Packer Case in Jury as Mississippis Flood Expands
Flood conditions deepen along the Mississippi after Bird's Point is submerged and all rail traffic to Cairo is halted. Officials report rising rivers without immediate forecast for St. Louis, while towns across Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri contend with widespread inundation and mail delivery by skiff.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Bird's Point
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Bird’s Point
Point Pleasant
Chicago Packers Case Goes to Jury in Sherman Antitrust
The government charges ten Chicago packers with violating the Sherman antitrust law. Closing arguments were delivered by Special Counsel Pierce Butler after a juror’s illness delayed the proceedings. Butler called the government's case beyond question and condemned the packers' acts.
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Chicago
Pierce Butler
Governor Hunt Involved With Prisoners At Florence
The Arizona governor and inmate Frank Howard, serving the last months of a burglary sentence, were in line with convicts at Florence state penitentiary on a Sunday morning, where they shared a meal including head beans mush and coffee.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Hunt
Arizona
State Penitentiary
Florence
Frank Howard
Rene
Wisconsin Senator on Trial in Senate Seat Case
Wisconsin Senator Isaac Stephenson, a veteran lumberman and banker, was formally placed on trial Monday over the validity of his seat in the United States Senate. Senator Reed of Missouri spoke against Stephenson retaining his seat during the session.
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Wisconsin
Washington
Isaac Stephenson
United States Senate
Reed
Missouri
Stephenson
Formal protest against Westover ballot placement
Chris Gruenther, Harmon campaign manager in Nebraska, filed a formal protest in the secretary of state’s office challenging Judge W. H. Westover’s name on the April primary ballot as a Bryan-Wilson delegate-at-large amid alleged fraudulent signatures in the second district.
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Linccoln
W. H. Westover
Bryan-Wilson
Secretary of State
Chris Gruenther
Harmon Campaign
Nebraska
Lincoln club targets Salvation Army lodging houses and stores
The charities committee of the Lincoln Commercial club plans a campaign against Salvation Army lodging houses and second-hand stores, charging they operate for profit rather than charity and seek to expose insincere charitable aims.
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Salvation Army
Lincoln
Charities Committee
The
Lincoln Commercial Club
Sheriff disfranchised over voting precinct boundary
Carrington North Dakota Foster county sheriff cannot vote as his residence and county jail sit on vacated street land not in any precinct under current lines. In Holdrege Nebraska W. J. Bryan tells 200 Democrats and Republicans he will resign as a delegate if instructed to vote for Harmon as presidential nominee. notes Morgan and Hill favor Harmon.
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Carrington
N. C
Foster County
Holdrege
Neb
Phelps County
W. J. Bryan
Harmon
J. P. Morgan
Jim Hill
Bryan
Pupport
Reed Bound Over in Lincoln Murder and Smuggling Case
Reed, charged with shaving, was bound over to the district court in Lincoln. He allegedly aided Albert Prince's murder of Deputy Warden Davis at the state penitentiary on February 11 and admitted involvement in smuggling nitroglycerine to a convict who passed it to Shorty Gray. Gray and two others died in the escape attempt.
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Lincoln
Neb
Hartford
Albert
Prince
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District Court
Shorty” Gray
Gray
Prohibition Ticket Leads Nebraska Primary Filings
The Nebraska secretary of state's office sees a flood of petitions for April primaries, with a full prohibition slate for state offices except secretary of state and superintendent of schools. Entries include Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson for president, and a wide slate of congressional, judicial, and state posts led by party candidates from REP, DEM, PRO and other affiliations.
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Judson Jiarman
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Champ Clerk
Robert M la Follette
Eugene W Caffin
A J Beveridge
J . Yelser
Herbert S. Hadley
Walter Ainleigh Stubbs
Aaron S. Watkins
Hens in Lancaster County Laying Freely as Egg Prices Fall
Hens are producing well amid March Klondike weather in Lancaster County. Retailers quote eggs at 21 cents a dozen as farmers report warmer quarters and better feed boosting laying.
