Nebraska Notes Shaping Up Across Beatrice and Fremont
Big crowds attend the Chautauqua at Beatrice as events loom for the state fair September 4 to 11. Hagenow’s band is booked for the fair. Fremont police launch a campaign against drunkenness while Otoe Preserving works stay on schedule. The Ashland Methodist church is dedicated, and firemen in Norfolk host a successful tournament.
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Beatrice
Hagenow
Fremont
Otoe Preserving Company
New Methodist
Ashland
Worfolk
James Riordan
Pope Leo
Trenton
Broken Bow
Train Collision Near Viasaty Siding Kills Four
A head on collision between the twin city limited and a fast freight near Viasaty Siding Minnesota leaves four dead and about twenty five to thirty passengers injured. Victims include engineers Charles Merkert H Helman and R Helman and passenger Fred Horton of Dodge Center. Injuries range from serious to minor among crew and travelers.
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St. Paul
Minn
Dispatch
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Viasaty Siding
Charles Merkert
H. Coger
R. Helman
Fred Horton
Dodge
Noble, Colored
Porter
Keene
Twin City Limited
Oelwein
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Mina
Dodge Center
Reading
Viasaty
Hastings
Limited
Kearsarge Reaches Port After Quick Bar Harbor Stop
The United States battleship Kearsarge arrived at Bar Harbor at 6 42 p m on July 26 after a 2900 mile voyage from the Needles. Captain Hemphill said the ship covered the distance in nine days four and a quarter hours at an average of 13 knots, with a peak over 15 knots. The commander noted a few slowdowns for iceberg and fog, but praised the vessel’s reliability and readiness for action.
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United States
Kearsarge
Bar Harbor
Associated Press
Hemphill
Needles
Mount Desert Rock
New York
Germany
Denmark
England
Will of Leo appoints nephew heir and Vatican control
The 1900 holographic will of Pope Pius X declares Ludo vic Pecci as heir to the family patrimony with deductions for gifts previous to 1900. It notes assets to the Holy See and names Cardinal Rampolla and others to ensure execution. The document is dated July 8 1900 in the Vatican, Rome.
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Leo
Jesus the Redeemer
Curzio Franchi
Ludovico Pecci
Giovanni Battista
Ricardo
Franchi
Carpineto Romano
Holy See
Camillo
Anna
Maria
Mariano Rampolla
Mario Mocenni
Serafino Cretoni
Vatican
Rome
Ioacchine Percci
Pope P. P. XIII
Prison Inmate's Lock Invention Sells English Rights
Charles Filer, paroled from a New Jersey state prison for burglary, profits from his blind lock invention. English rights sold for 50,000 dollars with 25,000 in stock. local capitalists financed manufacture. The patent covers thirty four countries and a Russian offer is reported.
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Charles Filer
New Jersey
Richard Barlow
Charles W. Scudder
Samuel Gaston
Trenton
Barlow
Cow Bitten by Rattler in Hamilton County Farm
Alvin Moore a Hamilton County farmer sought drugs in Grand Island to treat a cow believed bitten by a rattler. The cow’s head and neck swelled hindering breathing and a later exam found a small snake bite. A rattler was killed near the pasture end where the cow fed and Moore plans a search to locate the nest and start extermination.
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Alvin Moore
Hamilton County
Grand Island
Mr. Moore
Two Men Die From Asphyxiation In Indianapolis Manhole
Benjamin Beverman of Cincinnati a laborer for Merchants Heat and Light and William R Naming a pipe foreman for the same firm were suffocated by carbonic acid gas in a Washington Street Indianapolis manhole Sunday. The foreman died trying to save Beverman and Oscar Stehlin a city foreman narrowly escaped.
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Benjamin Beverman
Cincinnati
Merchants Heat and Light Company
William R. Naming
Washington Street
Indianapolis
Oscar Stehlin
Reliance Proved Superior in All Three Yacht Races
The Reliance defeated Constitution and Columbia in a Newport race day, with the defender chosen by the New York Yacht Club to face the Americas Cup. Morgan and Belmont praised the outcome, and trial races were discontinued. The breeze favored Reliance, finishing decisively while Columbia trailed. Constitution narrowly followed.
