Nebraska briefly reports crimes rain and new business moves
Debraska Notes Ravenna notes more building this season. James Shewell killed two pelicans at Gibsons Lake near Nebraska City. Huton sells land west of Orchard for 8000 dollars. Hart charged with horse stealing escaped jail in Columbus. Moffett named railway mail clerk to report in Lincoln. Beatrice boy 16 breaks right arm at South School. Cattle disease hits south of Tilden with twelve head lost. Kimmerly injured in Beatrice runaway, 70, confined at home. New corn on market. Spelman buys 1000 bushels at 40c. Fremont Concrete and Artificial Stone firm incorp with 10000 capital. Papillion case: Hike and Dillon found guilty of highway robbery. Beatrice heirs contest Dora Schroeder estate. St Josephs Beatrice hold Lang birthday party with gifts. Geneva selects Craddock as architect for new school. John Abts nearly loses foot at Columbus. Beese shoots son near Nebraska City. both in custody. Oscar Andrews injured threshing machine accident in Polk. Wet month helps pastures at Newh avka. fruit crops noted. Wakefield two-sickle mowing patent shown by Oliver Eliason. believed to be successful.
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Ravenna
James Shewell
Gibson's Lake
Nebraska City
George W. Huton
Orchard
BE. Gieseker
George Hart
Columbus
CG. Moffett
Plattamouth
Lincoln
Ernest Kopecky
Beatrice
William Spelman
Fremont,Concrete and Artificial Stone Company
Richard Whitefield
F. McGiverin
Conrad Hollenbeck
A. B. Littlechild
Papillion
Hike
Dillon
Dwyer
Avery
Anna Moolich
North
Bend
Dora Schroeder
North Bend
St.Joseph's Catholic Church
Emil Lang
Lang
Bismarck
Geneva
J. H. Craddock
John Abts
Union Pacific
John ‘B. Beese
Joseph
Boes
Oscar Andrews
Polk
Andrews
Newhawka
Mrs Pare Credits Dean's Kidney Pills for Relief
Mrs Pare of Glasgow Kentucky reports kidney trouble with back pain, variable secretions, scalding passages, and high color. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, secretions normalized and inflammation eased, improving rest, strength, and well being. Sold by dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Ferguson interrupts long tale with wife quip about publishers seeking fiction.
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Way
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N.Y
The Governess And Elsie Recall Proposals Of Marriage
The governess remarks the tale is a childhood fairy tale and prompts Elsie to share another story. Elsie responds that she has told mamma she received four proposals of marriage in her life.
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Elsie
Mamma
Stomach on Fire Five Years Before Remarkable Recovery
Mrs. E Doherty of Moberly Missouri recounts nearly fatal indigestion from 1896 to 1898, with stomach pain, weakness, and weight loss. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills she recovered fully to 165 pounds, resumed housework, and recommends the treatment to others. Pills sold nationwide with a mail offer for doses and a free diet book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Doherty
Coates Street
Moberly
Dr. Williams
Ot Chenin Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Love's Blind Youth Spots Best Girl With Other Suitor
A lovelorn youth notices his sweetheart giving googoo eyes to another man. He interprets her gaze as affection for someone else and reacts with quiet heartbreak and implied jealousy.
Sentimental Sue and Tantalizing Tess Dialogue Observes Gossip
A playful exchange notes a handsome man glancing back and a quip about advice. It jokes that telling a man what to do often backfires and questions a woman's stated intentions. The last line comments on how extended study hours seem to dampen learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Tess
Secretary Hay Seeks General Arbitration Peace Plan
Secretary Hay transmits President's wish for immediate action at The Hague. The note endorses a general system of arbitration treaties and an international congress to meet periodically for peace, while outlining topics like rights and duties of neutrals and the inviolability of private property in naval warfare.
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Hay
Spain
Department of State
Washington
United States
The
Hague
Russia
Remarkable Indian Rug With 77 Scalps On Display
A 150 year old rug owned by an Iowa family in Stroud Oklahoma is said to contain 77 scalps sewn together, representing victims from white red and degre races. It is shown annually at the wild onion feast on April 1 to drive away evil spirits. A Persian Shah prayer rug with rose diamonds and Mina Khani design is described as equally valuable, with an estimated potential income of at least 250000 dollars per year if sold.
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Anyowa
Stroud
Oklahoma
Iowa
Persia
A Successful Air Ship Demonstrates Arrow Flight at World Fair
The Baldwin airship California Arrow, commanded by Roy Knabenshue of Toledo Ohio, circled at 2000 feet above the Cascades and completed a 3.5 mile circuit under power. It returned to its launch point at 4 08 PM and landed with a graceful descent amid cheering spectators at the world’s fair grounds, proving its dirigible capability against a modern breeze in front of President Roosevelt.
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Cascades
Roy ‘Knabenshut
Toledo
Baldwin
Thomas
San Francisco
California
Knabenshie
Aero
Roosevelt
Minnesota Gophers Clinch Hard Won Win Over Nebraska
A fierce Minnesota at home defeated Nebraska in a high suspense clash before about 10 000 fans. Three Minnesota touchdowns and two by Booth’s proteges shaped a 16 to 12 final, with a steady backfield effort and Nebraska’s stout defense keeping the score in doubt until the final whistle.
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Nebraska
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Gophers
Geach* Booth
Vadmost
Avoirdupois
Cornhuskers
Britt Loses Lightweight Title on Foul to Gans in San Francisco
California boxer Jimmy Britt fouled Joe Gans in San Francisco during a championship bout. Gans was knocked to his knees in the fifth round, and after Britt struck while Gans was down, Referee Graney ruled the fight for Gans on a foul. The fourth round had a similar incident. Britt largely outboxed Gans at times, but the foul decision ended the match.
