Papillion and area notes highlight growth and incidents
Nebraska notes report gas plant installations by Papillion businesses. Bartley band reorganizes to eighteen members. Burlington brass foundry in Plattsmouth employs a record twenty three. Beatrice district court upholds Mariah Brendt will. Land sales rise in Thayer county with one tract at 82 per acre. Madison grows with Gillespie stock and new county clerk. Beatrice city council eyes Block 90 park. Wells connects with Nebraska Teleph one adding 275 phones. Italian workers strike in Nebraska City over foreman. Fremont home fire damages interior. Burlington uniforms updated with frock coats. Blasting powder found near Porter Bridges camp. Daily wins $1,000 against Toluca saloonmen. Paxton bank to open as Commercial State bank.
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Beatrice
Wells Telephone Company
Nebraska Telephone Company
Schuyler
Nebraska Company
Missouri Pacific
Nebraska City
Albert Eddy
Fremont
Plattsmouth
Burlington Passenger Department
Chicago
Burlington Passenger
Heritage Of Civil War Veterans Kidney Woes
Capt John L Ely of Company E 17th Ohio now in Newton Kansas recounts chronic kidney trouble from Civil War days. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills begun in 1901 with curing his condition after years of pain weakness and urinary distress. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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John L. Ely
Co. E
17Th Ohio
East Second Street
Newton
Kansas
Ely
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Jury Qualities Questioned in Court Room Exchange
A lawyer questions a juror about knowledge of the parties to a suit and questions whether reading about them suffices. The juror, Mr Simmons, is excused for presumed unsuitability. The note ends with a cigarette ad for Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Peoria Illinois.
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Simmons
Abraham
Alexander the Great
Bloody Mary
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Hagerman Pass Steel Engraving Issued by Colorado Midland
A 26 by 40 inch steel engraving of Hagerman Pass, Colorado, issued by the Colorado Midland Railway. Framing ready, available by mail for 15 cents in stamps. Sent to any address, H. Speers, G. P. A., Denver, Colorado.
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Hagerman Pass
Colorado
Colorado , Midland Railway
H. Speers
Denver
Colo
Theatrical Gossip in London Stage Circles
Gossip centers on Mr. Alexander’s success in Pinero’s His House in Order and Charles Hawtrey’s weight loss efforts. Mrs Campbell’s daughter Stella Campbell, 18, trains at Tree’s academy and may debut on stage in autumn. Hawtrey jogs Hyde Park mornings. police cheer him on.
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Fillipi
Pleasant Job
A girl greets George with joy and asks him to calm her excited father Mr Lovett after revealing his plan to marry the girl. The improvised line suggests a lesson about conscience and work ethic and the idea that serving one’s employer benefits the worker.
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Mr. Lovett
Girl Lures Man With Impossible Love Pursuit
A young woman fake-creates a bond by convincing a man he cannot catch her, driving his belief that love must be earned through endless pursuit. The scheme hinges on manipulation and emotional gameplay rather than mutual affection.
Editor Claims Grape-Nuts Diet Restored Health And Vigor
A New Jersey editor recounts a three year struggle with nervous dyspepsia caused by poor eating. He states strict use of Grape-Nuts and outdoor exercise rebuilt digestion and stamina, enabling him to resume full workload including editing and outdoor writing. He notes that writing now feels stronger and walks exceed miles daily without fatigue.
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New Jersey
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Burlington Tax Case Advance Hopes For Early Supreme Court Hearing
Nebraska attorney general Norris Brown travels to Washington to push the Burlington Railroad injunction case to the US Supreme Court. Brown says the motion was submitted and a decision will come soon, with a possible fall term hearing in late September or October. He notes the court requires in person motions and that Burlington’s attorney appeared in court.
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Burlington Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Brown
Washington
Burlington Railroad
Omaha Conductor Wounded by Highway Robbers
Edward Flury, an Omaha street car conductor, was shot by highwaymen and is fighting to recover. Surgeons say a bullet passed through the liver and kidney area, lodging in his back, risking hemorrhage. Flury is 40, single, and has worked three years for the street car company which offers a $500 reward for the arrests and convictions. no clues have been found.
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Edward Flury
Omaha
Flury
Condon
Nash
Street Car Company
METHODISTS TO HAVE HOSPITAL
The annual meeting of the Nebraska Methodist Hospital association was held in Omaha. About forty members were present including all the Methodist ministers of Omaha and South Omaha deaconesses of the hospital and ministers from the state. A board of trustees was elected with members from multiple Nebraska districts.
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Nebraska Methodist Hospital Association
Omaha
South Omaha
Nebraska
J. H. Mickey
George J. Wright
Nebraska City
A. L. Johnson
University Place
West Nebraska
L. H. Shumate
North Platte
Thomas Campbell
Kearney
Northwest Nebraska
Long Pine Editor Assaulted in Newspaper Office
Long Pine editor C H Lyman was assaulted by Northwestern railway conductor A G Bronson after he refused to apologize for a published account of an alleged wife beating. Lyman suffered a cut eye and a bruised finger. Bronson faced assault with intent to kill charges, bound over to district court in 500 dollars. Lyman recently moved from Grand Island and has notable friends.
