Plans for mediating labor disputes in wartime policy
The national defense council's mediation and conciliation sub committee announces plans to create nationwide machinery to aid in mediating labor disputes during the war. Senate passes a bill extending the interstate commerce commission power to address freight car shortages. A hoarding amendment may make storing essentials a felony, with farm exemptions. President Wilson assures northwestern spring wheat growers of price support to spur production. The food bill includes a nationwide survey of resources and restricts hoarding and futures speculation. Prohibition measures, including higher taxes on distillation and a beverage import ban, clear Senate finance committee.
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Union News Service
Washington
National Defense Council
Subcommittee On
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt to Speak at Lincoln on Americanism Thursday
General Theodore Roosevelt will address Lincoln on Americanism Thursday June 14 the closing day of Nebraska’s semi centennial celebration. Ruth Law opens a ten day Liberty loan tour from Cleveland to Chicago to New York dropping paper bombs urging subscriptions.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ruth Law
Cleveland
Liberty Loan
Chicago
New York
Middle West
Southwest
Wide World War Era Briefs From 1917 Dispatches
Foreign Canada adopts day light saving across the dominion. Petrograd strike averted in 140 factories. British forces in France report 3412 Germans captured. Kronstadt threatened with boycott unless withdrawal to pro‑visional government. Cossacks in the Urals back the temporary government. H W Bard gives 125000 francs for merchant navy prizes. Hungarian socialists in Stockholm press immediate peace no annexations no indemnities. Prohibition push in England seen doomed. army benefits from liquor controls. Laredo officials say 15 to 20 young Americans cross into Mexico daily to mine or seek oil, amid conscription evasion concerns.
Englishmen apply for British Army enlistment in New York
More than 500 Englishmen including actors seek to enlist in the British army in New York. Submarine decoys use open boats to lure allied ships. U S relaxes literacy and contract labor barriers for Mexican aliens. General Parker orders Colonel Gaston to Presidio to manage affairs after Villista occupation. Gaston to intern Mexican soldiers across the river. Nebraska guardsmen at Fort Snelling deny gambling tales. US defense chamber urges dependents allowances and employer commitments. Nebraska National Guard to mobilize by July. Lincoln man released after jail for criticizing government. Madrid seizes cargo of Argentine wheat en route to Switzerland. A war tax proposal would tax every long-term alien male resident to fund $400 million.
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New York
San Salvador Earthquake Widespread Destruction Reported
San Miguel reports major quake debris in San Salvador Santa Tecla and nearby towns. The disaster began at 7 p m Thursday and continued through the night with fires and lava activity. Nicaragua’s president says telegraphs confirm the devastation and relief committees are organized to aid the homeless.
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Union News Service
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
San Miguel
San Salvador
Santa Tecla
Tecla
Salvador
Organization of Relief Committees
Still Time To Register Lincoln For Draft Readiness
Governor Neville announces a second opportunity for those who failed to register under the conscription and selective draft law. The provost marshal general allows all ages designated who did not register on June 5 to present themselves for registration. Non-residents may also register under paragraph sixty four.
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Lincoln
Neville
Omaha
Nebraska to furnish 200 officers for August camps
Washington reports Nebraska must provide 200 men for officer training camps in August. Application blanks will be issued between June 15 and July 15 to the examining officer at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Nebraska’s total army enlistments to June 6 are 1,967 toward a quota of 2,385.
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Washington
War Department
Nebraska
Fort Snelling
Minn
New British War Mission Head Named in London
Lord Northcliffe has accepted the post as head of the British war mission in the United States at the war cabinet's request. He succeeds Arthur J. Balfour who will return to duties at the foreign office.
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London
Lord Northcliffe
War Cabinet
United States
Arthur J Balfour
Foreign Office
Nebraska historical society museum marks semicentennial
The Nebraska state historical society museum celebrates its fiftieth anniversary by moving a large portion of its historical mementos to the Lincoln auditorium for thousands of Nebraskans during the June 12 to 14 semicentennial celebration. More than one hundred thousand articles will be on display.
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Lincoln
Nebraska State Historical Society Museum
Lincoln Auditorium
Last Tribute to Buffalo Bill at Lookout Mountain
A large assembly gathered in Denver to honor Colonel William F. Cody Buffalo Bill as his body was laid in a vault carved in Lookout Mountain. Masons conducted the ceremony while Knights Templar from North Platte Nebraska served as escorts. Bugler taps concluded the service.
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Buffalo Bill
Denver
Colo
William F.oody
Lookout Mountain
Knights Templar
North Platte
Neb
Cody
Supreme Court ruling tied to Nebraska tax case and Rock Island
Secretary of State Pool seeks to apply the California Supreme Court decision on an occupation tax to Nebraska's Rock Island case. The state argues for a $2,500 maximum tax for three years, while Rock Island pays $550 annually. Judge Munger ruled Nebraska may tax full capital stock for doing business here.
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Western Newspaper Union
News Service
Pool
United States Supreme Court
California
T. C. Munger
United States Court
Nebraska
Rock Island Railroad
Secretary of State Pool
State Legal Department
Rock Island
Supreme Court
Washington
Munger
Lincoln Commercial club backs convict road plan and plant
At a Lincoln meeting the Commercial club discussed the convict road law and urged the board of control to study convict labor use in other states. It calls for spending part of a $50,000 appropriation to buy site and equipment for a brick and road material plant at the penitentiary and to make the law operative.
