White Ribbon Emblem Spurs Temperance Resolve
A reminiscence on joining the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and wearing the white ribbon as a symbol of temperance. The speaker urges churches to be temperance societies and praises U S leaders cited as historical advocates, urging sustained moral action against intemperance.
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Abe
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Neadew
Mbsaionary Society
America
Fair World
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Sue Chapman
Palmetta
Remarkable Temperance Document in Support of Prohibition
A temperance piece argues that the liquor traffic weakens society by promoting crime and poverty. It cites W A Cord, the Western Christian Advocate, and Edward C Delavan for signatures urging total disuse of ardent spirits to improve virtue and happiness.
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W. A. Colcord
St. Louie
Jssue
Edward C. Delavan
South Ballstan
New York
Notable Exchange on Subscriptions Reveals Worried Women
An exchatee notes that many worried women in the seminar beyond the old saying about squeezing a dollar receive little attention. The remark follows a review of subscription totals and suggests neglect of female readers.
Nearby Town News Spark on Fair and Farming Updates
Sheridan county fair and garden county fair dates are noted with plan changes. Reports of horse disease scare in Scotts Bluff county prompt veterinary inquiry revealing deaths from various causes. A Sheridan county fruit farmer, James A. Sandoz, grows 700 plum bushes and many apples pears crab apples, inviting visits to his prosperous orchard.
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Sheridan, County Fair
Seiator Thornwall Andrew
Avatar
Nhot
Scotts Bluff County
Disnee
Couunry
Sheridan County
Alliotee
Rushville
Anles A. Sandoz
Alliance High School Long Distance Run Set For Saturday
Alliance High School boys compete in a four and a half mile race next Saturday at 2 30 p m. Start and finish at the First National Hawk corner with spectators urged to watch the start and finish and to follow in autos if possible weather permitting
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Alliance High School
Secretary Fisher Upheld In Religious Garb Indian School Case
President endorses revocation of Valentine order banning church insignia in government Indian schools. About 50 of 2,000 teachers wear religious garb. most avoid sectarian instruction as government assumes control of schools. Fisher letter backs no legal ban on wearing garb while serving.
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Washington
Piekers
Valentine
Vart
Interior Department
Holces
Vialentine
Tait
Fisher
Tart
Governmmnt Civil Service
3,000,000 Acres to Be Sold by U S Government
The United States government will begin public auctions to sell nearly 3,000,000 acres of Choctaw and Chickasaw lands. Proceeds go to per capita distribution for the tribes, with sales expected to finish by next June. The unslotted lands include about 500,000 acres, followed by 445,000 acres of surface coal and asphalt lands, and finally nearly 1,500,000 acres of timber lands reserved to fund per capita shares.
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McAlester
Qobkin
United States
Svuon
City to Open Jag Farm in Orange County New York
The New York city government selects the site for its jag farm. In early next month officials will acquire 1,105 acres in Orange county. Architects have drawn up building plans and construction will begin to permit occupancy of the Farm for Toebrietes in the spring.
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New York
Orange County
London nerve specialist remarks on dresses in America
Dr Alfred Jones of London told a Los Angeles fashion show that dress is shaping the lives of Americans more than malignant disease. He cited fashion as a dominant influence in daily life and health concerns.
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Los Angeles
Big Text
Alfred Jones
London
Probe of Milk Trust in Chicago Under Sherman Law
United States officials plan a thorough investigation into charges that Chicago milk prices are controlled by a combination in violation of the Sherman law. Attorney General Wickersham has sanctioned the probe and witnesses may be summoned before a federal grand jury. The case centers on farmers receiving 3 1/4 cents per quart while consumers pay 8 cents. The Niinols Milk Denders association is also to be scrutinized.
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Chicago
United States
Wickershar
Niinols Milk Deners’ Association
Killing spree ends in murder suicide at Webb City
In Webb City Missouri on September 23 miner William Ladenberg shot and killed his former wife Oliie Triplett and their six year old daughter before turning the revolver on himself. He survived briefly after the attempt to end his own life and collapsed nearby.
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Webb City
William Ladenberg
Oliie Triplett
Owrife Ladenberg
Lady Show You Leads National Egg Contest at Mountain Grove
A two year old White Plymouth Rock hen from Milleraville Illinois named Lady Show You tops 610 egg producers in a national contest at the Missouri state poultry station in Mountain Grove. Her ten month record is 237 eggs, ahead of a Barred Plymouth Rock hen with 216 eggs.
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St. Louis
Milleraville
Ill
Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station
Mountain Grove
Canada
Viva Orozco Arrives in Custody at El Paso Station
At El Paso Sept 23 crowds jeered as Colonel Pascual Orozco former Juarez military chief and father of the Mexican revolutionary leader arrived from Marfa Texas handcuffed to a smuggler in U S marshal custody. He told a crowd when taken to the county jail that the revolution would triumph.
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el Paso
Viva Orozco
Pascual Orozco
Juarez
Marfa
Tex
United States
Orozco
Murphy Estate Appraisal Values Nebraska Property at $2.39 Million
The New York surrogate records reveal the estate of the late Frank Murphy of Omaha valued at $97,000 in New York including several parcels of real estate. The Nebraska total reaches $2,387,187.
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New York
Peper
Frank Murphy
Omaha
Murphy
Nebraska
Wilson Rebuffs Roosevelt Claim on Wilson Policies
In Toneka September 23 Colonel Roosevelt praised the Buchanan of today as emblematic of the current U S industrial scene while charging Mr Wilson with distorting facts and presenting inverted truth about his positions and policies.
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Toneka
Wilson
Buchanan
United States
Roosevelt
Hiallans Victors Lose 200 in Italian Offensive
The nation war office reports a ten hour battle ending with Italian occupation of Zenveni's gateways. General Rogni notes Italian losses around 200 killed and wounded.
Is the Immigrant a Peril
A historical commentary argues that immigrant presence in the United States remains around 14 percent across centuries with fluctuations. It notes workers return home during low markets, alleviating labor congestion and contends immigrants seek opportunity rather than simple fortunes, reflecting on perceptions of peril.
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United States
America
Sources of Immigration and Peril of the Immigrant
The piece discusses immigrant origins from Germany Great Britain Ireland Scandinavia Austria Hungary Italy Russia and notes many immigrants return home or stay spending their money. It argues Americans shape new citizens guiding immigrants while warning that immigrant children may form the criminal classes. It frames the issue as neighborliness and questions how one would feel as a “problem.”
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Germany
Great
America
The Woman in Church Sermon and the Suffrage Debate
A dramatic poem spoken by Mrs Tommy Atkins mocks anti woman rhetoric and double standards. It contrasts hostile labels like vamp or nagging wife with calls to recognize women as moral helpers and worthy of equality and respect. The piece ends asserting women will reach heaven alongside men.
Sheep Die From Mysterious Disease in Gregory County
Sheep men in Gregory county report numerous deaths among their flocks from a mysterious disease. Sheep are said to be dying after feeding on weeds, causing great alarm among local shepherds in Sioux Falls.
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Sioux Falls
Gregory County
Britons and Russians to Divide Persia
London reports that Britain and Russia near a practical division of Persia after conferences between British statesman and Russian foreign minister Sergius Sazonoff.
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Persia
London
Great Britain
Aiasia
Sergius Sazonoff
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