Men and Religion Forward Movement to Convene in Carnegie Hall
The largest lay religious gathering in U S history opens Friday as the Christian Conservation Congress begins at Carnegie Hall. Taft Bryan Bryce and other leaders from the U S Canada and Britain will speak as the session runs through Wednesday.
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New York
United States
Men and Religion Forward
First
Christian Conservation Congress
Carnegie Hall
Canada
Taft
William J. Bryan
James H. Bryce
England
United States demands protection for Americans in Mexico
Washington warns the Mexican government and General Pascual Orozco that America will hold Mexico and its people responsible for any wanton or illegal acts endangering American life or property within the republic.
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Washington
United States
Pascual Orozco
Insurrectos
Republic of Mexico
Mexico
Titanic Strikes Iceberg Off Quebec Report Spreads
News from Allan Line offices in Montreal says the White Star liner Titanic with about 1000 aboard struck an iceberg. The Virginian relayed word of the collision and is en route to assist as wireless contact continues.
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Montreal
Quebec
Allan Line
Worst Snow Storm Paralyzes Dakotas Rail Lines
Worst storm of the year blankets Deadwood and surrounding areas with fifteen inches locally and up to three feet in the mountains. Snow extends into Montana and northeast Wyoming, halting railroad traffic and hindering telegraph service while farmers welcome the moisture and report no other damage.
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Deadwood
S. D
Montana
Wyoming
Black Hills
Amundsen Plans North Pole Attempt From San Francisco
Roald Amundsen outlines a 1913 North Pole dash after returning to San Francisco to meet with Henry Lund the Norwegian consul. His ship Fram is to reach the harbor in April 1913 and will be outfitted for the polar voyage three months later.
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North Pole
San Francisco
Roald
Amundsen
South Ole
Henry Lund
Fram
Pole
Virginia and West Virginia seek accounting of northwest territory sale
Virginia and West Virginia senators have begun a push for the U S government to account to the original states for funds from the northwest territory sale. They estimate the sum could exceed 100 million dollars, more than a century after Virginia ceded the land.
General Frederick D Grant Dies of Throat Cancer
An authoritative outside source reports General Frederick D Grant died from throat cancer as did his father. An operation was performed by Dr Abbe who attended the general, and Dr Bench whose specialty is cancer of the throat.
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New York
Frederick D. Grant
Abbe
Bench
Taft Revises Civil Service Gag Rule
President Taft issues executive order altering the gag rule on civil service employees. The new directive supersedes prior orders by Roosevelt and Taft, easing restrictions that barred petitions to Congress through department heads.
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Washington
Taft
Civil ‘Service
Congress
Jasued
Bys
Morgan and Burns mobbed in Florence crowd clash at station
Florence Italy mobbed scene erupted as financier J Pierpont Morgan and Mrs Mary Lyman Burns fought a passage through hundreds of Florentines at a railway station. The crowd believed a picture purchased there by Morgan was the Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre.
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Florence
Vitaly
J. Pierpont
Morgan
Mary Lyman Burns
Jleave
Paris
Louvre
State Board of Health Reports Nebraska Medical Certificates
Bulletin No. 1 details the board since 1591 issuing 4 454 certificates to practice medicine in Nebraska. Of these 3 171 certificates remain in force with 2 327 regular school 473 eclectic and 371 homeopath. 325 failed exams. The year 1911 saw 13 987 male births 12 832 female births and 11 499 deaths. 11 556 marriages and 1 714 divorces reported.
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State Board of Health
Nebraska
Arbor Day Proclamation by Governor Aldrich
Governor I Chester R Aldrich proclaims April 22 as Arbor Day in Nebraska urging state residents and schools to observe the day by planting trees shrubs and vines and by engaging in fitting observances consistent with the occasion.
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Aldrich
Nebraska
Citien
Chester R. Aldrich
Governor Aldrich Visits Leavenworth Prison on Inspection Tour
Governor Aldrich and Private Secretary Fuller with State Architect Miller traveled to Leavenworth Kansas to confer with Major McClaughrey warden of the federal prison and personally inspect the prison conditions and management system.
