FIRS Suit To Be Tried Against Editor And Surgeon
County Attorney E A Cook of Lexington reports filing against Henry C Brooker editor of the Goethenburg Independent and Dr Frank J Rosenberg surgeon of the Union Pacific under the anti pass law This is the first suit against a newspaper man for accepting mileage in exchange for advertising space Both men bound over to the district court and an Information will be filed March 2 Attorney General Thompson met with Judge J J Sullivan and County Attorney Tyrrel to plan steps in the anti pass suits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Cook
Lexington
Thompson
Henry C. Brooker
Goethenburg Independent
Frank.j.rosenberg
Union Pacific
District Court
J. J. Sullivan
Columbus
Tyrrel
Mystery in Death Case Shoots Fremont Man
Mrs Peter Miller widow of a former Fremont butcher received a telegram announcing the death of her husband at Clarks Ned Information from Union Pacific railroad sources says Miller was found dying beside a railroad track with his head crushed as if struck by a blunt instrument It is believed he met foul play The family moved from Fremont to Grand Island seven months ago and had just returned to Fremont Miller remained behind to drive a team of horses he planned to sell on the way It is presumed he sold the horses and was killed and robbed for his money
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Peter Miller
Fremont
Clarks
Ned
Union Pacific Railroad
Miller
Fourrlay
Grand Island
Argo plant to move machinery to new Illinois town
Argo Starch plant equipment from Nebraska City will be moved to a newly laid out town named Argo in Marshall county Illinois. The Corn Products company funds a 65 million dollar expansion including plant and town layout similar to Bessemer Steel. The entire machinery and plant will be relocated for use in the new facility.
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Argo Starch
Nebraska City
Argo
Illinois
Corn Product Company
Marshall County
Bessemer Steel Company
Jealousy Suspected in Omaha Woman Shooting
William Jobson, a Pacific fireman from Council Bluffs, shot Mrs Lizkit Burns of 108 North Fifty Fifth Avenue Omaha and slightly wounded her brother James Donnelly. Burns, formerly employed by Jobson’s mother, had been living with her brother. Burns was shot twice with the first bullet entering her chest.
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Shotte
William Jobson
Council Bluffs
Uxiiom Pacific
Lizkit Burs
North Fifty-fifth Avenue
Omaha
James’ Donnelly
Burns
Dure¢by
Jobson
Gun Sample Arrives For Nebraska National Guard
A sample of a tew army magazine gun has reached the adjutant general. Delivery of one for the Nebraska national guard is delayed though rifles are expected soon. The gun resembles the air but is six inches shorter with wood encasing the top and bottom of the barrel.
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Adjutant General's
Offea
Nebraska National Guard
Midwest Life of Lincoln Insurance Ad
An old line company based in Nebraska promotes life insurance for Nebraska homes. It claims to offer lowest safe possible policies without estimates and is backed by Nebraska capital and local business men.
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Midwest Life of
Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Capital
Campaign rally in Brown County courthouse draws crowds
A large and enthusiastic gathering of Brown County residents filled the Ain Siem ts courthouse area for a campaign meeting about local schools. Citizens voiced support for educational improvements and debated policies.
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Brown County
Ain Siem Ts
Body Identified as Carl Kirschner in 1967 North Platte Drowning
Telegram from H Kirschner states the body found in the North Platte River at Guernsey Wyoming is Carl Kirschner son of H Kirschner. He drowned June 24 1967 when a boat capsized while Kirschner and Deffer and others tried to photograph in swift current. Deffer was recovered. Kirschner died. Both were students at the state university.
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Guernsey
Beatrice
H. Kirschner
North Platte River
Wyo
Carl Kirschner
North Platte
Kirschner
Melvin A. Deffer
Deffer
The
State University
Fairbury
Liberty
Sets with painful accident at Cairo creamery
Charlies Stoltenberg was injured while helping load ice at the Cairo creamery. He rested his hand on a rope near a pulley in the ice house and, not hearing the driver, had fingers caught between rope and pulley, two fingers severed at the first joint.
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Cairo
Charlies Stoltenberg
Mr. Stoltenberg
Fire destroys Ayr grain elevator and oats load
A grain elevator of about 18 000 bushels capacity in Ayr, owned by J H Pope of Hastings, burned to the ground. The structure, leased to Reader and Son, contained a car load of oats and some wheat. Loss is estimated around 5000 dollars. Cause undetermined but suspected to have started in a room with a vasoline engine.
