Nebraska Notes on crops crime and growth across towns
The column covers farm sales near North Loup and Mt Pleasant, a Beatrice recruiting station, seventeen John Irwin estate suits, increased chicken thefts, Howells rural delivery neglect, a Plattsmouth link in independent telephones, Thurman estate debts, park agitation in towns, Lincoln home building, a Fort McKinley death, Beatrice dog hoax, Hastings nuptials, Fremont bank depository duties, Lincoln capitol alarm upgrades, rampant coyote sightings, Papillion walnut bumper crop, and widespread school land sales especially in northwest counties with strong wheat yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
T. C. Jeffers
North Loup
Beatrice
William Hagel
Mt. Pleasant
Plattsmouth
United States
Be.l. Hall
John Irwin
Nebraska
Howells
Fremont Independent Telephone Company
Plattsmouth Company
Allen ’G
Lincoln
Frank Fry
A.C
Fry
Fort McKinsle
Wyo
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Philippines
Joe
Mayer
Charles B Wallquist
John’Power
Episcopal Church
Adams County
Hastings
Merchants National Bank of
Fremont
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Treasury Department
Mortensen
Capitol Building
Papillion
Big Papio Creek
Omaha
Neglect of Missions Debated at National Alliance Convention
At the 21st annual National Christian and Missionary Alliance meeting in New York, offerings totaled 911,167 in cash and pledges. Rev. A. B. Simpson delivered the missionary sermon on The Sin of the Church of God in Neglecting the Work of Missions. He contrasted per capita liquor and tobacco spending with per-member missionary contribution, noting forty dollars spent per person versus forty cents given. In the afternoon, several returned missionaries spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Christian and Missionary Alliance
New York
A. B. Simpson
Church of God
United States
Structural Building Trades Alliance Proposed at Indianapolis Meeting
National officers of building trades groups and an international body at Indianapolis agreed on a plan to form the Structural Building Trades Alliance of America. The draft constitution outlines arbitration boards to settle disputes, sympathy support for affiliated trades, protection of members, and efforts to avoid strikes while preserving trade autonomy and centralizing wage earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades Nations and International Organization
Indianapolis
Structural Building Trades Alliance of America
Trustees’ accounting probe in Maybrick estate in New York
Representatives of Mrs Florence Elizabeth Maybrick seek an accounting from trustees of her ancestors estate. Attorney Samuel B Hayden questions Brooklyn trustee William Gardner about land sales in Virginia West Virginia Illinois and Kentucky. Shortage of about 75000 disclosed. further accounting last made in 1893. Hearing continued October 20. Gardner defers on value details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Florence
Elizabeth
Maybrick
England
Samuel B. Hayden
Washington, D.C
Brooklyn
Virginia
West Virginia
Illinois
Kentucky
Gardner
de Roques
America
Hayden
Telegraphers Tap the Till on Rock Island Line
Rock Island telegraphers receive pay raises 5 to 15 percent across most stations. A $50 minimum is set with larger stations adding $5 to $10 per month for operators. The agreement, delayed in talks between the operators committee and railway officials, takes effect November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock ‘Island
Easy Pluck Guessing Association Formed at Hastings
The St Louis guessing association, incorporated for 340000, formed at Hastings. Officers include President R A Batty Vice President S B Snyder Secretary J M Ferguson and directors Avbh William Lowman G B Tyler R A Batty J W Ferguson. The group aims to guess paid admissions to the St Louis exposition and award a capital prize near $20000 to the closest guess with other prizes as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St" Louis
St. Louis, Exposition
Prices of Hogs Drop Sharply in Nebraska Markets
The Nebraska hog market suffers a severe 50 cent per cwt fall with prices in Omaha sliding from 5.66 to 5.10. Analysts warn of further declines to 4.50 as packers push a coordinated price drop. State hog numbers and value drop by about 1 and 2.5 million dollars respectively, harming farmers who must sell at lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Nebraska
St. Touts
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Wal Street
Chicago
Eaross
United States Department of Agriculture
Omaha
Kansas
Fund drive underway for Rockefeller funded Lincoln building
The committee raising 35000 for a state university social and religious building at Lincoln has begun an active statewide canvass. Secretary Wyer expects the goal to be reached before January 1, 1904. About 10000 has already been pledged, mainly from Lincoln friends, with Aurora the first town to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ‘D Rockefeller
Lincoln
Wyer
Aurora
J. B. Barnes
WM. Robertson
Norfolk
W. ¥. Allen
Madison
Telegraph Companies Cannot Discriminate Court Rules
A St Louis federal appeals court reversed a Western District of Missouri injunction against the Postal Telegraph Company prohibiting delivery to Christie & Co of Kansas City and others. The court held the Telegraph Company had no right to discriminate in delivering quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Chicago Board ‘of Trade
Christie. Commission Company, Et al
United States “Court For
Western District of Missouri
Postal Telegraph Company
Christie & Co
Kansas City
Chicago Board of Trade
Court of, Appeals
Telegraph Company
Frowns On Divorces By Morristown Church Council
