Nebraska Notes Highlight Various Local Updates
Nebraska notes report Omaha public schools with 16 009 pupils. Albion’s Vasey meat market robbed of cash. Clarkson mill workers increase overtime to meet orders. Benedict gambling joints criticized as a nuisance. McCook bank invests in burglar proof safe. Norfolk ice man to retire as coal man steps in. Fremont rail yard thefts persist despite efforts. Fred H Nye acquires Hotel Charters in Alliance. Congressman Burkett obtains a cannon for Tecumseh. H S Manville sells Fremont area farm for 12000. Fairfield to lay brick sidewalks using owner materials. Preibe Simater takes over Western Cold Storage in Nebraska City. Sidney threatened by diphtheria. several deaths and quarantine. Nebraska’s new revenue laws face court review. Evangelist Walton from Chicago visits Omaha. Valley County teachers may abandon teaching for farm work. Local banks in Nebraska City Beatrice Sutton to get new buildings. Bloomfield fined for gambling and disturbances. Mrs C N Fairbanks in Nebraska on Daughters of the Revolution business. Fremont Union Station opens cutting local coffee stand profits. Arthur B Wilcox loses supreme court case over county fees. Cedar Rapids poker rooms nuisance. law to remove them. Oakland man loses finger cleaning mower. Nebraska City Commercial club questioned on activity. State Food Commissioner warns vinegar violators face prosecution. Brownville fighters settle a street quarrel on a sandbar. Tarner area farms sold at 75 per acre for soil and access. Omaha Auditorium early completion as final truss placed. Hastings Missouri River Dispatch adds refrigerator car firm with $50 000 capital by Ferguson Clark Miles.
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Omaha
Vasey
Albion
Clarkson
Benedict
Farmers Bank of McCook
Norfolk ‘News
Fremont
Fred H. Nye
Alliance
H. J. Steen
Burkett
Tecumseh
Manville
D. W. Phelps
Fairfield
Nebraska City
Preibe Simater Company
St. Louis
Western Cold Storage Company
Sidney
Nebraska
Walton
Walton Halis
Chicago
Valley County
National_bank of
Beatrice National Bank
Sutton National Bank
Bloomfield
Knox County
C. N. Fairbanks
Indiana
The
Daughters of the Revolution
Union Station
Arthur’ B Wilcox
Perkins County
Oace
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Oakland
Oke Johnson
Nebraska City Tribune
Commercial Club
King
Thompson
Brownville
Nemaha County
Tarner
Platte County
Joining Ranks Form State Postmasters Body in Lincoln
The Nebraska association of postmasters launched in Lincoln after a two day session with about 150 attendees and 125 signing the registration. Officers named include BE KR Sizer president and W J Cook secretary treasurer. executive committee and four class vice presidents listed.
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Nebraska Association of Postmasters
Lincoln
John F. Allen
Hargier
William Cash
Niobrara
BE. KR. Sizer
W. J. Cook
Blair
Joseph Crowe
Omaha
H. C. Miller
Grand Inland
Mre
Congressional
Postal Service
United States
Association
Commissioner Richards Orders Stock Inspections in Forest Reserves
The general land office in Washington issues orders to forest officers to submit grazing stock to the bureau of animal industry for inspection when called. If owners refuse inspection, the interior department will act promptly. Grazing permits may be revoked for sheep or cattle owners who object to dipping or treatment, to curb diseases among open plains stock.
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Richards
General Land Office
Washington
Indian Bureau
Bureau’ of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Italian Police Crack Down On Counterfeit Ring
Italian police in Rome unveil a large counterfeit network mainly producing United States five dollar notes. After nine months of raids arrests were made in major cities of Sicily and southern Italy. The chief was a noted southern lawyer. Seized were many five dollar bills and counterfeit money from several nations including Argentina. The group supplied emigrants and thousands of fakes reached America in the past year.
