Nebraska Notes Highlights From Beatrice to Hastings
Local notices report farmers husking corn near Beatrice, a new Bank of Moorefield charter at $5,000 capital, Archer Independent Telephone with $50,000 capital and $900 paid in. A West Point steam heating project cost $1,456, and land deals include J. B. Coffman’s Hooker township farm bought by Charles A. Price for $8,000. Cattle shipments to Beatrice, insanity confinement near Adams, high corn yields in Richardson county, ditch plans for A Thornton at Crawford, and Carnegie library fixtures arriving for Hastings. Club, business, and crime notes populate the region from Page to Hartington and Grand Island.
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Beatrice
Bank of Moorefield
State Banking Board
Archer Independent Telephone Association
County Court Hose
West Point
Sam Howard
Valley
B. B. Hopper
Charles A. Price
J. B. Coffman
Hooker Township
Gage County
William H. Bowman
Wilson Smith
Adams
Gage
A. Thornton
Crawford
Carnegie Library
Hastings
Mabel Stone
The
State University
Globe Clothing Company of
Hartington
Edwin €. McDowell
State Board of Irrigation
English Creek
Edwards & Bradford
Page
Neb
Nebraska
Henry Thompson
Concord
Thompson
Oakland
Congregational Church of
Columbus
F. H. ‘Geer
California
G. A. Munroe
Meetaie Bauman
Fremont
Spencer
Jake Herbat
Nick Quale
Herbst
Ak-Sar-Ben
Harriman Aims to Control Transcontinental Rail Lines
A New York dispatch reports HR Harriman seeks to dominate all transcontinental routes except Canadian Pacific. Purchases include Oregon Short Line Oregon Railway and Navigation Southern Pacific Northern Pacific and San Pedro Los Angeles Pacific, plus half of the San Pedro line. J J Hill counters Harriman plans and bids to leverage Great Northern if Northern Pacific falls.
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New York
H. Marriman
Canadian Pacific
Harriman
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Union Pacific
Oregon
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
Northern Pacific
Atchison
Mr. Harriman
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Pacific
The
Great
Northern
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
West
Hill
Gould
Rock Island
Denver
Irrigation Congress to Meet in El Paso Texas
The twelfth national irrigation congress plans its El Paso session with general meetings on the first and fourth days and five sections on the second and third days. eighty seven experts will present addresses and papers while a large delegate list grows daily and many ladies are expected to attend.
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National Irrigation Congress
el Paso
Tex
Harvestor Inventor Dead in Lincoln at 84
James Marr, early inventor of farm machinery and the original designer of the McCormack harvester, died after three weeks of illness at the home of H A Stephens in Lincoln. A Canadian by birth, Marr spent eight years in Lincoln and earlier created key devices for tying knots and the first sulky plow, revolutionizing grain harvesting.
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America
Lincoln
James Marr
McCormack Harvester
H. A. Stephens
Street
Marr
Canada
Fire Set in Shed Behind Nebraska City Homes
Incendiaries started a fire in a shed at the rear of a row of frame houses near Third Avenue and Ninth Street in Nebraska City. Firefighters found flames early and extinguished them before significant damage. Loss estimated at about $25.
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Third Avenue
Ninth Street
Nebraska City
Geneva Bonds Sell Fast On Boston Market
Geneva Nebraska city bonds worth 24000 dollars are offered by W N Harris & Co on the Boston market and are rapidly taken by investors who expect a higher bond market. The 4 1 2 percent issue matures in 1909 and 1924 and sells at 162 1 4 netting about 4 percent after accrued interest.
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Geneva
Nebr
Boston
W. N. Harris & Co
Memorial of Charles H. Gere at Lincoln State University
Chancellor Andrews Prof Narber and Regent Allen eulogize Charles H. Gere at Memorial Hall Lincoln State University exercises honor Gere's public service and character. Organist Mrs Carrie B Raymond violin by Silence Dales and song by George Johnston accompany tributes from Barber Geishardt Bessey Sher man and others highlighting Gere as patron of the university Lincoln and literary work.