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Jimmy Britt
California
Joe Gans
San Francisco
Gans
Graney
Britt
Lincoln Teacher Instantly Killed in Train Collision
Miss Florence Stockton a kindergarten teacher in Randolph schools Lincoln was killed while watching a Burlington train depart. She stepped onto a parallel Rock Island track and did not notice an approaching freight, being thrown about a hundred feet and killed instantly. Her mother accompanied her.
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Lincoln
Florence Stockton
Randolph
Stockton
Burlington
Rock Island
Fairbury Boy Killed In Lincoln Train Jump
Robert Hurd of Fairbury fell from an eastbound Rock Island train as it entered Lincoln station. He struck the brick pavement and was crushed beneath the wheels, dying minutes later. Authorities could not determine if the act was accidental or intentional. Hurd rode on the blind end of the baggage car. the train departed Fairbury about an hour earlier.
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Fairbury
Lincoln
Rock Island
Robert Hurd
Hurd
Russians Push Liberal Education Campaign
The article notes Prince Sviato polk Mirsky easing ministry control and backing mass education. A popular subscription is opened and letters flood in daily. The Moskva newspaper Russkija Viedomosti supports launching a similar drive in Moscow.
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Sviatopolk-Mirsky
Ministry of the Interior
Russ For
Russkiya Viedomosti
Moscow
Remains of Kruger Moved for Transport to South Africa
The remains of former Transvaal President Paul Kruger were moved from The Hague cemetery to Rotterdam for transit to South Africa aboard the steamer Ratavier. Wreaths from Queen Wilhelmina, Prince Consort, and former President Steyn adorned the bier as a mortuary chapel on the vessel bore the inscription I have fought a good fight.
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Paul Kruger
Remalin
Hague
Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Rotterdam
South Africa
Ratavier
Wilhemina
Steyn
Lincoln High Defeats York 28 to 0 At F M Park
Lincoln High School defeated York High School 28 to 0 at F M Park. Lincoln held the weight and training edge, while York fought hard to the end, gaining late in the game but unable to sustain consistent drives. York repeatedly faced downs or punts after short rushes.
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York
York High
F. &.M. Park
Lincoln High School
Lincoln
Nervily
Bishop McCabe Urges U S British Alliance Over Armenia
In a Hartford sermon at St Pauls Church Bishop McCabe voiced a wartime wish for an alliance between the United States and Britain to halt Armenian killings by Turkey. He spoke of widening Christian church work and missionary efforts abroad, tying it to Armenian plight.
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McCabe
St. Pauls M.E
Hartford
Grandidse Posts Unusual Signage in Hoboken Shops
The New York Press notes Prof St John, an equine footwear expert at an establishment near the Swamp zone, omits any mention of truck horses. The shop, patronized by poor families, markets itself as post graduate in embalming and funeral services. Nearby, a florist emphasizes guaranteed fresh daily flowers for weddings, avoiding crepe and offering exotics.
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Hoboken
New York Press
St. John
Morby
Lower Ferry
It Was Good Water Riddle From Mississippi Well Talk
Representative John Sharp Williams recalls a Mississippi town tale about a colored man famed for his vocabulary. A stranger asks if the artesian well yields good water and the man retorts with a sharp line about water being found to persist in three parts, two parts ox hide and one part hidefoby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Gracious Quotation By Longfellow Noted by New York Times
The New York Times recalls a quotation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about Nicholas Longworth the aristocrat and millionaire. Longfellow humorously noted that wealth makes the man, not the fellow, after meeting him at a reception.
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Longfellow
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
Tig
New- York Times
First Typewritten Peace Pact Signed By Boer Leaders
The article notes the first typewritten peace document from South Africa ahead of a treaty. It highlights signatures by Boer leaders in varying scripts with Louis Botha praised for a fine hand while De la Rey’s is unusually split into three syllables and Christian de Wet shows peculiar spelling.
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Louis Botha
Delarey
Christian
de-Wet
Ecclesiastical Changes Anticipated by Year 2000
The International Quarterly notes that since 1870 a Brown University president predicted a single ecclesiastical organization would retain its form in America by 2000. The thirty-year past has largely confirmed that view.
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America
Brown University
International. Quarterly
Reflections on a Well-Lived Life in a Diary Verse
A fragmentary meditation urges filling each hour with lasting deeds. It contrasts life above with fruits below and invites readers to savor virtue and harvest light. The text references tasting fruit and sowing seeds for a bright end.
Boges and Boggs on marriage and social duty
A reflective meditation on love and partnership contrasts male and female judgments. The text discusses risk in relationships, widowhood fatigue, and the notion that trust and restraint shape lasting bonds more than mere passion.
Cure of Rheumatism via Dodd's Kidney Pills in Green County
In Deep Valley Pennsylvania on October 31 a report from Green County highlights the cure of I Ne Whipkey's young daughter after five years of rheumatism. She improved immediately after using Dodd's Kidney Pills, with her father praising the remedy for saving her from lifelong disability. The ad links rheumatism to kidney health, claiming proper kidneys prevent uric acid in the blood.
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Vailey
Green County
I. Ne Whipkey
Dodd
Mr. Whipkey
Postum Affects Health Says Coffee Alternative Helps Nurse
A reader discusses relief from headaches and nervousness after switching from tea and coffee to Postum. She notes improved health for her infant and urges others to try the cereal beverage, claiming caffeine in tea and coffee harms nerves and organs. The ad promotes Postum and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Welivile
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T. Pearce
Debraska
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Oliver Eliason
Wakefield
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Acaliate
Magné Tribunal
St. Louis
Brent
Uni
Uime
Remorse
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