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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1914
Page
2
The dispatch covers Treasury figures under Wilson, European reactions, and tax data, noting income taxes in Nebraska and federal expenditures. It lists political resignations, troop movements, and international alignments, including Montenegro, Albania, and Mexico, plus incidents of war and natural disasters across the globe.
Louis P. Duncan, mayor of Butte Mont, was stabbed three times and shot his assailant Eric Lan tala, a Finnish miner, in the abdomen. Duncan likely recovers. Lan tala dies from wounds. Other items note suffrage opposition in Omaha, July casualty list, and Carranza Villa dynamics at Torreon.
Foreign Minister Russ reviews peace conference as big business grows brighter. The National Education Association endorses women suffrage equal pay for teachers and grants five vice presidencies to women. Dr David Starr Jordan elected president without opposition for the coming year. South Carolina supporters of Dr Johnson back Jordan. Oakland chosen as next year’s meeting site. Resolutions favor pensions for teachers higher salaries for vocations travel allowances simplified spelling international peace child health inspection and parent teacher cooperation on sex education.
President Wilson believes business leaders are moving toward the administration plan for anti-trust legislation and will back its passage in the current Congress after meetings with Henry Ford and other corporate representatives.
Huerta comments in Mexico City that senate ratification was not sought for Niagara Falls protocols as presidential approval sufficed. He links US policy to supporting Carranza revolutionists and argues any international settlement must address Mexico's internal crisis.
Lincoln Nebraska a seventeen year old rider Frank Audnitt died after his motorcycle collided with a Burlington passenger train at Lakeview crossing on West P street. The train was moving about twenty five miles per hour. the rider was thrown about thirty feet and died at the hospital a few minutes later.
Arthur Nebs new county seat celebrated the Fourth of July with a lot sale barbecue and races. Eighty lots sold and funds to finance public buildings. One block reserved for school and three large blocks for county high school and experimental uses.
Heavy rain across Germany triggers widespread damage. In Berlin the fire department responded repeatedly to rescue residents trapped in cellars as floods rose over twelve hours. Central districts report fatalities from lightning as waters inundate streets and homes.
In Atlanta the Georgia house rejects woman suffrage. the committee reports adverse on a bill granting women the right to vote in state and county elections by a 6 to 4 vote.
The measure, approved by the House after Senate consent, authorizes the disposition to homestead settlers of surface rights to public lands that contain minerals, moving toward clarified ownership and use.
Lincoln Neb opinion from the state's legal department and the railway commission holds that invalidation of the Iowa blue sky law could prompt a legal attack on Nebraska's statute with similar consequences. The two agencies say the laws are alike though not identical. About seventy permits have been issued by the blue sky examiner and around twenty doubtful promotion schemes have been barred from business.
Thomas Hilton, a Black inmate in Plattsmouth Nebraska, attempted to break jail on July 4 while under medical care with two guards present. He allegedly used tools to remove bricks from the wall of the old jail, shielding the work with a newspaper as he tried to reach bricks and property.
The Hastings vault robbery ends with twenty beer cases missing. A state fair bette babies contest runs with an August 17 deadline. A mile relay pony race and several bond issues mark Nebraska events across towns.
Gossipy listings from the state capital compile fair locations across counties with dates and secretaries. Septembers run from Sept 1 to Oct 2, with towns such as Albion Chadron Bladen Seward Kearney and Clay Center hosting events.
A fragmented summary notes 1345 bills introduced in the 14,3 Nebrarkt session and compares to North Carolina 408 bills, Iowa, New York, and other states. It discusses legislative labor costs, longhand engraving shifts, and changes to constitutions and outputs. The piece includes scattered lines on agricultural yields, recipes, and a public notice-like call to action for future legislation.
Warden W T Fenton proposes using convict earnings and prison electricity sales to cover a $60 000 yearly appropriation. In the last six months the prison spent $47 484 on maintenance salaries and expenses, offset by $13 720 from contract labor and $2 565 for electric current to state buildings, among other items he says should be credited to the penitentiary.
The state banking board approves a semitruel assessment on state banks for the benefit of the deposits guaranty fund. The levy is one twentieth of one percent of the average deposits for the past six months. It will raise 742.11 or less than prior payouts, bringing the fund total to 872,229.36 after adjustments.
A state pen team plays baseball as a recreational outlet while facing tough amateur competition. The article notes the penitentiary's efforts to improve morale and discipline through sport, with references to state agriculture and transportation notes from the era.
Six hundred Beatrice women sign petitions to urge closing places of business one afternoon each work month in July. Beatrice men hint at adopting the policy to align with workers and reduce disruptions from the creation.
An OCR fragment notes a land tract near Waco with adjacent features and a price per acre. It references a seller or broker and a stated consideration per acre, though incomplete.
The readable text outlines a condensed method for making a coffee dessert or syrup with caramel tones. It mentions measuring portions such as a cupful of water a cupful of tea and a pint of coffee mixed with vanilla and freezing steps. Entities are unclear and portions inconsistent.
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