Not Like New Experience and Sunlight Health Warnings
A Maine tale of a horse roughing up a butcher on a tennis lawn ends with light humor as he recovers. The Surgeon General warns babies thrive in sunlit homes, cites 1,200,000 annual illnesses, and urges sanitation fighting General Disease, noting high death rates from heart disease pneumonia and tuberculosis and urging fly control.
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Maine
Surgeon General
The
Public Health Service
United States
War” Office
General Disease
Army of Disease
Largest Lily Pond Signifies Women Led Garden
Near Washington the largest commercial water lily garden is run by Mrs. Helen Fowler. She ships 250 water lilies daily in mid summer and selects each bloom herself. An expert in hybridizing, she has developed a new lily variety named Suffragette.
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City of
Washington
Helen Fowler
Debt-ridden Jimson Hears Little at Doorbell Calls
A battered remark notes Jimson’s ears in debt, unable to hear creditors at the door as debt troubles mount. The line hints at financial hardship and neglect from those pressing payments.
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Jimson
Neighbor Confrontation Turns to Flower Bed Feud
A neighbor complains that a dog from the other house keeps digging up flowers daily. The reply vows retaliation by planting an abundance of flowers to exhaust the dog’s digging efforts.
Beauty Adorned in City Streets Quip
A Louisville Courier Journal quotation notes a debate over artifice on public thoroughfares with a speaker claiming hallucinatory effects from adornment. The fragment suggests urban aesthetic commentary on beauty and public display.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
And They Did. First Malaria Sufferer
The report notes two malaria sufferers with fever and chills as the illness spreads. The first describes chills and fever while the second experiences shaking fits.
Nebraska Assessed Property Totals Rise on Revaluations
The state board of assessments reports an overall assessed valuation of one fifth of property at 500,703,073 dollars, up 18,771,831 from last year. Land values increased after four years of revaluation, boosting real estate by 17,393,207, while personal property rose 1,378,624 with 531,766 tied to railroad assets. The state board sets railroad property values for assessment and oversees revisions by county boards.
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Western Newspaper
Union News Service
O. H E. Bernecker
State Board of Assessments
State Board
Many Titles Not Recorded in Public Lands Office
Lincoln official reports 4 615 patents for land not delivered to owners because not taken out or recorded. Some abstracts treat final receipt as clear title, but cases exist where patents were refused after final payment. Nebraska faces thousands of clouded titles due to unissued patents. Meier notes patents arriving from Washington. delivery requires a duplicate final certificate or receipt, or an affidavit if lost. A small fee funds title examinations where doubt exists.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Mr. Meier
Nebraska Motor Vehicle Registrations Rise in August
Secretary of State reports 93,306 auto numbers issued this year, with 92,859 autos in use in Nebraska on August 31 after replacements. Motor cycles reach 3,668 registered. August adds 6,466 auto licenses and 159 motorcycle licenses. August costs for the automobile department total $1,226.69, funded from state treasury fees. Secretary records August fees, largely from corporation permits and articles of incorporation filings, totaling $9,054.83.
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Secretary of State
Nebraska
Automobile Registration Department
Big Increase in Bank Deposits in Nebraska
Nebraska state banks report deposits rose 46 percent in sixteen months to exceed 151 million dollars based on 834 bank reports dated August 10. The prior May 29 summary showed a 38 million dollar April increase, while summer statements add about 9.56 million, totaling near 48 million dollars.
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Nebraska
Banking Department
Discharge Recommended for Private Sasenberry for Good of Service
Major John M. Birkner, chief medical officer of the Fourth Nebraska, recommends Private Frederick Sasenberry of Company A be discharged. He reported sick July 20, was sent to San Antonio Army Hospital where doctors advised an operation he refused. Returned to his company and has been unable to work, confined to quarters.
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John M. Birkner
Nebraska
Frederick Sasenberry
Sasenberry
Army
San Antonio
Secretary of State Faces Shortfall for Referendum Booklets
Secretary of State Pool will be short about 1500 to 1600 dollars of funds appropriated by the legislature to mail referendum pamphlets to 257100 voters. He arranged outside funding and prepared to mail the booklets with one cent postage totaling 2571.19 dollars. Envelopes are addressed. The legislature had appropriated 2000 dollars for this work and postage, while a former legislature allocated 5000 dollars for a smaller number of booklets on propositions.
