Nebraska House Approves Major School District Reform
Nebraska lawmakers advance H R 354 to redraw and consolidate school districts as part of a broad education reform. The bill, seen as pivotal, faced agricultural amendment attempts but passed to final form. Other measures include civil administration code revision and a public school regulation compromise affecting private and parochial schools.
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McKelvie
Nebraska
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State Banking Board
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State Highway Department
State Engineer
Hoagland
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Omaha
State Council of Defense
State Historical Society
Larsen
State Agricultural Board
Dlama
Lower Legislative House
Warner
Peterson
Hall
Railway Commission
Nebraska items outline civic projects and health across the state
The State Railway Commission approves higher telephone rates for Nodge county and Dodge county eyes a road project. Influenza cases rise in Platte county towns Leigh and Humphrey while Fremont receives electric current from a new contract. Gothenburg reports a flare of Spanish influenza and Fremont quarantines homes. Local politics see Miss Rachel Conway nominated for city treasurer in Havelock. Farmers push sorghum and creamery plans in Fillmore and Deshler. Potash trade with Germany hinted in Washington reports. Citizens form Fairbury Boosters Club to aid the Commercial club. Woodmen of America rate hike affects Nebraska members. Public works include a modern hotel plan for Clay Center and a $60 000 to $75 000 church project near Leigh. Guards mount to stop contraband liquor along state borders.
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Rachel Conway
Fillmore County
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Fremont
Box Butte County
United States
Kxuehnert
lLoseke Creek
Leigh
Farmers’ Co-operative Union
Deshler
Fairbury
Commercial Club
Chicago
William H. Pitzer
Nebraska City
Board of Education
Clay Center
A. Socha
South Omaha
Nebraska
Gus Hyers
Japs Seek Hold in Mexico Amid Monroe Doctrine Doubts
Mexico’s General Aguirre announced Japanese corporations have been granted concessions to farm lands in Lower California. U.S. officials said the deal raises no Monroe Doctrine conflict, while Congress and President Taft had previously warned against selling land to nations that could threaten the United States. Further inquiries were expected through the American embassy in Mexico City.
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Washington
Lower
California
General Aguirre
Development and Agriculture
Safe Department
California & Mexican Land Company of
Los Angeles
Phelan
Department
Aguirre
Mexico City
Poland Resist Reported German Move on Danzig
London Paris correspondent says French foreign office received Allied mission and Polish officers data from Danzig that Germany is sending fresh troops and mounting coast guns. Germany opposes plan to award Danzig to Poland and may occupy or block Polish landings.
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Poland
London
Paris
Foreign Office
Danzig
Italian aviator announces cheap land aircraft
A noted Italian aviator says he has designed and begun manufacturing small aeroplanes called flivver that can land on almost any country road. They are priced at 1250 dollars and guaranteed to fly two and a half hours at about fifty miles per hour with a passenger up to 165 pounds.
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New York
Toledo Riot Over Debs Speech Rocks Memorial Hall
About 5000 protesters surged into Memorial Hall when denied entry to hear Eugene V. Debs. They smashed windows and doors and then marched through the streets crying against the mayor.
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Toledo
Memorial ,Hall
Eugene V. Debs
General March Orders Rapid Demobilization
Washington General March announced that soldiers would be discharged within forty eight hours after arrival at demobilization camps unless special conditions prevented it. He said the total demobilized had surpassed 1 500 000.
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Washington
March
Big Boom in Exports Producing Record Trade
Washington reports exports to nations far from the European war zone average 10 million dollars daily. Officials say this halves the 20 million daily export trade built since 1914, countering claims that wartime demand was solely for munitions and will vanish after peace returns.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
America
Allenby vows firm action to restore order in Egypt
General BE H Allenby, newly named commander in chief of Egypt, told Egyptian notables that passive measures failed and he would use a mailed fist to enforce order. He warned that active repression would be employed if surface efforts did not succeed.
Armistice Suspension Hinted by Berlin Dispatch
Berlin report cites Lokal Anzeiger as indicating a possible suspension of the armistice. The dispatch notes the potential shift in wartime negotiations and the high level of uncertainty surrounding any immediate move.
