Nebraska Notes and Local Developments Across the State
Commencement days near. Rock Island improves the depot and Burlington builds new yards at Guernsey. Omaha police picnic June 21 at Sarpy Mills. Norfolk fire department picnic June 71. Nebraskans head to Cape Nome. Elkhorn Valley Editorial Association meets at Gordon June 2. Genoa Indian boy dies from cheap candy. Alliance schools to be overseen by a new supervisor. Howard Aiden family relocate to Seattle. New Catholic church at Petersburg begins. cost estimated at 5000 dollars. McCook farmer John Reed killed in runaway crash. Lincoln’s Solomon Schwab, born in Bavaria in 1862, described as respected. Omaha liquor house burglary nets 63.95. Rev Loren Foster Berry dies in Chicago. Fremont pastor Rev M F Cassidy receives $400 purse from parishioners at ONeill before Rome trip. Sarpy county approves a motor line from South Omaha to Ft. Crook. Table Rock school election bonds pass. Sky turnout noted. Rev Father Barrett of Emerson learns of his father’s death at 103. State Treasurer Maserve issues 42 000 in bonds. Hatchery at South Bend to get five new stone dams and improvements. Adjutant General Barry curates war relics in a newly bought case. Nebraska enjoys favorable planting weather. corn planting nearing completion. Rev L W Lowrie of Madison had resigned and consented to something unspecified.
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Loren Foster Berry
Conference action on temperance reports at general meeting
The conference debated reports on card playing and amusements, censuring President McKinley over the anti canteen law. The minority report was laid on the table but later adopted with Buckley’s amendment. Omaha chosen as episcopal residence with Bishop McCabe named resident bishop.
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Ce Ahe General Conference
Buckley
Fitzgerald
Methodist Church
Samuel Dickie
Michigan
Committee On Temperance
J. E Price
New York
McKinley
Omaha
Topeka
McCabe
Wounds Prove Fatal in Blair Suicide at Denny Hotel
Harry Burkett fatally shot himself at Blair after a poker loss of about 25 dollars last week. He remained unconscious from the incident until his death on Monday as his father from Glenwood, Iowa, arrived and stayed by his side. Burkett, a Baptist Church member, had many friends in the city before his death.
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Harry Burkett
Blair
Denny Hotel
Glenwood
Iowa
Burkett
The
Baptist Church
Omaha Ice Dealers Form Conspiracy to Raise Prices
Last December the ice dealers of Omaha joined the Conervoir Ice Company to raise ice prices and control supply by joint action. Co defendants named include the Seyasaur Lake Artesian Ice Company the Arctic Ice Company the Kimball Ice Company and others.
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Ing Im
Omaha
Im & Conervoir Ice Company
Seyasaur Lake Artesian Ice Company
Artic Ice Company
Kimball Ice Company
Young Lady Fe and Dead Near Terre Haute
Emily Price aged eighteen, daughter of a well known farmer near Terre Haute Indiana, was found dead near Youngstown Indiana. Blood clots on her face and disarranged clothing noted. Coroner and deputy dispatched to the scene. She had not lived at home for some time, worked for a prominent local farmer. Uncertain if murder or suicide, locals fear foul play.
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Emily Price
Terre Haute
Ind
Youngstown
Coromer
Arrest of Ella Lee Follows Fourteen Years of Police Trail
Police in Springfield report the arrest in Chicago of Ella Lee after a long chase. She was formerly jailed in Springfield in 1896 for a murder tied to a body found in a well. Lee and two others escaped by stealing jail keys and slipping from the back door.
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Springfield
Chicago
Ella Lee
Miari
Atsingfield
Robber Shot by Jeweler in Chicago Hold-up
Jacob Wolf, a Chicago jeweler on Thirty-first Street, repelled a hold-up with three bullets striking the robber in the head. The robber fell as Wolf sustained three head wounds from a rusty iron bar.
Three Thousand Men Idle After Calumet Mine Fire
A May 26 dispatch from Calumet Michigan reports over three thousand workers idled as No 2 Hecla shaft fire spreads through the Calumet and Hecla mines. Management ordered closures of all shafts except South Hecla and Amydaloid due to gas. Fire duration and layoff lengths remain unknown as the blaze threatens more mine sections.
