Nebraska convention calls and county notices
Chairman Pace of the national greenback party of Nebraska calls a state convention in Lincoln on May 14 to choose delegates for the Indianapolis national convention. The Nebraska Sunday school assembly assembles at Crete August 18 to 28 on grounds of 109 acres along the Blue river offering boating and shade. The sheriff of Otoe arrests a young man in Ashland for seduction. The Elk Creek board considers raising saloon licenses. Funeral of Omaha gambler Daniel Allen draws crowds. Buriton road fast mail may extend into Omaha via Plattsmouth.
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Pace
National Greenback Party of
Nebraska
Lincoln
Indianapolis
Crete
Blue River
Otoe
Ashland
Nebraska Ci
Worth
Elk Creek
Daniel Allen
Omaha
Buriton Road
Plattsmouth
M. S. Schublin
Olin
Jones County
Iowa
Alexandria
Neb
France
U. S
Beatrice
New Quarters
Orleans
Republican Valley
J. A. Seagren
Wakeheld
Christopher Lawn
Union Pacific Company
Alex. Eagin
Board of Insanity
Fillmore County Bank
First Ae Bank of
Fairmont
Mazons
Nebraska Republicans reaffirm loyalty to party program and national tariff goals
The Nebraska Republican convention pledges allegiance to the party's policy, citing six prior national wins and expecting victory under Chicago convention standard bearers. It calls for tariff protections, home luxury taxes, immigration encouragement, debt reduction, and improved federal service while praising President Arthur's administration.
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Republican Party of
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Congress
Chester A. Arthur
Destructive Forest Fires Sweep Across Lycoming and Tioga Regions
Williamsport dispatch reports extensive forest fires along the Philadelphia and Erie railroad from Driftwood to Kane, burning timber and buildings including Thompson and Bonot. Two million feet of lumber and seventeen houses burned, with thousands in losses from fires in Morris Antrim and Elk counties. wind storms worsen damage in North Cumberland County.
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Williamsport
Philadelphia and Erie
Kane
Burnhie
Lycoming County
Tioga County
Tioga
Thompson
Bonot
Morris
Antrim
Andrew Kaul
Spring Run
Elk County
Center
Clearfield
Cumberland County
Texan cattle queen and her ranche in Nevices county
A Texas woman described as a cattle queen, wife of an ex-Methodist preacher named Rogers, runs a 40 000 head cattle ranche in Nevices county while her husband serves in the state legislature. Viscountess Heberton objects to the International Health Association for denying reform style undergarments.
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Texas
Rogers
Nevices County
Heberton
International Health Association
Congress Focus Shifts to Tariffs and Lands Policy
The lower branch of Congress redirects its attention to tariff matters while addressing acquisition of public lands by foreign corporations and other miscellaneous Washington issues.
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Congress
Senate and House actions on cattle disease and tariff bills
The Senate debates cattle disease bill funding with amendments and shifts to $150,000. House considers the District of Columbia free bridge and sewer projects, delays tariff talk, and votes on the Washington monument ceremonies and various pension measures.
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House
District of Columbia
Messrs. Wofford
Storm
Senate
Washington Monument
Beck
Frye
Dawes
Committee On Appropriations
Cox
New York
Dinogley
Messrs
Hurd
Culbertson
Milliken
Cutcheon
Messrs. Waite and
Ray
N. Y
Postal Telegraph Bill Moves in House Committee
A house committee on post offices and post roads debates a postal telegraph contract system. Some favor a 20 cent twenty word rate, others push at least 25 cents. full committee may adopt the higher figure. The bill, echoing the senate version, eliminates the fourth assistant postmaster general and outlines government telegraph construction if no contract is made.
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House Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
House Committee On Post Offices and Post-Roads
Rogers
Senate
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
House Committee On Rivers and Hhartors
Mississippi
St. Paul
Missouri
Sioux City
Sioux Ve
Ohio
Pittsburg
Louisville
Murderers Captured in Audubon Iowa Case
Three men John A Smyth Joel J Wilson and Cicero Jefferson were captured in Audubon Iowa for the murder of Jefferson They were jailed in Audubon and Cicero Jefferson confessed detailing the assault and hanging They left home on horseback and were arrested at their houses as citizens vow swift justice
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Des Moines State Register
Audubon
Iowa
Jefferson
John A. Smyth
Joel J. Wilson
Cicero Jefferson
Wilson
Smyth
Cicero
The Costly Seven-Volume Work Mexico by Kingsborough
The most expensive single author book is Lord Kingsborough s Mexico a seven volume edition with 1000 color illustrations and a price of 300000 dollars. The ambitious work stands as a landmark in antiquarian publishing and Latin American studies.