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Newport
R. L
Dispatch
Relance
Constitution
Columbia
Challenge Committee
New York Yacht Club
Reliance
Messrs. Morgan
Belmont
Reliancé
Bristol
Cattlemen Protest Kansas Rail Rate Hike
Greenwood County Kansas cattlemen urge action against a 15 percent rail freight increase starting September 1. More than 500 stock men sign a protest to the state railroad board, citing poor service and urging unity with peers in other counties.
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Greenwood County
Kansas
Cattlemen's Association
Railroads of
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Murder at doorstep in Nebraska ends Merritt life
William Merritt was shot dead near his doorstep in Niobrara Nebraska Sunday night. A stranger fired three shots as Merritt turned to enter the house, two hit him including a heart wound. Suspect Isaac McCoun, said to have threatened Merritt, was found earlier in a Missouri river boat with a young son and arrested.
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William Merritt
Niobrara
Neb
Ike
Isaac McCoun
Merritt
McCaun
Missouri River
Farmer A J C Robb hospitalizes after leg injury near Stella Neb
A. J. C. Robb, a farmer two miles west of Stella Nebraska, stuck a pitchfork in his leg near the knee cap. The wound caused fainting and a dangerous pulse drop to thirty as physicians warned that blood poisoning could have followed without immediate care.
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A. J.C. Robb
Stella
Neb
Wheat yields dip for Benedict Nebraska farmers
Benedict Nebraska farmers threshing reveals lower wheat yields than expected. Harvested grain runs twelve to fifteen bushels per acre with No 3 grade. Kernels small but color good and kernels weigh about fifty eight pounds though overall weight lags behind last year.
Sailor Excesses Reported in Lisbon Adjusted
Madrid published account of alleged excesses by United States sailors at Lisbon. Associated Press correspondent says the matter was minor and has been satisfactorily settled.
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Madrid
United States
Lisbon
Associated Press
Glencona Abandoned by Captain After Grounding
The British bark Glencona, from Tyne, abandoned by its captain on May 14 near San Blas after previously running aground. The vessel was bound for San Diego, California.
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Tyne
San Diego
Cal
San Blas
Court Action Sought Over Will Bequest to Brock
Dora Clay Brock seeks probate of the will of General Cassius M. Clay filed in Richmond. She demands $810000 from the estate claiming a $10000 bequest to her under the late husband’s will.
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Dora Clay Brock
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Richmond
Anniversary picnic marks 27th year for Johnson County Co operative
The twenty seventh anniversary of the Johnson County cooperative association was celebrated at Olathe on July 25 with a basket picnic in the public square. About 300 attended. Governor N J Bachelder of New Hampshire lectured on the national grange. C W Westgate of Manhattan, master of the state grange, and A P Meardon of McLouth also spoke.
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Johnson County
Kansas
Wreck on Santa Fe Kills Two Men Near Princeville
The Santa Fe limited No. 5 from Chicago to the west wrecked at a Rock Island crossing near Princeville due to an open switch. Engineer Ed O'Brien and Fireman Charles Vogel of Fort Madison Iowa died. Express Manager R L Budway and assistant Ed Parshall of Chicago injured. Traffic disrupted for hours.
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Santa Fe Limited
Chicago
Rock Island
Princeville
Ed O'Brien
Charles Vogel
Fort Madison
Express
R. L. Budway
Ed Parshall
Bank sale near Bik Creek to Tecumseh official
The State Bank at Bik Creek has been sold to John R. Pearson of the Citizens' National Bank of Tecumseh.
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State. Bank
At. Bik Creek
John R. Pearson
The
Citizens’ National Bank of Tecumsé
Beatrice Youth Drowns While Bathing in Blue River
William E. Aylesworth aged nineteen son of C. H. Aylesworth of 1519 Grant street Beatrice Nebraska drowned while bathing in the Blue river three miles north of town at 4 o clock Sunday. Indians from Tiburon Island are charged with murder and cannibalism in a related case.
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Wiliam &E
Aylesworth
C. H. Aylesworth
Grant Street
Beatrice, Neb
Blue River
Town
Perty of En
Pesala
Ang
Diaguses
Caners
Tiburon Island
Transport Logan Arrives With Troops in San Francisco
The transport Logan arrived in San Francisco from Manila on April 28. It carried the First Infantry with 812 officers and men and the band, plus the first squadron of the Sixth Cavalry. Also aboard were 275 casuals, including sick and other dependents.
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Logan
San Francisco
Manila
Sixth Cavalry
Ames Trial Begins for Bribery Extortion
The trial of former Minneapolis mayor Ames for bribery and extortion opened April 28 before Judge Biliott.
