Nebraska Couple Reunites Then Plans to Wed
Jerry Gilrooney and his former sweetheart, both newly free to marry, reunite in Nebraska amid a long childhood bond and announce plans to wed. A serious accident two miles east of Dorchester injured farmer Henry Steinhelder when a Burlington train frightened his team, throwing him before the cutter bar. his foot was severed and his arm cut. Passengers and a transient physician rushed to aid as the engineer halted the train and Dorchester medics treated him. he rests comfortably.
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Dorchester
Long‑lost sweethearts wed after forty years apart
Jerry Gilrooney and Prudence Esprier, once engaged in Brighton Indiana, married in Omaha after decades of living apart. He, a rancher near White Owl, built a stone house like her childhood home. He is sixty three, she sixty two, and they plan to settle on his ranch.
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Jerry Gilrooney
Prudence Esprier
David
City
Neb
Dispatch
Brighton
Ind
Gilrooney
Omaha
Mr. Gilrooney
White Owl
Indiana
Nebraska property values rise in state assessment report
Five more counties report higher assessments as total state value likely rises eight to nine million dollars excluding railroad property. Dixon county increases to 3,472,712 from 3,462,232. Webster to 3,269,642. Jefferson to 4,743,414. Adams to 5,332,700. Saline to 5,652,597.
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Nebaska
State Board of Assessment and Equalization
Dixon County
Webster County
Jefferson County
Adams County
Saline County
Fifty Dollars a Month and Extras for a Mass of Good Character
A classified offer from Lincoln Nebraska seeking an agent with good character. Any salesman farmer merchant or banker may apply and receive thirty dollars monthly plus extras. Apply via Lock Box 1526 Lincoln Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Meat Inspection Law Implementation Delayed Vacation
Secretary Wilson of the Agriculture Department will forego his annual vacation for two months to organize and implement the new meat inspection law. The new pure food law will receive attention from Dr. H W Wiley. The department asserts the U S livestock are healthful and that federal inspection will extend from pasture to package, guaranteeing sanitary conditions and absence of harmful preservatives. People at home and abroad may use meats in confidence.
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Wilson
Department of Agriculture
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
United States
Nebraska Battleship Makes Near Record Trial Off Beals
The battleship Nebraska, in builders trial July 2, reached 18.95 knots on the prescribed course off Point Beals. Captain Jordison commanded the ship which was sent over the course three times, twice at top speed. Navy inspectors aboard noted satisfactory machinery performance. The ship will proceed to Puget Sound for official trials after hull cleaning.
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Ers
Point Beals
Jordison
Navy Department
R.E. Coontz
Arthur Grimshaw
Ruhn
Nebraska
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bonds Offered to Public by Secretary Shaw
Secretary Shaw offers thirty million dollars of Panama canal loan bonds to the public. They bear 2 percent interest, dated August 1906, with quarterly interest. Redeemable after ten years, payable thirty years from issue. Tax exempt in the United States, usable by national banks for circulation. Bids due by July 20, 1906.
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Shaw
Congress
United States
Department
Sisters on Farm Near Nebraska City Kill Sister
Miss Della Lloyd was slain by her sister Miss Lucy Lloyd in a Nebraska County farm home seven miles north of Nebraska City. Lucy Lloyd confessed claiming irresistible impulse after years of care duties and fear they would be separated. Inquest ruled emotional insanity. Sheriff placed Lucy in jail awaiting hearing.
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Bays
Lucy Lloyd
Della Lloyd
Karsten
Donovan
Nebraska’ City
Flooded Lincoln Suffered Historic Cloudburst Damage
Lincoln Nebraska was inundated Sunday July 1 by the heaviest rainfall in the city's history. Basements and storefronts on O Street were flooded with several inches of water, streetcar service halted, and 2.6 inches of rain fell by 7 PM. The storm also brought winds and an electrical event. Wheat in surrounding areas was blown down, threatening the harvest.
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Lincoln
Neb
O Street
Eleventh
Twentieth
Twelfth
Thirteenth
American Tourists Die In English Rail Crash
Salisbury dispatch says the London Southwestern line express carrying forty three New York steamer passengers from Plymouth to London left the track near a station at 1 57 this morning. Twenty three passengers four trainmen and many injured in the wreck.
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Salisbury
England
Dispatch
American Line
New York
Plymouth
London
Congress Floats Final Adjournment of Fifty-Ninth Session
Washington reports the first session of the fifty-ninth congress adjourned on June 30 at 10 a.m. Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon announced the closing. Secretary Root corrected a $3,000,000 error in the sundry civil bill. Cannon praised the session’s legislation, highlighting rate measures, pure foods, and agricultural inspections as landmark.
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Washington
Fairbanks
Senate
Cannon
House
Fifty-Ninth Congress
Congress
Capitol
Root
Associated Press
End of Goremykin Ministry Sparks Russian Crisis
A St. Petersburg dispatch says the Goremykin cabinet nears dissolution as ministers push for Parliament dissolution and a constitutional monarchy. Grand Duke cites failure of repression as troops grow disaffected, while some ministers urge forcing action and dissolving Parliament. Finance and Justice ministers oppose forced dissolution.
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Goremykin
Russia
St. Petersburg
Suichinsky
Constitutional Democrats
Stichinsky
Kokovsoff
Chicegloevitoff
Anarchy grows as opposition presses Goremykin crisis
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports opposition in parliament pressing Nicholas II to dismiss the Goremykin ministry and accept responsible government. The army's revolutionary drift alarms the court while provincial unrest expands with peasant bands, armed patrols, and protests.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Goremykin
Preobrajinsky
Krasnec-Seio
Peterhof
Riga
Putiloff Iron Works
Attarakand Tauride
Tula
Baltic
Heydon
Constitutional Democrats
M. Sitchinsky
Russia
Longworths Shine at British Court Presentation
At a June 28 royal ceremony the Longworths stood out in a brilliant British court function. The event highlighted the king and queen, with the American diplomatic circle well represented by Mr. and Mrs. Whitridge and Miss Whitridge, John G. A. Leishman and Mrs. Leishman. King Edward and Queen Alexandra invited the Longworths to join them for supper after the presentation.
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King Edward
Queen Alexandria
Mrs. Longworth
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