National In Brief Congress News and International Affairs
Nebraskan Rep George W Norris will seek renomination to the House not the Senate. Richard Parr, customs deputy in New York, aided the government in seizing sugar underweighing frauds and is set to receive 100000 dollars. Various postmasters appointed in Nebraska while diplomacy exits James Flynn Statesman. Roosevelt becomes an editor and dates for July 4th leave in place. Immigrant, tax, and land bills move in Congress with notable executive actions and investigations.
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Richard Parr
New York
Nebraska
Anoka
Boyd County
Martin K. Airport
H. W. Pareken
St. Michael
Buffalo County
Edith A. Nickel
D. M. Hendrickson
Table
Custer County
Oscar A. Cline
P. M. Sperry
State Department
James Flynn Statesman
Bolivia
Statesman
Fred W. Carpenter
House
War Department
Frank W. Carpenter
B. L. Worcester
Philippines
Martin
Roosevelts Rest Interruption News and Global Events
The summary covers Roosevelt staying home for rest with no interviews, a sharp State Department note to Nicaragua, trial dates for Muskogee town lorus cases including Governor Haskell, oil price cuts by Standard Oil, potential sugar fraud losses, Hamilton’s aeroplane trip, Des Moines to Brooklyn player sale, Taft promoting a square deal and worry over a publicity bill, a missionary conference letter, Missouri land offer tied to an aviator flight, Haskell at Oklahoma City on capital relocation, Van Herdt wreck near Curacao with drowned crew, Hansell Block fire in Chicago, bleaching flour in federal court, House claims committee activity, cross country aeroplane flight, Jeffries Johnson fight planned in Nevada, House rule on legislative smothering, customs search of Roosevelt party, and a large appraisal of elephant and wildlife artifacts at the dock.
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Rickard
Gillette
California
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Ransdell
Henry Parsons
Georgia
Joe” Cannon
New York
Cannon
Treasury
Johnson
Senate
Heyburn
Forester Pinchot
John Pierce
Sioux City
Oakland
Cal
Taft
White House
Youssoufzia
Berlin
Pacific Coast
China
Oyster Bay
Ojo
Manseanal
Mexico
John Rustgard
John J. Boyse
United States
Alaska
House
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Como
Italy
Switzerland
House Committee On Public Buildings
Williamsburg
Robert Vaniver
Isaac Perry
County Baptist
Vaniver
State Department
Madriz
Campbell
Muskogee
Charles N. Haskell
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Charles K. Hamilton
Philadelphia
Jack Dalton
Des Moines Club
Brooklyn National League Club
Edinburg
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri State Board of Immigration
Missouri
Oklahoma City
State Fair Park
Haskell
Oklahoma
van Herdt
Curacao
Hansell Block
Chicago
House Committee On Claims
Nevada
Hoboken
Roosevelt swamped with wireless messages on homeward trip
Col Roosevelt heads home amid a flood of wireless messages as national events move quickly. Two West Point graduates marry the day after graduation while Taft hopes Congress acts before June ends.
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Col. Roosevelt
West Point
Storm at Wayne Destroys Property and Crops in Floods
Wayne Nebraska suffered its worst storm with hail and heavy rain that flooded basements wrecked buildings and destroyed gardens and shade trees. An estimated twenty thousand dollars in damage spread beyond Wayne into surrounding farms with ruined grain killed stock and damaged barns and warehouses.
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Wayne
Beatrice Man Arrested in Montana Manslaughter Case
Beatrice, Ned Walter J. Scott, a former Beatrice barber, is under arrest in Billings Montana charged with manslaughter. Scott and a man named Oberweiser fought, injuring Oberweiser who died. Coroner’s jury attributed death to other causes, but authorities filed a warrant. Scott has long lived in Beatrice and is Wan Scott’s brother.
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Beatrice
Ned
Walter J. Scott
Billings
Mont
Scott
Oberweiser
Wan Scott
Mrs James Skiles Injured After Cow Incident in Holdrege
Mrs James Skiles of Holdrege Nebraska, an elderly woman weighing over 375 pounds, sustained serious injuries when she was thrown by a cow while lariating it on a vacant lot near her home. She suffered a fractured collar bone and internal bruises due to the jolt, the injuries considered serious given her age.
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Holdrege
James Skiles
Skiles
Inspection Ordered At The Paddock Hotel
Beatrice Deputy Labor Commissioner W. M. Maupin and Lincoln city plumbing inspector Bert Chapman inspected the Paddock hotel building to determine sanitation needs. They plan a thorough follow up to require immediate improvements and to compel the owner to place the structure in sanitary condition.
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Beatrice
W. M. Maupin
Bert Chapman
City of
Lincoln
Paddock Hotel
Woman Seeks One Third of Luce Estate in County Court
In Tecumseh a ongoing case before the county court involves Mrs. Thom as Goodman, long associated with the late Worthy Luce's household, claiming one third of Luce's estate because certain funds from her father became part of Luce's property.
