Omaha Lincoln Beatrice Railway grading awarded to J H Piper
Nebraska notes report contracts for grading from Ashland to the Platte River awarded to J H Piper of Ashland with work started. County commissioners met at Albion for equalization as revenue complaints decline.
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Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice Railway Company
Ashland
Platte River
J. H. Piper
Albion
Walton
Auburn High School
Chadron
Auburn Board
Probe of Grain Case Proceeds with Depositions at Havelock
Five witnesses were examined in the Worrell Grain company suit against Nebraska Grain Dealers Association members. Witnesses refused to answer, citing self incrimination. Ferguson testified he left the association after the last annual meeting noting diminished value of membership.
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Havelock
Worrell Grain Company
Nebraska Grain Dealers’ Association
F. E. Levering
Edward Slater
Central Grainaries Company
Lincoln
W. H. Ferguson
Burlington
E. N. Mitchell
Jaques Grain Company
Samuel Walker
Waverly
Levering and
Slater
State Association
Central Grainaries
Nebraska Elevator Company
Nye- Schneider Fowler Company
Fremont
Updike Grain Company
Omaha
Association
Nebraska
Kansas
Ferguson
Kansas City
St. Louis
Nebraska Voting Machine Commission Begins Inquiry
The Nebraska voting machine commission held its first Lincoln session with three members each paid 150 for their limited hours watching a US Standard Voting Machine display. The panel organized with Anderson as chair Carter treasurer and Taylor secretary. The agent presented a 450 check to the treasurer and the inspection began. The law requires a company to pay 450 for inspection and deposit it with the commission treasurer. Funds are shared among members and counties may buy only if the machine passes inspection. The commission has ten days to report.
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Lincoln
United States Standard
Voting Machine Company
Anderson
Bill
R. B. Carter
W. E. Taylor
State House
Secretary of State
Nebraska
Commission
Practice Economy Governs State Institutions Costs
Governor Mickey reports six months ending May 31 show savings under his administration. Average per capita maintenance cost is 106.99 dollars versus 109.75 dollars the prior year. Earlier fusion administrations spent 111.69 dollars in 1899 and 114.38 dollars in 1900.
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Mickey
DEATH OF PIONEER JUDGE AMASA COBB DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Judge Amasa Cobb former Nebraska Supreme Court member died of heart failure in Los Angeles California His daughter Mrs J D Macfarland in Lincoln sent the news Judge Cobb aged about 70 years had long lived in California after a Lincoln career spanning over thirty years He served Wisconsin in Congress as adjutant general and state senator and was Nebraska supreme court justice from 1878 to 1892 He was born September 27 1823 near Palestine Illinois
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Cobb
Supreme Court
Amasa Cobb
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank M. Hall
Lincoln
J. D. Macfarland
Nebraska
California
Wisconsin
Congress
Nebraska Supreme Court
Palestine
Crawford County
Ilinois
Missing Iowa Lawyer Found After Disappearance
Sheriff Taylor located Virgil White near Scotia in Greeley county after a third search. White, son of former Iowa congressman Fred E. White and prominent Des Moines attorney, was kept in seclusion at the sheriff’s home while an emotional reunion with his father occurred. They later planned to travel to Scotia and consider returning to the farm.
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Taylor
Grand Island
Virgil White
Iowa
Des Moines
White
Scotia
Greeley County
Boydstok
Two Sisters Leave Home in Men's Clothes
A Nebraskan father seeks two daughters who fled Plainview more than two weeks ago. The older sister, 22, and the younger, 14, traveled in male attire since leaving, buying clothing in Albion and moving on afoot. Sheriff Clark pursues the trail into Colfax county after the father lost track.
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Allen
Neb
Albion
Plainview
Colfax County
Clark
Plattsmouth Murderer Pleads Guilty to Life Sentence
Max Ploehn admitted first degree murder of his cousin Alma Goos at the Goos farm south of Plattsmouth. Judge Jessen immediately sentenced him to life in the penitentiary. Ploehn was taken to Lincoln after surrendering days after the shooting and prior to a preliminary where he pleaded not guilty.
