Nebraska Telegraph Lines and Farm News From Beatrice to Ashland
A jumble of rural notices reports on the Nebraska Telephone Company wiring near Pickrell and forks with twenty five phones planned. Beatrice yard work speeds depot clearance while Linwood elevator sale to Dawson Grain, and county quarried aquash threshed north of Ashland. Fremont druggists form a retail association. Beatrice board of education notes 3812 enrollment. line improvements near Ashland and Tapslös etc. Water works finances in Beatrice are solid. Beaverville area ships alfalfa for winter feed. Ravenswood bank suits over a $1036 note. Superior braces for flood damage with higher bridge work. North Bloom school glances at shinny and a brawl ends with a boy losing an eye.
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Nebraska Telephone Company
Ing Puding
Platte’ Bottem
Ynorth
Ashland
Seanferp
Fox
Fremont
Elty
Etapa Oka Sree
Flarge
Fock
Salling
Che EL Ot Pauling
Adams
Teleptane Setapebneil
Ashlagd
Taslonia
Cecegens
A. Pu
Palo
Lous P. Scoville
School’ Board of
North Boup
Jason di Green
Remarkable 19th Century Rail Emergency Behind Iron Ore Route
In a historic memoir style account by Frank M. Spearman the Upper Peninsula’s Great Lakes iron ore rail network and a fierce storm are told. A distant division chief and dispatcher improvised as a copper belt line stayed on track for two days and nights without telegraph, moving 464 miles of trains safely.
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Frank M. Spearman
Fort Woods
Hinzelf
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Stevdision
Niheuta
North-Western
Rail‘way
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
hard‘Wood District
Lake Superior Iron Falla
Upper
Inlake
Orepmsevemant
Frida
Andeone
Nate Np
Lens Estan Care
DDE
Nebraska thanksgiving proclamation praised reform and national strength
Governor Mickey issues a 1905 Nebraska Thanksgiving Proclamation calling for public awakening against avarice and graft and urging enactment of stronger laws. He highlights foreign diplomacy, domestic prosperity, and spiritual renewal, urging statewide observance on November 30 1905.
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Mickey
Russia
Japan
Rooisevelt
John H. Mickey
Nebraska
Letton Banquet Honors Supreme Judge-Elect in Fairbury
A large banquet at the Merchants hotel in Fairbury honored Supreme Judge-Elect Letton and Jefferson county delegates to the last Republican state convention. Twenty three covers were set and a seven course menu was served. Toasters included E H Hinshaw, George E Jenkins, C H Denny, W F Downey, Lew Shelly, Roy E Riley, C F Steele, J W Fouts, W F Ware, F W Denny, and C E Hansen.
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Fairbury
Letton
Merchants ‘Hotel
Jefferson County
E. H. Hinshaw
Orge E. Jenkins
I Nitics
C. H. Denny
W. F. Downey
Esse
Lew Shelly
Roy E. Riley
C. F. Steele
J. W. Fouts
Diller
W. F
Court Denies Rehearing in Lillie Murder Case
The Supreme Court refused to grant Mrs Lena Margaret Lillie a rehearing in the 1902 murder of her husband Harvey Lillie in David City. An order denying leave to file a motion for rehearing ends the case unless a gubernatorial pardon is granted. The inmate, reported in fringe detail, had supported her appeal with a lengthy brief and new facts. she works sewing to fund the final appeal while confined with two other inmates in the women’s ward.
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Supreme Court
Lillie
Lena Margaret Lillie
Hamer
David City
Béemer
Killie
Hutchinson
Feasle
Nuckolls
Nebraska Man Appointed Panama Public Schools Head
Norfolk Superintendent D C O Connor is named education head for Panama by President Roosevelt and will sail from New York in early December. He leaves Norfolk with a salary of 1560 to earn 2300 in Panama. He plans a system modeled after American schools as Panama’s current system is chaotic. O Connor has led Norfolk schools nine years and was elected for three more. he hails from West Point Nebraska and has led the Nebraska Schoolmasters Association. He is a lifelong friend of Burkett, their school days long past.
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Norfolk
Panama
O'Connor
West Point
Neb
Nebraska Schoolmasters’ Association
E. Benjamin Andrews
The
State University
O’connor
Burkett
Ex-Vice President Frank A. Taylor Bound for Perjury Trial
The preliminary examination in the case against Frank A. Taylor ex vice president of the Tecumseh Chamberlain bank failure ended with County Judge James Livingston binding Taylor over to the district court on a perjury charge. Bond set at 1500 and given. Judge B F Good of Wahoo presided in the related case against former cashier Charles M. Chamberlain for embezzlement in Auburn. Taylor is a prominent farmer and stock raiser with an excellent reputation.
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Frank A. Taylor
Chamberlain Banking House
Tecumseh
James Livingston
Taylor
District’ Court
B. F. Good
Wahoo
Charles M. Chamberlain
Auburn
Nebraska Exposition Exhibits Return From Portland
George C. Shedd head of the Nebraska commission reports two carloads of state exhibits have been unloaded after returning from Portland. The Burlington guided transport to the coast and Union Pacific brought them back at no cost. The commission also reclaimed the pavilion housing the exhibits and it will be re erected as a permanent building for the state fair grounds.
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Portland
George C. Shedd
Nebraska Commission
Burlington Railway
Union Pacific
State Fair Board
Scent Coal at Humboldt
Prof. G E Condra of the geological department from Lincoln visited Humboldt to inspect areas where farmers believe coal gas or oil may exist or all three in the region.
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Humboldt
G. E. Condra
Geological Department of
the State University
Lincoln
Original Punisher Capt Harry Graham’s London Punishments
A Philadelphia socialite recalls Captain Harry Graham known for unique punishments in the Coldstreams era. He joked about a vegetarian miscreant facing bread and water but ordered meat and soup instead.
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Harry Graham
Ethel Barrymore
Graham
London
The
Thames
Coldstreams
Convincing Testimonial for Dodds Kidney Pills
A Davis Lewis testimonial from Winthrop California describes six months of back and stomach pain eased by Dodd's Kidney Pills. He reports rapid relief after starting the regimen and full recovery upon finishing the course. The piece closes with a quip about girls dreaming of curly hair like John D Rockefeller.
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Winthrop
Cal
Dodd
Davis Lewis
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NEMA
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Letton Banquets
Tecumseh Man
District Court
Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Lane
Lewiss
W. N. U. Lincoln
Ira
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