Nebraska Education Wealth Highlighted From Exposition Daily
The Exposition Daily lauds Nebraska for a broad educational system and strong institutions. It notes 3 785 modern school buildings along rail lines, a history from old red schoolhouses, and a state funded by lands for common schools, agricultural college, and university. It cites 208 043 school children and annual apportionment of 485 000 with sizable endowments.
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Nebraska
Exposition Daily
New Orleans
West
University
Agricultural College
Medical Department
Lee
Green Elm
Eosecee
Educational Fund
Sear Cestss
State in Brief chronicles Nebraskan notes and events
A census shows Blair population just over 2900 while a storm claim to seven cone froze in Harvard area. Reports cover immigration to Lincoln, town growth in Exeter, fire loss near Adams county, and local unions in Lincoln and Crete. Other items note inaugural activities, tax refunds, and a tobacco ban for minors.
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Harvard
Coleridge
Kerr
Filley
Gage County
Arapahoe
Calaboose
Douglass County
Tekama
Brick
Lincoln
Alexandria
Crete
George Wilcox
Nebraska City
Hastings Deaths And River of News From Nebraska
A Nebraska roundup reports Henry Kunold of Omaha dying in Hastings from heart disease. Mentions a swindler in Wayne, the Niobrara Synod rebranding, domestic troubles and a possible recovery for a Hastings physician, hog cholera in Exeter, and church and legal notes across Beatrice Crete Lincoln and Omaha.
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Henry Kunold
Omaha
Hastings
Wayne
Niobrara Synod
L. H. Redus
Exeter
West Nebraska Methodist Episcopal Conference Committee
Kearney
Jackson Martin
John Cameron
Beatrice
Crete
Indies
Frank Grabne
John Kluss
Worthington
Nebraska
Trinity Church
Alexandria Herald
Byron Bedel
H. Gavin
Times Dispatch
Kyle
Gavin
Fullerton Journal
Nance County
Furnas
New Orleans
L. H. Reclus
Frank Strausser
Sestion
Lincoln
Claudius Jones
Seward
Henry Frye
York
Mr. Eaton
Syracuse
M. L. Trestor
W. H. Barstow
8. C. Bassett
Gibbon
Col. E. P. Savage
Robert Hopkins
Ashland
New England Journal
Boston
Stephen Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Tim Sharp
Nebraska City Park
Capital Briefs and Washington Moves in Congress
The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted Phelps's Congo conference resolution by six to four. President Arthur calls an extra-session Senate meet March 4 to act on appointments. Benjamin Butterworth resigns as Patent Commissioner. Teller accepts with praise. Grand jury indicts D. W. Middleton and H. E. Middleton for embezzlement and Carrigan for false vouchers. A general court martial is set for Washington on the 7th for Brig. Gen. Hazen over criticism of War Department actions. Senator Wilson presses Sioux City and St. Paul forfeiture amid a bid to send lands to U S courts. Dawes bill to create an assistant chief signal officer and promote Lieut. Greely proceeds in Senate.
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House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Phelp
Arthur
Senate
Benjamin Butterworth
Patents
Teller
D. W. Middleton
8. E. Middleton
Middleton &Co
Washington
Daniel Carrigan
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Department
W. B. Hazen
Army
Secretary of War
Green
Senator Wilson
Iowa
McMillan
Sioux City
St. Paul
Plumb
Foreign Notes on British Troops and Global Tensions
The article reports 215000 enrolled volunteers in Britain, a record, and a government order for medical inspections to assess active service fit. It notes Franco British actions on Suez navigation regulations and updates on Wolseley, Dongola camps, and Khartoum garrison, with Russia England frontier talks at a delicate stage and Granville urging good ties to broaden commerce and civilization.
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Paris
Kouiti
Dongola
Mudir
Meraur
Ger. Bulley
Gens
Dormer
Krackenbury
Debbeh
Handak
Russia
England
M. Lessar
Heratia
Granville
Lords
Ismarck
Germany
Nebraska Legislature Adopts Omaha City Charter Amendment
In the senate on the 28th the bill amending Omaha city charter passed with amendments adopted. the appropriations debate for university buildings centered on a $25,000 chemical laboratory addition. House and senate sessions through early May saw multiple bills advanced, including railway and tax measures, and a final 58 to 0 vote on the railway commission bill. The session closed amid last day wrangling and formal acknowledgments.
