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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
2
A Texas representative’s proposal to move inauguration day from March 4 to the last Thursday in April sparked a six hour debate in the House. The plan, a constitutional amendment, would also set Congress to convene on the second Tuesday of January each year.
In North Yakima Washington a Wright aviator plunged to his death when a gusty wind toppled his biplane. He was dragged from wreckage in an apple orchard in the Moxee valley two miles from his start. The exact cause of the disaster may never be known.
A Cuban rebel column under Major Sanguily captured and burned La Maya on the Cuba railroad line about thirty miles from Santiago. Estenez with 800 troops attacked rurales as regulars withdrew, killing and wounding several. the clash marks a rising strength test in Taft era Republican politics as Ruth Howell faces seating hearings.
Complete tabulation shows Harmon ahead with 100,090 votes to Wilson's 89,116 in the Ohio Democratic primary. Bryan receives 2,490 votes, just one more than Champ Clark. Analysts awaited official totals as Clark faced uncertainty.
Telegraphic ad from Washington reports that Congressman Martin's bill to create a national game preserve for buffalo elk and other big game, with an appropriation of 32000 dollars for fencing and water supply, has passed the House. An amendment to the cultural appropriation bill is noted.
Delegates predicted the entire delegation would be instructed. H Avorkian a fruit vendor who died here recently left that his money was obtained by theft and fraud. He confessed as head of a Turkish religious society to absconding with thousands of church funds and keeping a bag of gold that rightfully belonged to the church.
A broad review highlights Taft's Cuba non intervention message to Gomez, the Republican National Committee race in Chicago, moves to form a new party by the National Manufacturers Association, and Congress approving a pension bill on Memorial Day. Reports from Chihuahua announce Torreon's capture, Hitchcock backs parcels post, Knox urges withdrawing the coffee antitrust suit, Porto Ricans await Senate action on citizenship, and a senate passed five year patent bill for reclamation claims with reduced fees.
Fewer than a hundred of the 700 St Paul freight handlers obeyed the strike call while railway clerks stay at work. Other items note Speaker Clark carrying Arizona in the Democratic presidential primary and Wilbur Wright's death from typhoid fever in Dayton Ohio.
Across states, tornadoes devastate Skiatook Oklahoma with multiple deaths and injuries. Roosevelt contests in New Jersey and Texas delegates pledge to Wilson. Manila bridge collapse kills ten, injuries others. Confederate, labor, and political tensions ripple through campaigns, fairs, and university religious activities.
Judge A M Post and associates filed an injunction from Platte County District Court restraining A C Koenig and his attorneys from prosecuting a Koenig contest against Babcock water rights on the Loup River for power. The restraining order also targets Lincoln Traction president W E Sharp, Field, Boggs, and H N Helner as Koenig’s backers. The board may proceed with Koenig’s claim while the equity suit in Platte County remains unresolved.
County Assessor O and Bernecker of Seward raise a taxation issue before the state board of assessment and Henry Seymour. A Beaver Crossing lot assessed at 1000 dollars was loaned 2000 dollars with a mortgage placed on the property. No agreement exists on who pays the mortgage tax. The question asks if the lot owner has any equity to assess under mortgage taxation law and who bears the tax.
The Board of Public Lands and Buildings has sold two large blocks of marble on the capitol grounds to Kimball Bros. These blocks were part of the John Currie era and were intended for a statue. The Lincoln bust was moved to the basement earlier, ending the project.
Governor Aldrich approved requisition papers for the return to North Carolina of Harold T. Pratt charged with forgery totaling 350 dollars. After a prolonged spree he hanged himself from a tree in an open field.
Secretary Henry Seymour of the state board of assessment has computed the assessment of all private car companies doing business in the state. The mileage of private cars is reported by each railroad and a value is placed upon the cars based upon mileage run.
A Lincoln fruit jobber predicts a vast peach crop in southern Nebraska and has contracted four carloads for shipment when ready. He notes former big orchards near Lincoln, including the Russell orchards, plus another orchard once owned by Dr. B Le Paine, which failed after late season freezing damaged the trees.
The Negro Republican Club filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Capital stock fixed at 1000 dollars. Principal place of business listed as Omaha. Objects include recruiting Negro voters, studying candidates and motives, rewarding support, and staying in touch with party movements, plus social and literary aims.
The Board of Public Lands and Buildings voted to pay architect George A Berlinghof 1087.40 for plans and supervisory services on the Norfolk asylum building. Some members oppose. the state auditor may accept a majority certificate after completion. The project faced delays but is described as substantial, with upcoming suit to recover 10000 from Merten bondsmen for finishing costs.
Furnas county assessor questions Henry Seymour, secretary of the State Board of Assessment, about a Beaver City lot valued at 1000 dollars with a 2000 dollar mortgage. The law taxes mortgage face value and assesses on equity, so the query asks the equity value of the property given the mortgage.
The Kimball Bros contractors handling granite for the Lincoln monument seek four carloads lost on the way from the quarry. Five carloads remain to be received, one recently located with railroad assurance, four still missing likely in St. Louis or eastward. All have been in transit long enough to have arrived earlier.
A requisition has been issued on the governor of New Mexico to return Earl Goodin to Nebraska. Goodin is wanted in Cherry County for horse theft on April 24, 1909. He is imprisoned in the Arizona penitentiary and nearing release.
The Curtis state experiment station will have a brick concrete and steel barn erected by Gould and Son of Omaha for 8700 dollars. The structure will serve dairy grain and general farm uses as a model facility.
Farmers report corn coming up well in Lancaster County with about half the planted acreage already emerged. Concerns about germination faded as 1910 seed proved reliable, replacing poor 1911 stock. Many Nebraska growers used 1910 seed or sourced seed corn locally from Noon merchants or neighboring farms with two year old stock.
Postmaster E R Sizer warned merchants about stolen money order blanks after 32 300 to 32 400 blanks vanished from a San Francisco branch post office on February 8 1912. Some orders were cashed in Los Angeles Indianapolis and Boston with more blanks likely to appear.
The state board met in the governor's office and completed the railroad assessment for Nebraska. The total valuation of all railroad properties is 275,248,842.75 dollars.
The railway commission authorizes Union Pacific to discard all cars shorter than thirty six feet six inches and standardizes stockware length to match the Burlington.
Mrs. M E Fairchild of Wichita Kansas describes a deep leg wound from a fall that worsened until treated with Cuticura Ointment. She reports immediate pain relief and rapid healing, and praises Cuticura Soap for facial cleansing without smarting. Sample offers for Cuticura products are extended by mail from Boston.
The excerpt promotes remedies such as Garfield Tea for liver and kidney troubles and constipation, claims to ease teething pain, reduce inflammation, and cure wind colic. It also quotes Longfellow and Stevenson to bolster trust, suggesting specific bottles and general health benefits.
Ashland Kentucky and Camden New Jersey readers report relief from female and kidney troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women credit the product with restoring health and avoiding operations, noting confidential expert guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. services.
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