Premier Asquith Hints at Shorter Parliaments in Commons
In the House of Commons Premier Asquith announced government plans for March 29 including a proposal to shorten the duration of parliament. Separately, a duel occurred in Nice between Dr. Doyden and Captain Van Langendonck with a brief clash and reconciliation. Vesuvius showed renewed activity with eruptions and lava vents. Persian politics faced a resignation crisis amid disputes with Russia and Anglo-Russian influence, while rumors claimed a royal jewel sale to fund the parliament.
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Asquith
House of Commons
House of Lords
Doyden
van Langendonck
Nice
France
Persia
St. Petersburg
Rail and political notes drift through a busy front
Trade trends hint at spring vitality while rail and railroading bills shift in committees. Taft's program faces uncertain fate as Champ Clark marks his 60th birthday. Winter debt hits motive power. mail and banking bills stall. A Kansas City home hosts a sensational arrest, Belle Fourche lands open, and a New York funeral closes an express office. Accidents inflame fears. crime and polar exploration mix with coal lands and irrigation plans.
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House
W. L. Parks
Union Pacific
Illinois Centra
Taft
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Postal Savings Bank
John P. Cudahy
Kansas City
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Senator Platt
New York
United States Express
Smith
Iowa
Red Oak
German Geographical Society
United States
Great Britain
Antarctic
Enrico Caruso
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Los Angeles
Wellington
Wash
Beveridge
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Nicaragua
New Bedford
Mass
Dallas
Tex
Tisina
Patapa
Portland
Ore
Harriman
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Senate
Alaska
Oklahoma
Juneau
Gordon
Mississippi
Insurgent lawmakers seek re election and anti trust push
A mixed set of notes covers Rep Hinshaw of Nebraska seeking reelection, President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham advancing the anti trust campaign, Henry proposing beef baron extradition, and various legislative moves including irrigation certificates and a Rockefeller foundation charter proposal. Also noted are social events and minor local matters.
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House
Hope
Hinshaw
Nebraska
Taft
Wickersham
Henry
J.G. Baeschlin
Senate
Newton, Kas
Rockefeller Foundation
Washington
Sons and Daughters of Iowa
Iowa Society of New York
Hotel Astor
Mendoza
Panama
Obaldia
Chicago
Louis J. Moore
Thoburn
M. C. Niven
Lincoln
Hanly
Indiana
George W. da Cuna
Upper Montclair
N. J
Gallinger
Otter
Rockefeller
United States
Taft nominates Holllster for Seventh Ohio judge seat
Washington reports President Taft has sent to the senate the nomination of Howard C. Hollister to be United States judge for the Seventh district of Ohio. Also noted are river improvement discussions, a pardon declining trustee duty, a new embassy bill with $150000 cap, January commerce movements, and the tragic gas asphyxiation of two Chippewa chiefs seeking Bois Forte land.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Howard C. Hollister
United States
Ohio
William H. Bixby
Mississippi River Commission
Senate Committee On Commerce
Sioux City
St. Louis
Kansas City
Thomas Taylor
Atlanta
Lowden
Foreign Affairs Committee
Internal Commerce
Department of Commerce and Labor
Orr, Minn
Congress
Bois Forte Indian Reservation
Notable deaths and political clashes headline regional update
Ex Senator Platt dies from diabetes and Louis Klopsch Christian Herald editor passes away. Secretary Wilson and Pinchot clash before a senate committee. Mrs. Astor seals divorce decree while Morgan arrives in Naples. Peary not rewarded for discovery. Philadelphia strikers clash with police. tariff talks with Canada continue. Representative Kinkaid to seek re election in Nebraska Sixth. Colonel Bixby urges reclamation spending under federal land control.
