War talk and political maneuver across the war fronts
Senator La Follette delays naval bill passage while accusing Wall Street groups of driving large armed forces. International and domestic notes include Castro’s U S entry rights, Russian troops in France, battles along the Somme, and political shifts in Britain Germany Italy and Spain. Also reports on strikes famine refugees and labor legislation while Wilson pushes for child labor reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Follette
Wall Street
Morgan
Standard Oil
Fifth Nebraska Regiment Camp Llano Is Finest In Division
Western state reports from Camp Llano describe the Fifth Nebraska Regiment under Colonel Herbert Paul as having the prettiest camp in the division. The once wilderness site is now a cultivated display with boulevards and company streets, yucca palms, and semi tropical plantings around Major Sterricker’s yard with shell decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union News Service
Fifth Nebraska
Camp Llano ‘Grand
Herbert Paul
Sterricker
Southern
California
Mobilization Cost Near Forty Thousand Dollars
The mobilization of state troops for border service cost not less than 40000 dollars funded largely by government money. About 2200 men were transported and fed for sixteen days, with pay from back privates to General Phil Hall. Records are incomplete and will be compiled for the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Phil Hall
Hall
War Department
Nebraska Banking Board Warns of Inexperienced Bank Charters
The Nebraska State Banking Board, led by Reed with Gov Morehead and Auditor Smith, warns in court papers that an abnormal number of charter requests from inexperienced applicants may threaten the bank guaranty law. The board argues banks should meet local commercial needs, yet notes large sums exist in state banks from outside deposits, risking disaster in a stringency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Banking Board
Central State Bank of Omaha
Reed
Morehead
Smith
Banking Board
Nebraska
Nebraska 1915 Insurance Companies Record
The 110 stock fire insurers licensed in Nebraska in 1915 wrote 383 million dollars of insurance and earned about 4.8 million in net premiums. Losses totaled 3.6038 million, all paid in 1915 except 4,798. Seventy five U S corporations held 72.998 million in capital while 35 alien companies from England France Scotland Germany Holland Japan and others formed the remainder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
W. B. Eastham
United States
England
France
Scotland
Germany
Holland
Japan
Patriotic League raises funds for Nebraska troops flags
The Woman's Patriotic League of Nebraska reports raising 87.80 at its first meeting to buy regimental flags for Nebraska troops in Mexico. Lincoln women contributed all money, but several state vice chairmen did not report. Despite heat, members continue collecting as time runs short before flag production begins after funding is guaranteed.
Bierman Acts as Postmaster for Fourth Nebraska
Captain Leidy failed medical, leaving camp without chaplain. Color Sergeant Edward Bierman of Omaha volunteered and is now the postmaster for the Fourth Nebraska regiment in Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bierman
Nebraska
Lincoln
Joseph M. Leidy
Edward Bierman
Omaha
Nebraska Women Help Harvest In North Central States
Labor Commissioner Coffey reports Nebraska women work in alfalfa hay and grain fields alongside husbands. He observed women driving mowers and go devils, stacking hay and shocking grain near Fremont Norfolk Pierce and ONeill. Farmers sometimes leave headers standing as families join in shocking grain.
