Nebraska Notes from the State Wide Rural Ledger
Nebraska notes report strawberry variety yields in Clay Center and a value assessment in Fillmore county. J. F. Siem sells a 240 acre Columbus farm for 19200 dollars. A threshing machine killed James Hennessey near Crete and injured a Lincoln man. A Humboldt girl survives a 20 foot fall into a well. Mrs. W. K. Lay shoots herself in Columbus but is likely to recover. Tecumseh milling plant sale follows a partner dispute. A runaway crash injures the Erdbruegger family. A elopement in high life leads to arrest and a kidnapping charge. Walter Smith dies in a buggy collision near Grand Island. A new 350 foot air lift well is begun in Hastings. Epworth assembly mail shows strong support and dates. John Kemerle commits suicide at Elm Creek. Two youths injured by a mower accident. J R Swan files a new wire insulator patent.
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W. K. Lay
F.N. Stevenson
Columbus
Wirt Milling Company
Tecumseh
E@bruegger
Erd- Reecewic
Erdbruegger
Sidney
Wm. Lee
Pacific Hotel
Sheriff Lee
West
Miss Sickler
Grand Island
Bert Waufle
Hastings
Aurora
Smith
John Kemerle
Elm Creek
Henry Brown
Harry Lane
J. R. Swan
Johnson County
Nebraska Counties Bond Purchases by State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
The Nebraska State Board of Educational Lands and Funds bought 177000 in county securities for permanent school funds. Purchases included 33000 Douglas county 5 percent refunding bonds and 74000 Washington county 5 percent bonds. Also 25000 Perkins county 4 percent refunding bonds. deals with Kelley & Kelley, W E Barkley Jr, and E H Robbins & Sons. All bids subject to legality and AG security. certified checks of 10000 required.
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State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Béltig
Douglas County
Kelley & Kelley
Topeka
Kan
W. E. Barkley
Lincoln
Washington County
E. Hi. Robbins & Sons
Chicago
W.E. Barkley, Jr
Perkins County
Massachusetts
Maryland
Tennessee
Inquest Opened Into Loomis Death at Bigbury Bay
The inquest on Frederick Kent Loomis's body found at Warren Point near Bigbury Bay Devonshire opened with the coroner and local doctors assessing wounds suggesting death occurred before injury. The American consul attended. witnesses described discovery, and a gold watch, coins, cash, and personal items were recovered from the body and boat.
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F. Kent Loomis
Warren Point
Thomas Snowden
Associated Press
Blennerhassett Club
Grand Hotel
Broadway
New York
Loomis
Mildred
Frederick Kentloomis
Bigbury Bay
Storm Ravages La Crosse Area Damaging Crops and Homes
A severe wind and rain storm devastated the La Crosse Wisconsin region. Suburban buildings lost their roofs as creeks overflowed and several bridges were washed away, causing extensive crop and property damage.
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la Crosse
Wis
Lightning destroys barn near Falls City Nebraska
Lightning struck John White’s barn northeast of Falls City Neb Burned it down with all contents except horses One hundred bushels oats 150 bushels corn twenty five tons hay and 100 dollars worth of machinery burned Cost of barn 1500 insurance 400 contents 200 Lightning struck one of Frank Ublig’s horses the same day Ublig a farmer six miles north of Falls City
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Falls City
John White
Neb
Frank Ublig
Ublig
Stockmen Gather for Fourth Annual Central Nebraska Meeting
The fourth annual Central Nebraska Stock Growers Association meeting in Broken Bow elected W. A. George as president and re elected officers. The group affiliated with the Nebraska Stock Growers for brand inspection and discussed cattle dipping and disease treatment. A Lincoln river, a separate note reports a 16 year old boy drowned in a deep pool near West Lincoln, with details of the accident and funeral.
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Broken Bow
Central Nebraska Stock Growers’ Association
Neb
W. A. George
Georgetown
I. H. Jewett
I. A. Reneau
Ke Warrick
Anselma
C. Metcalf
S. Waddington
Merna
Amony
Ogallala
Nebraska Stock Growers’ Association
W. A. Thomas
Lincoln
Searle
State Association
Thomas
Ray “Curl
A. B. Curl
West_Lincoln
Walter Roberts
Abel
South Eleventh Street
Knox Visits Sagamore Hill Ahead of Campaign
P C Knox former attorney general and Roosevelt adviser visits Sagamore Hill. He plans active role in the campaign and will deliver at least two speeches. The president is said to avoid political speeches during the campaign and will issue a statement on his position and administration results in the acceptance letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C.knox
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Knox
The Pope Faces Crisis Over French Concordat
A high level Vatican summary states the pope seeks dissolution of the concordat with France, framing it as certain. The dispute centers on Bishop Gray of Laval who resisted resignation after a Rome summons and appealed to the French government, which contends the holy see infringed the concordat. Delcasse noted the Vatican's rights as the issue plays out.
