Missouri Tornado Kills Twenty Nine Across Counties
A fierce storm roared through central west Missouri late Saturday causing multiple deaths and extensive destruction. Reports confirm at least nineteen deaths between Merwin and Adrian, with two each in Creighton and Leeton and two more in Cass and Johnson counties, while Kansas City area losses are feared.
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Kansas City
West
Missouri
Bates County
Merwin
Adrian
Creighton
Cass County
Leoton
Johnson County
No Quarter for Either Side
Chicago crowds surge during the Republican contest with full hotels, brass bands, and crowded trains. Supporters rally for a decisive battle between Taft and the colonel, while compromise is rejected and delegates flood the city.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Taft
Governor Aldrich Sees Taft Favor But Hints Third Nominee
Gov. Aldrich and colleagues returning from the Republican national convention reported limited optimism for Roosevelt securing the presidential nomination. They noted most contests favored Taft while Aldrich doubted Taft could win a renomination, suggesting a third man might be named.
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Aldrich
Roosevelt
National Committee
Chicago
Taft
Titanic Disaster Inquiry Opens Wireless Dispatch Review
London resumption of the board of trade inquiry heard Sir Rufus Isaacs announce plans to submit to the court the wireless dispatch claiming he was seen on the Titanic route. The message was handed to J Bruce Ismay as White Star managing director due to its seriousness.
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London
Board of Trade
Rufus Isaacs
J. Bruce Ismay
White Star Company
Severe Kansas City storm causes deaths and near million in damage
A severe storm struck Kansas City causing one child’s death and multiple injuries. The blue black cloud and 75 mile gale toppled roofs, wires, and trees, plunging the city into darkness. Damage estimates climb toward 1 million dollars as telegraph and trolley lines failed.
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Kansas City
Happenings of the Past Week From All Corners
A wide sample of events from Washington to Alaska covers politics, court cases, aviation fatalities, railroad affairs, weather and local disasters. Notable items include Nevada Governor Oddie appointing George Wingfield as U.S. senator, Taft asking Congress for aid to Alaska volcano victims, a fatal aviation crash in Washington, and unrest surrounding the Taft Roosevelt feud ahead of the Chicago convention.
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Washington
Oddie
Nevada
George Wingfield
United States
Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Taft
Congress
Kodiak
Alaska
I. C. Liorente
el Paso
Mexico
Conzalo Isabile
Robert C. Wickliffe
Louisiana
Southern Railway
Potomac Park
Philippines
House Judiciary Committee
Cornelius H. Hanford
Seattle
China Relief Committee
China
Leighton W. Hazlehurst, Jr
Seventeenth Infantry
Alfred L. Welch
Wright Brothers
Lincoln chosen as convention city for postmasters year ahead
News from across the nation reports Lincoln selected as the convention city for postmasters next year. Other items note a major Nevada forest fire near Carson and various political rumors and events in Chicago Atlanta Savannah and Washington.
Abbotts Majority Ends Detention at Geneva Industrial School
Judge Cosgrave orders Goldie Abbott discharged from Geneva after ruling a girl reaching eighteen cannot be detained in the industrial school. Abbott had been sent there for vagrancy and would have remained until twenty one under boys law. The case hinges on the Geneva act and juvenile court provisions preserving Liberty. Newspapers to publish constitutional amendments will be named by the governor later.
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Geneva
P. James Cosgrave
Goldie Abbott
Lincoln
Hyers
State Journal
Cosgrave
Stewart
Morning & Ledwith
Ayres
Hager
Geneva School
Kearney
Miss Abbott
Lincoln Census Figures on Voting Age Population
Census figures show Lincoln with 13 923 men of voting age. Of these 8 122 are native born, 1 372 naturalized foreign born whites, and 1 729 not naturalized. There are 302 negroes 21 years and over and twelve of other races.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Wesleyan bans Greek fraternities and sororities
The board of trustees adopted a resolution prohibiting Greek letter fraternities and sororities at Nebraska Wesleyan University in connection with the annual commencement exercises.
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Nebraska Wesleyan University
Board of Trustees
Bids Opened for Hydrotherapeutic Hospital Equipment
The board of public lands and buildings opened bids at Lincoln hospital for hydrotherapeutic equipment. Two bids were received and the board will reconvene to award the contract. Estimated cost is about $5,000.
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Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Lincoln Hospital
Nebraska Church Federation Establishes Lincoln HQ
The Nebraska Church Federation has established headquarters in Lincoln at the Young Men's Christian Association. Rev. F. P. Wigton serves as secretary. Organized in February 1909, it plans aggressive work to unite evangelical churches for state welfare, aiming to appoint a county secretary in each county and conduct a state religious survey.
