Vast WWI News Review Amid Farm and Trade Debates
A broad roundup reports on the Shackelford roads bill, immigration literacy tests, and military training debates. It notes record New York exports, European war issues in the Senate, and statements on Germany Britain, with Italy antiwar activity and a Flemish defense appeal. It also covers a Oberlin court case, a Lincoln cadet appointment, a fatal train collision near Holdrege, and Nebraska sugar beet payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Congress
Great Britain
Germany
England
Washington
Tramp Dog Mourns Death Of Playmate In City Streets
A curly black stray dog kept vigil beside a dead companion on Forty Seventh Street and Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia after a Chester trolley struck the other dog. He refused to leave, lay beside the mangled body, and followed workers as they removed it. The pair had lived near the Pennsylvania railroad yards for six months, moaning in grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-seventh Street
Woodland Avenue
Philadelphia
Chester
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Hotels and Rail Travel Notes From The Era
A garbled report notes New York has 4,500 hotels and restaurants, steam driven passenger cars adopted for railroads in Bavaria, and gasoline electric cars in use in parts of the United States. It mentions a foldable bill head form from California, kapoc filled mattresses for the U.S. government, 18 Belgian students at Eton, and an erosion study showing surface wear of about one inch every 700 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bavaria
United States
Bill Head
Californian
Eton
Leopold
Albert. Co
Russian capitalists eye new munition factories in Russia
M. Nicholas Riabouchinsky of Moscow now in America as representative of Russian capitalists says Russia plans to build munition factories. He notes the vodka sale ban boosts savings banks by about 1.5 billion dollars and argues American credit to Russians would yield huge profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Nicholas Riabouchinsky
Moscow
America
Russia
M. Riabouchinsky
Cat as Intelligent as Man in Psychology Tests
The passage argues cats show high intelligence comparable to dogs and monkeys in psychological experiments. It notes dogs have human morals leading to assumptions of human logic, while cats are praised for adaptive intelligence, thriving in both home and wild settings and managing diverse conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parlor
Wild Woods
Woman seeks divorce after egg attack described as brutish
A New York woman petitions for divorce after her husband allegedly threw an egg at her. The column notes harsh behavior by the husband and implies moral judgment on the act, describing the husband as extravagant and brute regardless of whether the egg was fresh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daily Thought Echoes Beecher on Cheer Amid Household Drudgery
A reflective line attributed to Henry Ward Beecher urges lifting careworn hearts with gayery and cheer. It notes that every household holds drudgery and sorrow, and stresses keeping spirits bright wherever one goes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horrow
Henry Ward Beecher
President Wilson urges defense plans in national appeal
President Wilson appeals to the country urging defense readiness and immediate execution of army readjustment. He warned of no delay and spoke at railway and motion picture trade gatherings signaling a nationwide push in the coming ten days in the middle west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union News Service
New York
Wilson
United States
Railway Business Association
Motion Picture
Board of ‘Trade
Middle West
O Connor Burial Ordered At Parkview Cemetery
Hastings Nebraska authorities grant administrator Slaker's request over Judge Sutton's objections and deny Honora O Connor's plea to leave burial final arrangements to the widow. John O'Connor's body to be laid to rest after years of public display.
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Hastings
Neb
John O’connor
Parkview “Cemetery
Judy Snider
Slaker
Sutton
Omaha
John Kirkman
McCreary
Danly
Honora O’connor
Government ship purchase bill gains White House support
Washington reports bright prospects for passage as President Wilson meets with Democrats including Majority Leader Kitchen and Senator Clarke to push the revised bill. Kitchen indicates the measure would gain support if framed as outlined. Fighting persists on the French front with heavy clashes near Neuville as German troops storm trenches and counterattacks falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Kitchen
House
Clarke
Arkansas
Guard Removal Causes Unease at El Paso Bridge
Removal of provost guards near the international bridge by General Pershing follows a shooting of a Mexican by a guard. Customs inspectors fear reduced protection and ask Pershing to reinstate the guards, a request he is considering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel Gavira
Carranza
Juarez
el Paso
United States
Harrison
Tex
International Bridge
J. J. Pershing
Eighth Infantry
General Pershing
Embargo Proposal Aims to Free Grain Shipments
Representative Sloan introduces a resolution to empower the president to declare a sixty day embargo on war munitions to relieve grain transport congestion. Nebraska elevator operators complain eastern railroads prioritize arms shipments, hindering grain movement.