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Lancaster County
Lincoln Farmer Predicts Record Corn Crop After Wet Subsoil
A Lincoln farm owner notes exceptionally saturated subsoil after heavy rains and expects one of the state's largest corn crops. He says wet subsoil reduces summer rainfall needs for strong yields.
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Lincoln
Leavitt Praises Governor Aldrich Reform Plan
J A Leavitt Nebraska division superintendent of the society of the friendless applauds Governor Aldrich's proposal for an Intermediate reformatory at the state penitentiary. He was in Lincoln and commends the effort to modernize prison conditions, urging Nebraska to abandon outdated penal practices.
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J. A. Leavitt
Nebraska
Society of the Friendless
Aldrich
State Penitentiary
Lincoln
Mr. Leavitt
Idle talk on extra session and waterpower laws
The piece argues an extra legislative session is unlikely to pass a waterpower law due to existing appropriations and the need for a constitutional amendment. It notes a new legislature to be elected in January, Governor Aldrich’s cautious stance, and the Capitol upkeep costs. It also mentions 136 candidates for state offices, no prohibition candidates yet, and Samuel Patterson appealing a denied $6,000 salary claim from the state banking board.
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Aldrich
Federal Capitol Commission
Nebraska
Cowles
Petition to Place Hitchcock on Democratic Ballot
Chris Gruenther presented a petition in the city to place Senator G M Hitchcock on the primary ballot as a candidate at large to the Democratic National Convention. The document lists about 6 000 Democratic voters.
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Chris Gruenther
G. M Hitchcock
Nicholson Still Balks at Federal Bank Examiner Post
H. C. Nicholson of Omaha, named United States bank examiner, has not resigned as state bank examiner. The federal appointment was offered to another state examiner, Emmett, who declined, casting uncertainty on Nicholson’s acceptance.
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Nicholson
H. C. Nicholson
Omaha
United States Bank Examiner
Emmett
William McLaughlin Dies in Lincoln After Long Illness
William McLaughlin longtime county treasurer and prominent Democrat in the First district died at his Lincoln home after a lengthy illness. He leaves a family of two wives and three children.
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William McLaughlin
Lincoln
Secretary of State Busy With Petitions and Filings
Secretary of State Wait and his office faced a flood of petitions and personal filings. Bowden of Kearney asked if he could enter as a Democratic candidate for Congress in the Sixth District by mailing papers that evening, his final chance. Governor Aldrich granted a pardon to Henry J. Barlow, 24, serving an indeterminate sentence for horse theft. Barlow had pleaded guilty to taking a farmer Thomas J. Adams’s horse near Elgin and rode it toward Fremont without attempting a sale. sentence was from one to ten years, pronounced August 3 last year.
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Bowden
Congress
Aldrich
Henry J. Barlow
Thomas J. Adams
Elgin
Barrow
Fremont
Crabtree Urges Support for Page Vocational Bill
J W Crabtree of River Falls Wisconsin a former Nebraska state superintendent urges Senator Hitchcock to back the Page vocational education bill aimed at expanding educational opportunities for farmers.
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J. W. Crabtree
Falls Wis
Normal School
Nebraska
Hitchcock
State Railway Commission Orders Wayside Depot Erection
The State Railway commission rules on the petition of Wayside Dawes county plants for a new depot and orders the company to erect the structure at once.
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State Railway Commission
Dawes County
Lincoln Traction Drops Opposition to Six for a Quarter Fare
The Lincoln Traction company will no longer oppose the six for a quarter fare but protests cheaper suburban rates. It withdrew its application from the state railway commission ending the issue. A hearing was to be held Monday with a requested continuance for suburban portions of the plan.