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Calumet
Mich
Hecla
Girl Killed by Lightning in Chicago Storm
A 13 year old girl Lacy Holden was killed instantly by lightning while returning from a candy store in Chicago during a storm. Her sister Irene, age 10, was burned on the right side and shoulder but survived. both girls fell near the deceased. The clothing of both girls was nearly burned from them.
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Chicago
Lacy Holden
Irene
Sigpaot
G Se
Alleged cattle theft case heard in Ainsworth Neb
Brown county preliminary trial before County Judge Potter at Ainsworth Neb. Ranchman Samuel Johnson was arrested for stealing a steer from Theodore Jones. Johnson was bound over to district court after the hearing.
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Brown County
Potter
Ainsworth
Neb
Samuel Johnson
Theodore Jones
Johnson
Distriet Court
Four Methodists Consecrate Four Bishops in Chicago
In a Sunday ceremony at the Chicago auditorium in front of about 3000 people, four new bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church were consecrated. David Hastings Moore was assigned to the Shanghai district, John William Hamilton to the San Francisco district, Edwin Wallace Parker, and Frank Wesley received bishop assignments to unspecified districts.
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Chicago
Lit
Methodist Episcopal Church
David Hastings Moore
Shanghai
John
William Hamilton
San Francisco
Edwin Wallace Parker
Frank Wesley
Aged Couple Willed and Joined in Last January
An elderly pair, August Croft aged eighty six and Kate Putnam aged seventy one, were secretly devoted since youth and formally engaged only in January. They never married before. The wedding was large and guests over sixty attended. the May 26 date marks their union.
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August Croft
Kate Putnam
Farmer Dies After Fall Near Fremont
John Vogel Tanz, a well known Dodge neighborhood farmer near Fremont Nebraska, died from injuries suffered last Saturday after slipping and falling. He slipped and fell sustaining internal injuries his spine was affected and paralysis followed. Deceased had lived in Dodge for years and left five in good circumstances.
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John Vogel Tanz
Dodge
Fremont
Neb
Fire at West Point warehouse causes oil splatter
Firefighters fought a blaze at a Cad Seliwind warehouse near Five Bag and West Point. The interior was flooded with fumes and coal oil, with oil splashed along one side. Authorities reported flames and smoke as crews worked to contain the fire.
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Five
Bag &T West Point
Othain
Plaey
Cad ‘Seliwind
Murderer Samuel Moser Held Without Bail
Samuel Moser, who confessed to killing his wife and two children, remains jailed at Tre county awaiting grand jury action with no bail set.
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Meter
Samuel Moser
Trecounty
Drowned Boy Among Swimmers Near Nebraska City
A drowning occurred as Rey and several boys swam about a mile from shore near Nebraska City. Rey was taken with cramps and drowned before rescuers could recover the body.
Fire destroys Union Straw plant at Foxboro
A blaze leveled the Union Straw company factory in Foxboro Massachusetts causing about 160000 dollars in damage. The fire response involved local crews and investigators began examining the site for the cause.
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Union Straw Company
Foxboro
Mass
Gre. Lons
Eccentric Queen Leads Fire Ring Feats at Chicago Tower
The eccentric ruler known as Lil wetaiseal stages bold demonstrations inside a fiery ring atop Chicago’s tall tower. Tene-Chicago’s renowned tower hosts her dramatic performances drawing curious crowds.
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Lil'wetaiseal
Mac Chales Himesis
Chicago
Great Tower
Echoes of Heaven Call the Soul to Forgiveness
A melodious meditation on sin and grace describes a soul kneeling in awe as a divine voice declares forgiveness. The passage paints sorrow as life’s twin and sin as a human snare, while the heavenly call resounds from morning to night in varied forms.
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Rmissie
Ring of a Temple heir charms with a tiny musical tune
The New York Herald reports a rare ring once owned by the Temple family. Crafted in Genoa, it housed a music box that plays when pressed revealing a haunting tune. A royalist prisoner used the ring before facing the guillotine. The ring later returned to the Temples. a blood clot later blocked its mechanism restoring the music.
