Nebraska Notes A busy patchwork of local items across towns
The item collection reports events from Adams county Old Settlers meeting on December 12 to Norfolk church calls and band leadership changes. It notes a fall injury, electric light projects, a death from paralysis, deputy treasurer appointment, alfalfa earnings, a desertion, newspaper trades, a bank move, a fire-damaged paper continuing, a boxing draw in Omaha, a city editor in Chicago, legal actions, a gunshot death near Niobrara, golden wedding, and a flood in Kearney leaving darkness.
Victory for Boers Blows Great News to England
A London dispatch reports the Denetsdorp garrison of two guns and 400 troops, including Gloucester shire, Highland Light Infantry, and Irish rifles, surrendered on November 23. British losses were 15 killed and 42 wounded. Knox pursued Steyn and Dewet near Vaal Bank on November 27, with limited details due to censorship. The piece notes alarm in Britain and uncertain South African affairs amid rumors and strategic tension.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Demanele
Knox
Denetsdorp
Steyn
Dewet
Vaal Bank
Great Britain
South Africa
Orange River
Cape Colony
France
Kruger
England
Germany
Lord Kitchener
Hard Proposition. Minnesota Triumphs in Lincoln
Minnesota defeated Nebraska 20 to 12 in a hard fought Thanksgiving clash in Lincoln. The visitors relied on weight to sustain an offensive pace, while Nebraska struggled early before a stronger second half showing. About 5,000 fans watched the game at the campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska University
Minnesota Giants
Lincoln
Minnesota
Nebraska
Bumber
Farmington man wins $140 in damage suit over arrest
John A. Hennigh of Farmington Kansas won a $140 verdict against ex Sheriff Hartman and others in Atchison district court. Hennigh had been arrested by Hartman’s deputy on an insanity charge without a warrant, released after probate court care, and then sued for damages.
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John A. Hennigh
Farmington
Kan
Hartman
Atchison
Hennigh
Hennig
Potatoes To China From Washington In Large Shipment
A Tacoma dispatch reports North Yakima will ship 500 tons of potatoes to Shanghai in a few days marking the first large WA export to China. The shift reflects new Chinese demand as potatoes replace flour in the food supply.
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Chicago
Tacoma
Wash
China
Yakima
Shanghai
Le Roy Woman Dies From Poison in Apparent Incident
Mrs. Charles H. Crowl of Le Roy Kansas died from poison in what authorities call an apparent incident. Police investigated the circumstances surrounding the death as a possible accident or self harm.
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Charles H. Crowl
le Roy, Kan
Ai ee Pa test of a serial art seven
A fragmentary note describes a test seven item sequence linked to Mattos and a pair of unnamed individuals. The OCR text is garbled and provides few clear details beyond names and a testing context.
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Fellte
Frank
Murder mystery over theft motive looms in Kansas cattle case
Report says Fullhardt was known to have had about 1600 dollars in cash weeks before his disappearance. A stranger was seen near the last neighbor sightings ten days earlier. His cattle and horses were not disturbed. A half brother, John Shidier of Cuba Kansas, arrived to manage the estate and aid in locating the suspect.
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Fullhardt
John Shidier
Cuba
Kansas
Easton Case Tells of Acid homicide and suicide
From Easton Pennsylvania comes a report that Mrs Frances Miltford died after Nelson Skinner of Middletown New York attempted to murder her by forcing carbolic acid down her throat Skinner then drank acid and died He was her step brother and the tragedy ends with both deaths.
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Easton
Penn
Frances Miltford
Nelson Skinner
Middletown
N. Y
Miltford
Skinner
Milford
Bank acccount scheme lands aide in jail in Newport arrest
Robert Winstel, assistant bookkeeper of the wrecked German National Bank of Newport Kentucky, was arrested in Cincinnati charged as an accomplice of Frank Brown who is alleged to be short two hundred thousand dollars in his accounts. Wenstel was taken to Newport and locked up with bail refused. Brown has not yet been apprehended.
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Robert Winstel
German National Bank
Newport
Cincinnati
Frank Brown
Wenstel
Brown
Draw in six round bout pits Sullivan and Ryan in Chicago
In a six round fight at the Illinois Athletic Club Tommy Sullivan of Brooklyn and Buddy Ryan of Chicago fought to a draw. Preliminary bout saw Eddie Sprague of Streator defeat Kid Abe. Sprague injured a left arm in the first round and finished with it hanging limp.
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Tommy Sullivan
Brooklyn
Buddy Ryan
Chicago
Illinois Athletic Club
Eddie Sprague
Streator
Kid Abeofoo
Sprague
Stove Explosion Destroys Jacobs Shoe Stove
In Madison Nebraska a stove in Jacobs shoe shop exploded after lighting a fire. A loud report followed with stove pieces flying. A concussion cap was later found inside the stove and likely in the coal.
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Jacobs
Madison
Neb
Wesser Arrested for Stealing Wheat Cars in Des Moines
Wesser was arrested at Mound City Kansas by a Chicago and Milwaukee road detective on a charge of stealing three carloads of wheat from the Des Moines yards. It is said he secured the bills of lading and shipped the wheat to market, netting about $1,100.
