Nebraska flour brands under probe amid weight disputes
Nebraska millers face prosecutions for falsely branding net weights of flour in sacks. Brown Milling Co of Fremont fined 50 dollars plus costs 61.85 total. Wilber mills fined 50 dollars plus costs. Net weight must be exact. no required sack weight. Immigrant cholera watch announced as arrivals bound for Nebraska. Railroad company files articles of incorporation for Omaha to Sioux City line with branches and multi‑power propulsion.
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State Food Commission
Nebraska
Brown Milling Company
Fremont
Wilber Mills
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Wilber Company
Board of Health
Italy
Russia
BE. A. Carr
State Medical Board
United States
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Nebraska Board
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Sioux City
Douglas
Washington
Burt
Thurston
Dakota Counties
Missouri River
Weather Report Says Cool Week Keeps Corn Safe
Omaha July 25 The weekly Burlington report shows a cool week with below average mean temperatures and limited moisture. Corn progressed well east of Wymore Crete and Seward while dry areas saw just fair or unchanged conditions. Overall no serious damage or crawshopper reports across divisions. Omaha division fair and McCook improved from prior week.
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Omaha
Burlington General
Wymore
Crete
Seward
Lincoln
McCook
Flood situation improves in Beatrice Nebraska
Beatrice Nebraska July 25 The flood situation here is much improved and conditions are slowly returning to normal. Burlington and Union Pacific trains reach Lincoln but no service east or south for several days due to washouts. Rock Island runs to Fairbury while the line to Virginia remains out. Work crews repair tracks and road beds and the electric plant resumes operation.
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Beatrice
Neb
Burlington
Union Pacific
Lincoln
Rock Island
Fairbury
Here
Virginia
Prairie game populations swell in Nebraska believes state warden
State Game Warden Miller reports a surge in prairie chickens quails and rabbits across Nebraska. He links drought cleared June weather and few hail storms to higher survival of young wildlife aided by a grasshopper increase especially in the western regions feeding and fattening the birds.
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Miller
Nebraska
Warden Miller
Miller seeks divorce and damages from neighbor Leonard
Thomas H. Miller of near Anselmo files for divorce and 15000 dollars damages against neighbor William Leonard. Miller accuses Leonard of alienating Mrs Miller's affections. They married in Kalamazoo seven years ago and have a five year old son. Mrs Miller is said to be in Kalamazoo after leaving last month. Leonard expected to contest the suit.
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Thomas H. Miller
Anselmo
William Leonard
Mr. Miller
Kalamaszoo
Egg famine hits Callaway market over candying rule
Callaway faces egg shortage as farmers refuse to bring eggs to market after an inspector mandates candling and candying. Officials report only a fraction of eggs pass inspection. one merchant saved eggs for two days and found only two of eight would pass.
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Callaway
Contempt Case Dismissed in Auburn Custody Fight
In Auburn Nebraska on July 25 J F Cole dismissed contempt proceedings against Florence R Cole over her nine year old son remaining at her home after custody was awarded to J F Cole An order allowed Cole to take the boy to Oklahoma to wean him from his mother as part of the divorce action
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Auburn
Neb
Florence R. Cole
J. F. Cole
Cole
Oklahoma
Primary ballots may leave blanks for write-in candidates
Attorney General Grant Martin indicates blanks may be left on the primary ballot to allow write-in names. He also supports printing the office name with blank space beneath when no nominees exist, and holds that write-in votes should be canvassed. Typhoid at Beatrice asylum worsens with 26 cases, four inmates and several attendants ill, Dr. Thomas's condition doubtful. Senator Brown may attend the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln in September if schedule permits.
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Grant Martin
Martin
Beatrice
Thomas
Wilson
Washington
Brown
Secretary of Agriculture
Lincoln
Carson Succeeds Poulson in Antl Saloon League
Carson is appointed head of the Antl Saloon League after the resignation of M. S. Poulson. The headquarters committee made the selection to lead the organization.
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HW OF. Carson
M. S. Poulson
The
Ant! Saloon League
All Wheat Records Broken at Omaha Grain Exchange
A heavier movement of grains flowed through the Omaha Grain Exchange than in any prior week, marking a historic peak in trading activity and volumes for wheat.
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Omaha Exchange
Omaha Grain Exchange
Postmaster Paug Fined in Fire Hose Incident
Postmaster Hollingsworth of Beat Rice paid a $5 fine and costs after driving over a fire hose during a fire incident.
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Paug
Hollingsworth
Beatrice
Blue Hill Man Killed by Freight Train
George Mague of Blue Hill was killed while crossing railroad tracks by a freight train. The fatal accident occurred at the crossing, with authorities reporting the train as the cause.
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Blue Hill
George Mague
Baptists Meet in York This October
The Nebraska Baptist state convention will be held in York during the second week of October. The gathering will bring together Baptist congregations from across the state for meetings and activities.
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York
Nebraska Baptist State Convention
Fight at Juarez Ends With One Dead Two Wounded
A clash in Juarez between Insurgent soldiers and city police after an argument between Carillo Hernandez and Dolores Martinez left Hernandez dead, Martinez wounded, and another insurgent, Palo Lome, shot in the stomach and likely to die. General Blanco restored order as about fifty shots were fired.
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Juarez
Mex
Carillo Hernandez
Insurrecto
Dolores Martinez
Martinez
Hernandez
Blanco
Palo Lome
Farm values are doubled in Census Bureau statistics
The Census Bureau reports dramatic 1900 to 1910 increases in farm value across land buildings and implements. Total farm land value rose from 12.05 billion to 28.38 billion, with total farm values up to 35.86 billion. Farm numbers grew 11 percent to 6.34 million. average land value per acre more than doubled.
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Census Bureau
United States
Cancer War Progress Slow Report on Failure of Methods
An imperial cancer research committee meeting in London reports slow progress in lab work against cancer. Sir William Selby Church notes that methods to prevent implantation were tested on mice with spontaneous cancer and showed no evidence to hinder growth, spread, or recurrence after primary tumor removal.
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Mperial Cancer Research Committee
London
William Selby Church
Royal Society of Medicine
Stimson Inspects Panama Canal Locks Mission
Secretary of War Stimson and Brigadier General Clarence Edwards inspect Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks and Pacific terminal at Panama Canal. They witness an underwater explosion using 6 000 pounds of dynamite to blast rock beds.
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Stimson
Panama Canal
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Pedro Miguel and
Miraflorea Locks
Pacific Terminal
Exiled Persian shah returns to reclaim throne
Mohammed Ali, once shah of Persia, has returned from Russia to seize the throne. He lands at Gamesh Tepe on the Caspian coast near the Russian border, risking his pension of 882.500 yearly.
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Mohammed Ali
Shah of
Persia
Russia
Gamesh Tepe
Caspian Sea
Smelter Trust Probe Dropped in New York
The investigation into the American Smelting and Refining Company over possible Sherman antitrust violations has been dropped. District Attorney Wise said he examined the complaints and found no foundation for them.
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New York
American Smelting and Refining Company
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