24 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
The Farmers Alliance
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1891
Page
1
A fragmentary poem from December 15, 1601, in Clearwater Neb. pays homage to memory goddess Mnemosyne through reverent lines about green trees and paths. It evokes literary and symbolic motifs, pairing nature with memory and guiding paths for future children.
A Nebraska miscellany reports a Superior Eastern Star desecration, a Fremont collision fatally injuring James Norstedt, Norfolk rail crossing dispute, and Fremont suit verdict under a nine hundred law. It notes teachers meetings in Lincoln, postmasters salary talks, Knox county corn and census figures, saleroom burgling at Fremont, and peanut yields.
A banquet was hosted by the New York World’s Columbian Commission. Officials and notable attendees gathered to celebrate the commission’s activities and promote the event’s objectives.
New York officials and leaders gathered at Delmonico's for the congressional Columbian exposition dinner. Chauncey M. Depew and others urged unity to promote the World’s Fair as a national enterprise, praising New York’s past role as capital and stressing continental collaboration for the exposition’s success.
Jename 1 Case died at 1 45 a m in Racine Wis from diabetes. A famed horseman and world notable manufacturer he built a Thresher factory after moving to Ravine in 1842 and owned the renowned trotter Jay Eye Lee. He leaves a wife and a grown family. Captain Edward L Baker, trustee for a $2 000 000 estate, shot himself amid alleged treatment pains. The late J J Case was one of Bakers bondsmen.
From San Francisco reports a Behring Sea piracy tale unfolds as the steamer Hattie Gage returns from Sitka plastered with libels. Mutiny and plunder include Alaska Commercial stores, gold mines, and a raid at Portage. The crew, led by Captain Downs, allegedly seized ships, raided churches, and looted lumber yards, with authorities pursuing the involved vessels.
Providence Boston Herald correspondent Charles Lincoln testified Dr Graves admitted sending a whisky bottle to Barnaby, linking motives to her will and alleged affairs. A triple lynching then occurred at Dewitt jail with a mob killing Smith Gregory and Henderson. Other items include a thrifty priest in Enixant leaving debts, a Chicago boxing bout, and ghost dance suppression at Walker Lake.
Dec 22 at Barrows cathedral witnessed Cardinal Gibbons ordain Charles BR. Uncles the first light-colored quadroon to reach priesthood in America. Born in the city thirty years ago he will celebrate his first mass on Christmas Eve or day. The ceremony drew Catholic clergy and laity amid solemn high mass. Another note reports Edward M. and the banker's health unchanged as he reportedly remains on a prolonged fast nearing its eighth day.
Long Island inspectors uncover a Newton Creek abattoir used to slaughter broken down horses, some diseased with glanders. Officials halt export of horse meat and pursue enforcement, amid broader probes into illegal distribution and safety.
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