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Lincoln Traction
State Railway Commission
Lincoln
Seed Corn Campaign Earns Praise From University Leaders
Chancellor Avery and fellow Nebraska university men thank C C Rosewater for backing the seed corn drive run by the Omaha Commercial Club publicity bureau. They credit public spirit and railroad cooperation for broad state impact and lasting benefits. Roy Blunt laid to rest in Springfield after a fatal manhunt incident. services honor his youth and popularity amid a large turnout.
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Avery
University of Nebraska
Omaha Commercial Club
C. C. Rosewater
Furnas County Man Charged in Cairo Murder Case
Phillip W. Harlan Jr., under arrest in Cairo Illinois, is charged with killing S F George proprieter of a Cairo hotel. Harlan has lived in Furnas County since 1881, homesteaded in Weaver precinct, and owns a large farm. His son Phillip W Harlan Jr. lives near the old homestead and is a noted local figure. He left Furnas a month ago to visit relatives at McClure Illinois near Cairo.
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Furnas County
Phillip W. Harlan, Jr
Cairo
S. F. George
Weaver Precinct
Phillip W Harlan, Jr
Harlan
McClure
Ill
Stirred Over Tragedy in Seward County
Seward's population is stirred by the penitentiary tragedy and the capture of the killers, with public sentiment urging legislature aid to the widow. A Nebraskan at Wenatchee, Washington, is presumed drowned after disappearing from a barge. Grand Island rejects the commission form of government by a large margin. Florence’s Enterprise club tests seed corn for farmers and plans university demonstrations on orchard work.
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Seward
Blunt
Otoe County
Nebraska City
Iron
Patrick Roddy
Wenatche, Wash
Yall
Grand Island
Enterprise Club
Florence
Nebraska
The
State University
Brown proposes pension amendment for injured soldiers
Washington dispatch reports Senator Brown of Nebraska will offer an amendment to the pending pension bill. It would allow soldiers who are unable to perform manual labor due to in line of duty injuries or disease to qualify for benefits regardless of service length. The amendment aims to prevent denying pensions to those sidelined before ninety days by injury or illness.
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Brown
Washington Dispatch
Nebraska
Edelweiss Legend Of A Mountain Flower And Its Peril
An article tells how the edelweiss grows in inaccessible Alpine crevices and tempts climbers to risk death for its rare white blooms. A legend links the flower to heaven, with an angel’s return to earth, and a Swiss maiden who understands a lover’s peril through the edelweiss’s mute appeal.
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Alps
Ravina
Heaven
Earth
Swiss Alps
Girls Steal a Bath in Fort Worth
Fort Worth police confronted two young women hiding in a barber shop bath room as they attempted to arrest burglars. The women screamed, splashed water, and fled before officers recovered, later identifying themselves as Miss Katharyn Reid and Miss Jessie Woover.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Renfro
Katharyn Reid
Jessie Woover
Savings of 70 years saved in old coins of small value
Miss Cynthia Pintler deposited in a Monticello bank about 1800 dollars in small denomination old coins. The pile represented the savings of her brother over seventy years.
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Monticello
N. Y
Cynthia Pintler
Disappointed in Wife Sparks Desertion Case
Albert Kosticky was held for deserting his 17 year old wife in Chicago after claiming he was disappointed in her because American girls were far prettier.
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Chicago
Albert Kosticky
Fragmented vintage quotes and quips in OCR pass
A collection of short, disjointed lines and dialogues: references to Garfield Tea, water depth warnings, poverty and virtue, a joke about an old maid, a New York Sun quote about a father figure, a Stella line, and a telegraph lineman’s remark. No cohesive story.
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Stella
Cholly
New York Sun
Bees and Respect in Treatment Advice
Assistant Editor quotes a reader asking how to treat sick bees. The editor responds that tough care demands respect and proper handling of the afflicted insects.
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Fargier
No End to His Bad Luck
John D. Shoop at an Anti Cigarette league banquet told a story of the colored man Lazarus who laments his misfortune. The tale ends with Lazarus fearing he will rise fifth when called from the tomb by the good Lord.
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Lazarus
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