Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-01
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

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The remains of Frances Claflin, who
died in Washington, have been inter-
red at Fremont.
The Doane college lecture course
opened at Crete with an address by
DR.. d. f. Fox of Chicago.
Fifteen divorce cases are on the
docket of the district court of Gage
county to be disposed of.
Joseph Geissel, a young man, is
wanted at Tecumseh on the charge
of forgery. He has fed the country.
Fire destroyed the large barn Of
John Boatman, A. r. Cases barn and
several other smaller buildings in
Sterling.
George futile, former resident OF
Gage county, was shot and killed i'll
Colorado last week. The shooting
was the result of an old feud.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Williams of Peru
celebrated their golden wedding. A
large number of their friends and rel
atives were invited to celebrate the
event.
L. j. Burkett has filed a statement
with the secretary of state certifying
that he spent s425 during the last
campaign to get his third term in con.
gress. This he gave to the state COM
mittee.
At a recent meeting of the school
officers of Dodge county the PROPOSE.
ton of appointing county truant Off
Ger was discussed. The proposition
was left to the decision of the direc.
tors.
f. r. ingalls,, Long Pine jeweler,
has mysteriously disappeared. His wife
died a week ago. He bought razor
Wednesday. Suicide is feared. He
tried it once. Searching parties are
working.
The faculty of the State Normal
school at Peru has adopted appro.
pirate resolutions regarding the death
of Miss Bertha Knight, a teacher in
the Lincoln school at Omaha. who
graduated at the Normal last June.
The state banking board rejected
the applications for license of the Con.
tinental Finance company of Chicago
and the Cooperative Home Purchas-
ing company of Omaha. The latter
company claims to ne operated for the
benefit of the colored citizens of Ne.
| braska.
In a game of base ball between
Chadron and Crawford, Harry Ketch
am of Crawford was seriously if not
fatally injured. He had his shoulder
dislocated and received internal in
| juries, the effect of which cannot yet
be determined. Harry is a son of Ed
itor Ketcham of the Crawford Tribune
is fine young man and universally
| liked.
In York county some of the country
schools have declared vacations for pc
RODS ranging from two to four weeks.
The object of the vacation is to give
| the boys a chance to don husking
pegs. The school law makes it i'm
perative to take some such step as
this. According to the wording of the
law, the boys cannot be kept out of
school in any other way, as the
amount of attendance required dur
ing the term must be consecutive.
Printed orders have been issued by
the Union Pacific instructing it's ticket
agents to accept no more signatures
with fountain pens or ink furnished by
passengers in purchasing transporta-
ton. This rule has become necessary
owing to the ease with which forgeries
were accomplished by the use of inks.
Here after the company will furnish
a brand of ink which the travelling
public cannot use excepting under the
direction Of the agent who sells the
| ticket.
Ed Johnson's hardware store at
Clarks was entered and about SIS
worth of knives and razors were stol-
en-. Before noon Frank Avery alias
| Gussie Mills, was arrested and charg-
ed with being the guilty party
Mrs. Richard Gould appealed to Gov
ernor Mickey to parole her husband
from the penitentiary and the case has
been taken under advisement. Rev.
Gould was convicted of running away
with 15-year-old girl, Eva Flint of
Central City, and living with her in
South Dakota. The wife told the gov
lHul size H66ueu HeI uuSDdIu
at home to help take care of their
five children, for whom she has been
making a living since her husbands
conviction.
Northern Nebraska is suffering from
an epidemic of typhoid fever, which
is serious TO a degree, and the lives
that are taken every day roll up to an
astounding list of people. Just what
is the cause of the illness has not
been determined, as the fall has been
dry and warm. In Norfolk it is claim
ed by some that the disease is due to
the standpipe, which is unscreened at
the top, 1t is claimed that there are
several bushels of dead birds in the
bottom of the pipe.
1t is quite likely that Peter Kuhn.
wanted in Beatrice on the charge of
forgery, will not be brought back from
Kansas City, as Fritz KEGS, on whom
he passed a forged check for $75, re-
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