President Roosevelt Meets Delegates At White House
Delegates from the National Railway Association press a session in Washington with President Roosevelt. He praises railroad men for heroism, hardihood, and willingness to take responsibility, and notes close ties to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. The Society of Railway Financial Officers also convenes to discuss wages and drafts for rails employees.
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National Railway
Washington
Roosevelt
Railw Association
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Heroe
Hardihood
Morey
Society of Railway Financial Officers
United States
New York Suffrage Action Seeks Voter Registration
Mrs Julia Seton Sears seeks to register in New York claiming Colorado voting rights. Miss Mary Coleman of a law firm secured an order from Justice Blanchard directing the elections bureau to show cause why mandamus should not compel placing Sears on the voter roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thorsday
Mary Coleman
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Bureau of Elections
Julia Seton Sears
Sears
Miss Coleman
Colorado
Mies Coleman
Chinese Japanese Clash Sparks Frontline Tensions
Reports claim a clash between Chinese and Japanese troops in Korea’s Ka area sparked injuries and threats to peace. The Chinese war office faces orders on pursuit and frontier action. The Japanese air Japanese forces deny aggression and seek government clarity.
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China
Japan
Kantad
Korea
Enen
Chinese War Office
Gov Sree
Pekin
Sttyatier de Beeen Tsusuie & Lerioun
German Balloon Bushley Drops in the North Sea
News from Berlin reports the German balloon Bushley crashed in the North Sea on Wednesday morning during an international race. Two men on board were rescued by a passing steamer. the other two airships remain missing with three days no contact. Ten men involved in the series of accidents escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bushley
North Sea
Creamer
Moe
Recall of Monduras minister to the United States announced
The Monduran minister Dr Angel Ugarte was relieved of duties after a Thursday call on Secretary Root and will travel to Mexico to represent his country. Dr Lazo Arriaga, brother of a former Guatemalan minister to the United States, will succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homluras
Angel Ugarte
Monduras
United States
Root
Mexico
Lazo Arriaga
Cattlemen Approve $50,000 For Hereford Breed Boost
Fifty thousand dollars was appropriated in Kansas City on Thursday by the American Hereford Cattle Breeders' association to advance the interests of that breed in the United States. A three member board was named to expend the funds as they see fit.
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Kansas City
American Hereford Cattle Brewers’ Association
United States
Mann Indicted for Murder of Frances G Thompson
A grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment charging Luman Mann with the murder of Frances G Thompson. Mann surrendered to authorities following the indictment.
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Mann
Luman
Frances G. Thompson
Chicago
Grain Dealers Convene in St Louis Annual Convention
National Grain Dealers association holds its twelfth annual convention in St. Louis drawing about 1,000 delegates on Thursday. The gathering focused on market issues and industry resolutions shaping grain trade practices.
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St. Louis
Aesects
Ion
Tor & Resalon
Delogates
Japanese Fleet Sighted Near Kyushu After Manila Passage
A fleet of Japanese ships was sighted maneuvering southeast of Kyushu after leaving Manila for Yokohama on October 10. The American battleship fleet followed the route, tracing a path toward the region near the imioet point of Japan.
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Japan
Feet
Manila
Yokohama
Kiushu
Imioet
Sioux City Live Stock Market Thursday Quotations
Sioux City live stock market quotes for Thursday show steer beef at 14.25 per hundredweight and top hogs at 86.70 per hundredweight. Prices reflect market activity in Aiouy City.
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Sioux City
Aiouy City
Lve
Tr Beeves
Six Killed in Dynamite Quarry Explosion Near Fort Collins
Six people died and six more were injured in a dynamite explosion at the Ingleside lime lime quarry sixteen miles north west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Fires rage across Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan as hundreds battle blazes in timber regions.