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Vatican
Holy See
France
Loubet
Rome
Gray
Laval
Delcasse
Paris Tribunal Validates Will of M. Poulet Fortune
The Seine tribunal in Paris upheld the will presented by George A. Church of Nayatt Point Rhode Island and declared him a beneficiary of M. Poulet the Parisian capitalist. French heirs raised further technical objections at the hearing and the court adjourned.
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Seine
Paris
France
George A. Church
Nayatt Point
Rhode Island
M. Poulet
Harrison Man Convicted of Manslaughter
James Connelly of Harrison Nebraska was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. He was accused of killing H S Miller. The trial occupied nearly a week.
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James Connelly
Harrison, Neb
Tée
Connelly
H.s. Miller
Nis
Great Reservoir Breaks at Scottsdale Pa Dam
The Citizens Water Company reservoir near Scottsdale Pennsylvania broke at midnight, unleashing more than 300 million gallons of floodwaters that swept the valley, inundated crops, wrecked buildings, and forced warnings to residents. Hundreds of lives were saved by early alerts before the valley flooded.
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Great
Niagara
Citizens Water Company
Scottsdale
President Roosevelt to receive nomination at Sagamore Hill
Notification for Roosevelt's nominating event planned at Sagamore Hill on the 27th with Speaker Cannon delivering the committee's statement. About 100 guests will attend a simple ceremony on the veranda, followed by luncheon and return to Oyster Bay for afternoon trains.
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Roosevelt
Loeb
Sagamore Hill
Joseph Cannon
Cannon Wilk
Oyster Bay
New York
Base Ball Standings New York Boston and Chicago in
Baseball standings show New York Boston and Chicago in lead positions with teams listed by city. The notice highlights current tops and relative gaps among these clubs.
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New York
Boston
Chicago
Rio Grande Train Robber Identified as Harvey Logan
The gunman wounded by a posse was exhumed at Glenwood Springs Colorado for inspection by E Spence of Chicago a detective agency representative who aided in Harvey Logan conviction and trial. Identified from photos as Logan the Rio Grande bandit previously buried.
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Rio Grande
Glenwood Springs
Colo
E. Spence
Chicago
Spence
Harvey Logan
Knoxville
Tenn
Logan
Oat Crop Surges North of Grand Island Farmers Report High Yields
Day by day farmers near Grand Island finish harvests with unusually strong yields. Wim Pidrige of Alda completes oats and wheat, predicting forty bushels per acre for wheat. A northern farmer estimates oats at a hundred bushels per acre as corn also shows exceptional growth due to sunshine and soil moisture.
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Grand Island
Wim
Pidrige
Alda
Prohibition Nomination Accepted by Harrisburg Clergyman
Rev Silas C Swallow of Harrisburg Pennsylvania mails a letter to National Chairman Stewart in Chicago advising acceptance of the Prohibition party nomination for president by the national convention held in Indianapolis on June 30 The letter confirms his candidacy and party backing.
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Silas C. Swallow
Harrisburg
Stewart
Chicago
Indianapolis
Tragedy Strikes Fairbury Blacksmith In Suicide
J. H. Davis a Fairbury blacksmith for over twenty years took carbolic acid in what authorities deem a self inflicted death. He leaves a wife and two young sons. Body found in the street near his home with an empty bottle. Reports say he suffered fits of melancholy and may have been deranged. He was an Odd Fellow with $5,000 life insurance.
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J. H. Davis
Fairbury
Grand Army Week in Boston Parade and Convention Schedule
The Grand Army encampment program in Boston runs August 15 to 20 with a parade by 30 000 Civil War veterans a reception to the commander in chief by the Woman's Relief Corps naval and coastwise events a river carnival trip to Waltham and Treasures of an electrical parade and campfires plus harbor excursions and fish dinners featuring warships and many other veteran events.