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Rone
United States
Sicily
Italy
Argentine
America
Man Seeks Pardon for Ex-con Adam Forester
Adam Forester, imprisoned in Sioux Falls since February 1908, appeals to the president for pardon and restoration of citizenship. His petition routes through the U S district court for Nebraska where he was convicted for selling liquor near Fort Niobrara in the fall of 1899 and sentenced to one year and one day.
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Adam Forester
Sioux Falls
S. D
United States District Court
District of Nebraska
Indiana
Fort Niobr
Redmond Calls Irish Stay at Home to Curb Emigration
In Killarney John Redmond urged Irish to remain home and start a campaign against emigration. He blamed exaggerated promises to Irish youth for emigrating to America and criticized Andrew Carnegie’s speech as overly optimistic for U S based Irish workers.
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Killarney
Ireland
John Redmond
America
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Naval construction progress and fleet list report
Bowles reports annual naval construction gains including one battleship four monitors twelve torpedo boat destroyers one torpedo boat and seven submarine torpedo boats. The tally shows 252 vessels fit for service forty five building and twenty three unfit with a breakdown by class and a list of vessels under construction or authorized.
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Shape
Bowles
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Washington
Secretary of the Navy Review
Naval Academy
Dolphin
Tone
Plasa
Great Lakes
Seven Years of Plenty Then Famine Claim on Sun Observations
Alexander Young of LaPorte Indiana proclaims a solar theory from his solarscope asserting eight bands across the sun since August 1 and a glittering floor like gems signaling seven years of plenty followed by drought and famine. He previously attracted press attention with a book detailing his ideas about an inhabited sun.
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Alexander Young
LaPorte
Fnd
Young
Conveyance of Indian Land in Nebraska Details
The department at Washington records conveyances of inherited Indian land in Nebraska. Ulysses Zimmerman and wife sell the west half of the northwest quarter in section 32, township 32, range 5 for eighty acres at $1,000 to Nichols Kocinia. Magele Whipple and others deed eighty acres to James G Kruse, south half of the southeast quarter in section 15, township 31, range 4, Knox county. A guardian H A Cheney transfers one third interest to Kruse. A second deed from Maggie Whipple et al transfers the north half of the southeast quarter in section 15, township 31, range 4, Knox county for eighty acres at $920. The guardian also transfers one sixth interest in the above estate.
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Nebraska
Washington
Ulysses Zimmerman
Nichols-Kocinia
Magele Whipple
Samuel C Whipple
Smith Whipple
Eunice
Whipple
James G.kruse
Knox County
H. A. Cheney
Edward Whipple
James G. Kruse
Maggie Whipple
Charles Jones
Samuel’ C. Whipple
Knox
Miss Ada Rehan Objects to Daly Estate Accounts
New York stage star Miss Ada Rehan, beneficiary under Augustin Daly’s will, files objections to executor Mary P Daly and Joseph Daly. She challenges payments to Mrs Daly totaling 34 399, to Joseph Daly of 36 269 for royalties, and 43 499 from the Daly Library proceeds. A referee will be appointed. distribution of the roughly 184 660 estate is delayed.
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Ada Rehan
Daly's Theater
New York
Augustin Daly
Mary Pp. Daly
Joseph. F. Daly
Richard Barney
Miss Rehan
Daly
Joseph Daly
Plan for free admission athletics at University of Chicago
The University of Chicago faculty proposes no paid admissions to intercollegiate contests. Conferences with Wisconsin and Michigan are planned to garner western college cooperation. An endowment fund for physical culture and athletics is to be established, with trustees taking initial steps toward this goal.
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University’of
Chicago
Universites of
Wisconsin
Michigan
Appointment of Oliver E. Pagin as DOJ Assistant Attorney
Oliver E. Pagin of Chicago has been named assistant United States district court attorney in Washington. He drew many indictments in the post office scandal in Washington.