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Ingleside
Fort Collins
Calo
Puresia
Thuber
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michicas
Pushing Work in Panama J H Collins Returns After Inquiry
J H Collins completes a fourteen month investigation along the canal zone into allegations against Canal Commission officials. He declines to speak before submitting the report. He notes last month saw record money sent to workers, finds them healthy and fond of outdoor sports, and observes a decline in gambling and drinking with saloons and gambling houses closing in Colon and Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Collins
Canal
Canal Commission
Colon
Washington
Collins
Panama
White wife accuses Indian ex-Carlisle athlete of bigamy
Hazel Moran of St Louis says she married Henry Standing Bear a Carlisle alumnus and former football star in May and traveled to London with him to interpret for exhibitions at the Crystal Palace. Moran alleges Bear has a Sioux wife and three children at Pine Tree and he was held for a hearing next Monday.
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Henry Standing Bear
Carlisle Indian
Carlisle
New York
Hazel M. Moran
St. Louis
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Miss Moran
Bear
London
Crystal Palace
Mise Moran
Pine Tree
Ball
Concord Area Assault Stuns Community As Citywide Posse Captures Suspect
A 16 year old girl, Pearl Tucker, reports being assaulted by a Black man in woods near Concord, North Carolina. He allegedly pointed a pistol at her head until a posse of 549 citizens formed and captured the suspect about an hour after the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Tucker
Concord
N. C
First Volunteer Rand Dies at 70 in Washington
Charles Franklin Rand the first volunteer to enlist after Lincoln's call and the first to receive a congressional Medal of Honor for bravery died in Washington D C at age 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Franklin Rand
Lincoln
Congress
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt Meets New Artist for 1880 Harvard Portrait
President Roosevelt received artist Jose DeCamp on Wednesday and arranged sittings for a portrait of the president to be painted for the Harvard class of 1880, from which Roosevelt graduated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose DeCamp
DeCamp
Harvard
Mr. Roosevelt
Army Major Tucker Arrested for Desertion in Decatur
Maj. William F. Tucker quarter master general of the United States Army was taken into custody by Chicago police on a Wabash train at Decatur Illinois. He faces charges of deserting his wife, daughter of the late Gen. John A Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Tucker
United States Army
Decatur
Chicago
John A. Logan
Robber Killed in Battle at Santo Texas
In Santo Texas a clash between officers and robbers from Gordon resulted in one band member killed and another wounded after alleged store robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo
Tex
Gordon, Tex
Lodge Men Call on President at White House
About 100 delegates of the Golden Eye lodge called on President Roosevelt at the White House Wednesday afternoon. The group met in Washington for its annual season, beginning Tuesday.
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Lodge
Roosevelt
White House
Golden Eye
Washington
Society Leader Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Arrives in New York
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, a noted society leader, arrived in New York aboard the American liner Saint Louis after a voyage abroad since July. She praised American superiority, lauded American women and fashion, commented on suffrage, and predicted directorships and hoop skirts returning to Fifth Avenue fashion.
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Stuyvesant Fish
New York
St Loulh
Ste
Suffragette Rally Paralyzes Westminster Streets
A mass suffrage protest in London shuts traffic for over three hours around Westminster. Police deploy 6,000 officers, cavalry and marines as crowds surge, damage windows, and confront theatergoers near Trafalgar Square amid calls for 60,000 marchers at 7:30 PM.
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Cammilgn
Trafic
Westminster
London
Sush
Reir
Thames
Trafalgar Square
Mob Storms Barricaded House Over Arrest in New Orleans
Several hundred men and boys swarmed a barricaded New Orleans residence where Nicholas Hector, a black man labeled a desperado, resisted arrest for assault on a peddler. Hector was killed by sustained gunfire, his death confirmed when the door was opened.
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New Orleans
Nicholas Hector
Hector
Missionary Conference Opens in Brooklyn Leaders Gather
The annual meeting of the boards of foreign missions opened in Brooklyn with delegates from around the world. The conference aims to sustain American church support for foreign work and discuss church outreach strategies.