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Grand. Army
Boston
Ahrownsey AE
Ud States
Naval Brigade
Woman's Relief Corps
Hotel Vendome
Mechanics Building
Waltham
Concord
Lexington
Women’s Relief Corps
Columbus Deserves Free Delivery Says Local Postmaster
Postmaster Carl Kramer reports Columbus annual business ending June 30, 1904 exceeds last year by about $400 and surpasses the amount needed to fund free city delivery by more than $500. He renews the push for street delivery and predicts three carriers may be appointed soon as streets and buildings expand.
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Columbus
Carl Kramer
China Favours United States Says Pierce On Orient Policy
Herbert H. Pierce third assistant secretary of state arrived in San Francisco after inspecting American consulates in the orient on his way to Washington. He reports oriental powers especially China view the United States favorably and that U S policy is not seeking territory or domination but commercial advantage.
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Herbert H.D. Pierce
San Francisco
Orient
Washington
China
United States
General Louis Botha Urges Mourning for Kruger
General Louis Botha requests officers officials and burghers of the late South African republic observe July 17 as a day of mourning for former President Kruger. He hopes old inhabitants wear mourning for a month and pays tribute to Kruger for his energy and sacrifices. He notes Kruger died away from his homeland and says they will keep silent.
England to impose government monopoly on wireless telegraphy
England plans a bill to make wireless telegraphy a government monopoly across the United Kingdom. Post Office officials have been testing a new system of their own.
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England
United Kingdom
Post Ofice
Registration Totals Reported for Several South Dakota Spots
Special telegrams from clerks at Bonesteel on the Rosebud reservation list registrations to date: Bone Stee l 17,249 Fairfax 3,522 Yankton 27,875 Chamberlain 3,076. Total 51,752.
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Bonesteel
Rosebud
Fairfax
Yankton
Chamberlain
Fusion Call For Indiana State Convention
Indiana fusion populists issue a call for a state convention in Indianapolis on Wednesday September 14. The appeal targets populists Democrats and silver Republicans across state lines to unite on a platform.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Races Set at Friend Neb Track as Entries Open
William Burke, owner of the track at Friend Nebraska, completes seventy stalls and prepares a well kept grounds. Entries close July 30 with Lincoln close August 14 and races start August 16 as plans indicate a successful meeting with records likely at the state fair.
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William Burke
Friend
Neb
Lincoln
Unburied Body Travels Across Russia on Trans-Siberian Route
A nameless man killed near Tomsk last summer on the Trans-Siberian Railway has repeatedly been refused burial. Despite being sent to Irkutsk, then returned to Tomsk, the body has moved between cities for months. Authorities demand proper documents before burial as the body has reportedly traveled over 12000 miles.
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Tomsk
Irkutsk
Anatomical Museum
Russia
Bee Stings Cure Rheumatism Heroic Tale From Franklin Mass
An elderly Franklin Massachusetts farmer long tormented by acute rheumatism experiences a bee hive accident that leaves him stung and semi conscious. After rescue and treatment the pain and symptoms vanish with the bee stings, and he credits the bees with curing his rheumatism though he notes the remedy was heroin.
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Franklin
Mass
Harrison. Willoughby
Willoughby
Powerful Ambergris Odor Described By Druggist
A druggist handles a gray lump of ambergris worth 500 dollars and notes its initial lack of smell until warmed. He explains crude ambergris emits musk-like odor, while prepared ambergris differs, and warns the scent lingers on his coat and hands for days.
Theatrical Scandal Ends With Manager’s Parquet Pass
New York Times reports E. E. Rice famed for the Amazonian Marches faced a backstage disturbance when a youth was roughed by an indignant mob of scene shifters. The manager rescued the boy and issued a parquet-seat pass after the incident.
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E. E. Rice
New York Times
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Diller
Nebraska
Fillmore County
J.F. Siem
Crete
James Hennessey
Sutton
Northwest Thresher Company
Stillwater
Minn
Cora Hobbs
Humboldt
Mwatar
Daily Mail
Upworth Assembly
J- P. Bailey
Epworth Assembly
Nebraska Epworth Assembly
Education Board
Plymouth
Joseph G. Stevens
Joseph” Cannon
Atsem ™ Iiage
Sanga
Varantia
BASE
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
American League., Pet
Enee
Chicago Veretee
Cleveland
Detroit
Colo. Springs
Denver Re
Des Moines
Ween
St. Joseph
Omaha Array
Sioux City
Grand Army Program
Bonesteee
Fusion
Sibaria
Bot Wareson
Wd Bneuratibm
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