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Oliver E. Pagin
United States District Court
Chicago
Department of Justice
Washington
Mr. Pagin
Post Office
Dubuque Preacher Reports Grand Jury Indicts on Disorderly Houses
A Dubuque preacher notes a grand jury returned fourteen indictments against keepers of disorderly houses in Dubuque and vicinity. The action targets unseemly venues amid efforts to curb vice and maintain public order.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Civil War Veteran Lives in Cemetery Tomb Near Reed's Corners
John Janson, a Civil War veteran, resides in a rock shelter tomb in Jones cemetery near Reed's Corners New York. He has lived there since 1870 with his wife buried in a sealed rear niche, tending a nearby small farm, planning preservation of his body in cement.
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John Janson
Hiram Jones
Janson
Denver
Janson Beiieves
Gabriel
Fragmentary verse lines about a weary man with gun
A weary man trudges through mud under a broiling sun with a heavy gun as a recurring refrain. The fragment hints at struggle and dark humor with a ducking moment implied in the closing lines.
Horse makes miraculous escape after 30 foot plunge at Scarborough
A rider named Churchill and his horse plunged thirty feet down a bank along Birdcage Walk near Cliff Bridge in Scarborough. Both escaped serious injury as onlookers rushed to the scene. the rider was stunned and bruised but walked to his hotel, and the horse was only lightly injured.
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Scarborough
Churchill
Esplanade
Giant Atlantic Turtle Captured on New Jersey Coast
A turtle reputed to be the largest of its kind ever seen was caught off the New Jersey coast. It weighs 1,087 pounds with a shell length of 12 feet 3 inches and width of 4 feet 7 inches. A dozen men can stand on its back.
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New ‘Jersey
A Severe Scotchman Easily Made to Smile
A keen old Scotchman, stern at first, brightens to a smile when tipped upside down, revealing a playful side beneath his grim exterior.
Clam Eating Challenge Appears in Baltimore Sun
In a tongue in cheek boast a reader issues a challenge to any man in town to a clam eating contest. The challenger claims to have eaten two dozen clams in one minute and bets on beating any opponent. Address given as 729 Second Street for the challenger George Kohlman.
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George Kohlmans
Second Street
Baltimore Sun
His Great Mistake From a Fragmented Auto Crash Tale
A damaged fragment reports the driver who hit his host then told the waiting family he had torn a wheel. The scene involves a buggy and a drunken farmer, rendered in imagined rather than described terms.
History of New York City Records Project Initiated
A firm is contracted to compile and print the old English records detailing the histories of New York City under British rule. The project coat is stated as $4.611.
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New York City
New York
Lebanon man praises Dean's Kidney Pills for relief
J W Walls superintendent of Streets in Lebanon Kentucky explains his kidney illness and back pain improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He describes instant relief and urges others with kidney disorders to try the remedy. A free trial offer is available by mail from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. pills cost 60 cents per box at druggists.
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J. W. Walls
Lebanon
East Main Street
Dean
Hugh Murrey Drug Co
Mr. Walls
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Woman fears traveling alone due to men approaching
A woman expresses that she believes aging does not lessen the danger of solo travel as she worries men may speak to her.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
An old advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured by a constitutional remedy. It offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure and directs readers to obtain a circular. The text references Dr. Cheney and Toledo Ohio as sellers.
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Hall
Cheney
Pragetete
If men were compelled to eat their words quote
A satirical remark suggests that forcing men to eat their words would cause widespread indigestion in the nation, highlighting linguistic pride and accountability in public discourse.
Piso’s Cure and Women in Golf Debate
An 1900 letter notes Piso’s Cure for consumption and quotes women’s role in sports. It discusses a woman’s speech impediment, Mrs Winstone’s Booth cures, and observes that American women pursuing athletic activity strive more to perfect themselves than men. It praises 20th century American women in golf versus English players.