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Carrie B. Raymond
Matthew Arnold
Rugby
Grove EB. Barber
Gete
Gere
Charles S. Allen
L. Geisha
Nebraska to receive another Rhodes scholarship next year
Chancellor Andrews receives a London communication from Georgie R. Parkin controller of Rhodes Scholarships for America. Nebraska will have another scholar next year with two to study at Oxford concurrently in 1907 another man will be selected to replace the first student whose course ends then. Four candidates passed in Nebraska this year and those not chosen but certified may re-qualify. new applicants this year have equal chance.
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Andrews
Georgie R. Parkin
Rhodes Scholarships
America
London
Nebraska
Oxford
Coon
Lincoln
Postal Treaty Signed Cuts Money Order Fees with Hungary
Postmaster General Wynne signs a supplemental treaty with Hungary reducing commission on international money orders from 1 percent to 0.25 percent. Fees in the United States and Hungary drop to as low as 50 cents from 10 cents to 1 dollar. Annual Austro Hungarian money order business is estimated at 3 to 4 million dollars.
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Wynne
Commission
United States
Hungary
Austro-Hungary
Hero Hotel Keeper Dies in Blaze Protecting Family
Joseph Capple of Chauncey Westchester county North Carolina perished rescuing his elderly parents and three children from a hotel fire. He entered the flames upon learning his wife did not escape. their bodies were later found together in the cellar burned beyond recognition.
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Joseph Capple
Chauncey
Westchester County
N. C
Capple
Chinese Merchants Denied Landing At San Francisco
Twelve Chinese merchants seeking entry to attend the St. Louis fair were refused landing by the local immigration bureau in San Francisco. The incident highlights strict controls on arrivals during the period.
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Chignese
St. Louis Fair
San Francisco
Snow Covers Catskills as First Winter Storm Hits
Heavy snowfall blankets the Catskills and surrounding foothills in New York marking the season’s first general snow. Storm conditions blanket mountains as residents report widespread accumulation.
Russians Desert In Face Of Japanese Push At Port Arthur
Special dispatches from Che Foo and Tien-Tsin say Port Arthur defenders retreat to Liati hill fort and hold out in entrenched positions with ten large guns. Reports claim many Russians desert or surrender as Japanese forces press forward with heavy fortifications around Rihlung and Shanshu mountains. Mukden dispatches note Russian commanders prepare for Port Arthur’s fall as Japanese trenching hardens the front for possible flanking moves and aims to pressure Mukden and winter quarters.
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Che Foo
Tien-Tsin
Port Arthur
Liati Hill
Tokio
Wantai
Rihlung
Shanshu Mountain
Mukden
Berlin
Kuropatkin
Mukiden
Europe
Boy Narrowly Escapes Cave In At Balduft Pit West Of Fremont
Arthur Canaga a 16 year old boy was buried under four feet of soft dirt after a cave in at the Balduft pit west of Fremont. Two companions quickly dug him out and kept him alive until rescue. He later regained strength and walked home.
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Balduft
Fremont
Arthur Canaga
Canaga
Sinking of the Gironde Claims One Hundred Algerian Victims
A French steamer collision near Herbillon Bona Algeria sinks the Gironde with 110 aboard, most Algerian natives. 100 drown. The A Schiaffino is the other vessel in the incident. The wreck location is twenty three miles from Bona.
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Gironde
A. Schiaffino
Herbillion
Bona
Algeria
National Railway of Mexico
Laredo
Musician funds repaid by Ostrander in Nebraska note
Omaha band leader Charles M. Ostrander who left town with $1000 belonging to musicians of Omaha and Council Bluffs has replied from a central Nebraska town. He encloses the amount due each of the thirty band members and says everyone will receive full back pay.
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Charles M. Ostrander
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
American Humane Society Seeks Federal Board for Child and Animal Protection
At the St Louis World’s Fair convention the American Humane Association directs Congress to create a government study board on child and animal protection and to advocate its establishment. Officers were elected: President Alfred Leftingwell, Secretary Mary P. Loyel, Treasurer Alfred Millard. The meeting adjourned after inviting the 1905 convention to Philadelphia.