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Leavenworth Prison
Aldrich
Fuller
Miller
Leavenworth
Kan
McClaughrey
Prison Clothes Found Near South Bend After Escape
Railroad workers discover discarded prison clothes worn by Convicts Gray Dowd and Morley near South Bend, close to where the trio of murderers made their last stand at the state penitentiary.
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Gray, Dowd
Morley
State Penitentiary
South Bend
Postmaster Corbin Sentenced in Federal Court
Frea A. Corbin former postmaster at Reynolds received a three year term in Leavenworth penitentiary and a $2664.61 fine from Judge T. C. Munger in federal court.
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Leavenworth
Frea A. Corbin
Reynolds
T. C. Munger
Federal
Lincoln Bonds Valid Approved by Supreme Court
The Lincoln school bond issue of 350000 dollars, stalled for months over validity questions, won State Supreme Court approval on Tuesday and moves toward the 1911 spring election.
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Lincoln
State Supreme Court
Escaped Prisoner Returned to State Penitentiary
William Hill, an escaped convict, has been returned to the state penitentiary by Douglas County officials. He was recently convicted of burglary in that county.
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William Hill
State Penitentiary
Douglas County
Alma voters face unusual license proposition at election
W J Furse of Alma claims the city ballot asked voters to mark For license Yes against license No and says prohibitionists lost either way. The remark reflects the unusual phrasing of the proposition presented at the recent municipal election.
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Alma
W. J. Furse
Court appoints attorneys in penitentiary murder case
Judge Stewart appointed Dennis J. Flaherty to defend Tom Davis for the murder of John Strong at the penitentiary ten days ago. Allen W. Field Jr. was called to oversee Davis's interests at the inquest, but Flaherty was chosen to represent him. Ray Abbott was assigned to Hartford Reed in the murder case involving Deputy Warden Davis.
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Stewart
District Court
Dennis J. Flaherty
Tom Davis
John Strong
Allen W. Field Jr
Davis
Field
Flaherty
Ray Abbott
Hartford Reed
Albert Prince
Warden Davis
Senator Brown Seeks Maine Battleship Souvenir
Senator Brown applied to the Navy department for a Maine battleship souvenir for the Grand collection at the statehouse in Lincoln. The department said the souvenir for Lincoln is held but the unsigned application was returned for proper signature, noting it cannot wait much longer and urging early action.
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Senator Brown
Navy Department
Maine
Statehouse
Lincoln
Bill support grows for $100000 state fair grounds building
Secretary W R Mellor of the state board of agriculture told the House Agriculture Committee that Congressman Maguire of Nebraska seeks a $100000 government building on state fair grounds with total possible federal aid of $4800000 if all eligible states participate. He argued the bill’s broad provisions allow states to benefit and noted a 20 percent space reserve for departmental exhibits.
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W. R. Mellor
State Board of Agriculture
Congressman Maguire
Nebraska
Committee On Agriculture of the House
Washington
Maguire
Mellor
United States
Big Corn Contest Prizes for Nebraska Boys
The Union Stock Yards company will post nearly 1000 dollars in cash prizes for corn yields on a single acre in Nebraska. Contests run through the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture with Dean Burnett and Prof. C. W. Pugsley organizing boys and girls clubs across counties. contests open only to boys.
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Douglas County
Union Stock Yards Company
University College of Agriculture
Nebraska
Dean Burnett
C. W. Pugsley
Record Price Paid for Herd at South Omaha Market
The Garrow Commission company sold twenty one whiteface Herefords for 1835, the highest price ever paid at the South Omaha market. The previous peak was $8.25 in June 1910. Cattle averaged 1264 pounds each and were fed by George Luff of Unadilla, Neb.
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Douglas County
South Omaha
Garrow Commission Company
Garrow Company
George Luff
Unadilla
Otoe County
Neb
West
Assault Terrifies Plattsmouth Man Near Fire Bell
Fred B Egenberger was attacked late at night as he walked home in Plattsmouth. A masked assailant jumped from behind the fire bell tower and struck him with a club multiple times until he lay unconscious. The attacker escaped into the night.
