Campbell approves seven thousand bonds for Campbell waterworks
Nebraska notes report Campbell voters authorize 7000 dollars for a waterworks system. Osceola post office patrons accept current mail service. Warden Carter transports trout to northwest Nebraska for stocking streams. West Point clothing firm closes and relocates to Blair. Albion Lorette telephones files for incorporation with 40000 capital. Boone State Bank chartered with 15000 capital, 40 percent paid up. incorporators H M Little and A A Dodendorf. Howe businessmen form a commercial club planning to purchase a newspaper plant. War Department ships eight headstones to Shelton for old soldiers buried in Shelton cemetery. Farmers battle rot and wire worms. corn replanting and wet weather. Papillion corn rots in ground due to cold and rain. Lehigh stock train to Chicago totals 24 cars, value 38000. contributing farms listed. Kimball completes automatic telephone system with long distance east and north connections. Clarks public schools name new faculty. Harry F Harper named superintendent. Platte River bridge spans impact Pohocco residents losing mail delivery until repairs. Forest City Papillion residents note Platte Elkhorn flood. cattle drown. river bottoms become vast water. Over 600 feet of east Platte dyke washed out. fish speared in flooded fields.
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Papillion
Lehigh
Chicago
Stanton County
George Boetel
W.d.mccurdy
R. Wardeman
Ben Thalken
W. G. ‘Algert
Kimball
Independent Telephone Company
Union Pacific
Platte Valley
Bell
West
Forest City
Platte River
Platte
Calumet Baking Powder Promoted Over Rochelle Salts
Advertises Calumet as superior baking powder offering health benefits and no Rochelle Salts, alum, lime, or ammonia in bread. Claims physicians oppose Rochelle Salts and cites a $1000 health-harm claim from Calumet makers. Ends with a quip about trouble and reading an auto.
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Boston
Chinese Incubation Methods and Hawaii Ducks
The article describes traditional Chinese incubation using heated manure piles to hatch duck and fowl eggs, noting Hawaii has adopted the method. Hawaii's climate supports steady temperatures around 70 to 75 degrees, aiding heat control. Eggs are turned daily and emerged chicks are cared for in warm boxes or pens until feathers grow.
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China
Hawaii
No Maude Dear Doubts Team Size For A Baseball Score
A humorous remark asserts that scoring in baseball does not require twenty men, implying strategy and skill matter more than sheer numbers in generating runs.
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Maude
Oakland woman credits Postum with restoring health from coffee
An Oakland woman recounts her experience with coffee causing nervousness and stomach weakness for eight years. After reading The Road to Wellville and switching to Postum Food Coffee, her condition improved within days and she regained strength, noting her nerves and digestion never faltered since. The ad ends with the Postum Co. claim and a note about the little book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Wellville
San Francisco
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welkville
General Thayer Presides at Pawnee Council Centennial
General John M. Thayer led the semi centennial commemoration of the 1855 Pawnee council with the tribe. A granite monument was placed on the bluffs overlooking the Platte near Fremont to mark the site of Chief Pita Ie shur ur’s lodge. Attending were W. E. Lee J. J. Hawthorne and Robert McLean, and the ceremony included a prayer by Rev. John Doane with an address by Thayer.
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Elkhorn Valley
Nebraska
Platte
Fremont
John M. Thayer
Thayer
W. E. Lee
J. J. Hawthorne
Robert McLean
Pita-Ie-shur-ur
Platte and Elkhorn
Great Northern Railroad
Great Northern
Pawnee
Platte River
E. E., Blackman
A. E. Sheldon
J. A. Barret
State Historical Society
Cedar. Bluffs
W. E.lee
John Doane
Flag Day Proclamation Urges Display of Old Glory
Governor Mickey of Nebraska proclaims June 14 1905 as Flag Day urging widespread display of the US flag. He calls citizens to pause busy life to honor patriotism and inspire love of country across homes schools businesses factories and public buildings.
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Mickey
John H. “Mickey
Nebraska
Aged Servant Sues Estate Over $1000 Bequest
Frank Simms, an elderly black man, sues in Columbus district court to recover $1000 from the estate of George W. Hulst. Born in Maryland, he joined the Virginia Nebraska household years ago and served the Hulst family until Mr. Hulst’s death. He says one will left him $1000, while the other omitted him from the bequest.