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Nebraska
Coffey
Fremont
Norfolk
Pierce
O'Neill
Nebraska Troops at Camp Llano Need Cash Help
The Nebraska troops at Camp Llano near the border show resolve and seek home support. Readers are urged to fund company purses from smaller towns to bolster company funds, as hard tack cannot replace bread and small touches need cash surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Camp
Llano
Guards Hard Hit by Rains In Nebraska Camp
Guards from the Fourth Nebraska regiment under Colonel George Hberly faced a heavy rain at Camp Llano delaying detraining. The brief downpour flooded the Platte river valley then quickly dissipated, leaving little evidence of the shower after the sun returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
George Hberly
Camp
Llano
Platte River
Old
Only One Dourine Reactor Found This Season
State Veterinarian J. S. Anderson oversaw the killing of a young mare in Brownlee Cherry County after 500 horse tests found a single dourine reactor. The disease, once widespread, now limits to the five infected counties with 3,000 tests in 1915 yielding 40 reactors. Indemnities total about $4,000 from state funds and a matching federal contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry
J. S. Anderson
Brownlee
Cherry County
Regulars Pleased With Work Done on Nebraska Camp
Five hours after the Fourth Ne braska reached Llano Grand camp was pitched. Troops landed after a torrential rain and hauled wagons and tents a mile to the site. Captain W. E. Kelso of the Wisner supply company directed the work and earned compliments from regu lar officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Llano Grand Camp
W. E. Kelso
Wisner
Bandits Missed Opportunity at Camp Llano Raid
The article recalls Mexican bandits failing to strike a Nebraska regiment at Camp Llano due to limited ammo and lack of telegraphic contact with Mercedes. Early in the siege the camp was vulnerable as the region was new, and hundreds of bandits could have looted half the equipment before resistance could build.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Camp
Llano
Mercedes
United States Cavalry
Rural Life Conference Held by Western Nebraska Officials
Twenty three county superintendents and prospective superintendents met at Chadron State Normal for a rural life conference. They discussed how issues facing rural life in western Nebraska differ from those in other regions and explored a western state focus for the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadron State Normal
Nebraska
State Buys Large Bond Issues for Education Funds
State Treasurer Hall completes bond purchases as investments of educational funds. Swing school district buys 10000 as first installment of 25000 series. Pierce sewer 5000 as first installment of 20000 series. Niobrara school district 17000. Republican City school district 15000. Mullen waterworks 10000.
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State
Hall
Swing
Pierce
Niobrara
Republican City
Mullen
Miss Helen Mae McDonald May See Service on the Border
Miss Helen Mae McDonald of Valentine may join Nebraska border service as an expert stenographer for the Fourth Nebraska regiment. If clerical work at headquarters requires an expert, she will be called to the border. Camp Liano Grande reports no typhoid or major disease among 12 000 troops due to filtered water and boiled drinking water. A College of Agriculture survey finds owners earn more from farms than tenants, with owner operators gaining 525 on average versus 418 for tenants. western Nebraska shows similar margins.
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Helen Mae McDonald
Valentine
Nebraska
Miss McDonald
Liano Grande
College of Agriculture
James P. Leonard
Sunnyside
Brown County
Hastings
Northwestern
Burchard
Omaha
Taylor
Nebraska Christian Endeavor
Stuart C. Wigg
Omaha Union
Bennett
Holdrege
Harman launches drive against bad eggs in city
Commissioner C. E. Harman fights egg quality abuses after complaints reach his office. He notes dealers may accept eggs without candling and sell them without information on wholesomeness, violating the law. Inspectors are ordered to file complaints to enforce full compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Harman
Nebraska state events and county notes from Richardson to Holdrege
A compilation of Nebraska local notices lists upcoming events across the state from July to September including church assemblies, fairs, and district reunions. It covers real estate assessments in Richardson County, road aid requests, industrial proposals in Bayard, Lincoln building projects, school funding for Greater Omaha, and various civic matters in towns like Franklin, Burr, Aurora, and Fremont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of the Church of Brethren
Beatrice
Fremont
State Press Association
Merchants
Omaha
Platte Valley
Central City
Silver Creek
Seward
Seventh Day Adventists
Hastings
Grand Island
Valley Photographers’ Association
Lincoln
Nebraska
State Federation of Labor
Old Settlers
Mitchell
Richardson County
Gutes
Smith
Falls City
Barada
Tralls City
West Muddy
Nemaha River
High Water
Nebraska City
Dunbar
Bayard
Great Western Sugar Company
Glenn Perry
Cass County
Plattsmouth
San Francisco Parade Bomb Disaster Kills Six
A massive parade in San Francisco turned to tragedy when an infernal machine exploded near Stewart and Market streets. Six people died on the spot with many injured as authorities search for the dynamiter who escaped. Mayor James Rolph Jr. posted a $5,000 reward for those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