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Platt
New York
Tschaikovsky
Mme. Breshgovskaya
St. Petersburg
Louis Klopsch
The
Christian Herald
Wilson
Mr. Pinchot
Senate
John Jacob Astor
J. Pierpont Morgan
Naples
House
Peary
Philadelphia
Police Department
Senate Postal Savings Bank
American Tariff Commission
Canada
Kinkaid
Nebraska
Bixby
Mississippi River Commission
First Nebraska Conservation and State Development Congress Called
Governor Shallenberger calls a two day Nebraska Conservation and State Development congress in Lincoln on March 29 and 30 1910. The session aims to focus on conservation of natural resources good roads seed corn health and related topics with broad citizen participation and regional collaboration to boost agricultural and industrial development.
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Nebraska’ Conservation and State Development Congress
Nebraska
Shallenberger
Commonwealth
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Conservation and State Development Congress
Governor appoints two judges to academy delegates
Governor Shallenberger appoints Judge Lincoln Frost of Lincoln and Judge Lee S. Estelle of Omaha as delegates to the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The meeting in Philadelphia April 8 and 9 will cover juvenile court methods among other subjects.
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Shallenberger
Lincoln Frost
Lincoln
Lee S. Estelle
Omaha
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Philadelphia
Lincoln President Calls Nebraska Commercial Clubs Convention
President H. M. Bushnell of Lincoln issues call for the Nebraska association of Commercial clubs state convention to be held in Columbus on April 27 and 28.
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H. M. Bushnell
Lincoln
Nebraska Association of Commercial Clubs
Columbus
Lincoln industrial exposition dates set and displays planned
The committee fixed May 24 to 28 for the Lincoln industrial exposition. The event will use the auditorium at Thirteenth and M and the surrounding outdoor space for exhibits and crowds. The outdoors section will likely include several machinery displays and booths will be pre built in the auditorium.
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Thirteenth and M
Six Calves From One Cow Stuns State Fair Board
H. Huff of Spalding reports to Secretary Mellor that his registered red Polled Angus cow has given birth to six calves in the last fifteen months, a remarkable record noted by the state fair board.
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H. Huff
Spalding
Mellor
State Fair Board
Death of University Athlete
G O Hammond of Pawnee City a prominent University of Nebraska athlete died recently from a stroke of paralysis He was a junior in the engineering college at the university
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G. O. Hammond
Pawnee City
University of Nebraska
Engineering
Sheep Shearing at Burlington Yards Burnham
The second Jot of 2000 sheep being moved to Burlington yards at Burnham has been shorn. The yards rank second in system importance with a 25000 head capacity. Shearing used machinery at 150 per day, producing about 5.5 pounds per animal. An electric motor powered the equipment. From June 1908 to June 1909, 2736 cars of sheep were shorn at the yards, with expected yearly growth.
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Burlington
Burnham
Annu al G A R Meet in Fairbury May 17–19 1916
The G A R Nebraska Grand Army will hold its annual state meeting in Fairbury from May 17 to 19, 1916. A public reception May 17 at the Christian church opens events. A parade May 18 at 10 am, led by S B Jones of post 110 Omaha, precedes business sessions at Grand Army hall.
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D. Richards
Fairbury
Nebraska
Grand
Republic
Neb
Council’ of Administration
The
Christian Church
C. F. Steele
S. B. Jones
Omaha
Grand Army Hall
Opera House
QO. H. Durand
Mailbury
Unique Seed Corn Test Warns Farmers About Moisture
Omaha Commercial club and government experts tested ten strong seed ears. Moisture after soaking reached 22 27 and 30 percent. After 76 hours at 12 degrees above zero only 28 of 100 kernels germinated from 22 percent, 26 from 27 percent, and 21 from 31 percent, showing seed corn above 22 percent moisture cannot endure freezing.
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Commercial Club of
Omaha
Nebraska
Omaha Grain Exchange
Additional Vacation Granted for Jack Best at State University
The veteran trainer Jack Best receives two more months of vacation from Chancellor Avery extending his break. Traditionally one month of unpaid summer leave expands next year to three months with two paid. A fundraising drive supports Best with totals reaching 184.40 dollars.