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London
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Rumors of Restoration Plot Roil Berlin
Persistent rumors in Berlin claim a plan to restore autocratic rule with a Hohenzollern or another royal house member on the German throne. The report notes speculation about monarchist factions and potential opposition to current leadership.
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Berlin
Germany
Tokio Rally Backs Racial Bias Clause Opposition
In a mass meeting of prominent Tokio residents a resolution was passed opposing the League of Nations covenant unless it includes a clause abolishing racial discrimination. The action reflects local sentiment on international treaty provisions.
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Tokio
League of Nations
Von Mackhensen Planned Escape From Hungarian Castle
A French officer seizes German Field Marshal von Mackensen at a castle near Temesvar Hungary. Genevrier cuts telephone wires to isolate him as Spahis approach. The marshal entertains his Hungarian jailer while cavalry trains from Belgrade race to execute the capture.
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Paris
New York World
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Temesvar
Hungary
Chotek
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Roumania
Germany
Foth
Vix
Budapest
Belgrade
Genevrier
Chateau
Spahi
Genevriev
Whistler at Camp Lewis Earns One Hour of Attention
A chronic whistler in a Camp Lewis unit faced a standing order to whistle for an hour. He obediently stood in the company street whistling The Star-Spangled Banner while officers and soldiers saluted in silence.
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Camp Lewis
Washington
Fragmentary Battle Narrative From a Civil War Message
An uncertain, clipped exchange shows Hayes’s son hustling away while a cavalry commander named Guesperean orders actions. A tense standoff follows with demands and a threat to force entry as a French officer seeks understanding. A week later, a special train to the camp appears.
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Hayes
Guesperean
Tony Teal
Bank Fusal
Mackensen
Forthwith
Jow Jones
Cha
Rennin
British housing plan aims for 300000 homes under Addision push
London reports a government scheme backed by the British war cabinet to push 300000 homes for the working class. Local government board will review state assistance within 12 months and push a two year program. Housing commissioners will include an architect and a fittings expert to standardize design while avoiding monotony.
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London
Christopher Addison
Pressq
House of Commons
Too Much Realism, New York
Edward Mills describes moving pictures using realistic scenarios of holdups as part of a debate on their influence. a former stick-up man comments on realism in film.
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New York
Edward Mills
Moving Pictures
Lonesomest American in Germany Keeps Quiet at Coblenz Castle
Lieutenant John W. Scott of Detroit commands Company K at Coblenz near the Rhine and lives in a great hilltop castle with a countess and four daughters as neighbors. An anti fraternization order bars visits, so he spends long evenings alone reading while 50 soldiers share quarters on the first floor. He governs the nearby village of Molsberg and keeps to routine duties with little contact beyond his troops.
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Coblenz
Germany
John W. Scott
Detroit
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Berlin
Scott
Rhine
Molsberg
Kill Gophers Save $100000 in Wyoming County
In Washington Lincoln County Wyoming a gopher control campaign aided by the farm bureau and biological survey of the department of agriculture cut gopher damage. Two of four farming sections organized with 50 percent participation reported 85 percent of ground squirrels killed by poison bait. All sections to join this spring for a statewide effort following similar campaigns in four other Wyoming districts.
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Washington
Lincoln County
Wyoming
Farm Bureau and Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Shippe in Sio City Califo Concept Demo
A damaged fragment notes a concept in Sio City California. The text hints at a demo or presentation related to a ship or shipment context. Specific names, dates, or locations are not clearly readable.
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Shippe
Sio City
Califo
Fragmented OCR Summary Card
A damaged OCR text fragment reports a sportive or beverage related note with unclear details. Readable parts mention color, beauty, and stert at a public event. No specific names, dates, places, teams, or outcomes are recoverable from the fragment.
Mrs Baline Beale Illness at Walter Reed Hospital
Mrs Baline Beale and daughter Harriet Blaine are mentioned in connection with wartime injuries. The note references James G Blaine and a visit to Walter Reed Army Hospital as part of a companionable or gracious context. The fragmentary text implies wounded soldiers and a wartime hospital setting.
Literary Center Announces Fifteen Books Lost in City
Oklahoma City officials report that the Literary Center has lost fifteen books in a recent incident. The city also mentions a literary cow and a pup connected to Mrs. Mary Hayes, though details remain unclear.
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Literary Center
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mary Hayes
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