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Lincoln Commercial Club
Board of Control
Condra
Chatburn
State University
Johnson
Senate
State Fair Plans Advance Despite War Conditions
The Nebraska state fair board proceeding with the 1917 fair aims to boost national production. Secretary I R Danielson notes fairs spur farm output and cites Canada's wartime experience of record attendances and heightened interest in fairs.
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Nebraska
Nebraska crop report shows big gains in oat and corn acreage
The Nebraska state board of agriculture reports a 31 percent rise in oats, 38 percent in corn, and 95 percent in potatoes acreage. Beans and gardens also expand, with idle land now utilized. Western and central Nebraska emerge as bread basket regions with minimal crop damage from winter. Farmers are warned to secure wheat seed for next fall.
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Nebraska
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska Wheat Seed Shortage Warned By Committee
A newly formed committee reports Nebraska will fall short on winter wheat seed for next year. They estimate 375000 acres in the state this spring, only one tenth of a typical town. Surviving wheat is about 60 percent as good as the ten year average at this time.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Extends Canning Courses Across State
The University of Nebraska extension service launches statewide canning instruction with two day courses in about thirty schools this June. Enrollment tops 250 at Nebraska University and 75 at Wesleyan. University women join. summer schools require commitment to teach others locally or within organizations.
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State‘ University
Wesleyan
State of Nebraska
University Extension Service
Nebraska
Nebraska University
Nebraska horticultural society outlines fair exhibit plans
The Nebraska state horticultural society convened at the Lindell hotel Friday night to discuss the state fair horticultural exhibit. A committee of Prof I F Howard, L C Chapin, and Grove Porter was appointed to organize the exhibit and design its features. The group also prepared the premium list and noted a strong fruit crop statewide with bumper apples but freeze damage to small fruits and grapes. Officers sworn in: President I F Howard, first VP L C Chapin, second VP D C Bliss, Treasurer Peter Youngers, Secretary Grove Porter. new board members W A Harrison, A M Shubert, J J Brown.
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Nebraska State Horticultural Society
Lindell Hotel
I. F Howard
L. C. Chapin
Grove Porter
I F Howard
Lincoln
L. C Chapin
D. C. Bliss
Minden
Peter Youngers
Geneva
Nebraska City
W. A. Harrison
York
A. M Shubert
Shubert
J. J. Brown
State Treasurer Reports Growth in General and School Funds
The monthly report shows the general fund rising from $156000 to $278000 and total funds from $1200000 to $1525000. The temporary school fund holds $411000, a high allocation for apportionment. Treasurer Hall certifies the apportionment to State Superintendent Clemmons for distribution under the new law based on district school child enumeration. Educational trust funds total about $9940268, excluding $500000 spent on liberty bonds.
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Hall
Clemmons
Educational Trust
Liberty
Tax Levy Funds for University Salaries Confirmed
Attorney General Reed issues opinion at Dr. L Hall request that the 34 mil tax levy for special activities may pay salaries and administrative expenses of the state university and branches, instead of only general maintenance funds as in the past.
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State University
Reed
L. Hall
Board of Regents
Nebraska Winter Wheat Yield Falls Sharply
Careful statistics directed by George Coupland, food conservation member of the Nebraska council of defense, show the winter wheat crop will yield less than 10 percent of last year’s output.
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Nebraska
George Coupland
Nebraska Council of Defense
Nebraska Adjutant General Seeks 19 to 45 Year Olds
Adjutant General Phil Hall anticipates drafting able bodied citizens between 19 and 45 to fill Nebraska National Guard ranks. President Wilson could enforce a draft separate from the civilian draft under the army bill. Nebraska troops trail war strength by about 700, with 400 in the Fifth regiment and 300 in the Fourth. Musterings for federal service begin soon, including about 100 National Guard reserves created by the 1916 National Defense Act.
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Nebraska National Guard
Phil Hall
Wilson
Nebraska
National Guard
Nebraska farm labor agencies organized under Lincoln bureau
Two hundred twenty five local farm labor agencies in Nebraska, run under a central Lincoln bureau and funded by the federal government, are formed to help secure laborers and place them where needed. About sixty are at county seats with more forming daily, each community leader reporting weekly to the county agent and the county agent forwarding a county report to Supervisor Rhoades in Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Rhoades
Woman Overcomes Illness With Vegetable Compound
A sick Enchant Pennsylvania woman describes relief from crying spells and nervous weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring strength and ability to work, after failing with other doctors. The ad urges others to seek free confidential advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
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E. Pinkham
Augustus Baughman
Box
Enchant
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Stenographer’s Bright Dress Sparks Swift Dismissal Talk
A Washington Star anecdote recalls how the elder Swift, Chicago beef founder, opposed women in bright clothes at his works. An attending stenographer, paid twenty five a week, wore rainbow attire prompting dismissal jokes about dockage and potential departure.
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Swift
Chicago
Smith and Auntie trade a cryptic phone greeting
A chatty exchange unfolds with a caller and a woman identifying as Smith as they discuss the name on a telephone call. The dialogue hints at mishearing and playful confusion in a domestic setting.
Lost public movements reclassified as motion inaction
A critique notes many ambitious public campaigns amount to delayed action or misdirected effort. It suggests scrutiny of strategy and outcomes, urging clearer aims and tangible results rather than protracted rhetoric.
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