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Jack Best
State University
England
Avery
Jack
Attorney General Dissents on Claims for Damaged Greek Property
In a formal opinion Attorney General Thompson states that Greeks whose property was destroyed by a mob a year ago have no state or county claim against Nebraska or South Omaha. The remedy lies in suing mob members. The governor was informed via K. Thompson.
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Thompson
Nebraska
Douglas County
South Omaha
K. Thompson
Shallenberger
Oldest Active Theater Worker James G Russell Turns 96
James G. Russell known as Dad Russell, gallery doorkeeper at the Oliver theater, celebrates his 96th birthday. Manager Zehrung notes he may be the oldest active figure in the U.S. theatrical business. Russell was born in Bangor, Maine, on March 1, 1814.
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James G. Russell
Dad” Russell
Oliver Theater
Zehrung
Mr. Russell
United States
Bangor
Maine
Missouri Pacific case urged before US Supreme Court
Grant Martins deputy attorney general left for Washington to represent the state before the United States Supreme Court in the Missouri Pacific railroad case. The question is the legality of a 1905 state law requiring railroads to construct sidetracks to elevators, a matter pursued from Cass County through district and state supreme court.
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Grant Martins
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Cass County
District Court
State Supreme Court
Bank Runs Drive Panic as Cash Deemed Sufficient in Cleveland
In Cleveland, the Society for Saying bank faced a second day run with thousands of depositors, mostly women and foreigners. Officials claimed five million in currency, three million in bonds, and ten million in loan security, while a million and a half dollars lay on a visible table as crowds pressed to withdraw.
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Cleveland
Bank of the Society
B. B. Seymour
New York
Senator Daniel Improving After Stroke in Florida
A telegram from Senator John W. Daniel's son in law Fred Harper reports the Virginia senator, then in Dayton Florida, suffered a stroke on his left side. The message says his condition is improving and doctors are confident in recovery as family members and physicians travel to his bedside.
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Senator Daniel
Lynchburg
United States
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Dayton
Fla
Fred Harper
E. M. Daniel
E. A. Waugh
Striken
New Names on Committee for Theodore Roosevelt Welcome
Mayor Gaynor expands the New York committee to 250 names by June for Roosevelt's return. Notables added include Nicholas Murray Butler Commander Peary W Emlen Roosevelt Henry W Taft Harry Payne Whitney George J Gould Lee Shubert Robert W Golet Peter Cooper Tewitt John Bigelow and George C Bold.
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New York
Gaynor
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Commander Peary
W. Emlen Roosevelt
Henry W. Taft
Harry Payne Whitney
George J. Gould
Lee Shubert
Robert W. Golet
Peter Cooper Tewitt
John Bigelow
George C. Bold
Hog prices rise to record highs in Cleveland and Kansas City
In Cleveland live hogs sold at 10.75 per hundred pounds, up 25 cents from Wednesday and signaling a possible $11 market due to hoof scarcity. In Kansas City buyers paid 10.55 per hundred, a 20 cent jump as hog demand remains tight.
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Cleveland
Kansas City
Earthquake Felt in San Francisco and Oakland Observation
A sharp quake was felt in San Francisco at 10 55 Thursday night. The tremor was long and slow with a one and a half second duration. Telephones and telegraphs report sensing the shock in other parts of the state. The seismograph at the Chabot Observatory in Oakland recorded a north to south vibration.
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San Francisco
Chabet Observatory
Oakland
Drys File Petition for Prohibition Amendment
Jefferson City reports petitions with 40 805 voter names filed with the secretary of state seeking a November vote on a prohibition constitutional amendment. The initiative law required 24 000 names. Prohibitionists plan a statewide campaign meeting in Sedalia.