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Temple
London
New York Herald
Richard Temple
Spirit Land
Mr. Temple
France
Louis
Marie Antoinette
Genoa
Case of Yellow Cat Trial Focal Point
Attorney Stone strove in defense while Julius Neefe led the defense with keen argumentation concerning the dead cat case. The record shows Neefe’s deep familiarity with the pivotal points shaping the outcome.
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Yellow Cat
Stone
Julius Neefe
Child in Catalepsy Sinks into Unresponsive Sleep
In a New York household Kate Knepper, six days ill, remains unconscious after meals. Dr. Groas diagnosed catalepsy. Prof. Jacobi treated the girl for an hour with no improvement. The parents plead for revival as they seek effective doctors and consider an electric battery.
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Albert
Dr. Groas
Rivington Street
Prof
Jacobi
Kate
New York
Queen Liluiokalāala Returns to Hawaii in Mourning Shroud
Special New York World reports Lilivio kalaala, former Queen Liliuokalani, plans to sail from San Francisco mid May to her Honolulu estates after failing to secure a pension from the U.S. government. At 63, she crafts a heavy white satin shroud lined in purple silk, with gold armorial clasps, and will not set foot in the United States again. She hopes for pension aid via the sundry civil bill, but remains pessimistic about relief.
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New York
Liliviokalaal
Hawaii
Lil
Liliuokalaa
San Francisco
Honolulu
United States
Hoar
Washington
Rabies Panics Near Cumberland After Mad Dog Attack
A rabid dog roamed near Corrigansville three miles north of Cumberland three weeks ago biting a horse. The horse later bit farmer John Willgma, who shot it in a field. Willingham then contracted rabies like symptoms and was treated by Dr. Smith of Ellerslie. The report also describes Singhat Willidmere, a 44 year old man chained during seizures every seven hours and begging his death to end the torment.
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Cumberland
New York
Corrigansville
John Willgma
Wiliams
Dr. Smith
Ellerslie
Willidmere
Fragmented OCR Highlights Local Place Names
Readable fragments mention places and people but lack complete context. The text shows scattered names such as Place 7 and St ee, with unclear actions or events. No coherent report or outcome can be determined from the available fragments.
Stanford Belle Orphanage Donation Move In Sacramento
Mrs Leland Stanford gives the ola Stanford belle in Sacramento to Bishop Mora for a Catholic orphanage with a $75000 endowment to maintain it. The house has historical ties to Stanford and his son and to the founding of Stanford University.
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Mra
Leland Stanford
Sacramento
Cal
Mora
Catholic Church
Stanford
Stanford University
Two Mary Queen of Scots Letters Sell for 20000
An English collector paid twenty thousand dollars for two letters written by Mary Queen of Scots before her execution. The items recount royal correspondence of the imprisoned queen and her final days.
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Queen
Mary Queen of
Scota
Shakespearean allusions and medical advice in early prose
The fragment mentions remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and notes awareness of the phrase What the case occurs in Shakespeare. It reads as a stray editorial aside blending health tips with literary reference. No clear event, person, or organization is identified.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health and Vitality
A dramatic warning against a tired, languid feeling describing poor blood and weakness. The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure to enrich and purify blood, claiming many successes and a revived sense of energy for summer activities. A testimonial mentions restored life and household productivity after use.
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Hood
Sersaparilia
Fragmentary business notice on twine pricing and savings
A damaged OCR fragment discusses Twine Department items from Chicago firm Kossoce & Co. It hints at pricing, required quantities, and potential money savings versus a competitor, but specifics are unclear in the text.
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Smana, Kossoce & Co
Chicago
Leise
Fragmentary Script Sparks Witty Wordplay
Odd editorial snippet hints at playful language shifts in a local column. The text contrasts bicycle walls and hammock sales, suggesting a whimsical change in shopping or leisure trends.
Allen's Foot-Base and Foot-Ease Advertisement Notice
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Base as the sole cure for swollen smarting burning feet corns and bunions and asks readers to request Allen's Foot-Ease powder at stores for 26 cents. The fragment mentions Olmsted LeRoy N and a claim that wealth is a woman's capital.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
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