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Shooting
Affray
Ainsworth, Neb., May 25 - In a shooting
affray between George Crandall and Zack Alderman, Crandall was perhaps fatally
wounded. No reason is assigned, except that Alderman was drunk and having a good
time generally. There is strong talk of lynching.
The Bismarck Tribune, June 1,
1883
Contributed
and transcribed by: Amanda Jowers
Preacher Held for Assault
Special Dispatch to the World Herald
Sidney, Nebraska, July 15. -- Sheriff Ira M. Reed of Brown County, Nebraska, passed through here today with the Rev. George W. Gregory, a former Methodist clergyman of Johnstown, Nebraska, whom he arrested at Wamsutter, Wyoming, charged with an attack upon three different girls under 15 years of age.
Gregory has a wife and three children and is 40 years old.
Evening World Herald: Monday, July 16, 1917
Ainsworth Brevities 
C. A.
Barns of Woodlake, Neb.,
is visiting friends here.
Mrs.
N. Blue returned last week from Chadron, where she has been visiting friends
for a month.
Dr.
Farleigh and son of Johnstown were
in town last week.
Miss
Anna I. Miller spent Sunday in the country, the guest of Miss Maud Carpenter.
Mrs.
W. H. Pierce of Bonesteel, S. D., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. N. S. Rippy.
The
first fight of the season occurred Monday between A. J. Warreck and B. Sweet.
It was a draw.
Omaha
World Herald – 2 Aug. 1897
Transcribed and contributed by: Dan Zwakman
Ainsworth Brevities
The Brown County agricultural fair will be held at Ainsworth September 30 to
October 2. D. D. Carpenter, president; G. Miles, secretary.
The
town council is putting in a pump and wind mill to take the place of the steam
engine to furnish water for the town.
Henry
Reuby, who has been at Sturgis, N.D.,
for the last year, returned here with his family last week, and says Brown
County is good enough for him.
S.
Atkinson of Little Rock, Ia.,
has been spending the last week in town, looking after some real estate in
Brown County.
The
most of the old soldiers here attended the reunion at Bassett July 15, 16 and
17.
Omaha
World Herald - 19 July 1897
Transcribed and contributed by: Dan Zwakman
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