Various Nebraska Local Notes From Ravenna To Fremont
Annual Ravenna meeting sets a 5500 dollar expense levy. Government tiling to curb alkali at Lexington area drainage site. Arapahoe’s Fair building destroyed by fire. estimated loss 15000 with 11000 insured. Holmesville fish kills prompt deputy warden review. Pender hosts good roads meeting. funds to be raised for into-town road projects. Saunders county contemplates independent telephone system after Golden Red rate hike. Beatrice reports large-scale tax delinquency in real estate. Fremont police vacancy leaves post unfilled amid high labor demand. Irrigation requests glide in from Niobrara and Pole Creek. Keckler brothers fined for assault on rival grain dealer Andrus. Fremont council approves Irving Park sale for park use. Missouri river bottom landowners push drainage district before possible legislative repeal. County board denied reduction of overflow damaged land assessments near Nemaha river.
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Beatrice
Holmesville
Pender
District Court of
Nebraska City
Fremont
Paulson
Henry A. Peters
Hays Springs
Irrigation Department
Niobrara River
H. R. Neumann
H. E. Wells
Pole Creek
H. B. Wells
Antelope
Thomas
Sol Keckler
Manley
Justice Court
C. M. Andrus
Kecklers
Andrus
Cemetery Association
Irving Park
Missouri
Sienna
Favorite Prescription publicized by Dr Pierce’s claim
Ethos driven excerpt promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a pure herbal remedy for women’s diseases. It announces the formula, stresses alcohol free preparation, and notes glycerine extraction. It invites readers to write to Dr Pierce at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, NY for confidential advice.
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Pierce
The
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
Nebraska totals show property assessment rise over last year
Returns from seventy one counties indicate Nebraska total property assessment near 301 million dollars up from 294.8 million last year. If confirmed, the state university could lose a 30 thousand dollar contingent appropriation tied to reaching 310 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
University
Thetate
Douglas
Gage
Grant
Holt
Jefferson
Madison
Nance
Otoe
Thayer
Valley
Lancaster
Madison County
Grain Case Still On In Omaha Testimony Reveals Pressure
Thomas D. Worrall president of the Worrall Grain company testifies in Omaha as his suit for 128000 dollars details alleged pressure by the Nebraska grain dealers association to squeeze his firm from the Nebraska market. He demands questions be written and reveals the secretary held full grain car information and tried to stop handling the car. The case centers on alleged collusion with a railroad and bulldozing tactics by the association with witnesses naming parties who refused to sell grain on commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Thomas D. Worrall
Worrall Grain Company
Nebraska Grain’ Dealers’ Association
Nebraska
Nebraska Grain Dealers’ Association
Worrall Company
Worrall
Grain Trust
Ed. P. Smith
N. B. Updike
Swearing and Affirming in Alabama Court
Judge David D Shelby discusses swearing versus affirming in a circuit court. A witness named Erastus, a Black man, explains he will affirm due to uncertainty about the facts of his illness and his age, noting his speech and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David D. Shelby
Alabama Circuit Court
Erastus
Bearded Lady Answers Visitor On Age Inquiry
A visitor at the dime museum remarks on the beard starting at sixteen and questions its growth. The Bearded Lady, incensed, says the man is the first to dare ask her age.
Miracle Cure Report From Moravia Diabetes Patient
Mrs. Benj. Wilson of Moravia New York weighed 200 pounds before diabetes reduced her to 130. After four years of illness two doctors gave no relief. Dodd's Kidney Pills relieved her symptoms from the first use and five boxes cured her. The husband calls it a God sent remedy and recommends it to others with kidney disease.
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Moravia
N. Y
Benj. Wilson
Dodd
Bright
This Girl at Heroine Drowns in Elkhorn River
Miss Eve Beard seventeen daughter of County Surveyor Jesse Beard drowned south of Stanton while bathing at a river camp. Miss Lou Underberg fifteen stepped into a deep hole and was saved after clinging to trees. Beard later surfaced and drowned.
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Eve Beard
Jesse Beard
Elkhorn
Stanton
Lou Underberg
Miss Beard
Miss Underberg
Alonzo Told He Can Marry On Six Dollars A Week
The remark notes that while Alonzo may marry on a six dollar weekly income, the odds of a lasting happy marriage on that amount are unfavorable.
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Alonzo
Reformers Visit State At Fremont Chautauqua
Frenzied Finance advocate Lawson spoke two hours at Fairbury Chau tauqua to thousands aided by Rep E H Hinshaw. Missouri Governor Folk addressed about 3000 at Fremont Chautauqua urging strict law enforcement and criticizing lobbyists and corporate influence.
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Lawson
Governor Folk
Fairbury Chautauqua
Kansas
E. H. Hinshaw
Folk
Missouri
Fremont Chautauqua
Colfax County Hinders Bridge Payment Amid Fraud Claims
Colfax County Board is restrained from paying a $20,000 claim by Charles G Sheeley for Platte river bridge construction. Judge Wells issued a temporary order at the request of J A Grimison and Harry B E Phelps, alleging fraud, collusion, lack of emergency levy, and excessive price. The bridge, built last fall, failed during ice breakup this spring.
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Colfax
J.A. Grimison
Harry BE. Phelps
Schuyler
Wells
Board of County Commissioners
Charles G. Sheeley
Platte River
Sheeley
Holdrege Readies Second Annual Phelps County Jubilee
Holdrege residents prepare for the second annual Phelps county harvest jubilee from August 21 to 26 to avoid conflicts with the state fair and schools. About $4,000 will fund the jubilee as committees showcase enhanced agricultural exhibits and strive to exceed last year’s success.
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Holdrege
Phelps County
Thresher boiler explodes injuring three on farm
A boiler on a thresher engine on Fred Keikner’s farm near Johnson exploded injuring Charles Finch and Sam Warwick both of Johnson with internal injuries and shoulder fracture respectively while George Thomas of Johnson suffered a leg injury. The engine and straw stacks burned. bystanders saved the thresher. The machine belonged to Peter Brauer of Graf.
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Fred Keikner
Johnson
Charles Finch
Sam Warwick
George Thomas
Peter Brauer
Graf
Consolidation of Omaha Banks Into United States National Bank
Notices inform deposits of Union National United States National and Commercial National banks in Omaha that from the 24th of May their business will be under United States National Bank of Omaha. Capital is 600000 and surplus 200000. On July 22 balances transfer to the new bank and later drafts will be drawn on it.
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Union National
United States National
Commercial National Banks
Omaha
United States National Bank of Omaha
New Telephone Manager Named at Tecumseh Station
The Nebraska Telephone company changes management at Tecumseh station with J. H. Dean of Geneva taking charge while F. D. Wright transfers to Omaha.
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Tecumseh
Nebraska Telephone Company
F. D. Wright
Omaha
J. H. Dean
Geneva, Neb
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Diller
Debraska
Ravenna
Lexington
W. E. Helmann
Arapahoe
Golden Red Telephone Company
Wahoo
Saunders County
Busch
State Board of Equalization
Nemaha River
County Board of Equalization
Nature
Nebraska News
Iinterest
Stanton Girl
Morrall
Heroine
Death
Chum
Robert S. Johnson Grand Shoe CO
ST. Loui Manufacturers OF “Star Brand Shoes
Jabastine
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Water St
Roebuck & CO
Chicago
Dean
Olney & McDaid, Mfrs
Clinton
Lincoln Business College
Lincoln
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