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The
American Humane Association
Association
St.Louis
Dockery
Anna Harris Smith
Boston
Theodore Thomas
Chicago
Anti-Cruelty Society
Alfred Leftingwell
Aurora
N.Y
Mary P. Loyel
Wyncote
Treaster
Alfred Millard
Omeha
Lovell
Philadelphia
Licensing of Teachers Discussion at Nebraska Schoolmasters Meeting
The twenty eighth meeting of the Nebraska Schoolmasters club at the Lincoln hotel drew a large attendance. Dr. Howard and Prof. Hodgman attended as guests, with President W W L Stephens opening the program and Prof. Lawrence Fossler presenting a paper advocating licensing uniformity and centralized grant power. State officials and college leaders weighed in on feasibility and reform, urging careful consideration and noting abuses in current methods.
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Nebraska Schoolmasters’ Club
Lincoln Hotel
Howard
Hodgman
W. L. Stephens
Lawrence Fossler
Fossler
Nebraska
G. A. Gregory
Crete
Fowler
Huntington
Wesleyan. University
Perry
Doane College
J. L. McBrien
North Side group takes up Regent crossing relief
In Grand Island a North Side Improvement Club meeting referred the Regent railroad crossing issue to a committee. Proposals for a subway to vote were halted years ago after north side protest. Union Pacific began yard grading but halted work and no restart looms. Chairman Tulley leads the committee.
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Regent Railroad
Grand Island
North Side
Union Pacific
Tulley
North Side Club
Seale to be Settled in January Wage Dispute at Navy Yard
At a Navy Department conference Secretary Morton and a local machinists union committee agreed that current Washington navy yard wages remain unchanged for now. The labor board will review the wage scale at its next regular January meeting, the semi annual set by the board last July.
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Seale
Navy Départment
Morton
The
Machinists’ Union
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Defiance Starch Claims 16 Oz Pack at Same Price
Promotional copy extols Defiance Cold Water Starch as a chemical free product with a full pound in each 16 oz package sold at 10 cents while rival brands come in smaller sizes. It warns grocers against selling 12 oz packs and shares a humorous anecdote about misread notices and hoaxes to illustrate attention to detail.
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Defiance
Fragmentary Note on a Patent Idea and Reward
A partial line hints at a man who could patent a method to secure a final word in an argument and suggests substantial money if successful. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or places.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Restore Arkansas Man to Health
After eighteen months of suffering from epilepsy backache and kidney complaint W H Smith of Cream Arkansas reports a full recovery. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for restoring strength and health and claims the medicine cleanses the blood and cures the kidneys.
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Ark
W.H. ‘Smith
Dodd
Little girl learns caution from exaggeration tale
A girl named Lillian grows used to lying and her parents scold her. The mother warns that what happened to Ananias and Sapphire could happen to anyone, and the child recalls the biblical story of their deaths and removal from the street corner to a drug store.
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Lillian
Ananias
Sapphire
Sore throat leaves She-Helen unable to speak
Dialogue shows She-Helen gravely ill with a sore throat and inability to talk, causing concern for her wellbeing and for those nearby. The exchange suggests worry over her condition and its impact on her health.
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Helen
Blanke Tea & Coffee Co Wins Grand Prize at World’s Fair
Blanke Coffee Co receives the highest award grand prize and gold medal for coffee at the World’s Fair in St. Louis on coffee and earns five additional top prizes for Grant Cabin Tea Quaker Ceylon Tea China Tea and Shid znokaken Japan and Formosan Teas, marking the most grand prizes awarded to a single firm. It is better to be wrong and have your wife agree with you than to fight and convince her when she does not want you to gamble.
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Blanke ‘Coffee
C.F
Blanke Tea & Coffee Co
Grant Cabin
Japan
Pillsbury's Best Grand Prizes At St Louis World Fair
Pillsbury's Best won three grand prizes at the St Louis World’s Fair including the highest grade flour, the finest exhibit, and the best loaf of bread. A streetcar seat snub remark concludes the item with social commentary.
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St. Louis
Quarrels Fade Over Household Goods and Cures Mentioned
A fragmented item notes housekeepers favor Defiance Starch for better value and quality. It cites a young couple's quarrel as starting over avoiding quarrels and mentions a bladder issue remedy and a generic musing on men and living.
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A Western Trust
George Gould
Pacific
Harriman Scheere
the Irrigation Congress
el Paso, Tex
Prom
Ising
Geneva, Neb
C. H. Gere
Mubiden
American Humane Society
Nebraska Schoolmaster's Club
Advocate
Joax
Skinnum
Sapheade
Sharp
Pillsbury’s Best
David
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