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Nebraska ‘Church Federation
Lincoln Young Men’s Christian
F. P. Wigton
Nebraska
Power development company formed to harness Loup river
Commonwealth Development company organized with 7.5 million dollars to control water power from the Loup river near Columbus. Incorporators include W S Sharp A W Field C T Boggs and others from Lincoln Omaha Detroit and Lansing. George G Moore of Detroit finances the venture aiming to move water back to the Platte near Schuyler with plans to sell bonds in London.
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Commonwealth Development Company
Columbus
Lincoln
Omaha
W. ©. Sharp
A. W. Field
C. T. Boggs
S. H. Burnham
A. C. Koenig
J. M. Bramleite
Detroit
Mich
A. A. Ladd
Lansing
Loup River
Platte River
Schuyler
George G. Moore
London
Moore
Duluth Falls
Vermont
Atlanta
Sharp
State Board of Irrigation
Koenig
Babcock
J. Lenz
Central Power Company
Grand Island
Hastings
Siouyn City
Nebraska City
Ground Tour by Capitalists for Dakota, Kansas & Gulf Route
Arthur Jenkins and J. W. Weaver with C Hildreth and A Henline journey from Kearney to survey the Beloit to Kearney line. They plan to connect with Canadian roads at Carrington ND and expect work to begin soon if bond issues warrant.
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Arthur Jenkins
J. W. Weaver
Kearney-Beloit
Dakota, Kansas & Gulf Railroad
C. Hildreth
Franklin
A. Henline
Kearney
Nebraska
Dakotas
Beloit
Carrington
Publishers Pie Withheld Announces Printing Papers
Announcement from the state executive office says the names of papers to print constitutional amendments will not be released until after Governor Aldrich returns from the Republican national convention. Escaped convict Charles Philbert, an Omaha boy, who fled two weeks ago for medical treatment, is captured in St. Joseph Missouri at his sister’s home.
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A. Hyers
Lancaster ‘County
Tambov
Russia
New York
Walter L. Houser
Wisconsin
Taft
Roosevelt
Hallam
Neb
Leonidas P. Funkhouser
Omaha
Hendersonville
N. C
Florida
Bryn Mawr
Baltimore
Des Allemands
Louisiana
Wesleyan University
Board of Trustees
Nebraska Postmasters’ Association
Lincoln
Philp Scheibe
Henry Ellmore
St. Joseph
Republican National Committee
Indiana
Elmer Watt
Greensburg
J. I. Kemp
Nebraska
Cleveland
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Albany
N. Y
Dixon
United States
Ben B. Lindsay
Denver
Buffalo
Wyo
Clear Creek Canyon
McKinley
Taft Bureau
J. Caldwell
State Mercantile Bank
Colo
Earl
B. Funk
McGovern
LaFollette
Alaska
Katmai
Waldorf-Astoria
Gaynor
Pie
State Executive Office
Aldrich
Charles Philbert
Sam Patterson Appeals for Back Pay from State Bank Board
Sam Patterson of Arapahoe appeals to the supreme court to recover $6,000 for two years' salary as secretary of the state banking board. He never served because the guaranty of deposit law was held up in federal courts.
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Sam Patterson
Arapahoe
Supreme Court
State Banking Board
Unusual Request at Dodge County Meeting
George Sights urged county officials to raise land values for Cotterell township neighbors. He argued land assessed at 70 dollars per acre should be increased.
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County Board of
Dodge County
George Sights
Cotterell Township
Hartington Bay Loses Eye in Farm Accident
Leonard Samuelson, 12, son of Charles Samuelson, will likely lose sight in his right eye after a tilting splinter from a shot ricochet struck him while he and companions shot at a tiling. Mrs. Mary I. Ashby, formerly of Golden Colorado, divorced in San Francisco, is speculated to be the wife of either the late Shorty Gray or one of his accomplices. The two men, Forbes and Martin, sit in the Nebraska state penitentiary serving twenty eight year terms for a bank robbery at Giltner in 1911.
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Cedar County
Leonard Samuelson
Charles Samuelson
Shorty Gray
Ashby
Mary I. Ashby
Golden, Colo
San Francisco
MR. T. Ashby
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Shorty
Gray
Forbes
Martin
Giltner
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promoted for Peevish Children
An advertisement explains that mild digestive disorders cause fussiness in children and that Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is an effective gentle laxative. It claims the product relieves stomach and liver discomfort, is pleasant tasting, and suitable for bedtime dosing. Samples offered from Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
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Caldwell
The Harvest Moon and Alimony Echo in Advice Verse
Quoted quips compare bliss of life with the harvest moon, noting trouble pursues those seeking it. A vendor praises Garfield Ten as a pure herb remedy for stomach liver and kidney irregularities, while urging readers to stop dwelling on sorrows.
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Garfield
Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine Helps Susie Tem in Nebraska
Susie Tem of Hooper Nebraska recounts severe female troubles and back pain she suffered for years. After seven bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her health improved, she did heavy work again, and she urges others to try the remedy.
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Hooper
Nebraska
Lydia E. Pinkham
Toften
Susie Tem
Pleton
Pinkham
Rawlawh
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