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Cass County
Fred B Egenberger
Plattsmouth
Egenberger
Nebraska District Court Judges Fund Reforms
The district court judges in Nebraska will not receive hotel or traveling expenses. A total of 4,000 dollars was appropriated for deficits and travel costs over two years, with all but 28.18 dollars drawn. A new deficiency bill will be required when the next legislature convenes.
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District Court of
Nebraska
District Court
Final Proof Publication Dispute With Chadron Chronicle
Washington dispatch reports Fred Dennett replies to Ben A. Brewster protest that the Chadron Chronicle was unfairly treated in final proof notice publication. Dennett says the Alliance land office register followed department rules in discretionary paper selection.
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Washington Dispatch
Ben A. Brewster
Chadron Chronicle
Register of the Land Office
Alliance
Fred Dennett
The
Land Office
Hitchcock
Register
Department
Robbers Break Into Lincoln County Hardware Store
Robbers entered Ginn, White & Schatz hardware store in North Platte and stole a large number of revolvers, rifles, shotguns, ammunition and the cash drawer contents estimated at about $15.
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Lincoln County
Ginn, White & Schatz
North Platte
Carnegie Library Fund Approved for Seward
Seward will receive a Carnegie library building after the Carnegie library commission favorably passed the application last week. The request, made earlier, now proceeds toward construction for Seward County.
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Carnegie Library For
Seward
Seward County
Carnegie Hbrary
Carnegie Library Commission
Norfolk Gets Factory
Madison County twenty workers began repairing the old sugar factory at Norfolk to prepare for a canning plant. A F Wentworth formerly of Rome New York and his father are investing in the project and establishing the facility.
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Madison County
Norfolk
Wentworth
Rome, N. Y
Scottsbluff Sewer Bonds Sanctioned by Referendum Vote
Nebraska attorney general informs state auditor that failure to submit Scottsbluff referendum for an election did not invalidate sewer bonds approved by a public vote. Bonds were sanctioned by the people at an election held under the mayoral call.
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Scottsbluff
Burlington Lowers Freight Rate on Structural Steel
The Burlington road wins approval to cut freight charges from Hastings to Hebron for structural steel and brick. Steel rate drops from 25 cents to 17 cents per hundred.
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Burlington Road
Hastings
Hebron
Escaped Convict Fred Shaffer Captured Near Sprague
Fred Shaffer, the Cherry county convict who escaped from the state penitentiary, was captured near Sprague in Lancaster County.
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Lancaster County
Fred Shaffer
Cherry County
Sprague
Worker injured in shop accident at Raymond
Mike Keller, a laborer at the Dave Hetrick blacksmith shop in Raymond, was badly bruised and shaken when his shirt sleeve caught in a shaft connected to a gasoline engine. He was thrown over the shaft and his clothing wound around the rod, scraping skin from his side and under the arms, leaving indentations from the underclothing on the flesh.
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Mike Keller
Dave Hetrick
Raymond
Myers Receives Reward for Prisoner Return
Sheriff Myers of Lancaster county holds a state warrant for 300 dollars for returning prisoners Gray Dowd and Morley to the penitentiary. The two former inmates are dead.
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Myers
Lancaster County
Gray, Dowd
Morley
Oppose Biennial Elections Proposal
A group met at University Place last week to condemn the proposed biennial elections amendments as pernicious and likely to cause great voter confusion if adopted at the coming primaries.
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University Place
Woman dies after clothing fire from garden trash blaze
Mrs. William Caprick suffered severe burns when her clothing ignited while burning trash in her garden. She died from her injuries, authorities said.
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Fillmore County
William Caprick
Nancy Rakestraw Buried After Suicide Amid Ill Health
Mrs. Nancy Rakestraw aged thirty s6 was buried at Strang. She had committed death by own action because of ill health.