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Ayr
J. H Pope
Hastings
Reader’ & Son
Opticians Elect Officers At Lincoln Meeting
The Nebraska State Optical Society met in Lincoln and elected officers for the coming year. Fritz Hoefer of Auros was chosen president with F. A. Hannis of York as first vice president and Preston of Oxford as second vice president. John Holts of Omaha became treasurer and J. H. Hukill of Lincoln secretary. A move toward a permanent circulating library for opticians was approved along with formation of standing committees.
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State Society
Lincoln
Nebraska
State Optical Society
Fritz Hoefer
Auros
F. A. Hannis
York
Preston
Oxford
John Holts
Omaha
J. H. Hukill
Railroads to Observe Nine Hour Law March Four
Union Pacific Northwestern and Burlington railroads announce they will observe the nine hour law starting March four. About 200 additional telegraphers will be employed on lines west of the Missouri river with train service curtailed where possible, especially on branches and some main lines.
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Union Pacific
Northwestern
Burlington
Missouri River
Seward Factory Formed To Build Grain Separators
Thomas J. Hatfield F N Wullen waber and D J Hartrum organize a Seward company with capital of 50000 to manufacture ecred and grain separators. The old creamery building in the west part of Sewardie is being fitted up for the new factory and will be owned and operated by Seward men.
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Seward
Thomas J. Hatfield
F.N. Wullenwaber
D. J. Hartrum
Sewardie
Prosecutions Ordered in Platte County
Commissioner Johnson orders prosecutions in Platte county against Steffes Bros for selling unbranded package butter and against J. C. Shafer for testing cream for commercial purposes without a license and using unlawful testing apparatus. All parties are located at Humphrey.
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Johnson
Platte County
Steffes Bros
J. C. Shafer
Humphrey
Canning Factory at Peru Plans 200 Acres of Tomatoes
The H. W. Lowe canning factory of Peru has closed contracts for 200 acres of tomatoes for the coming season. Mr. Lowe is arranging to can tomatoes pumpkins fruits and berries of all kinds and is preparing an exhibit for the display.
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Peru
H. W. Lowe
Lowe
Harlem Street Car Barn Fire Destroys 740 Cars and Paint Plant
Two massive fires in New York City overnight leveled the Harlem car barns of the New York City Railway Co on Second Avenue and a nearby paint factory run by Grote & Co on 102nd Street. The car barns covering First to Second avenues and 96th to 87th streets burned from midnight to dawn, destroying 740 surface cars and causing an estimated $2.5 million in losses. the paint factory suffered about $125,000 in damage. Families near the barns were evacuated as crews battled the blaze with water.
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New York
Dispatch
New York City Railway Company
Second Avenue
Harlem
George W. Grote & Co
Railway People
Madison Avenue
First
Second Avenues
102Nd Street
Nine-Hour Law Sparks Faster Railroad Telephone Use
The nine hour law for telegraph operators, effective March 4, accelerates telephone use on trains. A B Ingalls, Lake Shore superintendent, says the change could yield in one year what ten years of phones would. Tests since October show success with Lake Shore, Ohio lines, and New York Central in Albany to Fonda. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy now runs all trains by telephone between Chicago and Galesburg.
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Ingails
Lake Shore Road
Ingalls
Lake Shore
Lake Erie
Alliance & Wheeling
New York Central
Albany
Fonda
N. Y
Ohio
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Chicago
Galesburg
American battleship fleet sails from Callao on lengthy voyage
The US battleship squadron under Rear Admiral Evans weighed anchor at Callao on February 29 for a long voyage. Spectators were ferried out to see the departure, and the fleet was reviewed by President Pardo. The next stop is Magdalena Bay around March 14, with 3012 nautical miles to travel to Magdalena Bay. Target practice at Magdalena Bay may take about thirty days, delaying departure to San Francisco.
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Evans
Callao
Pardo
Magdalena
Magdalena Bay
San Francisco
Memorial services for Augustus St Gaudens in New York
Mayor McClellan and noted figures addressed a Mendelssohn Hall gathering in memory of sculptor Augustus St Gaudens who died recently. An exhibition of his works is opening this week in New York, highlighting his artistic contributions.
