Dr Leonard J Behneider Dies of Poliomylitis at 28
Omaha reports the death of Dr Leonard J Behneider from poliomylitis at General Hospital after a week of illness described as a nervous breakdown. He was twenty eight and survived by a wife, three brothers including Dr A B Schneider of Chicago and two sisters. The case reflects the recent poliomyelitis outbreak troubling physicians in the territory.
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Omaha
Leonard J. Behneider
General Hospital
Schneider
Chicago
Otto and
Charles Schneider
Nebraska City
Paul Jessen
Mary Schneider
Dunn Purges Contempt, Restored as Omaha Attorney
Lincoln Nebraska December 24 J Dunn former assistant city attorney of Omaha apologized to the supreme court thereby purging contempt and being restored to all rights as attorney and counsellor before the state courts A brief he assumed responsibility for was adjudged contemptuous weeks earlier and he was debarred Dunn had nominated W J Bryan at the last Democratic national convention.
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Lincoln
Neb
J. Dunn
Omaha
Supreme Court
Dunn
W. J. Bryan
Alfalfa promoter J Nelson found guilty of embezzlement
J Nelson once of Grand Island and promoter of the York Alfalfa Meal Mill was convicted of embezzling funds of the York plant. He received a five year penitentiary sentence after the jury verdict at York Nebraska on December 23. He had planned two additional alfalfa mill promotions in the state.
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J. Nelson
York
Neb
Grand Island
York Alfalfa Meal Company
York Alfalfa Meal Mill Company
Pioneer Engineer Teal Dies After Long Service
Stebbins A Teal one of the first engineers on the Union Pacific after the eastern end opened died at Waterloo Nebraska His death was sudden though he had been ill months He was a prominent railroad figure in the west for over a generation and for the last thirty years master mechanic for the Northwestern at Missouri Valley
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Omaha
Stebbins A. Teal
Union Pacific
Waterloo
Neb
West
Northwestern
Missouri Valley
Farmers Rush Grain to Omaha in Bad Weather
Farmers move grain to the Omaha market despite frozen roads and harsh weather. Small loads are hauled to railroad stations while prices remain attractive, driven by fears of a thaw and deteriorating road conditions.
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Omaha
Gage County Sunday School plans state convention dates
District officers in Beatrice Nebraska set the state convention for June 14 to 16 and formed a committee to secure option on three large city churches to host the event expected to draw over 1,000 delegates.
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Beatrice
Neb
Gage County Sunday School Association
Lincoln Faces Steam Coal Shortage Threat
Lincoln Nebraska, December 23. A shortage of steam coal threatens Lincoln as dealers report supply virtually exhausted and no new deliveries. If steam coal runs out, manufacturers must rely on the small domestic stock.
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Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb
Bride Weds in Court House Gown at Omaha Ceremony
Miss Jessie W. Gossett of Papillion wore her bridal dress in the county judge's private office at the court house in Omaha on December 23. Thompson, her fiancé, stood sentinel outside as she prepared to marry, while Mrs. Gossett kept watch nearby.
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Court House
Omaha
Jessie W. Gossett
Papillion
Thomas FE. Thompson
Postmaster Secor Reappointed in Madison Nebraska
Madison Neb Dec 24 Postmaster Secor received a telegram from Senator Brown stating he and Senator Burkett recommended reappointment as Madison postmaster. His name has been sent to the senate for confirmation. Secor is serving his eighth year in the office.
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Secor
Madison, Neb
Madison
Senator Brown
Senator Burkett
Senate
Sheriff arrests Jake Marshall for wife desertion in Pierce Nebraska
Sheriff Wiley arrested Jake Marshall at Foster on a wife desertion charge. Marshall had lived with his family on a farm near Foster until about two years ago when he left, around the same time his wife left John Marshall, a brother of the accused, for active home life.
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Pierce, Neb
Wiley
Foster
Jake Marshall
Marshall
John Marshall
Ac Lyt
Washington hears call to grow National Guard to 200000
Assistant Secretary of War Oliver told the House Military Affairs Committee that regular army officers favor doubling the National Guard. He said the War Department will implement the policy to build an efficient guard, aiming for a 200000 strength.
