Congressional party splits and policy shifts in Washington
An advance copy of the next House reveals 215 Democrats 215 Republicans with minor third party presence. Peace-note hearings pause as counsel searches proceed. The Mexican-American commission dissolves and officials propose Ambassador Fletcher moves and troop withdrawal from Chihuahua. Oklahoma passes anti cigarette bill. California reform resolutions trend toward prohibition.
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House of Representatives
South Kimball
Mexico
United States
Lane
J. R. Mott
George Gray
Wilson
Fletcher
Chihuahua
Austria's fifth war loan tops four billion crowns subscribed
Foreign incomplete returns from the fifth Austrian war loan show 4,412,800,000 crowns subscribed with about 300,000,000 still outstanding. The issue becomes Austria's largest loan yet. A German raider has sunk Entente vessels in the south Atlantic with 15 survivors landed at Pernambuco and 450 men unaccounted.
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Austria
South Atlantic
Pernambuco
Treaty of 1880 funds Ute claim for 3 million dollars
Ute Indians seek 3 115 000 from the United States based on an 1880 treaty. McCook, head of the Uintah Southern White River Uncompaghre and Tabaquach Utes, hires lawyers for Washington action. Dr Alfred Meyer warns in New York that immigration could worsen tuberculosis without safeguards.
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United States
McCook
Southern
White River
Washington
Alfred Meyer
New York
Admiral Dewey Dead at Washington Home at Eighteenth Year
Admiral Dewey, the nation’s Spanish war hero and preeminent naval figure, died at his Washington home in his eightieth year. He had been unconscious since Monday after a coma, still hoping to return to his navy desk.
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Admiral Dewey
Washington
Navy Department
House Rules Extends Peace Note Probe to Stock Market Inquiry
The house rules committee broadened the peace note leak investigation in New York's financial district to a general inquiry into the stock market. It considered hiring expert counsel with financial expertise to conduct witness examinations.
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Stock Exchange
House Rules Committee
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
Wall Street
New York
Neb Irrigation plans progress amid four resolutions
The Nebraska State Irrigation association advances four projects adopted in Bridgeport, all to be acted on in Congress this session via bills. Lincoln shippers face a January 17 embargo on Burlington freight to east of Chicago, lasting to January 26, aimed at easing car congestion. Buffalo Bill Cody honored as the West bids farewell, with state capitol rites and Lookout Mountain burial planned. Lumber prices to rise sharply as war stokes demand, per George A. Jewett of Des Moines at the Northwestern Lumbermen’s convention in Minneapolis.
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Lookout Mountain
George A. Jewett
Des Moines
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Cheyenne
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Kimball
International Christian Endeavor Association
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Nebraska Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
H. O. Walden
G. F. Dunn
de Witt
Wisconsin
Railroad Brotherhood Delays Strike Over Adamson Law Ruling
W. G. Lee head of the trainmen faction announces no strike action until the Supreme Court rules on the eight hour law. Delegates to the federation have formalized this position in a forthcoming official statement.
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Nebraska state board elects new officers at meeting
W R Mellor secretary of the Nebraska state board of agriculture loses re election 42 to 28 E R Danielson of Osceola takes his place All other officers elected by acclamation J A Ollis Ord president R M Wolcott Central City first vice president J F McArdle Omaha second vice president Jacob Sass Chalco treasurer Mellor is removed from a board vote upon Danielson's recommendation
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Omaha
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Chalco
Mellor
Danielson
Students Against It Aims to Make Drill Voluntary
Pacifist student group at the university seeks to overturn compulsory drill. They push for a legislative law or a people’s vote via initiative and referendum. Anton Jensen leads, with Sorenson, Lilliefors, and Jacobsen as key members asserting the drill serves propaganda and violates student rights.
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Blair
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Manfred Lilliefors
Wahlfred Jacobsen
Omaha
Coming events dates in Holt county and Nebraska fairs
Holt county hay dealers face car shortages as Frank Vana sues to compel Burlington to furnish cars at ONeill and Hay Point. Other items note upcoming shows in Lincoln Omaha York and North Platte Odd Fellows events, plus hotel plans, wolf hunts, and farm notices across Nebraska.
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Madison
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York County Board of Supervisors
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Seward
Nebraska National Guard pleas for state funds and reform
Adjutant General Phil Hall mails a biennial report from Fort Crook to Lincoln lawmakers urging increased appropriations to modernize the Nebraska militia. He lists salaries, office, armory, rifle range, and practice needs totaling substantial funding to align with federal requirements and defend the state.
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Nebraska National Guard
Fort Crook
Lincoln
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Directors shakeups on local board elects new officers
E R Purcell was made secretary and new directors include the president and vice presidents along with George Jackson of Nelson and Charles Graff of Bancroft who were re elected. W C Caley of Creighton replaces Danielson on the board.
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George Jackson
Nelson
Charles Graff
Bancroft
W. C. Caley
Creighton
Danielson
Representative Thomas Seeks Amendment to Corrupt Practices Act
Representative Lloyd C. Thomas proposes amending the corrupt practices act to require reporting of newspaper and periodical advertising expenses. He notes current law excludes personal travel stationery and postage from expenditure limits, while advertising remains restricted, with a state ad potentially costing up to 500 dollars for a five inch insert.
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Box Butte
Sheridan
Thomas
Pugsley Urges Cooperative Help for Nebraska Farmers
Prof. C. W. Pugsley told about 350 farmers at the Corn Improvers’ session at the state farm that distribution is the key problem. He proposed individual farmer backing and community cooperation as the solution, noting distribution cannot be solved by buyers and sellers alone.