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St. Gaudens
McClellan
Will H. Low
Mendelssohn Hall
New York
Augustus St. Gaudens
St.Gaudens
Meiro
Attempted killing of Chicago police chief by anarchist
Averbuch, a 22 year old Russian student, attacked Chief George M. Shippy at 31 Lincoln court in Chicago. Shippy killed him after wounding two officers including his son Harry Shippy. another driver James Foley also injured.
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George M. Shippy
Chicago
Averbuch
Chief Shippy
Lincoln Court
Harry Shippy
James Foley
Shippy
Lazazus Averbuch
Harry Pine
Washington Avenue
America
Austria
Kishinev
Portugal
Law and Order
Shock in Cadaver Room Distresses Miss Kingsnorth
Miss Francis Kingsnorth an artist's model was led blindfolded into an anatomy room filled with cadavers and photographed for a piece titled Asleep With the Dead. On removal of her eye bandage she fainted and reacted with hysteria amid the chilling scene. She later remained in precarious condition at a physician's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Francis Kingsnorth
Anatomical Laboratory
Miss Kingsnorth
Million Dollar Tax Payment in Marshall Field Estate
A $1,000,000 back tax payment for the Marshall Field estate was delivered to John R. Thompson, Cook County treasurer, under a settlement agreement with county officials that also compromised suits totaling $1,700,000.
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Marshall Field
John R. Thompson
Cook County
Bank Robbed of 300000 Mexican Money From Creel Institution
A telegram from Chihuahua reports the Branco de Minero, owned by Ambassador Creel, robbed of 300000 Mexican money. No details yet. authorities ordered tight border watch.
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Chihuahua
Mex
Branco de Minero
Creel
Governor Signs Law Amending Insurance Bond Reorganization
Governor Hughes signed a bill amending Armstrong insurance laws to allow insurers holding defaulted bonds to enter reorganizations for protecting their securities. The measure aims to facilitate bondholders in reorganizing processes and safeguarding financial interests.
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Hughes
Armstrong Insurance
Fire destroys large Albert Lea business block
Fire at Lembke's dry goods store in Albert Lea Minnesota destroys one of the city's largest business buildings. The blaze incurs losses to the building four mercantile firms the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co and six other tenants totaling 90000 dollars.
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Lembke
Albert Lea, Minn
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Mrs Mary E H Rouse Recovers After Kidney Pain
Mrs Mary E H Rouse of Cambridge New York describes a five year battle with a fall that damaged her kidneys causing back and hip pain, weak health and discolored secretions. She credits rapid relief to Dean's Kidney Pills and says she is now in excellent health after using the product sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Mary E. H. Rouse
Cambridge, N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Job and the Devil Bargain in Folklore Lecture
Brother Dickey retells a humorous take on Job from a Southern perspective quoting a story from the Atlanta Constitution. The tale portrays Job as patient yet frustrated by afflictions and a hurricane-like calamity that tests his endurance and humor.
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Brother Dickey
Job
Atlanta Constitution
Cure for Eczema Reported by Montreal Mother
Mme. Napoleon Duceppe from Montreal writes that after trying many remedies her three daughters were cured of eczema using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She notes another baby with skin folds that bled improved the next morning after treatment. May 21, 1907.
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Mme
Napoleon Duceppe
Duiuth &J
Montreal
Que
Cause for Alarm in a Bride to Be
A young man tells Jennie after nine years of courting about Niagara possibly drying up in 50,000 years. She fears the bridal trip will be canceled if the falls vanish, prompting him to reassure with a light remark. The piece reads as a playful domestic vignette in a 19th or early 20th century paper.
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Jennie
Niagara Falls
Constipation Relief Promises From Family Pills
An advertisement claims a remedy named Family Pills eases constipation and related mucous inflammation. It touts a simple cure by oral use and assures quick relief, urging readers to try the product for digestive comfort.
Poker Banter Quips Spark Friendly Bluff Debate
A lighthearted quip from the Louisville Courier Journal features a playful exchange on poker habits. The dialogue contrasts fun with betting, highlighting a social poke at gambling norms.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Garfield Tea Co. Ad Peddles Herb Laxative Claim
Comic quips sell Garfield Tea from Brooklyn New York as a remedy for digestive difficulties and headaches while praising amateur performance charm. The ad targets young men with humorous lines and mentions Lewis' Factory in Peoria.
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Garfield Tea
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn, N. Y
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J. H. Pope
Opticians
BIG
Creel Institution
Dickey
Peoria
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