Nebraska Notes and Local Updates Across Fremont Beatrice and Grand Island
Ducks reported along the Platte at Fremont with fair bags. Beatrice news covers court actions including divorces and burglaries. Grand Island reports arrests, a missing farm hand, a lethal train injury claim, and a beekeeping farmer. Also notes Beatrice bloodhounds, beets at Leavitt sugar factory, and Decatur Bank formation.
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Fremont
Platte
Grand Island
Keligar
Beatrice
Brent K. Neal
Olney D. Smith
Henry Baker
Cedar Creek
Baker
Jensen
A. Johnson
William ‘Halfaker
Nebraska City
Halfaker
John Miller
Wizzard
Union’ Pacific Secret Service
Columbus
Ratterman
Ashland
Anderson Rouse
Cass County
Joseph Sparks
Douglas County
Mrs Brooks credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for cure
Mrs Sarah L Brooks of Chicago describes a five year battle with persistent vomiting and weakness. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People for four months her vomiting stopped and her weight rose from ninety four to one hundred forty two pounds. She credits the treatment with saving her life and recommends it to friends.
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Sarah L. Brooks
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Illinois
Dr. Williams
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promoted in Monticello Miss Ad
Local notices tout Dodd's Kidney Pills as a universal cure for kidney troubles with testimonials from Mrs. L. B. Baggett who reports relief from dropsy after use. The piece blends other snippets and jokes from the era, reflecting a lively small town column.
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Monticello
Miss
Lawrence County
Dodd
Plan to bomb and assault Port Arthur fortifications
A Chinese report on Port Arthur describes a four day Japanese assault beginning with heavy shelling and a bombardment of redoubts behind the waterworks. Japanese troops allegedly prevails through fanatical fighting, with battalions annihilated and others driven back by Russian fire as supplies dwindle.
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Port Arthur
Che Foo
Poggorsky
Sychaff
Joe Jefferson Retires After Seven Decades On Stage
Veteran actor Joe Jefferson announces he will never act again after more than seventy years in the theater. He arrived in New York from Boston and will rest in New York for three weeks before a gradual retirement to Florida with stops in Washington and Atlanta.
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Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
New York
Boston
Buzzard's Bay
Florida
Washington
Atlanta
Paterson
N. J
Hohokus
Emperor William Promotes Princes Education in Commerce
The Emperor's sons William Oscar and Joachim will study commerce with a course of lectures on industrial and railway topics. The program will cover railway problems and progress, including insights from the United States, and will explain relations of international financial and commercial houses.
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William
August
Oscar
Joachim
United States
Honor Senator Hoar Worcester Pays Tribute to Him
Worcester honors Senator George Frisbie Hoar with a funeral procession and church service attended by family friends and notable figures. Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale led prayers at the home. The hearse bore active and honorary bearers as militia kept order and crowds pressed to view the casket before burial in Concord.
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Worcester
Mass
George Frisbie Hoar
Massachusetts
Edward Everett Hale
United States Senate
Senator Hoar
Henry Cabot Lodge
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Charles Francis Adams
William H. Moody
W. Murray ‘Crane
William. _F. Draper
Francis C. Lowell
Boston
George H. Lyman
Stephen Salisbury
Henry
A. Marsh
G. Stanley Hall
William
Blue Laws in Lexington On First Sunday Restrictions
Lexington Kentucky enforced strict Sunday laws blocking most commerce. Milk and ice wagons faced arrest though exemptions existed for necessity. After police action the milk and ice wagons were allowed to run while about thirty people were fined. Drugstores stayed closed except for prescription needs. hotels and livery stables remained open with injunctions for newspapers.
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Lexington
Tate
Diamond Find Delights St. Joseph Man in Humboldt
Lafe E. Cooper of Prey Bros. & Cooper of St. Joseph Humboldt Neb found a diamond inside a package of dyspepsia tablets while visiting his brother O A Cooper. A jeweler valued the stone at 160 dollars. Cooper cannot trace the owner and will present the gem to his wife who showed it to friends.
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Cooper
Humboldt
Rain Quells Major Prairie Fire in Dakota Reserve
A massive prairie fire across the Rosebud reservation and parts of Tripp and Gregory counties in South Dakota was halted by heavy rainfall. Officials report extensive damage and very large losses across the burned areas.
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Rosebud Reservation
Tripp and
Gregory
South . Dakota
Filipino St Louis Fair commissioners return to Manila
The Filipino St Louis Fair commissioners arrived from San Francisco and were greeted by a water pageant and a grand procession of 5,000 school children to the palace. Governor Wight welcomed them as they said they had the greatest time of their lives and regretted leaving the United States.
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United States
Manila
San Francisco
Palace
Wight
Polish Jew Arrest Reveals Comic Bath Confusion
A Polish Jew held by police is told to bathe at the city prison and quips that he has never been arrested before. A separate chat recalls Diggsley’s supposed marriage to a homely woman once adored by 80 fans, and Mrs Waterstock reports on Blanche Roxton’s rumored wedding amid questions about precinct reserves being called out.
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Diggsley
World’s Fair St Louis Hotel Epworth Ad
Hotel Epworth near the World’s Fair in St Louis offers over 500 rooms with rates from $1.00 daily under a European plan. Modern brick building with first class dining and convenient facilities. reserved rooms via Delmar Garden, Olive Car, or 6600 Washington Ave. HQ for Farmers National Congress. A quip notes hard work and not being able to sit down and smoke.
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ST. Louis
Epworth
Hotel Epworth
Farmers National Congress
Delmar Garden
Osteopathy Foundation Shapes Kirksville History
A Kirksville feature extols the American School of Osteopathy and Still Infirmary as the town’s dominant force. The institution enrolls 700 yearly, has 2,000 graduates practicing nationwide, and operates a free clinic serving the poor. The article notes extensive anatomy study and a century of influence on local life.
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American School of Osteopathy
Still
Kirksville
United States
Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises Savings and Quality
An advertisement urges housewives to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch as a time saver that never sticks, with a full pound per package for 10 cents. It accuses competitors of underhanded marketing and promotes chemical-free formula and bold labeling on every package.
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Defiance
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Eye and Institute
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