Fire Rescue Then Fish Pole Saved First
WC Dean of La Crosse Wisconsin saved his wife and children from a blaze after placing fishing tackle in a safe area and rescuing his children. The priority action was Dean rescuing his family, with the fish pole noted as a first saved item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
la Crosse
Wis
Bomb Thrown into Taxi Co. Garage in New York
An early Wednesday bomb exploded inside an enclosure on Eleventh Avenue in New York where 250 New York Taxicab Company vehicles were kept. The blast rattled nearby buildings and sparked widespread neighborhood alarm.
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Elehth Avenue
New York
Plan Cleveland Memorial For 724th Birth Anniversary
The Cleveland memorial committee organized at City Hall in New York fixed March 18 for a public meeting in honor of the deceased eminent man. The date marks the 724th anniversary of his birth.
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Cleveland Memorial Committee
City Hall
New York
March on Parliament by London unemployed suffragists
A large protest pressed Parliament to meet under siege like conditions as hundreds of workers and suffragist women gathered at Westminster. Police tried to disperse the demonstrators but failed, and three suffrage activists were arrested.
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London
Westminster
Nebraska State News Temperance Rally At Presbyterian Synod
The Nebraska Presbyterian State Synod held Sunday services in Wayne with a large audience. An afternoon street meeting featured Dr Lawrence of Lincoln and others urging county option. Ministers were urged to preach temperance and reform, while Joseph Cannon’s actions were condemned. The synod adjourned to meet in October at Mirfien.
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ove _ Presbyterian State Synod
Presbyterian Eye
Wayne
Lawrence of
Lincoln
Conwide
Clairmen
Chrief
Presbyterian Church
New Weyer
Hastings
Thomas Tairnel
Br. Lawrency
Mr. Reese
Randolph and
W. McC
Mirfien
Changes Among Priests Transfer Between Catholic Churches
Several priest transfers occur in Nebraska. Father Buckley of St Peter's Impahare is reassigned to Norfolk to replace Father Walsh, who moves to the Battle Creek church in his former parish. Father Thomas Fahily, newly ordained in Innsbruck, substitutes for Buckley at St Peter. Father John Roche arrives from Paris and becomes assistant pastor to Father McNamara at Alliance.
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Nebraska
Father Buckley
St. Peter's Church
Impahare
Pather Walsh
Norfolk
Father Walsh
Battle Creck
Thomas Fahily
Innsbruck
Austria
St. Peter
John Roche
Paris
Father McNamara
Alliance
Rev Ware Free Man After Year in Nebraska Land Fraud Case
Rev G G Ware was released from Hall county jail Grand Island Nebraska after serving one year for alleged land frauds in Thomas and Hooker counties. He and co defendants Harry Welsh and Frank W Lambert were indicted November 24 1905 and Ware pleaded not guilty January 11 1906. Trial lasted fifteen days with a guilty verdict.
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George G. Ware
Hall County
Grand Island
Bunday
Thomas and
Hooker
Nebraska
Ware
Harry Welsh
Frank W. Lambert
United States District Court
History hidden in St Benedict’s cross found in Nebraska City church
Workmen removing the cross at St Benedict’s Catholic church uncovered a large gold ball containing a history of the church. The document, written by Father Emanuel Harte in 1861, details costs, donors, contractors, and the church’s beginnings. It will be replaced in a new cross with updates.
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St. Benedict's Catholic
Nebraska City
Emanuel Harte
Howard County Land Deal Sets New Peak Value
George F B Woodbury sold his 420 acre farm three miles southwest of St. Paul for 36700 dollars. The sale includes crops and equipment. The price works out to about 45 dollars per acre, signaling strong Howard county land values.
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Howard
Howard County
George FB. Woodbury
St. Paul
York’s Growth Pace Shown In City Directory
The latest city directory notes York’s rapid population increase, marking it as Nebraska’s fastest growing city aside from South Omaha. If current trends continue, York will sustain its position as the state’s most rapid growth area.