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Washington
Nebraska
Sloan
Full State and National Ticket Plans Set in Nebraska
Omaha and the state leaders meet at Omaha to draft full state, congressional, and presidential electoral tickets. The plan awaits endorsement at a party conference in Lincoln on February 22 when the ticket will be selected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Bull Moosers
Frank P. Carrick
Lincoln
December grip illness deaths in Kansas reach 348
Topeka reports 348 fatalities in Kansas during December due to grip, with figures compiled by the registrar of the State board of health.
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Pacific Northwest
Topeka
Kas
Grip
Kansas
The
State Board of Health
Four U S soldiers drowned in border incursion near Progresso
In Brownsville Texas three artillerymen and one cavalryman were drowned when a force of three American lieutenants and fourteen privates crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico opposite Progresso in a failed rescue attempt. Privates Wheeler and Pederson of battery D Fourth field artillery had swum across the river and were captured by armed Mexican civilians. The crossing occurred under cross fire from both sides.
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Brownsville
Tex
United States Army
Mexico
Progresso
William C. Wheeler
Biggo Pederson
Battery D
Fourth Field Artillery
Rio Grande
Nebraska Senator Seeks to Abolish Electoral College
Senator Norris of Nebraska introduces a constitutional amendment to end the electoral college. The plan would certify the direct vote winner to Congress to receive the state’s full slate of senators and representatives, with the House choosing the president if no majority emerges.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Congress
Representatives
House
Maority
Nebraska News Highlights From Seward to Fremont
Orphan children from New York placed in homes around Seward. Hebron Register bought by Wortman and Kendall. Lancaster County builds culverts in Lincoln. County treasurers meet in Omaha February 23 and 24. Hastings mourns Caroline Johnson a 90 year old daughter of the Revolution. Rayburn revival plans expand tabernacle in Fremont. Platte valley sugar beets to cover five thousand acres. York area kerosene blast kills Henry Brackhan. Madison county corn yields reach 4 025 887 bushels valued at 2 012 944. Eddyville approves 25 year electric franchise and 12 street lights. Wakefield hosts farmers institute February 11 12. Kearney to get a modern Platte river concrete bridge. North Platte project offers 40 to 80 acre farms with 60 000 acres under cultivation. Beatrice supports city manager plan. Francis Hayes in Crete seeks 10 000 Nebraska share of 2 000 000 fund for retired Congregational ministers. H. E. Burkett seeks district judge seat. New state aid bridges planned at Sutherland Gretna and Schuyler. Bowiers hold annual Lincoln tournament April 3. South Omaha hog receipts surge in January. Farm demonstrations planned by tractor makers led by Fremont.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Peter ‘McIntosh
Adams County
Association
Caroline L.johnson
William Johnson
Hastings
Fremont
Tabernacle
Platte
North Platte
Keystone
John Bryan
American Beet Sugar Company
Henry Brackhan
York
Madison County
Eddyville
Andrew Sutherland
Bayard H. Paine
Grand Island
Farmers’ Institute
Wakefield
Allen
Platte River
Kearney
Alliance Land Office
United States Interior Department
Beatrice
Nebraska City
Commission
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Shackelford
Reavis
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Burnett
House Immigration Committee
Customs House
Garrison
National Security League
War Department
Italy
Florence
Milan
Naples
Montenegro
Adriatic
Nicholas
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Dover
Supreme Court
Hebron
Nebru
Willmore
F. Reavis
Charles ©. Hartman
W Street
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Carl W. Hoffman
Lyman Bell
Tecumseh
Kristianingford
Lloyd Bigham
Henry Ford
Christiana
Quarantine
Ford
Kristianiagjord
Chihuahua City
Mex
Santa Ysabel
Serbia
F. W. Wakefield
San Francisco
Orient
Tedoroe Pinto
Villa
Prito
Alonzo A. Jones
Grand Army of the Republic
Elgin
Illinois
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Mascot
Holdrege
Burlington Railroad
Colorado
Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Scotts Bluff County
Gering
Senate Military Committee
Crozier
Minnesota
Stillwater
Lane
Allance
North Platte River
Great Plains
Luxus Mor
Des Moines
American Express Co
Reed
A. Craig
Ational Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers’ Associations
Janesville
Wis
Midwest Implement Dealers In Convention
Capitol
Grodnow
Tower OF Biscuits
Saloniki
DOG Guards
Nicholas Riabouchinsky
Dent
O’gonnor
O'Connor
London
Berlin
Neuville
Seward
Wortman
Hebis “Champion
E. H. Kendall
Hebron Register
Champion
eThée
Lancaster County Board ‘of? Commissioners
Francis L. Hayes
Chicago
Crete
H. E. Burkett
Hartington
Sutherland
Gretna
Elkhorn
Schuyler
Bowiers
South Omaha
Ross L. Hammond
Nebraska Farm Journal
Eiven
Femont
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