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Renate
Senate
Omaha
McAllister
Univer- Howe
Holmes
Riley
Carr
Nettleton
Halli
Nichol
SenavTe
Dolan
Lincoln
Chure
Committee On Penitentiary
Norfolk
House
King
Wymore
E. P. Childs
Howe
McShane
Paul
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Nebraska
Crawford
Higins
Hockwell
Holsworth
Lee
Furnas
Supreme Court
George Sutherland
Burt
Washington
Senate Railway Commission
Beatrice
P. O. Hawes
Secretary of War on Signal Service Civil Status
The Secretary of War responds to a military committee, arguing there is no reason for the signal service to remain part of the military force. He proposes making it purely civil and subject to civil service rules, from which it is currently exempt.
Political Notes on Iowa Elections and National Appointments
Iowa municipal elections occurred on the 2d with mixed results. On the 8th the president sent nominations that were confirmed including C. H. Mills to Indian affairs in Iowa and James B. Fletcher as Seward postmaster. The Senate listed sworn-in members on the 4th and remarks cover post office officials' resignations and Cleveland’s Washington move with a detailed Albany dispatch of his departure and train journey.
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Cleveland
Omahs
Iowa
Senate
C. H. Mills
Sac and Fox
James B. Fletcher
Seward Neb
Washington
Post Office Department
Postmaster-General
Hutton
Arthur
Albany
Church Street
West Shore Railroad
Hoyt
Miss Cleveland
Miss Hatings
Rev. L. Cleveland
Manning
Farmer and sons jailed after wife hanged in Kentucky
The Caton family of Morgantown Kentucky are jailed after a mob incident over a land dispute ends with the farmer Moses Caton and his four sons accused of killing his wife whose neck was broken. A daughter shielded her father and was wounded. A respite for William Neal delayed the hanging, provoking mixed public reaction as guards moved to Mt Sterling.
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Moses Caton
Morgantown
Caton
Gov. Hindman
Kentucky
William Neal
Neal
Grayson
Eastern Kentucky Junction
Mt. Sterling
Woman and Man Comment Sparks Moral Debate
A terse remark contrasts divine design with a man’s added costs, prompting discussion on gender roles and financial burdens within a society debating equality and tradition.
The Fourth of July and the Signing of Independence
The article notes that independence was announced on July 4, not signed that day. It explains the Declaration was read on July 4, authenticated and printed that afternoon, with engrossing and signing occurring later, through August and November, with McKean signing in 1781 and Thornton in November.
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John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congress
Boston Public Library
Thornton
New Hampshire
McKean
Baby’s dress on display at Louisiana exhibit
In a New Orleans Picayune feature the faded keepsake of a child is shown at a Louisiana historical exhibit. A tiny dress with matching cap handbag and linen embroidered mittens evokes a long ago tragedy as the mother preserved the outfit after the child died returning from church fifty years past.
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Louisiana
New Orleans Picayune
Mrs Astor Leads Temperance Reform At Society Ball
New York letters note Mrs Astor becomes a temperance reformer after a season of scandalous society revels. A recent ball had no refreshments in the dressing room and few servants aside from the buffet, with men fetching for their partners and sobriety maintained by feminine presence.
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Mrs. Astor
New York
Letter
Earth's Magnetic Might The Force Permeates All
A 19th century discussion explains the earth's magnetic field as vast and omnipresent. German astronomer Gaus estimates a colossal magnetic force, suggesting the earth could exert billions of tons of attraction and radiates through space like sunlight, aligning with compass lines.
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Gaus
Earth
Mayer
Odd Fragments Of News And Rumors From The Era
A jumble of scattered facts and stray phrases includes mentions of homes as dwellings not mere lodging, 1500 roller skating rinks built in a year, Savannah collecting 6500 from a drummer tax, a British era population figure, a cryptic query about lauciger, a hat blown sound, chatter of Gildstone resigning and naming the Marquis of Hartington as war minister, and Henry Irving blaming buckwheat cakes for national mortality.
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Savannah
Lauciger
Gildstone
Marquis of Hartington
Henry Irving
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