Ancient Races of America and Westward Relics
In a lecture, Prof Newberry argues three ancient races in North America predate Indians the mound builders house builders and Aztecs occupied Mississippi valley to Peru and Mexico. Skeletons and artifacts show higher culture and city building, with possible descendants among western tribes.
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America
Newberry
West
Mississippi Valley
Mexico
Central America
Peru
Nebraska Interests and Rural Happenings Across Counties
The De Witt school closure hints at local educational shifts. Accidents near De Witt involve Mr Slocum and Mr Thomas after a hay wagon incident. Beaver City votes 23 to 23 to block a schoolhouse bond. Fremont and Red Cloud creameries report rising milk intake and capacity. Lancaster jail guards stand alert for a Wisner murder case, while Plum Creek sues over whisky sales. Nebraska City history may resume to boost a home market. A Dawson county settler event, Mrs Babblits' attempted suicide, and De Witt prairie fires accompany progress on new mills and churches. A tax lien change impacts delinquent payers. DeWitt mill site remains on market. Central City Episcopal church dedication noted. Seed corn concerns rise in Aurora.
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Weeping Water Recorder
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Red Cloud Creamery
Pierce Call
W. J. Kinsman
Lancaster County
Bochanan
Cook
Wisner
W. J. McElhiney & Co
Plum Creek
Olof Lind
Lind
McElhiney & Co
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Clay
Omaha
F. N. Dick
North Platte
Dawson County
Joseph Babblits
Schuyler Herald
Wells & Nieman
de Witt
Red Cloud Argus
Central City
DeWitt Mill
Lion Performs Devout Escape in Moscow Stage Show
A sensational Moscow Listok report describes a drama in which a trained lion loses nerve during a climactic cliff scene. The beast hesitates at the Arab gunsight, crosses himself, and retreats tail first as the audience cheers. The lion is praised for gentleness and conscience despite the part.
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Moscow
Alexeivich
Letters of Conkling and Edmunds Decline Supreme Court Post
A 1882 Washington dispatch reports Conkling and Edmunds declining the associate justice seat. Blatchford is nominated to fill the vacancy. The piece also outlines Senate debates and House actions on polygamy, tariffs, and Mississippi flood relief. It notes Guiteau’s reduced activity and prison visit.
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Crocker
Conkling
Edmunds
United One Supreme Court
Utica
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
Washington
Roccoz Conkeling
Senate Chamber
WashingTon, D. C
Secretary of
Supreme Court
Oury
Gero. F. Epmunds
Massachusetts Avenue
Frelinghuysen
Mr. Edmunds
Arthur
Judge Blatchford
New York
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congressional Proceedings Reported By March 13
Monday March 13 records show Mr Lapham offering a resolution directing the secretary to take specified action in Congress. The notice outlines procedural steps and aims to address unresolved committee recommendations.
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Hiscock
Committee On Appropriations
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Hennepin Canal
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Belmont
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Jacob R. Shepherd
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Nebraska
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Fray
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Lfe
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Morrill
Eck
Tea diplomacy at Frelinghuysen home rumor
A Washington Letter reports a Chinese minister and interpreter visited Mr. Frelinghuysen, where Miss Frelinghuysen offered tea. The minister praised medium tea and promised finer tea later. He sent two boxed teas and carved wood vases, saying only Chinese grandees receive top quality tea while foreigners pay but get second grade.
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Frelinghuysen
Miss Frelinghuysen
Crows Never Complain About Cows Sayings
A fragmented note mentions Cragin & Co. of Philadelphia for a cook book free and includes a proverb about two women or two men predicting talk about others or themselves. The readable text preserves no clear event or dates.
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Cragin & Co
Philadelphia
Love by Post in Georgia Courtship Ends in Wedding
A Green Hill, Stewart County tale of letters and pictures crossing miles from Texas. Bond by proxy woos Miss Annie Nicholson, exchanges photos, plans marriage, and arrives for a rapid wedding last Thursday evening after an arranged surprise courtship.
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Columbus Enquirer
Green Hill
Stewart County
Texas
Bond
Georgia
Annie Nicholson
Venus
Miss Nicholson
Adonis
Onorata Rodiana The Painter Soldier of Cremona
The legend of Onorata Rodiana, a famed Cremona painter who killed a courtier, fled to bandits, became an officer, won a pardon to finish her mural work, and finally died defending Bastleone near Cremona in 1472. She is famed as both artist and soldier.
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Cremons
Onorata Rodiana
Gabrino Fondolo
Cremona
Onorata
Basteleone
Fox’s son Charles James Fox spurs stronger English dispatches
The anecdote of Charles James Fox, trained by his father, shows how the young orator learned government. At ten, after reading his father’s dispatch, he urged to “make it stronger, make it English.” The elder Fox then rewrote the paper, producing an electrifying reply to a foreign government.
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Fragmentary Old Telegraph Note on Silk Growing
A garbled excerpt from a Macon Georgia Telegraph piece mentions a man yelling at his younger brother and references silk growing, suggesting a disrupted historical note about wartime industry and clothing for troops. No clear events or names are recoverable.
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Macon
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