Nebraska notes on schools trains and trials
A collage of Nebraska items reports on Beatrice alumni club and a large addition to Dakota City railway depot. Fremont education board opposes football. Norfolk man threatens legal action over dime novels. Fires threaten rural properties. Land values rise after a costly crossing in Butler county. The body of Ashland figure Andy Johnson found in Salt Creek. A possible eastern backed canning factory in Fremont. Illinois settler Royle visiting Beatrice. Lincoln area disputes over a Burlington injury case from 1903. Forged check schemes in Falls City and Glenwood. Rural mail routes expanded to Douglas Berlin Vesta and Johnson County. Poultry and duck hunting noted in north Nebraska. Alliance curfew signals closings. Pawnee City physician to face board about infant abandonment. Ames store burglary nets small cash and tickets. Mrs. Thompson returns to Nebraska from Brazil. Tragic death of Sioux City engine wiper Sidney Armstrong at Emerson. Aurora pushes for free delivery. Bertrand worker in hospital transfer to Minden.
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State University At
Beatrice
Dakota City
Board of Education At
Fremont
Norfolk
Valentine
Butler County
John McFarland
Andy Johnson
Ashland
Salt Creek
Burnington
Emmet A. Rowles
Lincoln
District’ Court
Monroe ‘County
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
First National Bank of
Falls City
Glenwood
Plattsmouth
Burkett
Nebraska
Douglas
Neb
Berlin
Vesta
Johnson County
Alliance
Pawnee City
Board of Medical Examiners
Annette Nesbit
Sidney Armstrong
Sioux ‘City
Emerson
Sioux City
Aurora
Samuel
Register
Joseph Kaisey
Burlington
Bertrand
Ais Mear Minden
McCook
Mail pouch thief escapes guards on railway to Philadelphia
Albert E. Bell known as Hammond and Crawford, the mail pouch thief and forger, was transported from Denver to Philadelphia by Deputies G. H. Baker and Alyah Davis. He eluded custody on the Pennsylvania Railroad Pullman car at Germantown Junction and disappeared into the crowd. Authorities traced him to Asbury Park, where he deposited fraudulent checks, then left for Denver. Bell faces multiple theft charges and is tied to post office robberies in several cities with an estimated $560,000 taken in Philadelphia alone.
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Albert E. Bell
Denver
Philadelphia
United States
Alyah Davis
Liberty
Pennsylvania Railroad
Davis and Bell
Davis
Baker
Pen
Bell
Germantown Junction
F. H. Crosby
Sharp
Crosby
Asbury Park
Postal
Hammond and Crawford
Springfield
Lincoln Trust
St. Louis
New York
Buffalo
Withdrawals of Public Lands Under Review by GLO Commissioner
General Land Office Commissioner Richards explains withdrawals of public lands from entry aim to prevent improper use. Final action may be suspended pending investigation, with examples including timber and stone act entries and forest reserve boundaries.
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Richards
General Land Office
Washington
Land Office
Oregon
California
Ian
Sailors of Austrian Cruiser New York Condemned
A court martial sentenced sailors aboard the Austrian cruiser New York to four months in prison for singing the Magyar hymn at the Austrian consulate. The verdict stoked tensions and drew sharp reactions in Hu.
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New York
Washington politics eye Congress seats and chairmanships
Prominent figures prepare for an early congress session in Washington with discussions on committee assignments. Elmer J. Burkett may head the post office and post roads committee or join Ways and Means. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas figures are mentioned for vacancies. John Sharp Williams appears likely for minority leader. James D Richardson also plans not to run for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
Haineis
House
Assembly of Congress
Nebraska
Elmer J. Burkett
Flist
Burkett
Cannon
Post Office
Post
Post Office and Post ‘Roads Committee
Ways and Means
Iowa
Indiana
Steele
Reeder
Kansas
Senator Long
Newlands
Senate
John Sharp Williams
James“D.” Richardson
Tennessee
Glittering Array At Fort Riley Largest Camp Yet In Peace Time
Fort Riley Kas hosts the largest peacetime military camp in the nation with about 12 000 men. Major Baker reports comprehensive maneuvers and meticulous sanitary arrangements while regiments from Missouri Texas Nebraska Kansas Iowa and regulars of the Sixth Second Twelfth and Twenty first serve under four infantry brigades with foreign attachés including Russian Colonel Raspopoff and British officers.
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Fort. Riley
Kas
Missouri
C. A. Sinclair
Texas
Henry Hutchins
Nebraska
J. W. McDonnnell
Kansas
Metcalf
P. W. Hoisington
Iowa
J. R. “Lincoln
Kansas Artillery
Downing
Pattison
Leach
Grant, Bell
Barry
Regular Army
Hughes
National Guard
Raspopoff
Foster
Birkbeck
Fort Riley
Monteverde
Plains
Bates
Things Hang High In Dawson Special
Winter closes in quickly with several thousand tons of freight not reaching Dawson this season. Freight rates rise and staple prices climb. Hay in Dawson sells at 130 dollars per ton. Mayo district snow deep, streams freezing. Gold output near last year despite drought, miners suffered weeks of lost time. Many residents leave for outside areas.Outlook remains uncertain for winter mining activity.