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Nebraska
Corn Improvers’ Association
State Farm
C. W. Pugsley
Extension Service
Record Attendance Shatters Opening Session Limits
Attendance at the 1917 Organized Agriculture week events at the university farm set new records with 800 to 1,000 visitors on Tuesday morning and 400 to 500 at the Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association session in the Plant Industry building. Overflow filled corridors as out of town guests joined locals for the opening days.
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University Farm
Nebraska Corn Improvers’ Association
Plant Industry
Mayfield Confirmed for Nebraska State Board of Control
The senate confirmed Governor Neville's nomination of Eugene O. Mayfield of Omaha to replace Judge Howard Kennedy on the state board of control starting next July. The vote was 30 to 2 after rejecting Sandall of York's motion to defer and form a five member investigative committee.
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Neville
Eugene O. Mayfield
Omaha
Howard Kennedy
State Board of Control
Sandall
York
Sixteenth Annual Organized Agriculture Opens at University Farm
The Nebraska horse breeders association meeting opened the sixteenth annual organized agriculture week at the university farm on Monday afternoon. Attendance reached a record with over 350 people present.
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Nebraska Horse Breeders’ Association
University Farm
University dairy building dedicated after $200000 cost
The modern dairy facility on the university farm campus was formally dedicated Wednesday night. Regents, Chancellor Avery, and faculty hosted several hundred Nebraskans during the organized agriculture sessions.
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University Farm
University
Avery
Northwestern farmers visit Lincoln in 22 hour train trip
Sheridan county farmers and businessmen, 170 strong, arrived in Lincoln on a Northwestern special train Monday evening. A cheering crowd welcomed the delegation that attended organized agriculture sessions. They occupied six coaches with luggage, traveling from Rushville since Sunday night at 8 o clock.
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Sheridan County
Lincoln
Rushville
Condense the Ballot Proposal From Nebraska Senator
Senator James W Hammond of Furnas plans a bill to shorten presidential ballot content before session end. The Cambridge Clarion editor represents Gosper Phelps Furnas and Harlan counties. The measure retains names of electors and presidential and vice presidential candidates in a condensed format.
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Nebraska
James W. Hammond
Furnas
Cambridge
Neb
Clarion
Gosper
Phelps
Harlan
Senate
Mellor Urges Caution on Farm Loan Bank Stock Purchase
Secretary W. R. Mellor of the state board of agriculture warns the public against subscribing to stock in the federal farm loan bank for the district. He argues the government will take the balance of the $750,000 stock within thirty days and notes the amount is insufficient for loans across four states, even in Lancaster County where the figure is nearly that size.
Amended Dry Federation Bill Advances in Senate
The amended dry federation bill drafted by W. H. Thompsons committee was introduced in the senate Wednesday morning under Beal Chappell and Sandall names. It aims to reach Senator Beals prohibition committee for disposition and would allow liquor consumption in the home within limits and relieve some druggists of state duties.
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W. H. Thompson
Senate
Beal
Chappell
Sandall
Nebraska State Fish Chief Seeks Cheap Food Fish
State Fish Commissioner O'Brien argues in his annual report to Governor Neville for stocking Nebraska waters with German carp to cut living costs. He says bass and fancy breeds struggle, while crappies and yellow bullheads offer affordable food, despite sportsmen's likely protests.
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O’brien
Neville
Nebraska
Porterhouse
Nebraska Electors Seek Reimbursement for Lincoln Meeting
Presidential electors in Lincoln who voted for Wilson and sent a messenger to Washington present claims totaling 249.80. The state law grants $5 per day and 10 cents per mile for the round trip. they met on Saturday and the following Monday. Nebraskan farmers carried farm debt of 18,275,510 beyond land obligations for 1915 per the State Auditor’s annual report.
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Lincoln
Wilson
Washington
Smith
With the Fingers Corns Lift Out Without Pain
A Cincinnati authority claims corns and calluses can be removed with the fingers by applying drops of Freezone. The drug, inexpensive and contact-free, dries instantly and causes no irritation or infection, with freezone available through druggists or wholesalers.
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Corns
Cincinnati
New Industry for South Africa Soap and Oil Manufacture
After experiments lasting more than a year a profitable vegetable oils and soap industry has been found viable in South Africa.
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South Africa
Actress Reveals Gray Hair Recipe From Barbo Compound
A famous actress shares a home remedy for gray hair using Bay Rum glycerine and Barbo Compound mixed in water. The guide promises gradual darkening without staining the scalp or leaving grease, with full directions included in Barbo Compound boxes.
Apt to Starve Comic Exchange Prompts Fat Wife Joke
A magazine contributor jokes about liking a fat wife, and the remark about supporting her with poetry leads to the quip that she won’t stay fat long. The exchange showcases humor on weight and literary grant ideas.
Writer Reflects On Shifting Boyish Ambition In War
A writer notes that the average small boy is less eager to fight in wars. He argues that modern warfare with machine guns gas and hand grenades makes combat far more dangerous and less appealing as a game or sport.
Resigned Maternal Exchange Cited by Dorothy
A brief exchange shows a mother admonishing Dorothy about heaven while Dorothy recalls past outings to the circus and Chautauqua, revealing a child’s resigned stance and the mother’s stern parental stance.
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Dorothy
Squeezing Out the Water
A brief quip from the Louisville Courier Journal comparing a letter-press to a stock certificate sales pitch. It portrays a frustration with the press method and a cynical take on promoting certificates through aggressive leverage.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Demand For Mild Cigars Grows Among London Women
A rising trend is seen as London women increasingly seek milder cigars. Retailers report steady sales and note appeal to a broader audience, with more brands labeled as approachable options.
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London
Vivien Frederick Noted as One of Top Hest Actresses in New York
Vivien Frederick is highlighted as a prominent Hest actress in New York, recognized among the leading performers in the scene.
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Vivien Frederick
New York
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