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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1909
Page
6
Busy Reader highlights mix of world events and figures
A condensed American and foreign news digest notes Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt hosting in Rome with J E Parrett and C S Wilson. Turkish naval expansion plans. British Commons finance bill passage. Ardabil military moves. Philippine elections. a drowning ferry accident in Ecuador. Dr. Cook and polar claims. and various U.S. political and economic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Beausite
Rome
J E. Parrett
C S Wilson
Landis
Long
House of Commons
Ardabil
Azerbajan
Tabriz
Philippine Islands
Grayquil
Ecuador
William A. Amberg
Chicago
Mount McKinley
Cook
Fairbanks
Alaska
Germany
State Department
United States
Berlin
Public Health Service
Big Four Railroad
Cincinnati
Sebree
Manila
Admiralty Islands
Tri- State Vehicle and Implement Dealers’ Association
New York
Mechanics and Metals
Wilson
John Steward Kennedy
Anna Wheeler
Nevada
Denver
Relaya
Nicaragua
Alabama
District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
Appeal Court
Washington
Gompers
State Hospital For the Insane
Independence
Iowa
Mamie Champion
Cedar Falls
Illnois Central
Department of Commerce and Labor
South
Wyatt F Aiken
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Nebraska News and Notes Highlights Regional Concerns
A roundup of 1908 Nebraska items covers insurance premiums with Nebraska Life as a key local option and calls for supporting Nebraska companies. It reports local tragedies, bank balances, a sensational trial note, farm fires, a boy’s injury, a tramp accident, a corn show contest, and railroad bond plans. Also notes a color barbershop incident, orphan fundraising objections, and a Hastings revival feature. Three Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Line Life Insurance Companies
Nebraska
Old Line Life Companies
Midwest Life
Midwest Life of
Lincoln
Martin Fritzen
aGge County
J W Bennett
Fullerton
York County
R. G. Clark
Johnson
Lizzie Miller
Fremont
Shallenberger
Creston
Bockman
Charles Allen
Union Pacific
Central City
Tecumseh
Leander Wilson
Beatrice
S. D. Cole
Wymore
Punch
Burlington
Foster
Oklahoma
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Nemaha
Falls City
Kansas City
Love
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
State Railway Commission
Wisconsin
Hastings
Fawcett Builds Lead as County Returns Pour In
Lincoln OMeral reports Fawcett leading Sullivan with 90 586 to 9 444 across 84 counties and remaining counties expected to bolster the margin. Taft carries most missing counties, Bryan wins one, and overall judge margins show Fawcett ahead by about 1 700 to 2 000 as final tallies near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Fawcett
Sullivan
Fawcetts
Adams
Saline
Holt
Hayward
Chase
Kerry
Keya Paba
Loup
McPherson
Rock
Sheridan
Sioux
Hayward “Taft
Bryan
Judge Fawcett
Judge Sullivan
Judge Barnes
Judge Good
Clerks Seek Postal Reforms for Sanitation Fumigation
National Association of Postoffice Clerks adopts memorial urging strict sanitary enforcement and fumigation of mail bags to curb disease spread. Delegation led by President Frank Rogers presents the request, and a campaign to eliminate all transparent envelopes is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Frank Rogers
Prescription for Sarsaparilla and Whiskey Remedy
A wartime era notice advises mixing one ounce compound syrup of sarsaparilla with one ounce Toris compound into a half pint of whiskey. Take a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime, with vigorous shaking before serving. The piece also notes the need to consider all facts when addressing prosperity and mentions a Detroit Free Press query about jail patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Wigg-Scribbler’s Tales End In Sad Waste
The Philadelphia Record notes that Wigg-Scribbler stories typically end sadly with their final destination the wastebasket as readers discard them.
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Wage
Philadelphia Record
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