San“Francisco
Calif
San Francisco
Bay
Stewart
Market
James Rolph, Jr
Predict Attack on American Trade
Washington reports a European push against America's large postwar gold reserves and export trade. The foreign trade council urges passage of the Webb bill allowing American export collaborations. It warns current war-driven demand and cooperative rivals could erode U S market position if European industrial and government support continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
House Judiciary Committee
Ee Foreign Trade Council
Council
United States
Aroused by Blacklist War Calls for U S Business Action
A New York conference of about fifty members from firms on the blacklist formed a nationwide movement to urge American businessmen to oppose the British government. Leo Zimmerman chaired the three hour meeting which authorized a five member committee to plan actions and to visit Washington to see President Wilson. The group pledged to move quickly before other steps are taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Leopold Zimmerman
Zimmerman & Forshay
Washington
Wilson
Lincoln's prospect for regional bank in Lincoln
Mayor C. W. Bryan, as committee chairman, reports assurances from Washington that Lincoln’s bid for a new federal land bank will be given careful consideration when the location question is addressed. The committee is working to obtain the bank for Lincoln, Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
C. W. Bryan
Washington
Fishermen Missing After Monsoon Off Colombo Coast
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph notes that about two hundred fishermen are believed dead after a monsoon struck a Colombo area fishing fleet in Ceylon. More than one hundred boats failed to return, trapping the fleet in the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Colombo
Ceylon
Exchange Telegraph Company
Women at Work in French Munitions Factories
Paris reports about 150000 women and girls employed in France's munition plants. They make up one third of the nation's munition labor force, highlighting the major role of female workers in wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
New York National Guard Found In Fine Health On Border
Major General Bliss reports to the war department that the New York national guard division on the border is comfortably sheltered in excellent health with a negligible sick report. Food rations praised for quality though monotony noted due to lack of variety components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bliss
War Department
New York National Guard
Petition Drive Seeks 14000 Names to Change Arkansas Prohibition
In Little Rock and across Arkansas petitions circulate to trigger a statewide election on repeal of prohibition. State law requires 10 percent of registered voters to prompt the vote. The penalties for liquor sales include six months hard labor in the penitentiary under one of the South's toughest prohibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
South
Railroads urged to add 6750 cars for wartime troop moves
Chicago report quotes W J Black of the Santa Fe saying railroads need 6 750 more cars permanently to mobilize 1 750 000 troops in eight hours. Current fleet of about 8 000 passenger cars could carry 400 000 men, with 6750 more expanding capacity.
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Chicago
War Department
W. J. Black
Santa Fe
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Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Labor Department
Shackleford
Representative Reavis
Bureau of Roads
Reavis
Rotterdam
Daily Mail
McKenna
House of Commons
Brest
Somme
Lpazentine-Petit Woods
of the
Berlin
Dr. Abed
Henry Ford
Europe
Frank Gotch
Kenosha
Wis
Nebraska Press Association
Gering and
Scottsbluff
Gering
Russia
Poland
Thehouse of Commons
Mexico Northwestern
Santa Ysabel
Chihuahua City
Jacinto Trevino
Liquor Control Board
Carlisle
Austro-Hungary
Galicia
Spain
Mitylene
Greece
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Frederick VIII
Postmaster General of
Denmark
Overseas News
Volhynia
Kaledin
Polk
Eliseo Arredondo
Ninth Massachusetts Infantry
el Paso
Rio Grande
Dockery
Babcock
Joplin
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Ira D. Landrith
Nashville
Tenn
St. Paul
North Platte
Columbus
Kearney
Pathfinder
Greater
Mexico City
Huiseo Arredondo
North Atlantic Seaboard
W. Jensen
United Fruit
Calamares
Long Island
Cananea
Sonora
Bisbee
Ariz
Great Britain
Islands
Conway
North
Wales
British Court of Criminal Appeal
Sir Roger Casement
Viscount Reading
Democratic Press Association
Gene Walrath
Capitol
Congress
Senate
House
the Guaranty Fund
The
the State House
State News
Franklin
Custer County
Abe County
Arbor County
Burlington
Bridgeport
York
Thelma
Superior
O’neill
David City
Broken Bow
John
Adolph Buhlmann
Loup
Monroe
C. T. Courtright
Beaver City
Express
Wyoming
Antelope Park Zoo
Lincoln County
Aurora
Lion Bonding Company of
M. Ford
Burr
Otoe County
Fremont Gun Club
City
Howe
National Credit Bureau
John Kuchenbecher
Meatrice
W. H. Frost
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Farmers’ Union Co-operative Creamery
Boone County Agricultural Society
Albion Commercial Club
Otto Vollbrecht
Newman Grove
John Wehenkel
Valley
Good Roads
Nebraska Association of Commercial Clubs
Omaha Commercial Club
Charles Eckwell
Fairbury
Eckwell
First National Bank of
Ansley
Ansley Bank
Alliance
Charles Hiatt
Eclipse
Hooker County
Lutheran Church of
Albion
Chadron
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