Bryan Draws 2000 to Valentine Religious Addresses
W. J. Bryan spoke twice in Valentine Nebraska drawing nearly two thousand villagers ranchmen and cowboys from a hundred miles around for a two part religious service. He opened with The Prince of Peace and later spoke on Sign of the Times in a large tent with J Robert Beale and C B Connell coordinating the event.
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Valentine
Jane
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
A. M. Morrissey
Denver
J. Robert Beale
The
Presbyterian
C. BE. Connell
Methodist Church
Bryan
Prince of Peace
Times
Railroad Employes Protest Reduction in Freight Rates
About 75 railroad employees testified before the estate railway commission in Lincoln on May 29 protesting any cut in freight rates. Former Rep. George Anderson cited Burlington Nebraska losses of 261580 under the Aldrich law, noting 18190 workers were discharged nationwide and Havelock payroll fell 15000. A dispute between Williams and Mecomber ended with the chair quieting the exchange.
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Lincoln
Estate Railway Commission
George Anderson
Havelock
Burlington Road
Nebraska
Tis
Williams
Mecomber
Grand Island
Winnett
Anderson
Mecember
State Journal
Veteran Fifer Dies During Memorial Day Ceremony
W Allen of Geneva, a weary veteran who traveled from Geneva to Minden for Memorial Day, collapsed while playing the Dead March and died shortly after. He was frail and refused a seat, continuing to perform before suffering pains at the cemetery. He leaves a wife and three daughters. burial was planned for Geneva.
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Minden
Neb
W. Allen
Geneva
Allen
Bla
Warden Fined After Bayou Fishing Near Hebron
In Hebron Nebraska on June 1 Deputy Game Warden Fred Magrew and fourteen residents fished a Little Blue bayou taking advantage of high water. State Game Warden E Hunger from Lincoln interrupted the activity and fined the local warden $25 plus costs and four others $5 each plus costs.
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Hebron
Neb
Fred Magrew
E. Hunger
Lincoln
Farmer Dies After Failing Illusion End of World
Jacob Crocker, a well to do farmer from ten miles southwest of McCook Nebraska, leaped headfirst into an abandoned 150 foot well and was killed instantly. He left a wife and seven children. Authorities say he had a hallucination that the world was about to end.
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McCook
Neb
Jacob Crocker
Blue River Flood Washes Out Rail Line Section
Beatrice Nebraska May 30 a river rise of eight feet floods the country between Beatrice and Barneston. Seven hundred feet of Union Pacific track washed out between Barneston and Oketo and the line under water for miles between Oketo and Manhattan Kansas.
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Blue River
Beatrice
Neb
Here
Barneston
Union Pacific
Oketo
Manhattan
Kan
Hog cholera cure hailed as promising discovery
Dr. A T Peters of Lincoln says a hog cholera cure exists if treatment begins early. The Nebraska veterinary leader noted the serum could be distributed if state funds are approved. The cure uses infected blood into a healthy animal plus immune serum, enabling vaccine development through natural blood methods.
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Omaha
A. T. Peters
Lincoln
Department of
University of Nebraska
Petera
Ames
Noeraska
Peters
N. Dorsett
Bureauu of Animal Industry
Washington
Iowa
Railroads See Increased Valuations By State Board
The Nebraska state board of assessment raised Union Pacific by 583000 and Burlington by 720870, keeping other railroads at 1907 levels. Total railroad valuation reached 266814799. Governor Sheldon and Secretary of State Junkin urged larger raises, but three others overruled them. Burlington rise centered on Ashland and Sioux City branch. Union Pacific increase on Central City and O Ballen branches.
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Lincoln
State Board of Assessment
Union Pacific
Burlington
Sheldon
Junkin
Eaton
Searle
Brian
Ashland
Sioux City
Central City
O'Ballen
Citizens' Company Loses Lincoln Franchise
The U S appeals court in St Paul set aside the sale of Lincoln’s old Home Street Railway to Citizens' Company, depriving Citizens' of the street-use franchise. The ruling cites a defect in sale confirmation, implying possible stockholder interference and further legal steps.
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Citizens’ Company
Lincoln
United States Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Old Home Street Railway Company
Citizens’ Company of
Citizens
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Old Home Company
England list of unsettled claims reaches Nebraska
Uncetiied English Estates Lincoln May 29 H C Lindsay clerk of the supreme court receives the London Gazette with a letter from Church Howe American consul at Manchester. Howe is weary of Nebraskans seeking vast estates in England and sends the Gazette containing unsettled chan cery claims to be filed in the state drary. Some cases began as far back as 1726.
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Lincoln
H. C. Lindsay
Supreme Court
London Gazette
Church Howe
Manchester
Howe
England
Gazette
Nebraska wins track meet over Minnesota by wide margin
Lincoln May Nebraska captured the track and field meet from Minnesota by 84 points to 28. McDonald set two state records and tied another by lowering times in the 120 yard and 220 yard hurdles. Wildman equalled the 220 yard hurdles record as Nebraska secured twelve firsts and eight seconds across fourteen events.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Minnesota
McDonald
Wildman
Pardon Plea Filed for Crigger in Lincoln June 2
Governor Sheldon received a Knoxville Tennessee petition from citizens including Sheriff Reeder asking clemency for Albert Crigger who is serving two and a half years in the Nebraska penitentiary for horse stealing. The plea cites Crigger's dependent aged parents his good prior record and that associates led him into crime.
