Nebraska Grain and Mineral Output Tie for 1908 Value
A Nebraska analysis from the U S Geological Survey compares 1908 mineral outputs with farm values. Gold and silver total $122 61 million, copper $124 42 million, while Nebraska corn and wheat value $126 57 million and livestock and crops exceed or approach total crop and production values. Coal and iron ore figures emphasize coal nearing the combined value of crops, livestock, and manufactured goods statewide.
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Nebraska
Omaha
United States Geological Survey
Ecorn
Pennsylvania
Nebraaka
Hurry Bridge to Beat Ice Near Columbus
Work on the new double track bridge west of Columbus drives 160 workers through a winter on the concrete foundations. The project aims to finish before Loup River ice breaks up, with a week more on foundations and ten days to lay piers, as spans slide into place and traffic delays exceed four hours per span.
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Columbus
Neb
Union Pacific
Loup
Nebraska
Gardiner files complaint against Lowry over soldier drinking
Lincoln January 17 Colonel Gardiner commander of the Sixteenth Infantry reports Fort Crook soldiers were supplied intoxicating liquors and found drunk in barracks. He name drops Lowry who runs rooms linked to a brewing plant and sold intoxicants to soldiers contrary to law. Governor Shallenberger orders county attorney to investigate and prosectute under the law.
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Lincoln
Fort Crook
Shallenberger
Gardiner
Sixteenth Infantry
Lowry
Bhallenberger
Quarantine Delays Neff Trial in Sterling Case
Tecumah Neb Jan 17 The state case against Dr J G Neff of Sterling on a charge involving his daughter cannot be tried today due to quarantine at Geneva Industrial School for scarlet fever. Miss Lora Neff cannot leave the institution, postponing the district court trial.
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Neff
Tecumach
Neb
J. G. Neff
Sterling
Johnson County
Lora Neff
Geneva Industrial School
Miss Neff
New Jersey Declares Pride as a Corporation State
New Jersey officials, led by Governor Fort Agserta, tout the state as a corporation state during a New York Traffic club address. He argues the 1840s era act laid the groundwork for modern enterprise and stresses the need to define corporate power limits while embracing corporations as a key economic force.
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Fort Agserta
New York
Liberals Retain Control in War of Tariff Reform
London reports the general election results with Unionists 43, Liberals 37, Labourites 6, Nationalists 5. Gains show Unionists up 18 and Liberals up 8 while Labour gains are modest. Neither side gains a commanding position as Whirls forecast to keep government with a reduced majority.
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London
Wason
Lords
House of Lords
Campaign to Lessen Race Waste Aims at Infant Health
The American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality opened permanent headquarters at the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty building in Baltimore and launched a national drive. The group seeks to prevent race waste by giving babies a better start, arguing each infant is a citizen of the future with potential for healthy manhood and womanhood.
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Baltimore
American Association For the Study
New Haven
Medical and Chirurgical
More Money for Missions Vote In New York Churches
Five thousand laymen from nearly all Protestant churches in New York city voted unanimously at a Hippodrome mass meeting to raise foreign mission offerings by 225000 in the next year. Nineteen cities have already pledged 1750000 for missions.
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New York
Hippodrome
Land Opened for Homestead Entry Along Columbia River
Washington January 17 twenty thousand acres of land along the Columbia river about 190 miles east of Portland Oregon in the third unit of the Umatilla Irrigation project will be thrown open to homestead entry at 9 o'clock February 10. The announcement came from the secretary of the interior.
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Washington
Columbia River
Portland
Ore
Umatilla
Oregon
Secretary of the Interior
Taft Grants Pardon to Flathead Indian William Des Champs
President Taft pardons William Des Champs of Flathead Montana due to ill health. Des Champs had been convicted of introducing liquor on an Indian reservation and sentenced to sixty days in jail plus a fine.
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Washington
Taft
William Deschamps
Mont
Diekema Seeks Speaker Post as Cannon Succession
Washington January 17 Representative G J Diekema of Michigan declares candidacy for speaker of the house to succeed Joseph Cannon when the Sixty second congress is organized.
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Diekema
Washington
G. J. Diekema
Michigan
Cannon
Harvester Trust to distribute 20 million in stock
New York Jan 1 Another moon of large proportions the distribution of 20 000 000 in common stock is to be given the stockholders of the International Harvester company.
Death on Sleigh Ride Claims Wabash Social Member
Mrs. George Daugherty, a member of a prominent Wabash county family, was killed in a sleigh accident when she was thrown from the sleigh while entering the city of Wabash Indiana on January 17.
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Wabash, Ind
George Daugherty
Wabash County
President Taft Outlines Waterways and Irrigation Plan
Taft calls for continued river improvements on the Ohio Mississippi and Missouri waters and a bond issue up to 39.6 million to finish western irrigation projects. He proposes federal control of water power sites and withdrawal of public lands from entry with final sale of timber lands and reclassifying forest lands.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Washington
Jay
Taft
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Cohen Held as Kidnapper After Elopement Case
Frederick Cohen was committed to county prison without bail for a further hearing on January 28 after a brief hearing on a kidnapping charge. Miss Roberta de Janon remains with her story of sole responsibility, under care in a private hospital apartment. Mrs. Julia Cohen, the deserted wife, shows some improvement after nervous collapse.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Cohen
Roberta de Janon
Cohen
Julia Cohen
Mae Wood Case Dropped In New York Court
Miss Mae C. Wood had forgery and perjury charges dismissed in general sessions court and was discharged from custody. She had been indicted in 1907 after suing former Senator Thomas C. Platt, whom she claimed was married to her in New York City.
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New York
Mae C. Wood
General Sessions
Miss Wood
Thomas C. Platt
Platt
Pittsburg Capitalists Indicted Over City Depository Choice
In Pittsburg on January 15 President EB Jennings and VP F A Griffin of Columbia National Bank along with Max G Leslie Charles Stewart and F F Nicola were arrested on warrants by District Attorney W A Blakeley for conspiring to secure the Columbia National Bank as the city depository.
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Pittsburg
EB. H. Jennings
F. A. Griffin
Columbia National Bank
Max G. Leslie
Charles Stewart
F. F. Nicola
W. A. Blakeley
Levee Debris After Ice Flood Hits St Louis Front
The Mississippi river front in St Louis showed a devastated scene as ice clogged the river and floodwaters rose from 22 to 31.9 feet before breaking. In three hours the level fell over five feet leaving levees and shores strewn with wreckage. Property losses are expected to exceed 200000 dollars.
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St. Louis
St. Lowie
Fifty-Six Hour Law Triggers Strikes in Massachusetts Mills
The fifty six hour work week law has sparked labor unrest in Massachusetts with strikes this week at Slater mill MitchLarg North Adams Print Works and other local plants.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Slater Mills
MitchLarg
North Adams
White Slave Jury Indicts Reported by Rockefeller Grand Jury
In New York on January 15 the Rockefeller grand jury investigating the white slave traffic returned two indictments. The jurors focus on alleged trafficking cases and related criminal acts. Authorities pursue further prosecutions and reforms in the case.
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New York
Rockefeller Grand Jury
Senator Clay Improves After Hospital Stay
Atlanta January 17 Senator A. B. Clay has been in a local sanitarium for the last two weeks and is much improved according to family and physicians.
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Clay
Atlanta
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