Bogan Pleads Guilty in Murder Case Near Grand Island
Sloan confessed at Grand Isle to the murder of Frank Hermann in Hall County and pleaded guilty to second degree murder. He was sentenced to a long term in the penitentiary. Hermann's body was found in a straw stack near the middle of June. Officers were pursuing leads and Sloan, a SIRT attraction gang member, admitted the killing after Gret claimed the bolt used.
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Sloan
Grand Island
Frank Hermann
Hall County
Thifteen
Diermann
Jone
Ed Sloan
W Ho
Stoap
Hermann Gret
Fon Bolt
Herman
Bhé
Federal Court Denies Stay on Rail Rate Case Injunction
Judge T Munger of the United States Circuit Court in Lincoln refused to extend a temporary restraining order against the state rail commission. The order had barred reductions in rates for corn grain and other crops by Burlington Northern Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific. The decision covers the Burlington case and will apply to the four roads. a separate bid by Rock Island and Grand Island railroads awaits ruling.
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Thx
T. Munger
United States Circuit Court
Lincoln
Omaha
Railway Commission
Burlington, Northwestern
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Burlington
Burlingtom
Rock Islands
Grand Island
Elevator Fall Fatality Blamed on Cable Misuse
A elevator accident left Frank Van Horn dead after the cage descended too far. Investigations indicate the cable was off the drum and the rope run incorrectly as workers attempted to lower the cage. The cage plunged to the basement, trapping and injuring a pipe and damaging the shaft.
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Haris Wortiman
Frank van ‘Horn
Reston
Lace
Horn
Auibinen
Fatal Shooting in Falls City Sparks Racial Tension
A fatal shooting occurs after a dispute at Demers & Raleighs barber shop in Falls City. Chelsea Whitson, a Black porter, is involved in a quarrel with another Black man, with reports suggesting a possible fatal outcome.
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Falls City
Chelsea Whitson
Demers & Rale'y
Premont Normal college fire damages building and furniture
Fremont Educational Institution suffers a blaze on October 14 causing about 46000 in damage due to a defective fuse. Fire crews fought to control the flames while volunteers saved furniture and fixtures including 10000 dollars worth of pianos. Insurance coverage stood at 20000. Reconstruction plans are under way.
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Fremont Educational Institution
Surfers Gevere Lees
Premont Normal College
Lme
Elmwood Farm Residence Fire Injures Local Teacher
A fire destroyed the $6000 farm home of the late P. Earl near Elmwood, saving only a piano, carpet, and clothing. Miss Edna Miller of Bimwood, a Zoos district teacher boarding there, jumped from an upstairs window and was badly hurt, landing on the cement walk as firefighters arrived.
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Elmwood
Upstaire
2. P. Earl
Edna Miller
Bimwood
Zoos
Barl
Miss Miller
Fire injures two men in Hastings pantomime blaze
A silk skirt soaked with gasoline ignited at Edgett's pantomime in Hastings. Sam Edgett suffered severe burns to the throat and face and jumped fifteen feet to the stone walk. Jay Hollister leaped from a window, dislocating his right hip and suffering serious head injuries.
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Hastings
Edgett
Sam Edgett
Jay Hollister
Roosevelt’s Bayou hunt yields game tally and home visit
A Stamboul dispatch reports President Roosevelt summing his Bayou Taensas and Hear lake hunt as three bears, six deer, one wild turkey, twelve squirrels, one duck, one possum, and one wildcat eaten except for the wildcat. He arrived at Leo Shielda’s residence at 3 pm with hunting companions, bronzed and lively after fifteen days in the wilderness en route to Vicksburg.
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Dispatch
Roosevelt
Bayou Tenses
Lake
Leo Shielda
Vicksburg
Canal not large enough forcing wider locks say Isthmian experts
Lieutenant H H Rosseau, naval member of the Isthmian canal commission, arrives in Washington with a message demanding wider locks for the Panama canal. He cites naval needs and the era’s giant ships Cunard Lusitania and Mauritania as part of the rationale, implying higher costs and potential project delays.
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Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
H.H. Rosseau
Washington
Isthmus
Contt
New York
Metcalf
Mauritania
Insurance ad for Nebraska firm on settlement speed
An Oxford Nebraska fire destroyed property valued at 100000 on October 7. The ad promotes Western Fire Insurance Company of Lincoln as ready to settle losses promptly within forty eight hours with no discount, arguing for local insurance placement to avoid delays and out of state payouts.
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Western Fire Inn
Lincoln
Oxford
Neb
Nebraska
Cornhuskers Fall to Minnesota in Close Northrop Field Tilt
Minnesota defeated Nebraska 8 to 5 at Northrop Field in the second 1930s season game. Capron booted two field goals for Minnesota and Weller scored a Nebraskan touchdown after Capron fumbled. A Minnesota TD was negated on a contested out of bounds call by an officiating crew long trusted in Minnesota. The partisan crowd debated the call though the final result stood.
