Sears Is Speaker Rep: Republicans Organize Legislature
The Nebraska legislature opens the session with Steele chosen as president pro tem in the Senate and fusionists contesting seats. The House elects Sears as speaker unanimously, a rare outcome, amid a smooth organization and unusual roll-call handling by the clerk.
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Nebraska
Senate
Gilbert
Steele
Jefferson
Oleson
Cuming County
Ransom
Liddell
Douglas
Committee On
House
Norval
Sears
Secretary of State
Kidnapers Threaten Cadahy Daughter Over Reward
An Omaha dispatch reports E A Cadahy received a second kidnapping threat from the same group who took his son. The letter demands withdrawal of a $25 000 reward or they will abduct another daughter. Mrs Cudahy is in distress over risk to her children.
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Cadahy
Omaha
E. A. Cadahy
Bandits Risky Actions Reported by Police Patrols
A census of opinion suggests the bandits feel pressed by detectives. They would not dare drop another letter in the Cudahy yard or alert the family by telephone while a trained officer patrols the premises.
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Cudahy Yard
Cudahy
Suit Brought Over Alleged Alienation of Wife Affection
Edmund J Weston sues Joseph Faulkner proprietor Burr printing house New York for 50000 damages in supreme court claiming Faulkner wooed his wife while Weston and wife worked at his summer home near Dunellen. Weston says Faulkner wrote endearing letters to Mrs Weston.
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Joseph Faulkner
Burr Printing House
Jacob Street
New York
New York Supreme Court
Edmund J. Weston
Weston
Faulkner
Dunellen
Governor Pardons Dubuque Man in Kin Killing Case
Pardoned by Governor Shaw for the killing of his brother in law Anton Loibl in Dubuque Iowa. The subject had confessed and was sentenced two weeks ago to a term in the state prison but had not yet been taken to the penitentiary.
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John Arthofer
Dubuque
Anton Loibl
Shaw
Arthofer
Will Return to the North Klondike Prospector to Visit Dawson
Harry Ash of Sturgis South Dakota who is keen on the Klondike gold fields and who visited Dawson City last fall will go back to that city within a few weeks with his wife.
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Harry Ash
Sturgis
Klondike
Dawson City
Lentz to Contest Tompkins Seat in Congress
Congressman John J. Lentz of Columbus, Ohio, serves formal notice he will contest Emmett Tompkins’s House seat. Lentz alleges wholesale bribery and fraud in the ballot count as the basis for his challenge.
Quarantine Raised Between St Paul and Winona City
Dr. Justus O Hage health commissioner of St Paul Minnesota has raised the quarantine against Winona and intercourse between the two cities is now of its formal character.
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Justus O’hage
St. Paul, Minn
Winona
Leaching in soils and manure effects on fertility
The text explains that fertility loss from leaching occurs but is often reversible. Rain washes manure into soil, but dry periods draw moisture upward, reducing deep loss. Sandy soils leach more than clay, yet clay allows full manure application year-round without fear.
Intimate Friend of John Brown Visits Illinois
August Bondi of Salina Kansas visits friends in Galesburg Illinois. Bondi moved to Kansas in 1856 and played an active role in the anti-slavery struggles nearby. He lived near John Brown and was close to Brown’s family, meeting Brown last as he left for the east in October 1856.
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John Brown
August Bondi
Salina
Kas
Galesburg
Bondi
Kansas
Brown
East
Arkansas Mayors Meet in Little Rock for City Welfare
Arkansas mayors gathered in Little Rock on Wednesday November 28 to push legislation aiding city welfare. Delegates came from boards of trade business leagues and other commercial groups.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Boards of Trades
Business Men's Leagues
Peruna touted by Sisters of the Good Shepherd
An 1900 letters page cites Peruna as a safeguard for bodilys health in care institutions. It quotes Sisters of the Good Shepherd praising its use against grip and catarrhal diseases. Included are endorsements from Ohio Congressmen Meekison and physician Dr Hartman, with an offer for a free book from the Peruna company.
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Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Peruna
Columbus
Peruna Medicine Co
Hartman
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Senator Steele
Jefferson County
York
Sisters OF Good Shepherd
David Meekison
Dr. Hértmemy
United States
Perune
Perune Drug Manufiscturing Company
Hartines
Cee
Ee Wee
Othos
En Ag
Boe
Aten
Magnetic Starch Manufacturing CO
Neb
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