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...gunman, Bass did not amount to much. His great claim to fame lay in his having taken a minor part in a train robbery at Big Springs, Neb. in 1877, and getting one-sixth of the $60,000 loot. He then led a gang, operating out of Denton, Tex. that held up four trains in a few weeks. The biggest haul, however, was only $1,280, to be divided among four men. Bass dodged Rangers and posses for a year, was betrayed by a spy in his gang, pinked while preparing to rob a bank at Round Rock...
...Lincoln, Neb...
...Lincoln, Neb., Henry Peter Reider, 37, chief preparator of the University of Nebraska's museum, found that the rib bones of a prehistoric rhinoceros gave off a mellow sound when struck, assembled a few, built a "bonophone." With the ribs placed on a wooden frame, insulated by strips of rubber and held in position by rubber bands, the bonophone resembles a xylophone, but has a softer, resonant tone. Tuning his instrument by orchestra bells, Preparator Reider likes to play Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing, Chopsticks, America...
...Omaha, Burlington, Union Pacific and Chicago & North Western Railroads explained to an Interstate Commerce Commissioner why they wished to buy Union Transfer Co., whose trucks run to North Platte, Neb. and the Twin Cities, for $150,000, develop it with some $450,000 more. In opposition, Keeshin, which also covers the territory, asserted the plan was not in the best public interest and that it was an attempt to smother competition...
...extra cots for its 600 female patrons. Popeyed, Omaha's citizenry gaped at the husky visitors, most of them over 30, who resolutely dropped the Mrs. from their names, gulped vast quantities of beer, sang their own bowling songs, whooped the Wahoo song in honor of nearby Wahoo, Neb. But what surprised Omaha most was to find that, aside from stenographers and salesgirls who sent ball after ball into the gutters, certain women could bowl as well as certain...