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Minnesota
Northrop Field
Nebraska
George Capron
Nebraskans
Weller
Capron
Officlalh
Minnnespolla
Young Woman Found Insane in Wyoming Route
Daisy Wilson aged 18 from near Ames was tried for insanity at Frenann cad ten and to be art subject for Insami hospital. She left home ten days ago and went to Ryans ton Wyoming after claiming she had heard a railroad wreck on the Pacific coast and had set out to learn more.
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Mixes Daisy Wilson
Frenann
Cad
Insami
Miss Wilson
Ames
Ryanston
Wyo
Pacific Coast
Aoe
Man in Great Bend Bomb Attempt Endangers Wife
Stacy, who had just arrived from Denver, tried to killer his wife with a dynamite bomb. The blast damaged a brass container but caused no injuries as Stacy’s mother in law intervened and removed the wife from danger.
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Beek
Stacy
Great Bend
Kan
Denver
Darore
Grand Island Merchants to Close Early
Thirty five Grand Island retail merchants sign an agreement to close all stores at 6 pm daily except Saturdays when 6 pm closing remains, and the ten days before Christmas are exempted from the rule.
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Grand Island
Globe Case for the King Alfonso Narrow Escape on Bridge
King Alfonso narrowly escapes a serious incident during a bridge crossing in an automobile. The report notes a near miss and describes the royal transport proceeding cautiously through the span.
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Alfonso
Automobils
Fanresa
Balloon Race Dazzles St Louis crowd in Forest Park
A reporter describes the Great Balloon Race start in Forest Park with balloons from America, Germany, France and England lifting into the sky. Spectators estimated from 60 000 to 160 000 as smoke veils the distance and voices drift from near earth to high altitudes.
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Ciated
Mount Vernon
Ind
C.J Glidden
St. Louis
C. Deforest Chandler
Mt. Vernon
Tweeday
Jacksonville
America
Germany
France
England
Minnesota
Dakotas
Forest Park
National Farmers Conference Backs Reciprocity Platform
The National Congress of Farmers met in Oklahoma City and adopted resolutions favoring reciprocity with foreign nations to expand markets for American products. They backed initiative and referendum, opposing futures trading in agriculture, and called for improved transport networks. A gesture to extend payments for Kiowa Comanche lands was approved. Congressman Charlie R. Davis spoke on federal support for technical education. Prof. W. R. Hart and Hon. F. A. Cotton addressed the assembly.
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National Congress of Farmers
Farmers National Congress
Oklahoma City
Okla
Congress
Charlie R. Davis
Minnesota
Davis
W. R. Hart
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst
Decrease in pensions tops 1907 report
The Pension Commissioner reports 18,600 fewer pensioners at June 30, 1907, the largest drop in bureau history. The total pensioners reached 967,371 with a roll value of 140,8650,800, up 4,613,131 from the prior year due to higher rates under the February 1907 act, enrolling 116,289 pensioners by June 30.
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Warner
Pension Bureau
Ware Must Go to Prison Supreme Court Denies
The Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari in the case of George G. Ware. Ware, a convicted party, was sentenced to one year in prison and a $1000 fine. The dispute involves ownership and grazing rights on 460 acres under U B I cattle agreements with government lands.
High Altitude Balloon Flight Captures Lahm Cup Victory
A U S signal corps balloon piloted by J C McCoy and Captain Charles de F Chandler crossed Ohio into West Virginia before turning toward the Kanawha valley. The 500 mile straight line voyage earned the Lahm cup for distance surpassing 403 miles with plans to land near Point Pleasant.
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St Louis
United States Signal Corps
J.C. McCoy
Charles de F. Chandler
Navols
Indiana
Ohio
Lahm
United States
Paris
Lahmse
Aeronaute
Second
Rutger Streets
Aeronauts
Leesburg
Associated Press
Chicago
Gallopolia
West Virginia
Point Pleasant
Kanawaha
St. Louis
President Roosevelt Kills Bear in Louisiana Canebrakes
A telegram from Leo Shields to John M. Parker confirms President Roosevelt killed a large bear near Bear Lake Louisiana during a hunting trip. The message states the president pursued the bear into the thicket after the kill.
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Roosevelt
Canebrakes
Bear Lake
New Orleans
John M. Parker
Leo Shields
Two Children Burned Near Mitchell Telegraphed Death
Telegram from James H. Cochrane reports two children aged three and a half years and eighteen months burned to death near a bridge work camp in Mitchell South Dakota. The family lived in a tent all summer. The father is a son of Dr. John Cochrane, Tecumseh’s pioneer physician. Bodies to be brought to Tecumseh.
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Tecumseh
Neb
James H. Cochrane
Mitchel
South Dakota
John Cochrane
Tecum
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Bogan
Girt
Frank Herman
President
Wilderness
Gaye
He Finer
Turkey
Wildcat
Cornhuskers
GLOBE
Chandler and McCoy
Gallipolia
Kille Big Black Bear
Dakota
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