Aldrich Declares For Governor And Reelection
Governor Chester M Aldrich switched to filing as a Republican candidate for governor and asked to have his name placed on the primary ballot. The filing was by declaration, not petition, with no statement issued. Also in McCook, youths aged nine to thirteen are accused of numerous University robberies and will face juvenile court. Citizens petition the railroad commission over high Lincoln area telephone rates. Lincoln asylum hog sales totaled about the same in number as last year though revenue drops.
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Railroad construction report shows modest rail mileage gains
Lincoln December 23 The secretary of the state railway commission prepares the annual report on rail round mileage. Union Pacific completed 82 miles of second track and 18 miles of side trackage while Northport extension was not finished in time for the report. Northwestern reports 11.39 miles less sidetracks and 1.59 miles more trackage rights. Burlington added 12.59 miles of second track and 8.14 miles of branch siding. other roads show no material change.
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Burlington
Nine in family stricken by trichina in Prairie Creek
In Prairie Creek township a family of nine, including Nickel and his wife and seven children, is reported with trichina poisoning after eating underdone sausages. All are sick but not in danger.
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Rhode Island Delays Tax Amendment Ratification
Washington reports Rhode Island blocks early ratification of the income tax amendment to the federal constitution. The state’s stance will postpone adoption by the required number of states until 1913 or later.
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Grand Jury Widens Scope of Dynamiting Inquiry
The federal grand jury in Indianapolis widened its probe into the nationwide dynamiting conspiracy and heard its first witness from the Pacific coast, Charles C. Kiser of Los Angeles, before adjourning to January 2. Additional witnesses from Los Angeles San Francisco New York and Boston are expected when it resumes, with authorities aiming to verify documentary evidence linked to J. B. and J. J. McNamara and Ortie McManigal in their confessed depredations.
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Vote buying scandal claims hundreds in Lee County
Bristol Virginia December report says about 1,290 men trafficked in illegal votes in Lee County in the latest election. Judge H A Skeen notes many indictments but guilty plea notices fail. over $86,900 paid for votes and officials plan to indict buyers and sellers yet few confessions arise.
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Burbank touts cactus as paint and rubber substitute
Luther Burbank told the California Fruit Growers association that the spineless cactus leaves could yield paint and that the plant’s fiber might substitute rubber in auto tires and contribute to paper pulp. He cited a leaf making ten million units of paint and a mucilage resistant to water but dissolving in alcohol.
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Indiana alderman bribery case nets indeterminate sentence
Crown Point Indiana December 23 Walter B E Gibson of Gary was sentenced to an indeterminate term of two to fourteen years in the state penitentiary. He was convicted of accepting a bribe to aid the passage of a Gary heating franchise ordinance backed by Thomas B Dean who supplied the evidence.
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Notable Deaths and Disasters Reach Across Cities
Margaret Horton Potter, novelist, dies suddenly in Chicago from heart failure. Elroy M. Avery, 67, editor of an American Revolution group paper, dies of heart failure in Cleveland. Wright Korimer dies by gas inhalation in New York. Tort Mer, 38, began his Chicago stage career years ago and dies in an accident. Arthur Bolin, a Crane Co. worker, burned by steel, dies en route to medical aid. Yale expedition members return to New York after finding an ancient Peruvian city. Henry Ford, farmer near Fawcett Missouri, found shot and burned in his home, suspected murder. Souvenir hunters press Navy for relief from the battleship Maine. Navy declines lacking authority.
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Contamination Sources Sought as Lincoln Epidemic Spreads
Lincoln reports an epidemic of gastro intestinal illness and typhoid fever linked to a one inch pipe dripping contaminated water into a city well. The well is closed as authorities remove the source while investigations continue and health officials warn residents.
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A Sermon on Calendar Shifts and Divine Plan
The text recounts a religious reflection on losing a day to calendar realignment and connects it to divine purposes. It traces biblical promises from Genesis through Jesus birth and resurrection, emphasizing Christ as mediator and the worldwide blessing to all families of the earth.
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