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Lord Kingsborough
Mexico
Compromise Reached Over Morrison Tariff Bill
Friends and opponents of the Morrison tariff bill report a working understanding amid lingering disputes. The pact aims to ease party frictions and clarify legislative goals while maintaining core tariff adjustments debated in Washington.
Madrid to America Aims to Spur Spanish Movement
A Madrid dispatch reports Spanish Republicans sent an agent to America to aid the movement and hope to expand it enough to influence Madrid. The rest of the page covers bank deposits drops, boycotts on Chicago dressed beef, lawsuits, duels, a murder, wrecks, and other varied news items from across the United States and abroad.
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Madrid
Aguero
America
New York
Chicago
Harry Deakin
Milwaukee Academy of Music
George B. Miln
Isaac Liggin
James Porter Spiers
North Carolina
Liggin
Sadie Reigh
Patrick Kingley
Briggs House
Hermansville
West Pennsyyvania
Hicks
Bissell
Gallagher
John B. Tolman
Lynn
Mass
Young Men’s Christian Association
Hutchins Station
Central Railroad
Texas
Adkins
Boone County
Virginia
James
Samuel Phillips
Missouri Pacific Railroad
J. J. Rogers
Phillips
Hoxie
United States
Boston
Lowell
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Baltimore
Seaboard
Western Union Telegraph Company
Davis
Sullivan
Jem Good
Greeley Expedition
Thetis
Chandler
Lincoln
General Hancock
Sandy Hook
Tallaoose
Stephens
Cincinnati
Vincinnes
Ind
John L. Sullivan
Langston Discusses Son's Murder Charge Upon Return
Hon Jno M Langston United States minister to Flaunt arrived in Washington recent after learning of murder charges against his son He asserts his son acted in self defense and that a strong conclusive defense can be shown to exonerate him.
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Jno. M. Langston
Unites States
Flautt
Washington
Langston
Anxiety in Glasgow over State of Florida overdue from New York
Dispatches report fear in Glasgow as the steamship State of Florida, days overdue from New York, spurs detectives to await arrests for a supposed dynamiter. Concurrently Havana tremors from San Antonio magazines explosion shake city, while Oxford University plans to admit women to examinations.
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Glasgow
Florida
New York
Havyana
San Antonio
Havana
University of Oxford
Earl Granville
Virehew
Germany
Bremen
Lerida
Gerona
McEnery Leads Louisiana and GOP Delegates Emerge
New Orleans dispatch reports McEnery leading Stevenson in Louisiana for governor about 85 000 to 40 000 with Orleans contributing 20 663 for McEnery and 3 700 for Stevenson. Republicans in the Fourth district elect Chicago delegates and Blaine backing resolutions pass. Delegates to the greenback conventions are chosen while New York Sun estimates Arthur as leading Chicago delegates.
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New Orleans
McEnery
Stevenson
Orleans
Kansas
Chicago
Blaine
Maine
W. F. Paton
Oregon
Arthur
B. Herman
Congress
James G. Blaine
Des Moines
New York Sun
Edmunds
Logan
Sherman
Hawley
Gresham
Fairchild
Grant
Doubtful
the Sun
White House
New Mexico
Itia
Provisions for a Bureau of Animal Industry and Cattle Disease Control
The act as amended creates a Bureau of Animal Industry within the Department of Agriculture with a chief veterinary surgeon to study contagious cattle diseases and report on domestic animal conditions. It authorizes up to twenty staff, two agents, sets duties on disinfection and quarantine, outlines transportation rules, and fixes penalties for violations. The Treasury secretary coordinates export safeguards and districts prosecutors handle prosecutions. funding is set at 50 000 dollars.
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Senate
Bureau of Animal Industry
Commissioner of Agriculture
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
United States District Attorney
Quotable Thought on Merit and Use by Charron
A reflective maxim suggests that judging men should be based on how they apply their abilities rather than formal credentials. It emphasizes practical action over status and invites consideration of character expressed through deeds.
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Charron
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Newton
H. C. Patterson
Dorchester
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Clark
Southeastern Nebraska Poultry Association
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M. K. Walker
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W. H. Gardner
A. C. Miller
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W. H. Denman
T. C. Foster
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Hastings Gazette-Journal
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Marsh National Bank of
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Mr. Lamb
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J. E. Wheelock
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