Taft campaign claims 83 of 90 New York delegates
Taft campaign managers assert at least eighty three of New York's ninety delegates will back Taft at Chicago. The claim covers the four at large delegates selected April 9 and disputes results in districts where regular Republican forces favored Roosevelt. Charles H. Duell asks Governor Dix to void the primary and call a second one.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
Roosevelt
Charles H. Duell
Roosevelt Committee
City of New York
Dix
Attempted assassination of Mayor Shriver shocks Rock Island
An unidentified shooter fired a rifle from a distant building at Rock Island city hall. The bullet shattered the mayor's office window, missing Shriver who stood before the pane, and lodged in the office wall.
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Mayor Shriver
Rock Island
Senator Taylor Critical After Gallstone Operation
Senator Robert L Taylor of Tennessee known as Fiddling Bob lies near death at his home after an operation for gall stones. Colleagues say he had a favorable start but then convulsions and a relapse left him unconscious and in critical condition.
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Taylor
Washington
Robert L Taylor
Tennessee
Chinese President Prostrated in Peking Illness
President Yuan Shi Kai is seriously ill in Peking with nervous prostration attributed to drug overindulgence. Doctors report severe illness while rumors swirl of a poisoning attempt tied to a plot to replace the child emperor.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Women Save the Town in Hopkins Fire Efforts
In Hopkins Missouri a blaze threatening total destruction was halted by a bucket brigade formed by the women of St. Joseph who aided the town. They joined the men, worked tirelessly until the fire was controlled and credit was given to the women for saving the town.
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St. Joseph
Hopkins, Mo
Colorado Republicans pick eight Taft delegates in convention
Colorado Springs delegates elect eight at large Taft supporters for Chicago. The convention endorses Taft administration and names United States Senator Guevenheim as Colorado national committeeman.
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Colorado
Taft
Colorado Springs
Oslo
United States
Guevenheim
New Mexico Deadlock Broken in U S Senate Ballot
On the eighth ballot in Santa Fe the stalemate ended and A B Fail and T B Catron were elected as United States senators.
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New Mexico
Santa Fe
United States
Senaors
B. Fail
T. B Catron
Lowell Striking Textile Workers Rally in City
More than 1,000 textile operatives in Lowell join some 2,000 workers demanding higher wages. An early morning parade was staged through the business and mill districts as part of the action.
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Lowell
Mass
Stewart Declares Candidacy for Baltimore Delegation
Frank Q. Stewart a leading Iowa Democrat announces his bid for a delegate at the Baltimore convention. He blames Bryanism for shaping American voters and claims it has hollowed party loyalties among Follettes Roosevelts and Tafts.
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Bryan
Chariton
Dry Towns in Lincoln State Faces License Gap
Several of Nebraska’s wet towns will become dry for part of the year due to a lapse between old license expirations and new law renewals. The statute allows municipalities outside Omaha to extend from May 1 to May 1 of the following year, creating temporary dry periods this spring.
Widespread Plot to Oust Chinese Regime Foiled
Reports say a broad plot to overthrow the republic and install a child emperor has been uncovered in Peking. Eight arrests are expected to trigger new unrest as authorities step in to prevent further disturbances.
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Peking
Republic
Water Wipes Town Off of Map in Ice Gorge
A small town in Keokukla-Gregorr Missouri is reportedly wiped off the map by an ice gorge that formed Sunday afternoon. Citizens were evacuated to the highlands as rescuers contend with rising flood waters and shifting ice.
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Keokukla
Gregorr
Old Fashioned Nebraska Blizzard News and Local Affairs
Spring winds in Nebraska bring a heavy blizzard as residents report wipeouts and stock losses. Local notes include Kenesaw school contract awards, Deshler educators attending Columbia summer school, and Callaway bank consolidation. Several legal cases, fires, and probate endings fill the page with community and regional developments.
National politics and disasters fill early 1900s briefs
A broad sweep of items covers legislation delays for Niagara Falls protection, a Sitka navy station wharf abandonment, a coal trust inquiry centered on Chicago, and a $200000 request for Knoxville exposition. Also noted are Taft Roosevelts split, LaFollette trial, Philippine independence, and a Chicago area gas mine disaster among many other brief reports.
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Niagara Falls
Congress
Sitka
Alaska
Navy
Chicago
Assassination Attempt and Political Ties Across era
An attempt was made to assassinate Hi Sing Wing the minister of war of the new Chinese republic. David A Ball filed his declaration as a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor of Missouri. Dr A B Hill brother of the late Senator David B Hill of New York is dead at Dexter Mo aged 70. Burlington train No 14 wrecked near Bostwick Neb Tuesday morning engineer Paul Temple killed. Coal strike costs UK at least 50 million weekly. The Appeal to Reason socialist paper at Girard Kans to suspend. Deepest snow in local bureau history 17 8 inches in Kansas City. Benjamin Gill 104 oldest G A R man died in Ry mar Marion co West Virginia. Nebraska primary ballot longest ever six to eight feet. Gen John W Noble ill at St Louis. Rebels Campa dynamite engine near Corr alitos Mexico. Slaughter result. Bodies of Shorty Gray and John Down turned over to medical college. Mississippi river forty miles wide at Cairo Illinois. Lowlands along Miss River inundated. Governor Hunt of Arizona slept in prison with burglar Frank Howerd to study conditions. Snow fall 12 7 inches with northerly wind. Des Moines records broken. total winter 72 inches. William Smith alias Brown escaped Lansing prison. Abolition of Senate and VP office proposed by Lindbergh. 2 000 03 to 5 050 209 to be spent on about fifteen minors for Stockholm Olympics. San Bois coal disaster death toll seventy with sixty four bodies recovered. Advance in southern timber prices expected. About 280 candidates for president and electors listed by Wak likely.