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Plattsmouth
Max Ploehn
Jessen
Lincoln
Ploehn
Alma Goos
Fourth of July Toy Cannon Accident Injures Grand Island Girl
A neighbor’s boy named Bolton discharged a toy cannon causing serious injuries to 9 year old Georgia Larrison, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Larrison of Grand Island. Doctors fear lifelong disfigurement from powder burns.
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Bolton
Georgia
Thomas Larrison
Grand Island
Pulse Rate Records Show Heart Response to Muscular Work
University of Michigan reports an instrument that records pulse rate during exercise and recovery. The pulse accelerates almost immediately after work begins, with three stages: primary rise, sustained acceleration, and secondary rise, followed by decreases after work ends. Speed and resistance influence the rapidity of the pulse's response.
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University of Michigan
Norway and Sweden Irk Neighbors In Mock Dialogue
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer humorous exchange at a grocery, Daffy and George discuss Norway withdrawing from the union with Sweden. They joke about a future where Norway sits beside Sweden, building a high fence to keep neighbors apart and avoid shared services like milk and rolls.
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Daffy
George
Norway
Sweden
McGringle’s
Bollingers
Fceman
Cleveland Plain ‘Dealer
Viewpoints on happiness and generational change
The passage argues happiness rests on marching with one’s generation without wallowing. It cites Frank Putnam and Dr. Osler noting adults past 40 resist novel ideas, while elders in their 60s and 70s guide future industry. The upcoming younger 20s push from behind, creating pressure unseen by the present.
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Frank Putnam
National Magazine
Osler
One Way to Avoid Wrinkles
Four year old A ice asks why Grandma Barker’s face is wrinkled. The aunt explains age brings wrinkles. The child responds with a dark joke about the aunt dying soon, prompting a sobering moment on aging.
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A.ice
Grandma Barker
Wal-lu-lah the Indian Princess in Westward Quest
Poem notes the dusky Indian princess Wal-lu-lah wandering the west seeking her absent lover. Set by Columbia's cascades and the sea, she longs as suitors plead and drifted sands cover her plain. Her spirit remains in Columbus's wild rain as homes rise along the coast.
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Columbia
Wal-lu-lah
Columbus
Bert Huffman
New York Herald
Greatest Trout Hatchery Located on Grand Mesa
The government will locate the largest trout hatchery on the Grand Mesa about twenty five miles north of Delta. The hatchery will produce no less than 25,000,000 fish annually after completion, with distribution across the western states.
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Grand Mesa
Delta
West
Avoid the Cheap and Big Can Baking Powders
An advertisement style note warns readers away from cheap baking powders. It touts Calumet Baking Powder as superior, arguing cheaper brands use inferior materials, yield less leavening gas, require more product, and can spoil bread. Calumet is described as consistent, economical, and reliable.
Willing to Compromise and a Ribbon for a Typewriter
A milkman style joke narrates Margie sent for butter with stammered requests. The grocer jokes about mom demanding a half pound. A jealous wife overhears a husband planning to buy a ribbon for his typewriter and threatens divorce.
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Margie
Four Facts For Sick Women To Consider
Four points urge early recognition of female health issues. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as highly effective for backache irregular menses and related disorders. The Pinkham Laboratory claims many testimonials and offers free advice from women to women at its Massachusetts address.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lyon
Mass
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Dixie Carnival Company
Business’ Men’s Committee
Schuyler
Gage County
Chicago
Emerson
Exeter
Board of Equalization
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Company
Kressen
Porter J. Hand
O. Schoonover
William Schoonover
West Point
R. M. Campbell
Humphrey
R. H. Graham
Campbell
Franklin College
Indiana
Board of Supervisors
Gayton Ditch
Elkhorn Township
Management
Pioneer
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