Wheat Prospects Good in Franklin County Neb
Fall wheat is rapidly coming out in full head and farms plan harvest around July Fourth. Prospects for a full crop in Franklin County are as good as ever.
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Franklin, Neb
Franklin County
Picnic set for Fifth August at Modern Woodmen
Modern Woodmen will add a picnic it Fifth August 5 and 6. Three weddings occurred all in one day at Plattsmouth recently. There is a move on foot to form a Y. M. C. A. in Nebraska City. Merna is putting on metropolitan airs with its new system of electric lights. Miss Eva Greff of Eldorado, Ia., was chosen librarian of the Fremont public library. Schuyler will celebrate the Fourth in the good old-fashioned style. The comptroller of currency has authorized the First National bank of Chappell to begin business. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Johnson, seventy, of Broken Bow, killed by a train at Mount Vernon. John Hall named principal of Weeping Water academy. Miss Pearl Smith will have charge of music. Lew O. Farrington, 50-year UP locomotive veteran, dies en route to North Platte. Fremont C C F lodge and Knights of Pythias memorial services held for deceased.
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Plattsmouth
Nebraska City
Merna
Eva Greff
Eldorado
Fremont Public Library
Schuyler
Comptroller of Currency
First National Bank of Chappell
Phillip Johnson
Broken Bow
Chicago & Northwestern
Mount Vernon
John Hall
Academy
Chadron
Rural and Freight Rail Complaints Highlight Nebraska Lines
The Burt County Telephone Company seeks a three dollar and seventy five cent monthly rate for combined business and residence service. The Northwestern requests permission to drop passengers on freight train No 59 between Blair and Arlington. J M Callender of Thedford files a complaint with the state railway commission over Burlington service between Thedford and Mullen, asking for better schedules stations depots and hotel expenses for overnight layovers at Seneca amid twelve hour trips for twenty six miles.
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Burt County Telephone Company
Northwestern
Blair
Arlington
J. M. Callender
Thedford
Burlington
Mullen
State Railway Commission
Seneca
Burlington seeks permission to apply distance tariff on O Neill Sioux City line
The Burlington asks the railroad commission to apply its distance tariff to the O Neill to Sioux City line replacing Great Northern rates. A hearing is set for July 18 due to Aldrich bill concerns. March 1910 freight on the line totaled 951.12, with proposed rates yielding 937.43. Additional reductions are authorized for cement rates between Omaha and western Nebraska towns 1.5 to 2.5 cents per hundred pounds.
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Burlington
O'Neill
Sioux City
Great Northern
Omaha
South Omaha
Plattsmouth
Beatrice
Lincoln
Wymore
Nebraska City
St. Joseph & Grand Island
Schimmer
Grand Island
Bayard
Minatare
Scotts,bluff, Mitchell, Morrill
Ang Bridgeport
Reno
Alliance
York
Fairmont
Strang
Chester
Governor OKs Selection of Reno Site for Jeffries Johnson Fight
Governor Dickinson says the law permits the boxing bout and authorities will not interfere. Prep work begins for a July 4 event at a rock strewn East Reno site, a mile and a half from the city, near Southern Pacific tracks and the Reno Sparks interurban line.
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Reno
Nev
Tia
Jeffries-Johnson
Tex Rickard
Gillette
California
Southern Pacific
Reno Sparks Interurban Railway
Edinburgh Missionary Conference Audiences Hear Unity Report
Audiences at the world missionary conference in Edinburgh applauded and discussed the work of volunteers and lifelong workers among non Christian peoples. A program change led to the report of the committee on Cooperation and the Promotion of Unity being presented earlier than planned by Sir Andrew H Frazer, formerly lieutenant governor of Bengal.
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Edinburgh
Missionary Conference Board
Committee On “Cooperation and the
Andrew H. Frazer
Bengal
Mexican Border Tension Roils El Paso Region
Troops along the frontier from Cananea to Suidad Porfirio Diaz, opposite Eagle Pass, Texas, brace for outbreaks after a foiled attack on Naco. Mexican forces are deployed to quell disturbances with an iron hand. Rurales under President Diaz are a key reliance.
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el Paso
Tex
Naco
Sonora
Mex
Cananea
Suidad
Last Body Recovered From Pluviose Submarine
Calais France reports the final body of the Pluviose crew recovered after the May 26 collision with a channel steamer. The commander’s logbook was found, revealing the submarine’s last dive. The final entry is dated 1 56 PM on the day of the strike. Twenty seven men perished.
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Calais
France
Stork Keeps Roaring Return Roosevelts Visit Boston
A stork visited Boston and left four infants at the home of Samuel Anderson a ship fitter at the Charleston navy yard. The children two boys a girl and a boy are expected to live. The mother is thirty four and the couple have eight other children four of whom survive.
