek New Homes in Canada West
A Manitoba bound Iowa farmer explains why midwestern families rush to Saskatchewan and Manitoba homesteads. He cites cheaper land, family unity, and a chance to keep sons near farms, arguing the land rush is the greatest migration in American history and that the frontier spirit crosses borders to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Wimnipeg
Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan
America
Kansas
Minnesota
Mid-West
Canadian
Toronto
Ontario
Giobe
And She’s Not the First Quote Exchange
A witty exchange about infidelity and catching a spouse in flirtation. The dialogue highlights a humorous twist on trust and detection, with a playful marital anecdote underscoring the era’s social mores.
Where Are Harry and Isabella Allen
Harry aged 20 and Isabella aged 18 were placed in the Nebraska Children’s Home Society in 1897 after their father Snings Allen died in Grand Island. Their mother, now in Oklahoma, cannot locate them. The society’s superintendent refuses to disclose their whereabouts. The children may write to P O Box 898 Maha Nebraska with their address so the letter can be sent to their mother.
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Harry
Isabella Allen
Isabella
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
Grand Island
Snings Allen
Oklahoma
P. O. Box
Maha
Nebr
Puck Notes on New York Industry and Travel
Puck remarks on the state of industry in New York and asks Agner to judge the scene as the traveled man comments on lively stepping and brisk activity in the metropolis. The brief exchange captures a playful, observational tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Agner
Puck
Smokers Debate Lewis Biind Cigar Quality
The crowd at the tobacconist meeting voices strong opinions on the Lewis Biind cigar. Several patrons compare its flavor to rival brands and discuss price, aging, and burn quality.
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Lewis Biind
Forgetting as an art in memory and advice
A terse aphorism contrasts the value of memory with the skill of forgetting. It suggests that clinging to past lessons may be costly, while following cheap counsel risks higher price. The phrase Piegos casbaruc appears as an enigmatic element.
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Henry Lane Wilson
Brussels
Legation
A. Grant Smith
Charles Page Bryan
Portugal
National Defense Committee
Duma
Harriet Smith
Boston
Honolulu
Korea
P. L. Gue
Tecumseh
Perryopolis
Fayette County
George Washington
Oskar Sklenar
Tekamah
W. D. Mason
Sklenar
Mr. Sklenar
Bohemia
Joseph
Vast Company
Trust Magnates OF
Guaranty
Morton and
Fifth Avenue
Piegos Casbaruc
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