Nebraska Notes: deaths, visits, and local happenings
Local notes report William F. Morrison of Bradshaw dies. Lars Hansen of West Point travels to Denmark. A new Farmers and Merchants bank chartered at Alvo with $7500 capital. Chinch bugs threaten northern Gage county wheat. Thomas Reed, 96, dies in Red Cloud. Lincoln hosts a new school building for Beatrice high. A Beatrice address by Chancellor Andrews, and various injuries and incidents across communities.
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the Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Alvo
Thomas Reed
Red Cloud
Nebraska City
Gage County
Postoffice Changes Boost Salaries and appoints new postmaster
Postmaster appointments and salary increases announced for multiple towns including Battle Creek Creighton Pawnee City Peru Pierce Ponca and several others. Rural free delivery planned for North Bend next July with one cartier C H McConnell serving a 630 population area of forty square miles. Mapleville post office to be discontinued.
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F. H. L. Willis
Battle Creek
Madison County
C. F. Montross
Creighton
Pawnee City
Peru
Pierce
Ponca
North Bend
Cartier
C H. McConnell
Mapleville
Franklin
Havelock
Lyons
McCook
Madison
Norfolk North Bend
North Platte
Oakland
Omaha
O’neill
Osceola
Creek Treaty Passes Okmulgee House of Kings
A Creek treaty cleared the Okmulgee House of Kings by 23 to 17 and awaits governor approval. The vote ends a twenty year effort, plans immediate funding for bridges railways and other projects, sparking wide town enthusiasm.
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Okmangee
I. T
House of Kings
Gun Accident Fatality In Nebraska Duck Hunt
Payson Burnett, youngest son of E P Burnett a Sutton Nebraska lawyer, died after a shotgun misfired during a duck hunting outing with D E Kinne and Kinne's son. The old gun discharged rearward sending the charge and breech fragments into Burnett's face and brain.
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Payson Burnett
E. P. Burnett
Sutton
Neb
Burnett
New American Hymn Sung at May Festival in Chicago
At the eighth annual May festival concert in Chicago the new American hymn Hail Thou Land by God Selected was performed for the first time. Composer W. Conradi of Chicago led a chorus of 1,000 female voices with orchestra and grand organ, receiving enthusiastic applause.
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Chicago
Cook
Toronto Brother Fatally Shoots Sister in Frightened Play
Thomas Ryan aged si accet Toronto Ontario shot and killed his ten year old sister Olive. Police say he tried to frighten her by pointing a revolver and pulling the trigger forgetting the fifth chamber was loaded. The bullet struck Olive in the forehead and she died soon after. Ryan is charged with murder.
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Thomas Ryan
Toronto
Ont
Olive
Acs
Ryan
Boer Commandos Move Through Cape Colony After Dawn Crossing
Kritzinger Van Reenen and Fouche led commandoes that advanced before dawn crossing the railroad and dashed southward into Cape Colony’s populous districts. Fouche’s units had rested in the Zuurburg mountains for weeks.
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Kritzinger
van Reenen
Fouche
Cape Colony
Zuurburg
Ibsen Suffers Second Stroke in Hopeless Condition
The Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen has had a second stroke of apoplexy and his health is described as almost hopeless.
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Henrik Ibsen
Aguinaldo May Visit Washington for Winter Study
It is intimated that Aguinaldo may come to the United States and spend the winter in Washington. He has told General McArthur of his wish to visit America to study its institutions and meet American statesmen to be useful to his people.
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Washington
Aguinaldo
United States
General McArthur
America
Training Ship Passes Through Canal to Train Lakes
The United States naval training ship moves from Philadelphia to Chicago via the canal to serve as a training vessel for the naval reserve on the Great Lakes.
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Lakes
United States
Philadelphia
Chicago
Naval Reserve
Snakes of North America and Girls Taught to Cook
Fragmentary line notes North American snakes and a statistic on London girls taught to cook, with unclear context and potential OCR errors. The readable items mention snake varieties and a cooking instruction figure for girls in London schools. No clear event or coherent story emerges.
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North America
London
Breeding for Quality Eggs Over High Count
The article advocates prioritizing hen health and steady egg production around 120 per year rather than pushing for 200 or more, warning against draining vitality in the race for high counts. It emphasizes robust condition as essential for long-term productivity.
New York Slang Emerges From Elevated Rail Era
The piece explains siller as a person forever at the window, sill as leaning over the windowsill, and silling as constant activity. It notes these terms arise from the elevated railroad era in Greater New York.
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New York
Greater
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Sir Alfred Hickman Protests Government Railroad Policy
In the house of commons Sir Alfred Hickman a conservative and former president of the British Iron Trades association urged scrutiny of government controlled railroads. He cited Burmah and Egypt where American locomotives are still bought despite a Burmah railways inspector report noting greater repair and coal needs than British locomotives. He also accused an American firm of constructing the Burmah viaduct.
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Alfred Hickman
British Iron Trades’ Association
House of Commons
Burmah
Egypt
Lord Hamilton
Exonerates Captain Hall at Pekin court martial
The Washington report states Captain Newt Hall of the United States Marine Corps is completely exonerated from the charge of cowardice in the defense of the legations at Pekin. The finding holds that the only substantiated issue is an error of judgment in withdrawing troops from the Tartar wall at a critical moment.
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Newt Hall
United States Marine Corps
Conger
Legations
Pekin
Washington
Admiral Remey
Captain Hall
Tartar Wall
He Preferred Mutton After All
A station hand finishing a three month spell favors mutton over other meats due to taste. He stutters while ordering at a hotel table and struggles to say words for turkey or a bite of meat. The host asks what he will try and the man pleads for a small portion of meat despite his stammer.
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Magerlagen
Ohio Launch Prompts San Francisco Rally
Gale Dey for San Francisco. When the Ohio is launched at San Francisco May 18 the state contingent will be there in force. A special train has been secured and there will be three or more drawing room sleepers and probably one composite car.
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Gale Dey
San Francisco
Printing Without Ink and a Stomach Bitters Claim
A new company aims to revolutionise printing though inkless methods. The note touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remarkable remedy for biliousness malaria fever and ague, promising it will not disappoint.
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Hostetter
Season of grudges at boarding house after bath tussle
In a boarding house the season turns sour as residents blame each other for beating him to the bath tub, sparking mutual resentment and petty feuds among tenants.
Be Ready For Qulaboma Saxophone Humor
A fragment appears to mix odd phrases and adage style lines about self praise, a fruitless effort, and flattery. It references Morgan and Samer in disjointed imagery with promotional tone for a humorous cue.
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Morgan
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Nebraska Notes
William F. Morrison
Bradshaw
Charles Slaughter
Hollquist
Lars Hansen
West Point
Denmark
Nebraska
Lavonia Park
Cambridge
Thomas Alderson
H. L. Ramacciotti
Savage
Andrews
The
State University
Beatrice High
John McDermott
Trenton
Lincoln
Ernest Ayers
Norfolk
Kearney
Ralph Worster
Cortland
Lancaster County
J. G. P. Hildebrand
Normal
L. D. Beltzer
Clyde Courtney
Beltzer
Peter Bradshaw
Howe Station
Nemaha County
E. 0. Bradley
Philippines
Herman Teeketer
Plattemouth
Hastings
York
New American Hyman
Boy
Blal
T Hall & Ruckel
W.N.U
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