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Boston
Mass
Roosevelt
Stork
Samuel Anderson
Charleston Navy Yard
Peru Accepts Offer in Boundaries Dispute
Lima reports Peru has accepted mediators United States Brazil and Argentina suggestions. Mobilized 15,000 frontier volunteers have been recalled.
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Peru
Lima
United States
Brazil
Argentine
Ecuador
Reclamation Fund Approved By House Vote
The House passed a bill by 255 to 20 to issue certificates of indebtedness totaling 20 million dollars. The funds will support completing reclamation projects already started.
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Washington
House
University Men Sailing for Canada and United States Tour
A large party of university men touring Canada and the United States under the students' traveling bureau has sailed from Liverpool.
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London
Canada
United States
Students’ Traveling Bureau
Liverpool
Omaha Car Collision Claims Three Injured and Dead
In a two car crash at Thirty fourth and Leavenworth streets in Omaha on Tuesday morning William Krug was thrown from a vehicle, struck the pavement and died. Frederick T. McCormick of Denver, a passenger, was badly injured and Al Schultz the other driver’s chauffeur was also hurt.
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Omaha
Thirty-fourth
Leavenworth
William Krug
Frederick T. McCormick
Denver
Dinner in Honor of William Jennings Bryan Held in Commons
London reports a dinner in the House of Commons in honor of William Jennings Bryan. The event was hosted by Home Secretary Winston Spencer Churchill with Chancellor Lloyd George among the guests.
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Bryan
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Secretary of Home Affairs
William Jennings Bryan
House of Commons
Lloyd-George
Bishop Joseph F Busch Installed in Lead South Dakota
Right Rev. Joseph F Busch was installed as bishop of the Catholic diocese of Lead South Dakota at St. Patrick's cathedral with Archbishop Ireland officiating. The cathedral was filled with spectators.
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Bishop II
Lead
S. D
Joseph F Busch
Catholic Diocese of
S.D
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Ireland
Night flight by Paulhan from London to Manchester
French aviator Paulhan recounts his record flight from London to Manchester with scarce sleep and gusty currents. He battles rain near Rugby and a near crash above Lichfield, then lands narrowly after a fish-hook maneuver to miss a brewery and telegraph wires.
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Paulhan
London
Manchester
Herdon
Midland
Hampstead
Theorthwestern
Rugby
Lichfield
Pearl Necklace Theft and Recovery Amuse Marquise de L
A pearl necklace valued at 16000 was stolen from the Marquise de L in Paris. A messenger boy pocketed it during shoe delivery. The boy’s mother found the pearls on her son and later gave them to her daughter who wore them to school. The mother removed some pearls for safety and the marquise, amused, withdrew the complaint. the boy was released.
Lost In the City
A lawyer raised in the country contrasts city awareness with rural orientation. He cites fourteen to fifteen witnesses who accurately describe nearby streets yet cannot place bank corners or trolley directions, noting rural people’ s sense of sun and wind patterns.
Stableman Faces Theft Charge Over Historic Find
A French stableman named Brodequin faces prose cution for theft after a brooch he found seven years ago, believed to be a real diamond by experts, was valued at 150 pounds. He had kept the item since the day he used it to hold his baby's bib and refused a 40 pound offer from a jeweler when the child wore it on her sixth birthday.
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Brodequin
Plowed Up a Roman Coffin Near Westbury Wiltshire
A lead shell coffin was discovered plowing a field near Westbury England. The outer wood rotted but bones and teeth remained well preserved. The coffin was moved to Devizes Museum by Wiltshire Archaeological Society secretary Mr Gunnington who suspects a Roman settlement once stood nearby.
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Westbury
Wiltshire
England
Man Refused Help By Impatient Motorists Near Theater
A passerby along Superior Avenue witnessed two exhausted women stuck at a stalled auto in front of the Colonial theater. He offered assistance but one woman snapped that he should mind his own business, conveying a tense roadside moment.
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Superior Avenue
Colonial Theater
Cleveland
Whitewash or Eyesore? Doctor Meets Ten Children Resident
A country doctor recalls a man who moved into a dilapidated cottage and whitewashed it inside and out. The resident calls the eyesore a good disinfectant, noting that the previous occupants had twins three times and that there are ten children in the family.
Dialogue on pressed flowers and reminiscence of a kiss through a telephone
Eva questions the dislike of pressed flowers and Jack explains they remind him of a kiss through a telephone. Eva asks for the meaning and Jack notes the flowers have lost their sweetness.
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Eva
Jack
Arctic sun described as elusive gold dollar
The explorer recalls the sun in the Arctic as resembling a rare elusive gold dollar and offers a thoughtful simile. The exchange highlights how extreme daylight conditions distort perception and shape metaphor.
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Arctic
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