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F. E. Wesser
Mound City
Kas
Chicago & Milwaukee Road
Des Moines
Iowa
Wesser
Oil Firm Wins Large Concessions in Roumania
The Standard Oil company has obtained mining and pipeline concessions on all government tracts in Roumania and nearly a monopoly in sinking wells. The concession price was 400000 pounds, reported by a London Daily Express correspondent in Bucharest.
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Standard Oil Company
Bacharest
London Daily Express
Roumania
Two Killed By a Negro In Jacksonville Shootout
Policeman Henry Raley and Chandler Brooks were fatally shot in Jacksonville Florida after arresting a man for fighting. Brooks tried to aid Raley as Baxter opened fire.
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Henry Raley
Chandler Brooks
Jacksonville
Fla
Baxter
Brooks
Secretary Root returns from Cuba and other brief items
Secretary of War Root has returned from Cuba. The condition of Czar Nicholas continues to improve. A Parish dispatch says President Kruger will not come to America. Five persons confined in jail at Mexico City. Encounters between Boer and British forces are frequent. Mary Selah of Sutton has been at the Santee canal. The Ninth National Bank in New York reports updates.
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Kruger
America
Mexico City
Sted Tholk
Boercom
Mary Selah
Sutton
Santee
Wreck on Mexican Central near Jimaleo taps deaths and escapes
A severe collision on the Mexican Central near Jimaleo leaves eleven dead and twenty injured. An El Paso dispatch notes engineer Ross and firemen Reeves and Haversoo killed. Survivors fled toward the United States after a lynching attempt on American train workers.
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Jimalee
Edward Bische
San Anutes
Mexco
Jimaliceos
Mexico
United States
el Paso
Tex
Ross
Reeves
Haversoo
Jimuico
Pan American Beauty Contest Awards Given
The pan American beauty contest closed with awards. A ten member committee led by Senator Chauncy Depew chose Miss Maude Coleman Wood of Charlottesville Virginia to represent North America and Miss Maxine Pe Mrs N C Goodwin to represent South America for the emblem of the Buffalo exposition.
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América
North
South America
Buffalo
Chauncy M. Depew
New York
Oxley Linked to Murder Case as Sheriff Seeks Answers
Sheriff Armstrong arrives at Broken Bow with William Oxley, the man jailed in Louisville, Neb., on suspicion of killing W. H. Fullhart. Oxley reportedly sold four loads of cattle to the T. L. W. ranch the week of the death and denies involvement. Circumstances appear unfavorable. most of Failhart’s cattle recovered except twenty head.
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Armstrong
Broken Bow
William Oxley
W. H. Fullhart
Louisville
Neb
Oxley
T. L. W. Yanch
Failhart
Drowning of Boy Near Arapahoe In Muddy Creek
Murphy family resident Wil Mem Murphy reported his seventeen year old son Murphy drowned in Muddy Creek near Arapahoe while taking skates to pasture. The youth disappeared after delay in return. his cap was found under the ice and authorities located the spot where he broke through. The body was recovered but life was extinct.
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Bey Orsened
Arapahese
Will Murphy
Muddy Creek
Arapahoe
Wil- Mem Murphy
Farily
Minnesota Governor Names Senator in Supreme Court Shuffle
Dispatch from Minneapolis reports Governor Lind of Minnesota backing Senator Doris W. Collins for a seat on the state Supreme Court, but the decision appears unsettled and delayed.
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Minneapolis
Lind
Minnesota
Doris
W. Collins
Drainage Canal Reports To Congress On Channel Estimates
The reports present estimates for ten twelve and fourteen foot channels along the same route. They will go to the secretary of war and be submitted to congress shortly after it convenes. Sixty seven similar river and harbor improvement reports will also be sent to congress about the same time in hopes of consideration this session.
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Secretary of War
Congress
Discharged debtor from Narbeth faces $2.9 million debt load
Ardc K Housekeeper of Narbeth Pennsylvania was discharged as a voluntary bankrupt in U S district court with liabilities of 2 9 million 43 cents and assets of 25 He was persuaded thirteen years earlier by friends to join a large real estate scheme that built 800 houses in Philadelphia area He signed papers without understanding the venture and the mortgage burden later fell on him with judgments held by trust companies and estates across the United States.
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Ardc K
Narbeth
United States District Court
Philadelphia
United States
Fatal Shooting at Berlin Cross Roads Church Festival
Oscar Cassel shot and killed Bert Leach during a festival at the colored Methodist church in Berlin Cross Roads. Cassel fled into the woods after Leach confronted him and crowd violence followed. Leach was described as prominent and well to do.
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Wellston. O
Oscar Cassel
Bert Leach
Berlin Cross Roads
Cassel
Robert Thompson
Leach
Cannot Accept the Chair at Iowa College
Prof. Frank K. Sanders of Yale, elected president of Iowa College to succeed Dr. George A. Gates, refuses the post due to Yale duties. No alternative candidate is in sight.