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Long Pine
C. H. Lyman
A.G. Bronson
Northwestern Railway
Bronson
Justice DeLand
Lyman
Grand Islagul
Rev George G Ware to Appeal for Presidential Pardon
If the circuit court of appeals overrules the motion for a new trial in Rev George G Ware’s case a direct appeal to the president is contemplated to seek executive clemency. Ecclesiastical leaders plan to press the request across Episcopal dioceses in the West claiming Ware committed no moral offense and was a victim of an agent’s unauthorized acts.
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George G. Ware
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Douglas County
Mayor Brown Declines Candidacy for Nebraska Governor
Lincoln mayor Brown announces he is not a candidate for governor. He cites business duties, notes Democrats seek the nomination, and praises Lincoln’s welcomes to visitors. He says he would rather remain mayor and attend to local affairs while focusing on gaining goodwill for future visits.
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Lincoln
Brown
Nebraska
Lawyers Favor Burkett Bill at Lincoln Mass Meeting
About 1000 lawyers gathered in Lincoln called by State Bar President Calkins to back the Burkett federal judicial district bill and to consider a two district three subdivision plan. No candidate was endorsed but a resolution urged Nebraska’s two senators to let the bar association recommend a candidate when law becomes effective. A motion to amend the bill defined the new district territory along the Platte west to Hall County north to Howard west to Howard Valley Loup Blaine Thurston Grant and Box Butte to the Wyoming line. Introduced by H M Sullivan of Broken Bow.
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Lincoln
Calkins
State Bar Association
Nebraska
Bar Association
Platte River
Hall County
Howard
Howard Valley
Loup, Blaine,Thurston, Grant
Box Butte Counties
Wyoming Line
H. M. Sullivan
Broken Bow
Masons Aim to Expand Omaha Temple Complex
After agreeing to build a new Masonic temple at Twentieth and Douglas for the Scottish Rite and Shriners, members now face pressure from other Masonic bodies to create larger facilities to house all Omaha Masons and abandon the old temple as their home.
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Twentieth and
Douglas Streets
Shriners
Omaha
Kenesaw Forms Commercial Club With Elected Officers
Business leaders in Kenesaw organize the Kenesaw Commercial club. Officers chosen include President H. A. Redman Vice President C. G. Schiagel Secretary B. J. Latta and Treasurer M. W. Chappel as a harmonious gathering represented by every business house.
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Kenesaw
Kenesaw Commercial Club
H. A. Redman
C. G. Schiagel
B. J. Latta
M. W. Chappel
Grand Island Approves $35,000 Bond for Lighting Plant
In Grand Island the proposition to authorize $35,000 in bonds for a lighting plant linked to the city waterworks won by 567 votes out of a 3,287 total, a near three to one victory.
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Grand Island
Dr Williams Pink Pills Restore Strength After Grip Wasting
Mrs Amelia Hall of Norwich Connecticut describes relief from grip and lingering weakness after a bout with illness. She details fatigue neuralgic pains and insomnia then credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring strength and appetite. The ad promotes the pills and offers a booklet from the Schenectady company.
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Amelia Hall
Norwich
Conn
Fortunes in Timber Lands
Henry Shedd Beardsley notes profits from timber lands driven by high demand. Small holders sell to big interests after large advances, often doubling or quadrupling land value. Mendocino and surrounding counties, with redwood and other woods, host hundreds of saw mills and rising fortunes for those who own land and operate mills.
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California
Shasta
del Morte
Mendocino
Redwood
Mendocino County
Henry Shedd Beardsley
No Free Prescription Joke at the Doctor’s Office
A humorous exchange about cold relief where Mrs Jones asks for free prescription and the doctor jokes that sneezing is the typical remedy. The bit plays on expectations of medical generosity and simple, everyday illness.
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Mrs. Jones
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Nebraska Notes
Bartley Band Boys
Burlington
Martin Fritzen
Papillion
Thayer County
Hume-Robertson-Wycoff Company of
Madison
Addie M. Wyatt
Madison County Building and Loan Association
Fred H. Davis
George Richardson
C. H. Gillespie
Madison Mercantile Company
Cass County
Bridge Island
Porter ‘Brgs
Edward Daily
Toluca
J. W. Whelpton
Ogalalla
H. E. Worrall
Sutherland
Paxton
The
Commercial State Bank
Heritage OF Civil War
Nebraska News
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Norris Brown
Mickey
Ware
Mayor Brown
Willtiams
Dodds
Ade
Rae Og
Lane
Asc
Soc
Oye
Dr. Earl & Sloan
Albany St
Boston
Massa
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