Public Health Urges Common Sense In Public Section
Assistant Surgeon General W C Rucker tells Chicago Medical Society that ending the common drinking cup is proper but sterilizing cups for all in public is excessive and resembles overzealous recommendations. He notes critics fear overfine public health measures while urging practical steps without unnecessary detail.
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Ewistern
Union News Service
Chicago
Public Health
W. C. Rucker
Federal Public Health Service
Chicago Medical Society
Weo
Royal Society
Will Exhume Benton's Body Amid Political Promises
Disjointed OCR notes reference a pledge attributed to Secretary Bryan from Gen. Villa regarding exhumation of William S Benton's body for pleading examination by medical officials. The fragment hints this act is seen as a pivotal step by authorities in a broader political dispute and public sentiment surrounding a controversial case.
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Bryan
Rapeiseg
William S Bentot
PN Ndt
Japan famine appeal calls for relief aid
The Famine Relief Society reports unseasonable weather in eastern Japan worsened a rice crop shortage causing hunger and loss of livelihoods. The State Department receives the appeal and notes the Red Cross has already sent $10 to support relief through a Japanese committee aiding famine and earthquake victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pel Cos Cokers
Ken Potro
Japan
Red Cross
Attempted Robbery of Des Moines Treasury
Des Moines police investigated an attempted dynamiting of the state treasurer's vaults on a Wednesday morning. Four masked men bound and gagged two watchmen, used explosives on the vault, and fled with $5 from a cash drawer. Authorities admitted puzzlement over the feat and questioned the alleged expertise versus amateurish execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Des Moines
Treacher
Van't
Laws Tackle Tuberculosis Health Rules in Chicago
Report from Dr Fred Ack Green secretary of the American Medical association details proposed tuberculosis laws and related health regulations. The document outlines changes to health safeguards, school health requirements, dairy and contagious disease rules, and registration provisions.
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Chicago
Fredack R Green
Oash Council
The
American Medith Associat
Heath
Rebels Blow Up Mexican Government Train Near Vera Cruz
A Mexican government troop train from Mexico City to Lipá was destroyed by rebels on Saturday afternoon near Lima station, 149 miles from Vera Cruz. All five officers and men aboard plus the engineer were killed. A following passenger train was fired on but escaped.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Lipa
Ernoon
Lima
Er Oceanic
Ra Cruz
Eagl
Iire
Standard Oil Sets Long Term China Oil Pact
Peking reports Standard Oil has a sixty year contract with the Chinese government to develop Shen Li and Chi Li oil fields. The agreement includes backing a large loan to the government, with financing through banks linked to the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
China
Peking
Theandard Oil Company
Thempany
E Company
Many Women Candidates in Downstate Illinois Races
Chicago women are among candidates in nearly all down state counties based on a summary. Most seek minor offices such as collectorship, with townships to be decided on April 7. Fabery Kennedy of Mount Carroll is the sole woman named as running.
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Chicago
Down
Fabery Kennedy
Mount Carroll
Doings in Congress Tonight
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Senate actions with Secretary Bryan discussing treaties and Mexico before the foreign relations committee. House heard testimony on railroad securities and miscellaneous bills as Congress adjourned at 5 25 p m until noon Thursday. Henry Vollmer of Iowa sworn in as representative succeeding Irvin Pepper.
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Senate
Bryan
Mexico
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Interstate Commerce
Meyer
Louis D Brandeis
Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Manahan
Chicago
Duluth
Minneapolis
Henry Vollmer
Iowa
Irvin S Pepper
Senate and House Adjourn for Noon After Debates
The Senate Conference on Alaska bill was postponed again. Norris resolution on New Haven reorganization debated. The House debated the urgent deficiency bill and the La Follette seamens bill before commerce committee. Rivers and harbors bill $47,600,030 reported. Green noted to speak on his investigation of the 200K Island railroad finances. Adjourned various times to noon. Swanson read Washington's farewell. Shively met Wilson on the Mexican question. Radium price cited by Holmes. Panama Canal needs outlined to appropriations panel. Washington's Birthday observed. Ways and Means to hold hearings on tobacco tax measures. General deficiency bill action postponed.