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Pool
National Guard Trophy Awarded to Top Unit
A bronze statue of a blacksmith holding a rifle was received by Adjutant General Hall from an eastern munitions firm. The statue will be sent to every state and awarded annually to the national guard company with the best small arms target record.
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National Guard
Adjutant General Hall
Federal rail body defends its order on rate fairness
The Interstate Commerce Commission responds to Nebraska and state officials over alleged discriminatory passenger and freight rates between Torrington Wyoming and Henry Nebraska. It defends its duty to enforce law and correct unjust interstate state rate discrimination and explains notice practices after a Torrington hearing.
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Nebraska
Torrington
Wyo
Henry
Neb
Ieicatatata Commission
State Commission
Federal Commission
Nebraska Treasurer reports August cash balance shrinkage
Treasurer Hall's monthly report shows a nearly $200,000 decline in Nebraska cash balance during August. Total cash in all funds ended at $1,560,934 from $1,757,691 start of month, with the general fund $60,036 inflow and $175,735 outflow. The normal fund is $51.23 in the hole. the general fund could dip near $100,000 before new receipts lift it. Other funds include the temporary school fund at $127,495, university building fund $328,942, institution cash funds $279,761, and state bond investments totaling $9,855,098.
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Nebraska
Hall
General Fund
University
Rural districts press for levies and nonpartisan superintendents
A state rural school conference at Lincoln urged 21 percent mills for rural education, nonpartisan county and state superintendent elections, and rural school industrialization. Resolutions call for districts to own land for demonstrations, sanitation approved buildings, and a funding distribution based on school count. The conference also backed selling school lands and referred these points to the 1917 legislature.
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Temple Theatre
Lincoln
Merl Gobble Returns Home From Camp Llano on Furlough
Merl Gobble of Company D Fifth Regiment went home to Falls City for a fifteen day furlough due to his mother's serious illness. He lacked funds for transport after being paid fifteen dollars for a month of service. Company members collected donations in under an hour, funding his return home.
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Merl Gobble
Company D
Fifth Regiment
Falls City
Camp Llano
Company O
Goble
Water Extension Bonds Registered by State Auditor
The state auditor’s office registered seven thousand five hundred dollars of water extension bonds recently voted at Tilden.
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State Auditor's
Tilden
No Student Discharges Granted by War Order
Colonels Paul and Eberly of the Fourth and Fifth Nebraska regiments are notified by General Funston that no student discharges will be granted. A recent senate act granting $50 monthly to dependent families of militiamen also bars discharge on that ground. Excess equipment has been called for and returned to regimental quartermasters. Major Frank S. Nicholson resigns as chief sanitary officer of the Fifth, taking thirty days leave and then severing army ties to focus on civil pursuits. The new order may disrupt the university cadet regiment as top cadet officers join Nebraska regiments on the border, leaving A J Covert to command in their absence.
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Paul and
Eberly
Nebraska
Funston
Senate
Frank S. Nicholson
Herbert Paul
Nicholson
St. .Paul
Army
Secretary of War
National ‘Guard
University
A. L. Burnham
K. Y. Craig
Barlow Nye
A. J.covert
Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Defends War Policy
Vienna reports Baron Stephen Burian von Rajecz outlined Austria-Hungary’s stance in World War I. He asserted the empire will not surrender territory or accept peace on enemy terms, insisting readiness to defend and prevail despite calls for peace.
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Union News ‘Service
Vienna
Stephen Burian von Rajecz
Austria-Hungary
Triumph for the woman suffrage cause at NAWSA meeting
President Wilson spoke to 4000 women at the National American Woman Suffrage Association annual convention in Atlantic City. He said he came to fight with them, prompting instant cheers. Dr Anne Howard Shaw, honorary president, urged that suffrage come during his administration as the audience waved handkerchiefs in applause.