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Frank Simms
Columbus
George W. Hurst
Simms
Maryland
Mr. Hulst
Virginia
Nebraska
Western Normal Faculty Complete Roster of Teachers
Secretary McBrien of the State Board of Education announced the Western Normal faculty chosen from 200 applicants. The list includes M. R. Snodgrass, W. A. Clark, Eva J. Case, C. D. Anderson, W. E. Allen, Charles W. Philpott, George N. Porter, Gertrude Gardner, Alma Hosic, Edith L. Robbins, A. J. Mercer, O. W. Neale, Grace Hamer, Mrs. H. C. Richmond, Marion Smith, C. A. Murch, Etta Brown, Mary Crawford, Catherine Hicks, Grace Groves, W. M. Crichton, and Anna V. Jennings. At Peru, J. W. Searson fills a vacancy and F. M. Gregg joins as assistant professor in biological science.
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Kearney
McBrien
State Board of Education
Western Normal
M. R. Snodgrass
Wayne
W. A. Clark
Peru
Eva J. Case
Red Cloud
C. D. Anderson
Tecumseh
W. E. Allen
University of Nebraska
Charles W. Philpott
Lincoln High School
George N. Porter
Gertrude Gardner
Fairbury
Alma Hosic
Edith L. Robbins
Ord
A. J. Mercer
North Platte
Grace Hamer
Reading
H. C. Richmond
South Omaha
Marion Smith
Columbus
C.A. Murch
Etta Brown
Valentine
Mary Crawford
West Point
Catherine Hicks
Farnam
Grace Groves
Fremont
Litchfield
Anna V. Jennings
Davenport
J. W. Searson
Wahoo
F.M. Gregg
Railroads in Omaha Face Mileage Based Taxation
The Nebraska state board of equalization considered taxing leased railroad lines entering Omaha. While no formal action was taken yet, officials indicated a mileage based assessment for about six lines from 0.59 to 4.96 miles, tied to traffic volume. Union Pacific figures were reviewed by W. D. Lincoln and Clancey as they discussed cars, lines, and private car operations.
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Omaha
State Board of Equalization
Ee Clancey
W.D. Lincoln
Union Pacific
South
Lincoln
Acetylene Lighting Deemed Best for Chickamauga Post
The Chickamauga military post near the historic battlefield uses about one hundred buildings lit by sixty five acetylene lamps. Six and a half miles of mains and two miles of service pipes supply lighting across seventy five principal structures. The U S government began acetylene lighting after tests in Fort Meyer Virginia in 1903 and 1904 and has since expanded to Indian schools and other facilities. Acetylene lighting is praised as safe simple and economical suitable for farms towns and churches.
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Chickamauga Park Ga
United States
Chickamauga
War Department
Fort, Meyer
Virginia
Bryan in Court Testifies on Bennett Estate Accounts
William J. Bryan appeared in a New Haven probate court hearing on the estate of the late Philop S. Bennett, where he is administrator. He faced rapid questions from Judge Henry Stoddard and Mrs. Grace I. Bennett’s counsel, with noted impatience on both sides during the examination.
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Nebraska
William J. Bryan
New Haven
Conn
Philop S. Bennett
Bryan
Henry Stoddard
Grace I. Bennett
White
Mr. Bryan
No More Screens in Plattsmouth Saloons
Saloons in Plattsmouth remove all curtains and screens after the Law and Order League objections led to two complaints. It marks the first time in local history that bars are devoid of such fixtures.
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Plattsmouth
Law and Order League
Gapes in Chicks Cause Mortality and Transmission
The text explains gape worms in broiler chicks windpipe causing deaths. Worms are small forked parasites that crowd the windpipe and choke the birds. Infected chicks should be isolated to prevent ground contamination as coughing up worms spreads infection.
Man with few words urged to buy encyclopedia
A terse man is advised by a book agent to expand his vocabulary by investing in an encyclopedia. The exchange is brisk and underscores a pushy sales moment in a literary context.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cured Rheumatism in Two Days
Piney Flats Tennessee resident D. B. Hilton credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing two years of rheumatism in just two days. He says pain vanished after the first dose and never returned, attributing success to kidneys removing uric acid from the blood.
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Piney Flats
Tenn
Hilton
Dodd
Mr. Hilton
Dodds
Woman judges letter news from envelope address
A woman studies the envelope to infer whether the letter inside holds good or bad news, using clues from the addressed recipient and presentation to guess the message tone before opening.
Defiance Starch Dominates Market Says Storekeepers
Storekeepers report that the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Starch make it next to impossible to sell any other brand.
Deer Talk Question Sparks Childs Curious Streak
In a brief exchange, Bobby voices a puzzled question about whether deer can talk, recalling his father's stories about deer stalking and prompting a small moment of wonder.
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Bobby
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Carter
Blair
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A. A. Dodendorf
Howe
Washington
Joe Hooker Post
Shelton
Clarks
Pohocco
Saunders County
Cedar ‘Bluffs
Valley
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Patrice
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Government Light
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Military Post
Maine
Gapes
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