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Senate
Alaska
Norris
New Haven
House
Hearny
Commerce Committee
Green
Shively
Screen Relations Committee
Whe House
Wilson
Holmes
Federal Bureau of Mines
Goethals
Garrison
Appropriations Committee
Panama Canal
Washington
Ways and Means
Superior State Bank Opens in Superior to Take Over
The State Bank of Superior begins operations by assuming assets of the Superior National Bank. Officers include L J Dunn as president W T Auld as vice president C W Harvey as cashier H C Hanna and Seemann as assistant cashiers. Directors are RB Grainger and J T Dalby alongside the officers. Two state banks and a state savings bank now operate in Superior with a third state bank planned in the old Furst National location.
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Superior
State Bank of
Superior National Bank
L J Dunn
Auld
Harve
H. C Hanna
Seemann
RB Grainger
J T Dalby
State Savings Bank
Furst National
Zion City tobacco ban struck down by Illinois Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court invalidates Zion City's ordinance forbidding all tobacco use within city limits, overturning Mr John Alexander Dowie's longstanding ban upheld as law of Zion City. The ruling declares the city measure unconstitutional and unenforceable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
John Alexander Dowie
Zion Ciy UI
Illinois Supreme Court
Zion
Argentine beef and butter arrive in New York on Van Dyck
Two million pounds of Argentine beef and a large consignment of Argentine butter arrived in New York on Tuesday aboard the steamship Van Dyck. The shipment signals ongoing trade activity between Argentina and the United States amid postwar economic shifts.
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New York
Well Known Nebraskan Dead
Omaha Nebraska Clem Deaver general agent of the landseekers information bureau of the Burlington railroad died here Sunday of heart failure at age forty nine. He was well known throughout the west.
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Omaha
Denver Statesman Mourns Death of Senator Henry Moore Teller
Henry Moore Teller former cabinet officer and long serving United States senator from Colorado died Monday at age 83 after two years of illness. He had represented Colorado for more than thirty years and his death was not unexpected.
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Denver
Colon
Henry Moore Teller
United States
Colorado
Young Mohammedan Yet in Lincoln
Rada Hassan wife of Shiek Fl Hassan and mother of Lincoln Hassan adapted to a warm climate but suffered from Lincoln cold last week and has not left the city to join her The Garden of Allah company. She plans to travel to Kansas City during the week to reunite with her husband and company after completing an engagement here.
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Mohammedan
Lincoln
Neb
Rada Hassan
Shiek Fl Hassan
Lincoln Hassan
America
Kansas City
Garden of Allah
Little Loneealy Plassai
Ooanders E! Vassan
Alarcon
Sahara Desert
Benton's Court Martial Record in El Paso
The El Paso record of a alleged court martial in Juarez states William Benton, a Scotchman, was present and represented by a rebel officer as attorney. It says the session was public and Benton was executed for attempted armed violence against General Villa after being found guilty of aiding the enemy by a cash percentage.
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Benton
el Paso
Tex
William
Juarez
Villa
Nebraska National Guard strength and Chadron normal school growth
The Nebraska national guard totals 1,388 men, the peak in peacetime. Chadron State Normal School is rapidly filling with northwest Nebraska students, over 100 in the business department. Lincoln sessions of the Brotherhood of Nebraska Thrashers featured a tour of the state university mechanical engineering labs.
