Nebraska Notes: Canning, rail, and town developments
Canning at Beatrice runs full time as northeast Gage reports pinkeye cattle deaths. Seventeen cattle killed near Pa pillion, owned by Howard Clarke of Gretna. Pickrell gains a 20000 bushel farmers elevator. Burlington yard switches rebuilt ahead of new Beatrice station. Rev Winter resigns for Minnesota. Osceola waterworks, $25000 in bonds, completed with leak free mains. Uehling survey starts near Cuming county. Wood River mills install new machinery to meet huge wheat crop. Grand Island G A R building renovation boosts post office space. Sheriff Page tracks and jails George Baker for horse and buggy theft. Wood River sees sixteen new homes plus on-site cottage materials. Cuming county court term postponed to Dec 18. no jury. Norcross Bros enlarge Beatrice grain business elevator. West Point banks report over $600000 in deposits, a local peak. Wood River justice White resigns after long tenure. Beatrice 200 acre sale at $72.50/acre, highest county price. Filley land quarter sec sold for $65/acre. Grand Island court house project finally settled after defects. P S Heacock buys Falls City mill for grain operation. mill among the largest in eastern Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Woodward
Beatrice
Joseph Witkowski
Gage County
Ambrose Strander
Filley
Grand Island
Court House
Grain Trust Suit Moves to Federal Court in Nebraska
The Worrall Grain Company sues Omaha Elevator Company and others for 128 600 damages in a U S circuit court transfer from Washington County Nebraska. The petition alleges a 1250 elevator nationwide association controlling grain dealers and widespread discrimination against independent dealers and farmers elevators. Judge Carland presides soon. Judge Munger recuses due to a relation with Fowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worrall Grain Company
Omaha Elevator Company Et al
United States Circuit Court
Omaha
District Court
Washington County
United States
Nebraska
Carland
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Cheyenne
Munger
Fowler
Nye-Schneider-Fowler Company
State Officials Under Scrutiny Over Hardware Claim
State Auditor E M Searle withholds a $1000 warrant amid a probe into a Kearney Hardware claim. Governor Mickey reportedly seeks explanation for State Board member Gregg's dual role in certifying the claim and invoicing goods. Gregg’s ties to other contractors denied as inquiry proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
E. M. Searle
Kearney Hardware Company
State House
Gregg
State Board
Mickey
Searle
Kearney Normal School
New Railroad Proposed From Falls City to Topeka
A movement to organize a railroad company at Falls City aims to build a line from Falls City to Sabetha and likely to Topeka. Backers include J. H. Miles E. H. Towle J. L. Slocum Sam Wahl W. B. Lington W. H. Crook E S Towle E A Maust Sam Kimmel John W. Towle George Boone Jr W A S Bird and E V Kauffman among others from Kansas and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls City
Sabetha
Kas
Topeka
Gulf Ports
J. H. ‘Miles
E. H. Towle
J. L. Slocum
Sam Wahl
W. B. —Rington
W. H. Crook
E. 8. Towle
E. A. Maust
Sam Kimmel
John W. Towle
Omaha
George Boone, Jr
St. Joseph
W.A. S. Bird
E. V. “Kauffman
Sycamore Springs
Kansas and
Nebraska
Burlington Rail Traffic Hits Nebraska Peak For State Fair
Railroad official says bricks of cars and coaches crowded Lincoln as Burlington handled unprecedented state fair traffic. Grand Army trains from east plus Nebraska bound schedules spiked westbound loads. equipment upgraded with seated boxcars and loans from Denver and Iowa lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Nebraska
Burlington Railroad
Lincoln
Bignell
Burlington No. 3
Denver
Burlington No. 1
Oxford
Iowa
Missouri
Mr. Bignell
Money For Soldier Boys Disbursement Set by Governor
Governor Mickey authorized distribution of 8000 dollars held for Nebraska National Guard veterans of the First and Second regiments who served in the Spanish American War. Twenty percent goes to a Washington attorney who prosecuted the claim. Adjutant General Culver to pay the funds with minimal expenses, and distribution begins Wednesday morning September 6 from Culver's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey
Nebraska
Washington
Court of Claims
Culver
Nebraska Volunteers
J. H. Culver
Nebraska Football Squad in South Bend Camp
Captain Charles Borg leads fourteen candidates for the Nebraska football team in a South Bend training camp. Manager Morrison and Assistant Coach Westover accompany the group which includes Wilson Lincoln, Weller Seward, Johnson Lincoln, Hillberg Stromsburg, Taylor York, Morse Harvard, Denslow Hoover, Nelson South Dakota, Beckly Lead SD, Drain Lincoln, Rice Neligh, Harvey Wilbur, McDonald Lincoln, Lantz Kearney, and Pike Papillion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Borg
University of Nebraska
Morrison
Westover
South Bend
Borg
Wilson
Lincoln
Weller
Seward
Johnson
Hillberg
Stromsburg
Taylor
York
Morse
Harvard
Denslow
Hooper
Nelson
South Dakota
Beckly
Lead
S. D
Drain
Rice
Neligh
Harvey
Wilbur
McDonald
Lantz
Kearney
Pike
Papillion
State Fair Big Success Amid Record Displays
State fair crowds pour in as managers hail the event as the biggest and best. Officials report the largest agricultural display yet with overflow sheds for livestock and 120 extra swine pens to handle late entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
Ground She Walks On Worth Five Thousand Nine
Jack professes love for the ground a mysterious blue suited woman walks on. Tom asks her name. Jack claims he has never seen her before. The exchange ends with a quip about the ground being worth $5,009 and a vague remark about protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Tom
Painful Periods Relief Promises From Lydia Pinkham
A Sanctioned testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a regulator for painful irregular menstruation. Miss Irene Crosby of Savannah endorses its effects after other remedies failed, urging troubled women to seek relief and further advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Crosby
Lydia &. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Charlton Street
Savannah
Ydia. E. Pinkham
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Diller Record
Diller
F. T. Pearce
Nebraska Notes
Rock Island
Howard Clarke
Gretna
Pickrell
Mr. Winter
Leigh German Lutheran Church
Minnesota
Osceola
Uehling
Great Northern Railway
Cuming County
Wood River
Page
George Baker
Nebraska City
Geneva
Baker
H. H.brown
A. Lapoint
J. C. Pinker
Norcross Bros
W. N. Spellman
West Point
A. C. White
P. S. Heacock
William Douglas
Nebraska News
Mr. Gregg
Rap
W.l.douclas
W.L. Douglas
Douela, “Mols
W.L
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Douglas
Ww. Kl
Jas Strong
Masa
Lincoln Business College
Coln
Neb
Mull
Steve
Third Ave
Ill
Rot McIl Crocr
Malamazoo Stove Company
Maxifacturers
Kalamazoo
Michican
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