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Ames
Minneapolis
Biliott
Reforesting the Hills by Nebraska Forestry Delegation
Prof. R A Emmerson and Charles A Scott arrived at Valentine Nebraska after a tour from Dismal River reserve. E J S Moore led a six man surveying party on Niobrara reserve to assess tree distribution and conditions amid promising growth of pine cedar oak ash and cottonwood where protected from fire and stock. Plans for continuing work will follow the survey.
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R.A. Emmerson
State University
Charles A. Scott
Bureau of Forestry
Nebraska
Valentine
Neb
Halsey
Emmereon
Sand Hills
Niobrara Reserve
E. J. S. Moore
Snake River
Costly omission grants heir claim to Nebraskan estate
Peter Miller won a district court ruling establishing his right as an heir to part of a decedent father’s estate near Scribner Nebraska. The failure to include the infant’s name on a mortgage foreclosure deed led to multiple sales and a disputed share worth about $500 or more. George Looschen uncovered the original omission prompting the suit to determine the heir’s interest in the estate proceeds.
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Peter Miller
Scribner
Neb
Anna B. Harms
Fremont
District Court
Miller
George Looschen
Miler
Epworth Lake park progresses with Jubilee assembly works
Improvements at Epworth Lake park advance readying bridges to Oxford Isle and south shore ticket booths extend platform fencing gates installed for the coming jubilee assembly. The grounds gain a new auditorium and comfort to the big pavilion as seven years celebrate ownership of grounds and plans.
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Epworth Lake Park
Oxford
Interstate Commerce report on railroad accidents
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports for the quarter ending March 31 show 300 killed and 2,834 injured in train accidents. Including other employee and passenger incidents, total casualties reach 837 killed and 11,481 injured. There were 1,650 collisions and 1,181 derailments causing $2,491,065 in damage.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Old Soldier Wins? Kansas Court Rules on Veteran Preference
Judge Moore of the Eighth Kansas district rules on a new statute granting civil war veterans preference in appointments if equally fit. Thomas Devere sought the city attorneyship in Janction City via quo warranto to oust the mayor’s appointee. The court sustains the mayor, finding the mayor’s investigation of equal fitness must be final.
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Moore
Eighth
Kansas
Thomas Devere
Indian Land Sale and Manila Ice Plant Auction Notes
Acting Secretary of the Interior approves John Lincoln to Frank Buckwalter land deed Lot six southeast quarter section 36 township 26 range 7 east Winnebago agency price 425 dollars. Bonds offered April 28 totaling 1 569 600 dollars bring total to 51 807 250 dollars. Manila ice plant sale discussed with a 600 000 dollar bid and a government valuation of 1 000 000 dollars. Plant owned by the government but private operation questioned. previous year costs 136 000 dollars.
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Ryan Monday
John Lincoln
Frank B. Buckwalter
Aunas
Winnebagan Agency
Shaw
Manila
Swift-Westinghouse Dicate
Rngular
Wosteen
The Limit of Alliteration and Twisting Twines
A literary contest prompts a joke on language by Dr. Johnson and a French influence. An anecdote traces how the doctor translates French wordplay into English using twist and twine, followed by a playful sequence of lines about twisting cords and string.
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Wallis
Johnson
Deaf Mute Run Barber Shop Draws Curious Crowds
A New York barber shop operates with all staff, including the owner, deaf and mute. Patrons seek silence and can communicate by pantomime. a slate and pencil assist if issues arise. The shop allows quiet service and even enables staff to discuss patrons through sign language unseen by customers.
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New York
New York Telegram
Deaf Mutes
Horse on the Boss and the Spelling Reform Feud
A stenographer quarrels with an employer over misspelled words and spelling reform. She cites articles from six magazines and argues that authorities can justify any spelling, highlighting a period of great changes in English.
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New York Times
Mistakes of Queens and Royal Escapes in Histories
The tale juxtaposes Marie Antoinette fleeing the Puilleries and Queen Draga of Servia delaying a going away gown. It suggests small missteps shaping large fates, noting both queens and their misread paths, destiny, and tragic outcomes.
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Marie Antoinette
Puilleries
Louis VI
Carlyle
Draga
Servia
Belgrade
Alexander
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Aaron B. McMahan
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First National Bank of Beatrice
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Hall County
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Lincoln
Philip Hornsberger
Indian Creek
Lincoln Mill Company
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