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Nebraska National Guard
State Normal School
Chadrons
Nebraska
Lincoln
Brotherhood of Nebraska Threshermen
Mechanical Engineering Department
The
State University
Nebraska Guard Secures Extra Army Instructor
The Nebraska national guard has obtained services of an additional regular army instructor. He will be detailed to work with various companies for an indefinite period and will report to the state guard headquarters. Charles Hodgdon of Chicago gave a lecture on College Architecture during the multi year commencement, praising the colonial style as distinctly American. Five of eighteen towns bid for the new state reformatory, namely Table Rock Holdrege Superior Crete and Kearney, with others still clarifying their offers for selection.
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Nebraska National Guard
Hall
War Department
State Guard
Charles Hodgdon
Chicago
The
State University
America
Board of Control
Table Rock
Holdrege
Superior Crete
Kearney
Nebraska high school basketball tourney set in Lincoln
Manager Reed describes the event as bigger better and faster than ever for the Nebraska high school tournament to be staged in Lincoln from March 12 to 14 under state university auspices. With entries closing Saturday the meet has 49 of 50 schools. officials will be kept busy all three days of competition.
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Reed
Nebraska
Lincoln
State University
Milford home dispute over probation child custody decision
The board of control upheld Superintendent Ward after the Carns of Seward challenged his administration over a three month probation arrangement. The Carns protested the policy and said they did not want the child due to alleged physical blemishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Milford Industrial Home
E B Carns
Seward
Board of Control
Draft of federal income tax law read by Governor Voreseid
Governor Voreseid studied the complete draft of the federal income tax law, poring over its provisions to clear up contentions. He laid the book aside at 10 am and planned to reserve catchers for the day, considering further reading and possibly calling his private secretary for help.
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Voreseid
Rolling Winter Wheat Bulletin Help For Farmers
Surface cracking of wheat land soils in parts of the state threatens crop injury from moisture loss. Roll fine sand loam soils where possible. if firm, harrow may be better. On silt loams and loams rolling is usually best. harrowing is effective but can damage crops. Write to University Farm Lincoln for press bulletin No 30 Rolling Winter Wheat.
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State College of Agriculture
State Experiment Station
Bulletin
University Farm
Lincoln
Petitions Seek Statewide Input on University Site Change
Petitions filed with the secretary of state by Chancellor I verys office ask for voter expressions on removing to the state farm or extending the current site. The documents total 6 600 names in line with constitutional requirements.
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Secretary of State
I Very
Inmate cost statistics for 14 state institutions
Fourteen state institutions under the board of control report a total inmate list of ,878 and officials to the number of 702. December costs per inmate averaged 32.93 dollars with the orthopedic hospital highest at 58.74 and the Norfolk hospital for the insane lowest at 15.87. The school for the blind cost 42.82 per inmate.
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Board of Control
Norfolk Hospital
School For
What Is Going on Here and There That Is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity
Nebraska readers see a schedule of events in Omaha Lincoln Hastings Grand Island and Fairbury. The Omaha Royal Neighbors and a “High Cost of Living” exposition headline a busy spring with shows and conventions across the state from March to May.
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Nebraska Optical Association
Omaha
Made
Nebraska
Lincoln
Nebraska Federation of Retailers
Royal Neighbors of America
Nebraska Modern Woodmen
Hastings
Nebraska G
Grand Island
Dragged Himself Two Miles After Wagon Runaway
Stanley Kro loskoski dragged himself two miles through a raging blizzard to his brother’s home after being thrown from a wagon. He carried a badly broken left leg and faced an hour of nerve wracking effort each mile.
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Loup City
Stanley Kroloskoski
Elmwood Methodist Church Seeks $10000 Fund Drive
Elmwood residents unite to raise ten thousand dollars for a new Methodist church. Half the goal is already subscribed by Rev. Peter Van Fleet and donors Herman Roggee Hiram Miller and Henry Roelofer. Officials expect the remaining half to be raised with smaller subscriptions.
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Methodist Church
Elmwood
Peter van Fleet
Herman Roggee
Hiram Miller
Henry Roelofer
Artificial Ice Plant Seen as Relief for Fairbury Shortage
Ice dealers in Fairbury struggle to fill storehouses as an artificial ice plant is relied on to ease the shortage.