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York
New City
United States
Nebraska
South Omaha
Man Beekman Harmed When Horse Drove Wagon At City
Ben Beekman and his daughter were traveling from their home south of Plattemouth when the frightened horse bolted at an automobile. The wagon overturned, injuring Beekman severely while his daughter escaped with only slight injuries.
Hunter Dies in Wes County Accident Near Max
Roy Hickman aged 27 died after being accidentally shot by a muzzle discharge of a sun light rifle half a mile east of Max. He succumbed an hour later at a local medical facility.
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Hunter
Roy Hickman
Wes
Max
Lost 140 Sheep in Iowa Farm Mishap
In Palle City E Morgan reports about 140 head of sheep missing from Shaweeville. The flock is believed to have wandered after a yard wind event. Local efforts underway to locate and recover the livestock.
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E. Morgan
Palle City
Shaweeville
Oass
Librarians Gather for Nebueka State Library Convening
The Nebueka State Library Gen. Mikston will host its annual meeting in Hastings on October. Speakers include Mure mentor of Hufaty and Prog MM Fling of Lincein.
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Nebueka State Library
Mikston
Tn Hastings
Mure
Hufaty
Lincein
Uncertain Text Noted From Teacher of Baer Cup
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a teacher and a Baer cup event with mentions of Northwest region and several places or groups. The readable items include references to teachers from Yiure Pyupon Chae Dikon Cedar and Avorne, but many words are garbled, making specific facts unclear.
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Kioreon
Yiure
Pyupon Fy
Chae Dikon
Avorne Cugu
Farmer denied right to two telephone lines in his home
In Nucholie county a farmer Heoary Le Pharris was denied a court ordered dual line setup. Red Line Telephone Co sought an injunction after Pharris connected a second line via a switch, prompting the company to disconnect one line. The Supreme Court affirmed, ruling Pharris had no special privilege over other subscribers and could not compel two lines.
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Nucholie
Heoary le Pharris
Red Line Telephone Company
Murr Oak, Run
Pharrie
Burr Ock
Superior
Pharris
Dad
Supreme Court
District Court
Effort to Save Children in Farm Desertion Case
Probate court proceedings seek guardians for Charles Prochaska’s infant children after his disappearance following a wife’s abandonment on a Fremont bound train. His current wife fears for safety as the four children aged up to nine endure cold and hunger on the farm, neighbors reporting a pitiful scene. Prochaska was released from jail and is believed to have fled toward David City aboard a Union Pacific train.
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Charles Prochaska
Nebraska
Cilidrey
Prochaska
Fremont
Trot
Union Pacific
David City
Couple Die In Lincoln Hotel Gas Tragedy
BR L Sheppard a traveling salesman for Marshall Pennyweight Seales and Mrs Leona Bruner stewardess at Lincoln Commercial club were found dead in a North Eleventh street hotel room. Gas poured from the room filled the suite and occupants forced the door. Police believe they died by self inflicted gas intentional crisis though accident remains possible. Both about 47, once married and now divorced, well known in Lincoln.
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BR. L. Sheppard
Marshall Pennyweight Seales Company
Leona Bruner
Lincoln Commercial Club
North Eleventh Street
Sheppard
Lincoln
Bruner
Factory to Make Pipes Em ploys Forty in Omaha Plant
A new tobacco pipe factory will be established in Omaha within three months employing about forty persons. The company has pipes on the market but will manufacture in a temporary factory until a permanent location is found and the building secured. Machinery will be installed and payroll will begin with about forty workers.
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Omaha
Farmers Suffer Serious Burns In Prairie Fire
Two farmers Mosare Crosby and Thomas from nine miles southeast of town were badly burned when a prairie fire forced them to flee while returning from Custer county with a small shelter. The fire, sparked near Park, swept the hills two miles from their home, leaving them in critical condition.