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Crigger
Lincoln
Sheldon
Knoxville
Tenn
Reeder
Albert Crigger
Nebraska Penitentiary
Supreme Court Orders Costs in Nebraska Lumber Case
The Nebraska Supreme Court has issued its order in the state against the Nebraska Lumber Dealers' Association case. It taxes the cost to the defendants enjoined, estimated at about $2,500, with the opinion drawing satisfaction from both sides.
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Lincoln
Supreme Court
Nebraska Lumber Dealers’ Association
James K. Jones Dies in Washington at 69
Former senator James Kimbrough Jones of Arkansas dies at his Washington residence after a brief illness. A Confederate veteran, he served in the Senate from 1886 to 1903 and chaired the Democratic National Committee during the Bryan campaigns of 1896 and 1900, retiring in 1908.
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Democratic National Committee
Washington
J. K. Jones
Arkansas
Senate
Bryan
Kelina
Mississippi
James Kimbrough Jones
Forty Seventh
James 8. Walker
United States Senate
Jones
Committee
National Democratic Committee
Indictments Hit Southern Pacific in Rebating Probe
A Los Angeles grand jury issued many indictments including three against Southern Pacific for alleged rebating in Sherman Antitrust cases. Twenty nine counts allege unlawful refunds to customers on shipments of oranges and lemons from Riverside to the east, rice from San Francisco to Chinese merchants, and hides from Texas and Arizona to Los Angeles. Additional indictments target land frauds in Imperial Valley San Diego County and dummy entrymen filings under the desert land act.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Riverside
San Francisco
Texas
Arizona
Imperial Valley
San Diego County
Receivers Appointed for Wabash Pittsburg Line
Judge J S Young ordered receivers for the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Gould line after failure to meet 590000 interest due next Monday on first mortgage bonds. Henry W McMantern and Francis H Skelding named receivers. bond set at 100000 by American Surety. Court orders keep operations ongoing to serve interests, pay employees, taxes, and suppliers.
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J. S Young
Circuit Court
Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal
Pittsburg
Henry W. McMantern
Webash-Pittsburg
Francis H. Skelding
First National Bank of
American Surety Company of
New York
Wabash Railroad Company
James Beales
Arthur J. Shores
T. L. Chadbourne
New York City
Willis T. McCook
Terminal Company
Celt Wins Brooklyn Handicap At Gravesend Racecourse
Cel t, a three year old colt owned by James R. Keene, won the Brooklyn handicap before about 25000 fans at Gravesend. He set a new record for the one mile and a quarter distance with a time of 2 041 6, Fair Play ran second and Master Robert third.
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Celt
Brooklyn
Cell
James R. Keene
Gravesend Racetrack
Fair Play
Master Robert
89 Chinese Prisoners Drowned on Amur River Barge
A large barge carrying Chinese prisoners capsized in the Amur river 89 people drowned. The disaster prompted rescue efforts and official inquiries into the incident.
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Amur
Watermelon Origins Africa Claims Original Home
Detroit News-Tribune observes that watermelons originated in Africa with long cultivation there. It counters stereotypes linking African taste to southern U S. culture, noting central plains of Africa and Nile Valley as early sources, and Egyptian wall art showing large watermelons.
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Africa
Great Central Plaina
Egypt
Nile
Missour
Leraelles
Beypt
Asia
Central
South Africa
Central Africa
Detroit News-Tribune
Hornet Sentinels at the Gate Observed by Dr. McCook
In Harper's Magazine Dr. H. C. McCook reports hornets guarding their nest with alert workers at the gate. Loud noises do not deter them, but even a small window jar prompts a swift, angry response as they defend their home. Night patrols persist, lending a sentinel image to the insect community.
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Ant Billa
Walla
H. C. McCook
Harper’s Magazine
Repentant Shop Clerk Fails To Match Old Muff
The brown eyed girl recalls a shop incident where Fido damaged a muff and clerks fail to find a matching gray fur. A pushy proprietor dismisses her, asking what is wrong with the new muff, in a sharply patronizing tone.
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Fido
New York
Michelangelo Master of Brush and Chisel
The New York American extols Michelangelo in both painting and sculpture. It highlights the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel as a supreme work and praises Moses and the Slaves as among his finest sculpture.
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Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
Moses
New York American
Danube River German Name Guess Lesson Exchange
A classroom exchange centers on naming the Danube in German. Teacher confirms Freddy’s correct answer after Freddy and Donna discuss the lesson, with Freddy surprised but silent during the exchange.
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Freddy Wrangle
Danube
Freddy
Donna
Jolting the Grandad
A fond grandfather and father admire a new baby and trade playful jabs about intelligence and age. The grandfather boasts the child’s sharpness compared to the father’s youth, while the father retorts with humor about his own brilliance.
A Mere Painting Not Hat but Picture Stolen Gainsborough
A playful exchange notes that the claimed stolen Gainsborough was not a hat but a painting. Dialogue shows misunderstanding between a wife and husband about the artwork’s value and identity. The item is identified as a Gainsborough painting rather than headwear.
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Gainsborough
Faith Principle Strikes From Mankind History
A quotation from Lytton asserts that without faith, mankind would lack history, likening people to a flock of sheep and suggesting belief anchors recorded human endeavors.
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Lytton
Proverb Reflects On Honest Effort And Struggle
The short Chinese saying notes that meaningful work rarely comes easily. It emphasizes perseverance and diligence as prerequisites for valuable outcomes.
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German Ins. Co
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