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Fairbury
Largest real estate mortgage recorded in Wahoo history
A $50,000,000 mortgage was registered in Wahoo, the largest ever in the register of deeds office. The loan was executed by 7 Company in favor of First Savings Bank and Emile K Boes.
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Wahoo
Register of Deeds Office
First Savings Bank
Emile K. Boes
Mort
Old Traquair millstone cherished and moved to garden
In a letter to Country Life a reader preserves a likely century old Traquair millstone. The stone features rough sandstone hub with an eight inch center hole and cross incisions, segments of lava like French stone. The writer suggests it may date 100 to 150 years and notes Highlanders ground corn there in 1745.
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Country Life
London
Traquair Mill
Reid
Prince Charlies Highlanders
Traque Mill
Bells Annoy Village Freeport Crossings
Village officials urge changes to crossing bells after a series of fatal accidents. Ralph Peters of the Island Railroad asks reducing signal duration to reflect actual danger as trains approach. Dr William H Runcie reports he complained to railroads in December and they replied they will not alter the bells.
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Freeport
Tobeeta
Els
Calon
Ralph Peters
Bone Island Railroad
Poinpaus
Bourg of
V Iilage
Western Canada as a Land of Opportunity and Growth
An advertisement extols western Canada with millions of cultivatable acres, easy rail access, and favorable climate. It cites rising immigration from the United States, high land values, and potential wheat production, arguing that vast settlement and capital are fueling rapid prairie development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Canadian
Prairies
Green hair fad traced to 19th century Paris portraits
Historians find that green hair in Parisian salon portraits ordered by Duke Augustus of Saxe Gotha Altenburg and Napoleon associate Grass shows the men and women painted with green hair as part of a fashionable fad he justified as natural vegetation. The trend appears confined to dance halls and cafes like Juma Park where social elites mingle.
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Paris
Grassi
Augustus
Saxe-Gotha and
Altenburg
Napoleon
Juma Park
Ancient Aphrodisias bath unearthed with preserved rooms
Excavations in Aphrodisias Asia Minor reveal a grand Hadrian era thermal complex in perfect condition. The walls display notices including a staff warning about loss of money or jewels, read aloud by M Boulanger to amused onlookers.
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Pars Andre Poolanser
Aphrodisias
Asia Minor
Hadrian
M. Boulanger
Death on Trapeze as Erie Student Strangles Self
Seventeen year old Ernie Paul Chester Childs, an Erie high school senior and part of the prior season’s football squad, was found unconscious hanging from a trapeze he had erected in his attic. His mother discovered him an hour later. he died before a physician arrived. Authorities believe a fall caused his head to become caught in the rope loop.
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Ernie
Paul Chester Childs
Erie High School
Young Childs
Hot Water Spews From Girard Well Halting Water Supply
Hot water is flowing from Girard Kansas town well forcing authorities to remove pumps leaving 3,000 residents without water. Heat has “hed 7
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Girard
Kan
Art of Conversation Joke Exchange
A judge notes a witty exchange about a clever wife whose silence, he says, is eloquent and whose frown speaks volumes, highlighting ironic mastery of everyday dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sileece
Marriage a tie cited for many felons roped in
A brief note suggests marriage acts as a tie that may influence felons to stay connected to families or social networks. The remark hints at marriage's potential role in reinforcing social bonds or affecting criminal behavior, without detailing specific cases or evidence.
Beautify Your Hair With Danderine Advice
A fragmented advertisement-style text urges readers to try Danderine for moist hair and enhanced shine. It mentions grooming steps and promises dramatic improvements in hair appearance.
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Moist
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McCook
Ella Baldwin
Nebraska League
J. T Lee
M A Northrup
J P Nies
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J . Beem
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L. G. Riser
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Dane
Hostett
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pini
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Lydia EK Pinkham
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L. Pinkham
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