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Dawson
Mayo
Church Funds Faltered by Treasurer Henry Hudson
The Rev John P Peters of St Michael s Church New York reports a defalcation of 59000 by parish treasurer Henry Hudson who killed Mrs Fannie Pullen and killed himself months ago. Ten thousand dollars was returned to the church by the wife of Mr son in waking over to the church two life insurance policies. A portion of the remainder will fall on the bank for its liability linked to the forgeries.
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John P. Peters
St. Michael’s Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
Henry Tudson
Fannie Pullen
Noted Gathering of Anglophone Leaders at London Dinner
A Pilgrims society dinner for the Alaska boundary commission in London brought together English and American figures including Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Ambassador Choate, Lord Lansdowne, and Secretary Root. Speakers praised Anglo American cooperation and the boundary commission as a model for settling disputes peacefully.
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Pilgrims Society
Cleridge Hotel
London
Lord’ Roberts
Choate
Alvertsone
Lord Lansdowne
Louis Jette
Stanley Clarks
Elihu -Rodt
Lord Roberts
Edward
Roosevelt
Lord_Alverstone
America
Great Britain
United States
Turner
Clifford Sifton
Jacob
M. Dickinson
Aylesworth
Canada
Root
Lord Robert
Atlantic
Immortal Shakapeare Dr. Oliver Fisher Weds Fifth Wife
Sloan Iowa physician Dr. Oliver Fisher married Margaret V Wilcox his fifth wife. She had recently worked for a New York drug company and earlier lived in Columbus Nebraska. His prior spouses were Ida Fisher Mary Chech Mary Branch Williams Laura Richmond and others with marriages in Smithland Iowa Iowa City and Sioux City. The couple wed in Council Bluffs.
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Shakapeare
Oliver.Fisher
Sloan
Margaret V. Wilcox
New York
Columbus
Neb
Laura Richmond
Sioux City
Kansas City River Improvement Board Seeks War Board
At a meeting of the river improvement commission it was decided to seek aid from Congress and urge the secretary of war to appoint a board of engineers. The board would study conditions in Kansas City Missouri and draft a plan to prevent future river overflows. The appeal will be placed with U S senators and Kansas Missouri congressmen.
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Congress
River Improvement Congress
Congress of the United States
Kansas
Missouri
Secretary of War
Kansas City
United States
Profit from American hens enjoys steady gains, study shows
Prof J E Orr of Beaver Pa secretary of the American Poultry Association presents figures on profitability of hens. A 45 hen year costs 36 dollars for feed and yields about 80 pounds of feed per hen. First year eggs per hen reach 176, with 18 percent profit. second year 122 eggs per fowl, 8 percent profit. third year 116 1 4 eggs, 9 1 4 percent profit. Water essential. grain fed in box or straw affects output.
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United States
J. E. Orr
Beaver
American Poultry Assocition
Orr
Bankers Back Bankruptcy Law Change At Lincoln Session
Nebraska state bankers association wrapped a successful Lincoln meeting with a banquet at the diacdnna hotel. They urged Congress to repeal the current bankruptcy law, argued it harms business. officers and council mayors outlined new terms and duties. A relief fund drive raised 13,700 toward a 15,000 goal for Sterling Morton memorial.
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State Bankers’ Association
Lincoln
Nebraska
J.T. Trewery
Pawnee
Pegsee
R. Folda
Schuyler
Omaha
Js Sterling
Morton
Kansas Official Seeks Crackdown on Unauthorized Fire Insurers
Deputy Auditor Pierce of the insurance department plans a broad crackdown on unauthorized fire insurance companies. He will circulate warnings to agents and the public, detailing penalties and the untrustworthy nature of such firms. The move aligns with interstate efforts begun in Baltimore to curb these schemes and ensure policy holders can recover.
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Pierce
Insurance Department
Nebraska
Baltimore
Ucat
Wisconsin
Congress
Nebraska suit seeks $11500 from ex oil inspector
Attorney General files suit at Nevada Missouri asking judgment for 11500 against R B Speed former oil inspector of St Louis. Plaintiff alleges Speed collected this amount during his term in violation of the 1899 act defining oil inspector compensation.
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Nebraska
Nevada
R. B. Speed
St. Louis
Speed
Dumfermline Man’s Mouse Powered Thread Mill Scheme
A Dumfermline native, David Hutton, devised a mouse powered thread mill around 1820. He claimed a single house mouse could run up to 18 miles daily, producing 100 to 120 threads a day and earning profits after costs. He planned a cathedral-sized mill with 16,000 mice before his death, per the Scotsman.
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Dumfermline
Fifeshire
David Hutton
Perth
Hutton
Curiosity
Dunfermline
Edinburgh
Scotsman
Hard on the Clerk and a Proud Merchant
A merchant scolds his clerk for writing a payment demand to a customer whose account was settled by a polite note. After delay and threats, the customer pays the amount and intends to close the account. The daughter clerk urges firing the careless clerk, but the father suggests a write‑up to shift blame.
Ways of Long Ago
Poem recalling childhood scenes along a stream with willows, thrushes, robins, birdsong, and orchard imagery. The speaker cherishes dreams that return him to familiar countryside paths and the lullabies sung by mother, reflecting nostalgia for bygone days.
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J. Lewis
Houston Post
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Nebraska Notes
Ames” Mercantilé Company
Ames
D. FE. Thompson
Brazil
Ally
Officer
Boundry Commission
State Bankers Association’ of Nebraska
KA Kansas
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