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Frank K. Sanders
Yale
Iowa College
George A. Gates
Patel Wreck on Elkhorn Claims Engineer's Life
A special engine ordered west on the Fremont Elkhorne Missouri Valley line collided with an east bound freight three miles west of Nickerson Nebraska. Both engines were demolished and engineer James Zuver died from his injuries shortly after the crash.
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Patel Wreck
Elkhorn
Fremont, Elkhorne & Missouri Valley Railroad
Nickerson
Neb
James Zuver
Tried to kill his Wife. Dodge shoots at wife in Burlington
Vincent Dodge, intoxicated, shot his wife in Burlington Indiana then stabbed and knocked her down. He pressed a revolver to her mouth and pulled the trigger several times but did not discharge. Dodge fled and remains at large as the woman is said to recover.
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Burlington
Vincent Dodge
Dodge
Consecration of Vishop in Fort Wayne Diocese
Rev. Herman Alerding, formerly of St. Joseph's parish Ladis, was consecrated as the fourth bishop in the Catholic diocese of Fort Wayne Indiana. The ceremony drew prominent prelates and clergy from the central western region.
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Vishop
Herman Alerding
St. Joseph's Parish
Ladis Is
Fort Wayne
Ind
Central West
Idle Men Put to Work Restart of Furnaces Announced
After an awareness period of five months the Gre furnaces of the Lebanon valley operated by the Lackawanna Iron and Steel company of Beranton Pa will resume operation, giving employment to about 3160 men.
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Lebanon Valley
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Beranton
Advance on Black Sheets at American Sheet Steel 3
The American Sheet Steel 3 plant in Pittsburg Pennsylvania reports an advance of two dollars per ton on black sheets.
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American Sheet Steel 3
Pittsburg
Mrs HE Harned to Death Crosmnan Aged Forty Five
A fatal incident leaves Mrs HE Harned dead at Crosmnan. Authorities report a 45 year old woman as the deceased with the case under investigation. No further details available in readable text.
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HE Harned
Crosmnan
Presidents Old Letters Reveal Early 1834 Political Rivalries
Letters by John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, dated March 1834, discuss their presidential chances and how to act toward each other if elected. The Jackson letter is a defining example of the general's character, stimulating renewed antiquarian searches for more such correspondence.
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John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Dodd's Kidney Pills Credited With Aiding Minnesota Woman
A Minnesota woman credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing severe back pain and kidney trouble after doctors failed. Her husband sought relief and she reports rapid improvement within weeks. Pills priced at 60 cents a box are sold by dealers nationwide.
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Pat Dewan
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Smith
Dodd
Grain-O advert promises coffee substitute in stores
In a promotional note readers are urged to try Grain-O a pure grain beverage sold in grocery stores. It is described as resembling coffee yet costing only a fraction of the price and suitable for children. The ad notes health concerns about coffee and encourages purchase at 15 and 26 cents per package.
Foot-Ease free sample offer and social etiquette note
An old clipped advertisement touts Cam Get Allen's Foot-Ease free samples from Allen 8. Olmsted Le Roy NY for chilblains damp swollen feet and foot pain in new or tight shoes. It also promises relief for corns and bunions with Druggists and shoe stores selling it. A social admonition calls out rude behavior on street cars or trains.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Sam Lien
Geneva Tablets Guaranteed by Kida Dierants and Drug Co
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Geneva tablets guaranteed by a company in Omaha Nebraska. Text is garbled with stray words like frost mopkin and SP. Record presents uncertain details but indicates a drug product and a regional supplier.
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Geneva
Kida
In Drug Co
Omaha
Neb
Putnam Faceless Dyes Promised Easy Dyeing Method
An advertisement or notice touts Putnam Faceless Dyes as a simple dyeing solution. It claims only boiling is needed to dye goods and markets the product as a quick, user friendly option.
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Nebraska Notes
Adams County Old Settlers Association
Jusiata
H. E. Ryder
Norfolk Baptist Church
Elliott Vorhees
Snyder
Roth Church
Wahoo
E. R. Heilman
Norfolk
William Stuefer
J. B. Neal
Odessa
Nebraska Poultry Association
D. B. Judd
Dawson Tinser
G. ¥. Godell
The
Beemer Times
Hhis Plant
R. O. Willis
Arlington Times
H. A. Ward
Wisner
Nate Reynolds
Beatrice
Boston Gazette
Elsie Leader
Charley’ Brandt
Nehawka
Roinus
Norfolk Beet Sugar Company
Neligh
G. W. Wattles
J. C. Rahe
Shelby Sun
Perry, Queenan
Peter Jackson
W. C. Chapman
Crete
Louis. Figg of
Gretna
Nels. Overland
Nebraska City
Ray ‘Ustick
Pilger
Union Pacific
Peake
Niobrara
Samuel Culbertson
Peru
John O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Moran
Hiw
Patrick
Kearney
Dewetsedorp
W. H.fuilhardt
Sime
Standard Oil Concessions
Root
Czar
Nicholas
San, Op
Jimaleo
New York Union
Hart
Avenue City
Dade Ethinson
Shicago
Helieves Ao
Patel
Fes
Am Ol
Heise Mate
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