Debraska Notes Highlight Diverse County Happenings
The Cass county docket lists twenty seven equity, nine criminal and twelve law cases for the November term. Mil ton Shook at Superior sustained a head wound from an accidental self-shot. A Bla den fire left two girls dead and their mother critically injured. M W Roby buys Keystone grocery in Beatrice. Sugar beets move toward Ames. Reimond farm house burns near Beatrice. Eight thousand sheep head head west into Gibbon for feeding. Northwestern Railroad will build a new Norfolk headquarters. Grand Island standpipe rejected as ad space. Alma reports rapid growth with new homes, church and barns. Leavitt factory doubles beet capacity to 1,000 tons daily. Pleasant Dale men install wind mill and plan water tank for fire protection. A Falls City oil and gas test offer depends on 10,000 acres lease at 10% royalty. Nebraska City farmers form protective association. Beatrice Blue river stocked with 1,000,000 fish. Pickrell buys Nebraska elevator for 6,000. Joseph White new manager. Thurston broom factory completes tenth order of 1,000 brooms. Enola town progress includes moving depot, steel tank and gasoline engine upgrades.
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Standard Beet Sugar Company
Leavitt
Pleasant Dale
Kansas
Falls City
Nebraska City
Blue River
Beatrice
Janes Park
Farmers’ Elevator Company of
Pickrell
Nebraska
Joseph White
H.A. Barber Broom
Thurston
Enola
Madison
Union Pacific
Warnerville
Nebraska corn crop yields rise with Lincoln county lead
State labor bureau and Union Pacific crop reports estimate 1905 Nebraska corn output near 244 million bushels with a farm value around 97.5 million dollars. Acreage reaches about 7.47 million acres, led by Lancaster county with roughly 10.9 million bushels, followed by Gage and Saunders counties in national ranking.
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Despain
State Labor Bureau
Department
Union Pacific Crop Reporting Department
Burlington Crop Department
Labor Bureau
Union Pacific Crop Department
Railway Department
State Bureau
Railway
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Gage County
State Department
Saunders
State Officials Face Tuition Bills for Their Children
State officers and deputies living in Lincoln may be charged for their children's public school tuition at the same rates as non residents. Governor Mickey and Attorney General Norris Brown weigh legal questions while planning possible bills and awaiting further review. The tuition would be four dollars a month for high school and two dollars for graded school, with total potential cost near four hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Morris
Mickey
Norris Brown
Eaton
State House
Chancellor argues using criminals for medical experiments
Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews of the state university urges humane use of condemned inmates in medical research. He says a live body could aid physiology and biology, offering greater benefit than death in battle, though he would not force experiments and would accept voluntary participation if a criminal record could be erased.
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E. Benjamin Andrews
The
State University
National Prison’ Congress
Andrews
Beemer Urges Prison Reform at Congress
Nebraska Warden Beemer, a prominent Lincoln figure and National Prison Congress member, urges two major changes. He favors replacing the trial judge for sentencing with a different judge and calls for separate cells to prevent prisoner communication to curb corruption among first offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Prison Congress
Beemer
Lincoln
National Prison Congress
Cleveland to Visit as Morton Invite Extends Stay
Joy Morton extended to Grover Cleveland an invitation for Arbor Lodge in Nebraska City to deliver the principal address at the Morton monument unveiling. Cleveland’s health has been fragile, and he may stay a month or more with his family and physician, likely through the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Nebraska City
Joy Morton
Grover Cleveland
Arbor Lodge
Mr. Cleveland
Nebraska
Chamberlain Not Guilty In Auburn Case Verdict Directed
The Nemaha county court directed a verdict of not guilty for Charles M. Chamberlain after ruling insufficient evidence supported a guilty verdict. It ends the only pending case against him in Nemaha county, with several similar cases pending in Johnson county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Chamberlain
Auburn
Nemaha County
Johnson County
Avoiding operations with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Aimed at women with ovarian and womb troubles the article argues against immediate surgery. It cites testimonials from Margret Ryan and Margret Merkley praising relief from symptoms and avoidance of operation. It promotes Mrs Pinkham's advice and urges readers to consult for guidance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pink
Margrite Ryan
St. Andrew’s Society
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhard
Palioes
Margret Merkley
3D Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Evey E. Pinkham
Yau Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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Debraska
Cass County
Milton Shook
Superior
Fred Piel
Bladen
M. W. Roby
Hastings
Keystone
Blue Valley Fruit Company
Pierce
Norfolk
Ames
William Reimond
Gibbon
Herbie
Northwestern Railroad Company
Grand Island ‘City
Alma
Nebraska News
Lincoln School Board
Science
Clevelands
Chamberlain
Margrite Rya
Margret Merk
All Grocers
Jaques Mfg. Co
Kalamazoo
Caen
Mxiddiemen’s
Profita
Wec
Kalamazoo Stove Company
Michigan
Atesek
Esarapan CO
Siete’ Wise
Thompson's
Eye
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Defiance
W. N. U. Lincoln
ISO
Wilse
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