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Atlantic City
Wilson
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Anne Howard Shaw
Association
Inquiry on High Prices Hits Produce Row
Federal grand jury in Chicago will probe steep fruit and vegetable prices that retail at about twice last year. The district attorney’s office has quietly examined produce row methods and will present findings to the grand jury per consumer and dealer requests.
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Chicago
Fleming
Grand Jury
Suffrage Group Maintains Dual Legislative Effort Policy
The National American Woman Suffrage Association in Atlantic City voted overwhelmingly to continue its dual approach of pursuing equal rights via national and state legislation. After a lengthy debate applause faded as a new resolution proposed reopening the issue, while virtually all speakers urged continued nonpartisan efforts toward universal suffrage.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National American Women’s Suffrage Association
Red Cross sends Sioux City volunteers to Texas border
Sioux City unit of the American Red Cross will dispatch ten women to Llano Grande Texas. They have been ordered to report there and transportation is arranged. The group will depart immediately for service on the border.
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Sioux City
American Red Cross
Llano Grande
Tex
Episcopal commission to revise rites eliminates word obey
A seven bishops seven pastors and seven lay men panel has decided to remove the word obey from the marriage ceremony. The group will report to the general convention in St Louis on October 11. Radical changes were also proposed for the ten commandments burial and baptismal services and for several prayers.
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Chicago
Protestant Episcopal Church
General Convention
St. Louis
Lincoln birthplace cabin becomes national property in Kentucky
The log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born and the nearby 110 acre Lincoln farm in Hodgenville are now owned by the American people as a gift from the Lincoln Farm Association. After nearly a century of neglect the cabin has been restored on its original site and placed within a granite memorial hall.
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Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Farm Association
Civilians in Germany and Britain May Be Paroled
A plan under consideration would release thousands of civilians interned in Germany and England. The proposal envisions exchanging all civilians on parole who will not serve during the war, for those above the military age of 45, with James W. Gerard acting as intermediary.
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Berlin
Germany
England
James W. Gerard
Aviator Captain Ralph McMillen Dies In Exhibition Flight
St Francis Kansas reports the death of Captain Ralph McMillen during an exhibition flight. He fell from 1500 feet while battling treacherous winds and air pockets, after promising a 3000 strong crowd he would proceed with the ascent despite worsening weather.
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St.Francis
Kas
Ralph McMillen
Nebraska
McMillen
Manila Bible Salesman Uses Electric Car to Sell Bible
J Lou McLaughlin of Manila the American Bible Society agent says he sold 1 300 000 Bibles in the Philippines in two years using an electrified touring car with a magneto lights and a moving picture display He claims a single evening brought 1800 Bibles sold. Admission is ten cents per Bible with higher price options.
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J. Lou McLaughlin
Manila
American Bible Society
Philippines
McLaughlin
Court martial lawyers chosen from post officers
An officer laments that in army court martials lawyers are picked from the post’s own officers without legal training. A young surgeon defense counsel, ignorant of law, objects loudly during cross examination claiming his witness would reveal truth that could ruin his case.
Baby’s Itching Skin Care Ad Promotes Cuticura
An old advertisement advises bathing with hot water and Cuticura Soap for baby skin irritation. It suggests gentle application of Cuticura Ointment and claims the emollients help fretful babies and provide rest. Free samples via mail with a booklet, addressed to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Dept. L
Boston
Adv
Little Lemuel and Paw Discuss Nature's Wastage
In a playful dialogue, Lemuel asks why a cow with two horns cannot play on one horn. His father responds that nature never wastes anything, hinting at practical purpose and humor in animal design.
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Lemuel
Paw
See Your Own State First Motto Promoted Alongside See America First
A short editorial note endorses the rallying call See Your Own State First as a companion to See America First. The pair urges civic pride and regional focus in national messaging.
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America
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for women's reliefs. It invites letters for free expert advice sent to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts, answered by women and kept confidential.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Beverly, Mass
Mrs. Gzorex A. Dunszak
Roundy St
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Deel Mniece Tee
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Federal Grand Jury
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Seventh St
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Deen
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Meburn CO
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Nero
Rome
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Erie
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