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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
2
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A wide range of items is summarized including deaths of John Quincy Adams Ward and William H. Barret, labor actions by Chicago Freight Handlers and railroad wage deals, political moves in Kansas Nebraska and Missouri, Taft era court and legislative actions, and international notes from Norway to Beirut with various criminal, financial, and cultural developments.
Three West Point cadets may break Pedestrian Weston’s record as penalties for hazing fourth class men under a new superintendent order. If not for a Special act, they would have been expelled.
Secretary Ballinger testifies in his own defense before a congressional committee. Senator Brown seeks a Nebraska elevator case rehearing. Indiana’s John W. Kern says he will run for the U S senate. Cannibal killings in the South Seas. House Democrats refuse to aid insurgents against Cannon. Bryan boom worries Democrats. Senator Burkett proposes a Nebraska City forestry school. Tom Taggart claims converts oppose an Indiana senate nominating convention. Sherman defends tariff in St Louis. Massachusetts House backs popular U S senate vote 109 to 98. Bryan criticizes Governor Hughes appointment. 362 Americans attend Tokio garden party. Senate confirms W T Devlin as California district attorney.
Sensational charges in the Chicago Tribune claim lawmakers were paid 1000 dollars each to elect William Lorimer as U S senator and allege a slush fund. The disclosures provoke national, state, and county attention and raise prospects of a federal inquiry and possible special session.
The article explains that census enumerators must maintain strict confidentiality under law. Violating secrecy carries a 1000 dollar fine or up to five years in prison. Enumerators are not to guess final figures. official results will be released by the director of census in Washington, likely in July.
A letter from Mr Bryan urges Nebraska legislators to call a special session to submit the initiative and referendum and county option as a constitutional amendment. He argues a special session could secure support and ratify an income tax amendment, warning the party faces a tough campaign with elections looming.
The April report shows a start balance of 684,889.28 with a Saturday balance of 628,403.43. Receipts totaled 169,819.77 and disbursements 226,305.62. Permanent funds amount to 8,578,584.08 distributed as 7,803,097.29 for state schools, 201,637.39 for the university, 496,081.56 for something unclear, and 817.21 for the normal endowment.
Lincoln residents claim Frank Grigware the convicted train robber who escaped April 21 may be hiding in the city. Several calls report a man matching his description seen in various neighborhoods, including women reporting sightings to police.
Axel Johnson, after more than two years on the run against federal indictment in the Lincoln division, has been seized at Twin Walls Montana and will be returned to the city for trial on counterfeiting charges.
The Omaha high school debating squad was defeated after taking the affirmative on the question of whether labor unions are beneficial overall. The Lincoln high school team judged to win the contest.
The committee of fifty reports receipts of 3158.63 dollars and expenditures of 3142.89 dollars for the dry campaign locally.
The park board will submit a $50,000 park proposition while the school board agrees to locate the high school on the Davenport tract. After months of wrangling the Davenport eight acre site, bought years ago, won approval despite objections that the ground was too low for building construction.
The report notes printers wary from previous bids as profits vanished. Tim Sedgwick of York won last year with a $2.07 bid, while this year the York Blank Book company claimed the contract at $2.71.
The Plattsmouth city council issued six saloon licenses and granted two drugstore permits to sell liquor for the coming year, outlining renewed licenses and relaxed retail alcohol access.
Governor Hughes expresses appreciation for the congratulations telegram from the Nebraska State Railway Commission regarding his appointment to the United States Supreme Court. The message dated April 27 from Albany, New York, is conveyed in the commission’s reply.
State Food Commissioner S. L. Mains returned from Portland and Boise where western food commissioners urged a swift federal court hearing to test the national food department ruling against bleached flour.
The Phoenix club and the Eagles were raided in Lincoln with arrests made. Alcohol seized from the premises was hauled to the station as authorities shut down nonessential drink service for members.
The summer session runs from June 17 to August 12 under direct management of the chancellor. Academic instruction in the university proper will be of the highest order with head professors in charge of their departments.
The railway commission authorized Grand Island Telephone to increase capital stock from 75000 to 100000 dollars. Proceeds from the stock sale will fund improvements and extensions of service.
Ned Ernest M Pollard of Nehawka announces he will not run for congress in the First district. He plans to issue a formal statement and thanks supporters for their past favors.
Vanness of the Grand Island Soldiers' Home rejects a Democrat charge that he stirs political trouble over the quality of meat served to veterans. In a letter to Secretary Junkin he says he will substantiate claims of poor meals by inviting inspection and urging governor reports.
King Haakon VII and Queen Maud greeted ex president Theodore Roosevelt upon his arrival in Christiania. The reception at the palace followed a railway station ceremony with a red carpet, vivid decorations, and a dinner for American guests.
The Carnegie hero fund commission distributed thirty-two awards at its spring meeting in Pittsburg. Seven silver and twenty-five bronze medals were issued along with monthly pensions totaling 196 and death benefits of 4880. Special awards amounted to 13100 to aid mortgages educational purposes and other debts.
The Columbus Railway and Light Co. workers voted to accept Mayor Marshall’s peace proposal. Four discharged unionists may return to work at former wages but without restoring previous routes or serving under city administration.
A fire destroyed the $500,000 Peet Brothers Manufacturing plant in Kansas City Kansas on Wednesday night. Fire crews fought flames at 10:30 p.m. and by 11:00 p.m. the blaze was under control. The Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing plant nearby escaped damage.
A Boston man claims a safe has been devised that will defeat professional safe blowers. Reports describe yeggs using dynamite and fuses to blow doors, but a new grille mechanism inside safes could prevent entry by thieves. Police note post offices and merchants suffer yearly losses with many safes blown in minutes.
Prof Irving Fisher notes sea water holds gold yet to be mined. A Middletown philanthropist claimed to extract gold from sea water but stole from trusting individuals who believed his scheme. Some victims may find solace in the professor's authoritative statement.
Mrs R B Huey of Galena Kansas describes a lump on her right side and a suggested surgical tumor. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the lump broke and passed away. The ad promotes the remedy for female ailments and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A pale youth asks Mary's father for his daughter's hand in marriage. The father questions the suggestion that consent is merely a formality and asks who proposed it, with the suitor and mother identified in the exchange as Mary’s mother.
A Denver man recalls visiting City Park museum where a farmer eyed a portrait of a man in a high-backed chair. A white card read A portrait of E. H. Smith, by him self. The farmer chuckled, saying city sellers misread the scene and that no one else is in the painting.
Mrs. Brown encounters Bobby on the Jones porch as he claims companionship. He tells her in a grave tone that if she were a good woman she would know who is with him.
A Howard girl unsure of her age sought a physician who joked about examining old books. He claimed her father was charged with a girl baby born on the steenth day of April 189 and still owes him for her.
In Kansas City the Journal notes a playful claim about using park benches for an entertainment view. The piece jests about affixing devices and watching “the comet” after paying a nickel, reflecting a whimsical urban moment.
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