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Jefferson City
Secretary of State
Sedalia
Mexican Government to Sell Corn in Guadaljara Markets
Mexican authorities plan to sell corn at cost to the poor in Jalisco and Guanajuato after ordering 1300 bushels of American corn shipped from Manzanillo. Commission men and haciendados have cornered the market, prompting government efforts to break the cartel.
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Guana -Jauto
Jalieso
Pacific
Manzanillo
Man Builds Tree-Top Home Camp Aloft for Health
D O Steinberger, once told by doctors he had six months to live, shelters in a tree top near Champaign Ohio. He ascends via rope and bridge, sleeps on boughs, gains weight, and credits the tree-top life with restoring his health.
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Champaign County
Ohio
D. O. Steinberger
Colorado
Mr. Steinberger
Resurrection of Messina and the fate of great cities
The piece argues cities endure after disasters, citing Messina Venice Lyons and San Francisco. It notes commerce and trade routes shape urban revival or decline, with resilience shown by cities rebuilding after ruin and war. The author cites Boston Transcript reflections on rebuilding New York if destroyed.
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Messina
Venice
Cape of Good Hope
India
Fee
Lyons
France
Ae Grea
San Francisco
Golden Gate
New York
United States
Hudson
Boston Transcript
How Can I Stop It Not Letting The Sun Go Down
A Milwaukee household tale shows Dorothy and her baby brother quarreling as mother urges peace. Dorothy asks how to stop wrath after being reminded of the Bible verse Let not the sun go down upon your wrath, then suggests a clever reply to avoid ongoing anger.
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Dorothy
Mother
Tragic Death of Two Children in Snow Tobogganing Incident
Five year old Arthur Shibley died in New York after a tobogganing accident in a city suburb. His companion, Robert Lomas, died almost immediately. Shibley endured a week of agony with bullets in the heart and lungs, a blood transfusion from his mother failing to save him. Both boys were described as beautiful, brave youngsters who played in the snow all winter.
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Arthur Shibley
New York
Robert Lomas
Young Lomas
Shibley
Branches and roots in arboreal wordplay at gym
An exacting young woman complains of fatigue after gym stunts while a coworker mocks her wording. He suggests awkwardly rephrasing body parts as arboreal terms, calling arms branches and legs roots, provoking displeasure.
Mabel Hears Jolly Mistletoy Hair Prank
A Christmas joke spreads about Mabel. She ties a sprig of mistletoy in her hair as a bright idea. Her little brother hides her hair, creating a playful mishap and holiday mischief.
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Mabel
Not Willing to Commit Himself
A teacher asks Fred die Brown to illustrate the proper use of adjectives. He begins with mother is clean, then father is cleaner. Freddie hesitates and finally mentions auntie, but admits uncertainty about her.
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Freddie Brown
Freddie
An Appreciated Distraction from a Comic Exchange
A dialogue notes that an automobile eases daily life for a comfortable citizen who drives a fast horse and whose son rides a bicycle. He quips that the automobile has diverted the police's attention from both.
Breakers Ahead and a Rumor of Trouble
A terse exchange centers on a fragette club rumored to face serious trouble. Mr. Meekly asserts certainty while noting his wife recently joined, signaling possible social tension or intrigue within the community.
Home Training and Men Like to See Flying Objects
A brief item notes a training theme and asks what men enjoy watching in the sky, with a nod to the Denver News and a character named Claude Razgzahbst.
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Claude — Razgzahbst
Denver News
Diminutive Chains of Habit Quote by Samuel Johnson
The quote notes that small habits form a subtle but powerful constraint, becoming hard to break only after they grow into strong, ingrained patterns. It emphasizes the long shadow of minor daily behaviors.
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Samuel Johnson
Change the Vibration It Makes for Hearth
An advertisement promotes Grape-Nuts cereal as a healthful breakfast. It claims meat avoidance and fruit plus Grape-Nuts with cream aids digestion, blood and nerve health, noting natural phosphate in the grain. A testimonial letter highlights improved nervous strength and points readers to the Road to Wellville booklet.
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Wellville
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