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New
United Kingdom
Reason
Girard
Kans
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Benjamin Gill
United States
Rymar
Marion County
West Virginia
Nebraska
John W. Noble
Interior
Harrison
St. Louis
Campa
Corralitos
Mexico
Shorty* Gray
John Down
Chaico
Mississippi
Cairo
Miinois
Missouri
Kentucky
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Ohio
Hunt
Arizona
Florence
Frank Howerd
Des Moines
William Smith
Brown
Leavenworth
Lansing
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House
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Stockholm
San Bois
Wak T &O
Traffic figures and political filings mix with rail concerns
The piece reports on railway weight discrepancies found by A G Powell for the Nebraska railroad commission, Cambridge complaints against the Burlington line over service, and a flood of candidacy filings for April primaries listing numerous names for offices from President to State Treasurer across Nebraska, including Roosevelt Taft Wilson Harmon and many others.
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Walt
Protection for Fruit Is Urged by Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau will protect Nebraska fruit with special measures and watch Jack Frost. An emergency warning will be issued to fruit growers when a cold wave nears, especially to orchards with heaters to guard crops.
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Nebraska
United States Weather Bureau
G. A. Loveland
Lincoln
Jack Frost
Weather Bureau
Investigating Penitentiary Affairs by A W Ricker
A W Ricker, staff correspondent for Appeal to Reason, visited Lincoln to probe the Nebraska State penitentiary. The socialist paper had earlier investigated Leavenworth federal prison, leading to indictments over obscene mail matter.
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A. W. Ricker
Appeal To Reason
Lincoln
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Et Leavenworth
Widow of farmer killed in convict hue and cry
Word from Lincoln states Mrs Ror Blount widow of the farmer slain in the convict case seeks justice. Legal counsel has been consulted in the matter.
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Lincoln
Ror Blount
Hummar
Camases
Congressman Maguire Seeks $100,000 For State Fair Building
Congressman Maguire asks Secretary Mefior of the state agriculture board to appropriate $100,000 for each state fair for a government building. The structure intended largely for state fair use will be considered by committee on April 24.
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Maguire
Mefior
State Board At Agriculture
Railroads Agree to Boost Cold Storage Cars in Nebraska
State Food Commissioner Hensen after a conference with freight men and railroad officials announces the carriers have promised to willingly increase their cold storage car service in Nebraska.
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Hensen
Enmoances Ihaiche
Nebraska
Three Books for Teachers Set by State Board
The state board requires 11,600 teachers in Nebraska to read and pass tests to maintain their certified professional instructor status. The chosen titles are How to Study and Teaching How to Study, The Personality of the Teacher, and American Rural School.
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stai@ reading circle
Nebrasks
County Assessors Urged to Tax by Actual Cost Value
A letter to county assessors from Secretary Henry Seymour of the state board argues for assessing property at actual cost value. He acknowledges likely complaints but contends there is no reason anyone should incur more tax due to such assessment and says levies can be made in accordance with this principle.
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Henry Seymour
State Board of Assessment and Equalization
Towns Dry Temporarily In April Under Liquor Law Gap
Several wet towns will be dry for part of April due to a forgotten provision in the last session. The law originally allowed saloons to operate between May 1 and March 1, but a gap creates a temporary dry period outside Omaha and across other cities in the state.
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Omaha
Convicts to Work Cites Subsoil Water For Big Corn Crop
Warden Melick directs convict labor to support farm operations as subsoil remains saturated. A Lincoln farmer predicts the state’s largest corn crop in history due to widespread wetting of the subsoil, which promises rapid growth with little rain needed through summer.
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Melick
Duster
Pany
Mahii
Lincoln
Hens Laying Freely as Warmer Lancaster Quarters Aid
In Lancaster county hens are laying well amid Merchs Klondike weather. Prices for eggs have declined with quotes around 21 cents per dozen by several retailers. Farmers say increased laying stems from warmer quarters and better feeding compared with earlier years.
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Merch
Lancaster County
S&y
Lincoln Religious Census Reveals Local Employment Split
Religious census figures show one in six residents of Lincoln and surrounding Sabdurbds is employed by the railroads. The Burlington lines provide work for 2,336 people, while overall 2,442 are employed in railroad jobs in the area.
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Lincoln
Rai
Burlington
Ex Convict Arrested in Lincoln After Omaha Warrant
Sheriff Hiers went to Omaha with a warrant for Hanford Reed ex convict released from Nebraska State penitentiary March 5 Reed was arrested there and brought back to Lincoln Detectives believe he may know of an attempted prison break and that he supplied a knife to Prince in connection with the case
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Hiers
Omaha
Hanford Reed
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Reed
Lincoln
Shorty Grar
Prince
Unclear submission names petitioning secretary of state
An Omaha resident Victor Rosewater filed a document with the secretary of state asking to omit the name of Charlies Lo beck of the state metropolis, presenting him as the present Congressman from the area.
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Victor Rosewater
Omaha
Secretary of State
Charlies Lobeck
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Stromsburg
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Gresham
S&s
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Aurora
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Red Cloud
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Madison
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Lynn, Mass
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