The general council of the Evangalcal Taitheron church at Morristown Pa after discussing divorce passed resolutions declaring the dissolution of marriage bonds a crime against God that cannot be mitigated or apologized for by civil law defects or lowering of the divine standard by community leaders or public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Council of the
Evangelical Taitheron ‘Church
Morristown
McClellan Aims to Regain Mayoral Power for Tammany
George B. McClellan, nominated by Tammany Democrats for New York mayor, has served in Congress since 1895. A Princeton graduate, he rose from bridge auditor to president of the local board of aldermen and a long-time Tammany insider, with roles at state and national Democratic conventions and on the Ways and Means Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
George B. McCleLlan
New York
Tammany Democrats
Congress
Germany
Princeton
New York and Brooklyn Bridge
Board of Aldermen
Tammany Hall
Swamp Land Case in Oregon Ends Twenty Year Dispute
Assistant Attorney General Campbell prepares opinion for Interior Department finalizing a swamp land dispute. The case Morrow et al versus the State of Oregon and Warner Live Stock Co. centers on a large land tract claimed under swamp land laws and now may receive a patent. The protest by the current governor was overruled as previous governors had asked for patent issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oreson
Campbell
Interior
Morrow
Oregon-and
Ibis
Mayor Low Promises Reform Against Franchise Thieves
Mayor Low of New York told a Chicago audience that cities face era of franchise thieves and contract grafters. He urged strong mayoral power with broad appointive and administrative authority and insisted on strict personal accountability to end power robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Low
New. York
Seth
Extraordinary marshland tribe found in swampy New Guinea
The administrator reports a remarkable tribe living in trees above water in a vast swamp. They cannot walk on land without bleeding feet, their limbs show ape like growth, and their trunks are thick while legs and feet remain small. Anthropologists are excited by the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Inigen
Doan's Kidney Pills Ad In 19th Century Ad Copy
An old drug advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney and bladder issues. It features a testimonial from Joshua Heller of Urbana Illinois praising relief from back pain and kidney trouble after using the product. A free trial offer and medical advice are noted, with pricing at 50 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Doan
Joshua Meller
South
Walnut Street
Urbana, Jr
Cunningham Bros
Champaign
Dean
Heller
United States
Foster-Milburn ,Co
Buualo, N.Y
All ‘Drugetste
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers Explicit Cure Claim
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action against the mucous membranes and offers a $100 reward for any case not cured, with testimonials available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. CHENEY &_CO
Toledo
Druggista
George W Sleeper dies in Jersey City at 97
George W Sleeper born in Baltimore in 1826 went to Boston as a youth and set up a renowned tea store before the Civil War. He later faced debt, recovered finances, and spent his later years as a freethought lecturer and anti slavery advocate. He was brother of comedian Sleeper Clarke who died in 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Sleeper
Jersey City
Baltimore
Boston
Joh ‘Sleeper Clarke
Corey's Early Career At Carnegie Works Discounted
Workmen in Homestead claim Mr Corey began as a wheelbarrow boy at a Carnegie steel plant and earned a dollar a day, a tale Corey counters as inaccurate noting he was only sixteen and did not work as hard or start at that wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Corey
The
Steel Trust
Carnegie
Grape-Nuts Promoted as Brain and Nerve Builder
An early 20th century account explains how a brain worker sought a food to renew strength and focus. It credits careful experiments with creating Grape-Nuts, a meal touted as aiding mental vigor without stimulation. Each package bears C W Post’s signature and the book The Road to .
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C. W. Post
South Dakota economy shows record wealth and growth
Prosperity spreads through Mitchell and across South Dakota as 1903 values estimate a $119.9 million wealth year with corn and wheat leading gains. Banks expand deposits from 1901 to 1903, cattle ranching thrives, and Mitchell plans a Corn Palace exhibit at St Louis while pushing to move the state capital to Mitchell in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Mitchell
South Dakota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Missouri
Black Hills
Ipswich
Leo
Chicago
Sioux City
Yankton
Huron
St. Louis
Jexposition
Mitchell Corn Palace
St.ouis. Wi
Carnegie
Pierre
Missouri River
St. Louis Exposition
Defiance Starch Sells More For The Same Price
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch at 26 ounces per package for 10 cents, claiming one third more starch for the same money. It adds a political jab that some men sell or rent their votes by the day.
Rich uncles help many men rise by being someone else's wealthy benefactor
The saying explains how a rich uncle can advance a man’s status or prospects by providing financial backing or introductions, illustrating the social leverage of wealth in supporting success.
Figures May Not Lie But Numbers Can Be Juggled
A compact remark on how statistics can be debated to serve a purpose while underlying truth remains contested. The passage notes that preservation methods cannot protect law and order from manipulation. It also hints at a fisherman who distrusts leniency in discipline.
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M'Clellan
George-B
Piscleelan
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