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Washington
National Guard
Oliver
House Committee On Military Affairs
Army
War Department
Czar Targeted by Bomb Plot Arrests in Moscow
Moscow secret police arrest six conspirators two women and four men from anarchist groups in Baskakov street hideout. Several bombs with high explosive found in cellar. The czar and czarina are due to arrive soon, linking to a recent St. Petersburg bombing that killed Colonel Karpoff, chief of police.
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Moscow
Secret Service
Czar
Cxarina
St. Petersburg
Karpoff
Secret Police
Baskakow Street
Record of United States charitable giving 1909 totals 141 million
Total public benefactions in the United States during the last twelve months reached 141,250,000 dollars, a record year. Major donors were John S. Kennedy of New York at 26,650,000, John D. Rockefeller at 12,825,000, and Andrew Carnegie at 6,056,511, with over a third of the total earmarked for educational work.
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New York
United States
John 8. Kennedy
John D
Sheldon Death Could Delay Insurance Company Inquiry
George P. Sheldon's death Saturday at his Greenwich home may delay the probes into his alleged salary overdraws as president of the Phenix Fire Insurance Co. Investigations will continue, with books from the Atlanta and Chicago offices to be examined and the district attorney's office to proceed.
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New York
George P. Sheldon
Greenwich
Conn
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Kiyn
Atlanta
Chicago
Trolley Car Crashes After Storm Drowns Two Crewmembers
A trolley car jumped a switch along the Naugatuck River in Seymour Connecticut during a storm and plunged down the bank. Motorman Fred Beard and Conductor Marcus Donovan were drowned in the vestibule. Five passengers escaped unharmed.
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Crown
Naugauthe River
Seymour
Conn
Fred Beard
Marcus Donovan
Judge Lurton Resigns to Join Supreme Court Vacancy
Judge Horace H. Lurton submitted his formal resignation from the United States circuit court to President Taft. The move clears the path to his possible appointment as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, succeeding the late Rufus W. Peckham.
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Cincinnati
Horace H. Lurton
Taft
United States Circuit Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Rufus W. Peckham
Pioneer Woman Susan Walt Hall Peck Dies at 76 in Denver
Denver December 27 Susan Walt hall Peck a renowned Colorado pioneer woman aged seventy six died in Denver She was born in Danville Illinois and came to Colorado from Charlton Iowa in 1860 in a covered wagon
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Denver
Susan Walthall Peck
Colorado
Danville
Ill
Chariton
Passenger Killa Miners in Snowstorm Accident
Shelburn Indiana December 27 a passenger train on the Evansville and Nashville railroad struck two Hungarian miners in a blind snowstorm killing them.
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Shelburn
Ind
Evaneville and
Nashville
Here
Miners Die in Burning Incident Near Harrison Va
Cumberland Md Dec 27 Three miners were burned to death near Harrison Va. Two other men who boarded at the same house are missing.
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Cumberland
Harrison
Louisville Fire Chief Cles Death Reported
Benjamin Bitton, chief of the Louisville fire department, died from injuries he sustained during a rapid response to a fire. The incident occurred in Louisville on the 27th.
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Louisville
Cles
Bee
Benjamin Bitton
Louisville Fire Department
Lang Defeats Fitzsimmons In Twelve Round Title Fight
Sydney reports Lang defeated Bob Fitzsimmons in the twelfth round of a scheduled twenty round boxing match held in Sydney. Fitzsimmons was the better known fighter entering the bout, but Lang secured the victory in the later stages of the contest.
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Sydney
Ni Lang
Bob Fitzsimmons
Land and labor unite for nations future in agriculture
The article argues for strong farming as national core, urging settlers to reclaim land, limit public land abuses, and expand farm schooling. It stresses soil as renewable wealth, farm prosperity as national wealth, and proposes model farm schools and agricultural science to boost output, with emphasis on population to land balance and rural training.
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United States
Europe
Agricultural College
Hill
Northwest
Safer Rail Travel Shows Record Passenger Safety
The Pennsylvanian Railroad reports no passenger deaths in the 12 months ending last December. Erie claims 125,000,000 passengers carried with no preventable deaths in five years. Lehigh Valley reports a similar safety record, while four western lines say they had no passenger deaths in the past year. The industry eyes England’s 12 month zero fatality standard as a new benchmark.
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Pennsylvanian Railroad
Erie Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Western
Burlington
Rock Island
Atchison
Northwestern
England
Pennsylvania
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