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Nancy Rakestraw
Strang
Nebraska Boys Graduate From Northwestern Pharmacy School
Chicago dispatch reports Cambridge Nebraska resident N. Carroll and Norfolk native Frank Felger graduated from Northwestern University School of Pharmacy.
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Chicago
N. Carroll
Cambridge, Neb
Frank Felger
Norfolk
Northwestern University School of Pharmacy
Pugsley Minimizes Loss In Wheat Winter Kill Reports
G W Pugsley of the State farm downplays rumors of severe winter wheat losses saying the damage is widespread but not exceptional. He notes the loss is slightly above the ten year average and well below the last three years, with no single section hit hard.
Jail Fire Attempt by Inmate Provokes Sheriff Rescue
Gage County inmate Frank Evans, sent from Liberty and deemed sane by the commission, tried to set bedding afire in Leatrice jail. Sheriff Scheik arrived to extinguish the flames as Evans, posing as harmless, carried out a thorough burning attempt. The 1871 jail building is a rundown structure.
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Gage County
Frank Evans
Liberty
Leatrice
Scheik
Evans
Begue’s Café in New Orleans Ordered Closed by Health Board
The Begue establishment opposite the French Market in New Orleans has been ordered shut by Dr. Oscar Dowling of the state health board. The article notes Begue’s fame among tourists and epicures, the late Mine Begue’s influence, and the iconic Begue Exchange known for long meals and celebrity registries.
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New Orleans
Mme. Begue
Oscar Dowling
State Board of Health
Papa Bogue
Crescent City
Begue
Pepa Begue
Begue Exchange
Notable actors named in handwritten pages and quotes
Excerpt cites names Henry Irving Elen Terry Marion Crawford William H Crane Joseph Jefferson and De Wolf Hopper alongside Eugene Field handwriting praising a March 11 95 breakfast at Bogues and Selina Fetter Boyle’s Biblical quotation. The fragment blends theater figures with literary memorabilia and religious verse.
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Henry Irving
Elen Terry
Marion Crawford
William H. Crane
Joseph Jefferson
de Wolf Hopper
Eugene Field
Bogue’s
Selina Fetter Boyle
Guinea fowl may curb sleeping sickness say London reports
Western Africa letters reveal a new hope in fighting sleeping sickness. The idea: guinea fowl eat the fly pupae, scratching land with fowls clears areas of tsetse flies, reducing transmission. If natives adopt fowls, it could profit them and protect people, as fowls do not carry the parasite.
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London
Africa
Time in Wyandotte City Names Kansas City Origin
The city now Kansas City Kansas once carried Wyandotte as its name with locals recalling a clever time saying OV and. The fragment hints at a history of name changes and native phrasing reflecting local speech patterns.
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City
Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte
Dobell’s solution used to fix door bell outage
A Chicago family relies on a traditional butler named Sam to solve a faulty door bell. An electrician once used a white powder during repairs, and a guest with a sore throat prompted the mistress to send Sam to buy Dobell’s solution. Sam humorously asks if the door bell is out of order again.
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Chicago
Sam
Dobell
de Land
Calumet Baking Powder Wins Grand Prize in Paris Show
Calumet Baking Powder receives the Grand Prize and Gold Medal at the International Pure Food Show in Paris 1912. This follows the Highest Award won at the World's Pure Food Exposition in Chicago, marking two major honors for Calumet.
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Paris
Chicago
Supreme Faith and a Thousand Dollar Laugh
A man boasts to his wife that he gave her a $1,000 check yesterday. He quips the act was to test her nerve, claiming she would never cash it. The exchange highlights a blunt, darkly comic remark on trust and money.
The Easiest Answer and Witty Exchanges
A fragmentary exchange laments price and impartial opinion while a garbled quip about Garfield Tea and self blood remedies appears. The text features a Boston Evening Transcript style line and a moral about ambition versus restraint.
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Boston Evening Transcript
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Ams McGaffin
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House Committee On Agriculture
New Orleans Health Board
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Dean
Edward Porsche
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Doan
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
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Ottawa
W. V. Bennett
Bea
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