Editor’s Wife Poses Burglary Question in Wry Exchange
A quip from the editor and his wife frames a humorous crime scenario about a burglar and his possible loot. The exchange pivots on how much money the intruder might carry, reflecting a light city-room joke rather than a real event.
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John
Eloping Lovers Discuss Rope Ladder Grab in Philadelphia
A brief Philadelphia Press excerpt shows a lover asking what to do about a rope ladder and the eloping partner noting that the father will pull it up so they cannot return. The scene conveys a hurried escape and parental interference.
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Philadelphia
Burlesque Bosses Grumble Over Dimming Plays
Mr. Stormington Barns voices concern that plays have declined in quality. A burlesque show manager laments public complaints about rotten music and playing, wishing to persuade audiences otherwise.
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Stormington Barns
Busy Doctor Endorses Grape-Nuts As Best Food
A Cincinnati physician recounts personal health improvement after using Grape-Nuts with warm milk twice daily. He praises the product as a brain and nerve food and as a general food, noting strong results in his patients and urging continued use and sales of the cereal with the Road to Wellville booklet promotion.
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Cincinnati
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Grave and Gay a Bride Speaks of Summer Resort Dilemma
In a New York Weekly dialogue a bride pleads with her mother about leaving a hot city for a summer resort. She fears her husband will react with misery whether he approves or objects, expressing a union torn between longing and constraint.
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New York Weekly
Kid with a Shotgun Bushwhack Becomes President?
A reader letter in the Atlanta Constitution extols a boy as having future presidential potential. The blurb argues the boy possesses presidential qualifications by boasting a knack for extreme risk taking and sharpshot accuracy, framed as a humorous, hyperbolic measure.
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Atlanta Constitution
Passing Fair Lass Impresses With Orator Tale
A quirky verse recounts a charming lass riding a railroad pass and earning praise for her graceful presence. The speaker hails her as passing fair while noting her unexpectedly oratorical companion.
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Wigwag
Makeprop
Women Meet and Claim Their Church Owes Nothing
A group of women gathers and one asserts their church owes nothing financially. The remarks underscore tensions over donations and shared church obligations in the community gathering.
Fortunaté Frames Personal Story as Bank of Self
Fortunaté presents his own life as a currency and history, framing personal traits and experiences as a financial account. The narrative casts self-reflection as a ledger of deeds, offering glimpses into character and resilience.
Dean Talbot Advocates Night Study Limits For Women
The University of Chicago dean urges women to avoid midnight study and favor early rising to protect health while pursuing higher education. She asserts eight hours of unbroken sleep and rest are essential to prove that women's education can match their physical endurance and mental capacity.
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Marion Talbot
University of Chicago
Dean
Talbot
McBride Case Confirmed In Kidney Pill Cure Claim
The McBride family and Dr. Jesse L. Simes sworn statements confirm that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured their boy after epileptic seizures and partial paralysis. The boy had twenty seven seizures the day they began treatment and stopped within a week. The public case has stirred local attention.
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Mrs. McBride
Doda
Wiro
Neighborhood boy loses zest visiting homes
A boy who frequently visits neighbors backs away from the back door and front door rounds, and his trips lessen in frequency and enjoyment.
Insist on Getting It At Local Grocers
Fragmentary notice shows grocers claim they do not keep De ance Starch due to limited stock and customer demand. Deflanes Starch offered for same price amid unclear context.
Opening for an Ambitious Man in a Jackpot
A short note describes opportunities for an ambitious young man in a jackpot venture. It hints at prospect, risk, and potential rewards, urging decisive action to seize a share of the prize.
A UP TO PATE HOUSE KEEPERS Use Croes Ball Blue
Housekeepers urged to use Croes Ball Blue to keep clothes clean and sweet as new. Advertises via grocers with a concise product pitch and distribution note.
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W. H. Ferguson
A. L. Clark
Clarence—J—Miles
Hig
N. W. Samumi
Ocean Grove
N. J
McBride
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