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Dickens
Mosare
Crosby
Thomas
Here
Custer County
Hem
Parks
Neek
Lincoln Paper Mills Destroyed by Fire at Lincoln
The Lincoln paper plant between the city and the state line was totally destroyed by fire with stock on hand. George K. Haskell, president of the company, estimates losses between 50 000 and 60 000 with insurance around 19 000. also mentions a ball game injury where a player fractured a collar bone.
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Lincoln Paper Mills Byars
Lincoln Paper Ma
George Kk. Haskell
Raya the
Unclear historical notice summary
The readable text fragment references actions in a court and mentions persons such as Florence and John, with a noted date of October 12 for an effect. Other names and places are garbled, leaving little coherent event detail beyond a legal proceeding and appointment.
Chicago's Shocking Condition Hunger Among 15000 Children
A Chicago committee report finds 5 000 schoolchildren regularly miss meals and 10 000 more are underfed due to insufficient food. The board cannot expand free meals and debates aid at home versus in schools while highlighting mothers starving themselves to feed children and widespread destitution across the city.
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Ima
Chicago
Board of Education
South Water Street
Mysterious Omaha Murder Trial Details Unfold
After a five day hearing Charles Edwards Davis remains jailed on a charge of shooting Dr. Frederick Rus tin of Omaha before Sept 2. Witness Mrs. Rice testified of a plot tied to life insurance and an agreed murder suicide scheme involving Dr. Rustin and Davis. Davis claims only participation in the plan to die, not the killing.
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Charles Edwards Davis
Frederick Tustin
Omaha
Rice
Mali
Rustin
Davia
Ale
Davis
Mic, Rice
Colleges and unions rail against funding and education shifts
Hamline University raises 10000 for no gymnasium and plans to double the sum. Minnesota educators discuss sending four to five teachers to England on reduced pay to study methods. Veterans push to expand Mason City college for sons and daughters of veterans. Butterfly collection sold to Field Museum of Natural History for 20000. Minneapolis seeks night electrical trades school. No secret high school societies in Minneapolis. Lincoln School strikes by sixty white pupils in Topeka with calls to exclude begro pupils. James J. Hill donates 50000 for a new building at Minnesota College, Minneapolis. An immigration inquiry reviews ethnic and racial student demographics at the University of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamline University
St. Paul
Hooter
England
Sons of Veterans
Niagara Falls
Mason City
Iowa
Sons and Daughters
Reading
Jan Dierman Stecker
Field Museum of Normal History
Chicago
Stecker
Board of Regents
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
M. Jordan
Cantaloupe Boom Expands From Desert Land
The article notes vast cantaloupe grower regions in the West and Salton Sea area. Irrigated land near Glenwood Colorado sells at high values as new districts yield profits. cantaloupes export value reaches about ten million dollars from four districts. The Salton Sea once desert now produces melons with millions shipped and other crops grown on the same land. The sun shines 865 days annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olorad
Glenwood
Colo
Cantaloupes
Canteloupe
Salton Sea
California
Roosevelt probes farmer views on farm life and services
A six member commission on country life surveys farmers to gauge satisfaction with farm homes schools farm earnings railroad and postal services and rural organization. They plan to ask residents about job and home satisfaction neighbor relations and labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Commission On Country
Hfe
United States Postal Service
Campaign notes from the 1912 election season
Senator Culberson of Texas and others join the Democratic national campaign advisory group. Taft campaigns from Sandusky to Middle Bass Island with stops across Ohio. Hearst and others speak in Indianapolis as Independence Party activity grows. Bryan responds to a Manufacturers Association pamphlet criticizing labor policy and the injunction writ. A letter to Rev Geiger shows James Sherman backing Hughes’s renomination.
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Culberson
Texas
David R. Francis
Missour
Democratic National Campaign Organization
Francia
Taft
Middle Bass Island
Sandusky
Ohio
Indiana
Independence Party
Indianapolis
William R. Hearst
Thomas L. Fisgen
George W. Mc
Bryan
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