La Porte Texas Emerges as Promising Gulf Harbor
The article envisions La Porte at the head of Galveston Bay becoming a major gulf coast port. It notes a natural harbor with docks and terminals under construction and plans to deepen Galveston Bay to a 26 foot channel into the San Jacinto harbor.
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la Porte
Galveston Bay
Gulf Coast
Texas
San Jacinto
Newport News
Atlantic
Duluth
Superior
A Siege Train for Pretoria Assault
A siege train is being constructed to assist troops in attacking Pretoria. It will be armed with sixteen new six inch howitzers capable of firing fifty pound lyddite shells.
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Pretoria
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Claim Grippe Cure
Ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for La Grippe with a guarantee the product removes the disease source. Ken Grove signs every box and the price is 25 cents.
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Ken Grove
Women Dive for Seaweed in Shima Japan
Over 100 women in Shima Japan dive for seaweed cucumber and agar agar as their occupation. The ad copy urges Magnetic Starch as a new household product and promotes other aging pantry and fabric care lines with praise for plain speaking and natural living.
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Shima
Japan
Desperado Hawkins Shot Dead on Train After Long Chase
Sheriff Secord of Clay County fires first in a smoking car shootout with Viret Hawkins known as Smoky Jack. Hawkins refused to surrender and died within minutes after the volley on a St. Joe and Grand Island train. Detective Franklin helped corner Hawkins as a gang of poultry thieves preyed on farmers in Clay County.
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Viret Hawkins
St. Joe
Grand Island
Davenport
Secord
Clay
Hawkins
Clay Center
Smoky-Jack
Hastings
Pursu
W. A. Sumner
Franklin
Ife
Ilankins
Clay County
National Buttermakers Meet Heads to Lincoln Headquarters
Secretary KE Sudendorf of the national butter makers association arrives in Lincoln and opens a hotel headquarters ahead of the big show on February 19. He handles entries from creameries, with 100 prize titles already received, and notes many more exhibitors and attendees forthcoming. A special train from the East will carry seven or eight cars and arrive the 19th. Secretary Wilson of agriculture plans to attend along with notable dairy leaders including ex Governors Hoard and Coleman and professors and commissioners from Minnesota.
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Ke, Sudendorf
National Buttermakers’ Association
Lincoln
Lincoln Hotel
Ludendorf
Far
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Hoard
Wisconsin
Norman J. Coleman
Missouri
Kecker
Minnesota
Lincoln Opens New Auditorium To Civic Pride
Thousands of Lincoln residents attended the auditorium opening on a Thursday evening. The cosmopolitan yet brilliant event showcased a debt free, perfect structure praised as a monument to the energy and public spirit of local businessmen and citizens.
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Laincoln
Lincoln
Omaha Deetor reports Dr. Robert Schneider suicide in Iowa hotel
Dr. Robert Schneider of Omaha traveled to Council Bluffs and died by self inflicted gunshot in a local hotel. Police investigated the incident as a suicide.
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Omaha
Robert Schneider
Council Bluffs
Attorney General Sues Railroads Over Transportation Order
The Nebraska attorney general filed suits in the state supreme court to recover a $55,000 penalty for alleged violations of a board of transportation order. Claims target three railroads the Burlington, Elk horn, and Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis Omaha. Shippers named include H. P. Schmidt and others. The suit questions the 1897 statute and the AG's entitlement to fees under constitutional limits.
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Smyth
Nebraska Supreme Court
Board of Transportation
Supreme Court
Burlington
Elkhorn Road
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Chigagoa
St. Paul
H. P. Schmidt
Friend
Long
Bradshaw
Adams & Cline
W. G. Alelson
Hartwell
Buck & Son
Crete
Funeral of Frank A. Glover at York
Funeral services for Frank A. Glover from Company A of the First Nebraska regiment were held at York. It marked a third interment for the deceased, with prior services at Manila and a memorial in York last summer. Banks, businesses, and county and city offices closed for the hour. The Methodist church hosted the service with a special choir and Chaplain Mailley delivering the sermon assisted by local pastors.
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Frank A. Glover
Nebraska Regiment
U.S. W
York
Manila
Methodist Church
Mailley
Vaccination Order Sparks Countywide School Ban
Lawrence County health officials in Lead 8 D issue unanimous order making vaccination compulsory for all residents seven years and older. No pupil may enter school without proof of vaccination. Sioux outbreaks near Black Hills prompted action with cases in Guide Rock Neb and Butte Mont. George Glover Jr and his family challenge school board move. Christian scientists in Deadwood and nearby areas vow to contest the order.
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Lawrence County Bond of Health
Lead
8. D
Black Hills
Guide Rock
Nebraska
Butte
Mont
George Glover, Jr
Board of Education
Glover
Christian
Deadwood
Nebraska Supreme Court Session Opens to Hear Antitrust Suit
The Nebraska Supreme Court convened Wednesday and will stay in session for several days. The case of Attorney General Smyth against Standard Oil seeks to block business in Nebraska for alleged anti trust violations. John M Thurston will argue for Standard Oil, with Smyth representing the state.
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Nebraska Supreme Ecourt
Smyth
Standard Oil Company
Nebraska
John M Thurston
United States
Man From Ames Arrested After Ale Fueled Shootout
A workman from Ames got drunk at North Bend and began target practice in Buchta's saloon. After firing two shots he left, fired more on the street, and was seized by the city marshal who jailed him for sober up and reveal his identity.
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Ames
North Bend
Buchta
Scarlet fever cases decline as quarantines ease in Nebraska
Scarlet fever is waning in Columbus Nebraska as strict quarantine enforcement eases. Monroe schools reopen after two weeks of closure due to outbreaks, signaling improving disease control and return to normal routines.
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Columbus
Neb
Monroe
Advanced Education Growth and Grain-O Advertising
The article notes rising high school enrollment from 22,900 in 1876 to 449,600 in 1898 and private high school growth from 73,740 to 105,225, signaling public schools as college prep. It also promotes GRAIN-O as a cheap coffee substitute claimed to aid delicate stomachs and suitable for children, priced at 10 and 25 cents.
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Twen
Flowers in Perfume Making Reveals Heavy Flower Use
The article notes vast flower consumption for perfumery with yearly totals for several varieties including 1 860 tons of orange blossoms 930 tons roses 150 tons violets and jasmine 75 tons tuberoses 30 tons cassie and 15 tons jonquils. It also mentions broader quotes and small items throughout.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Cure Claim
A local ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures the constitutional disease by internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer 100-dollar for failure to cure and invite readers to request testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and Magnetic Starch as household items.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Nervous Women Find Relief with Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Letters from grateful women attest to cures using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The paper prints these testimonials and advises nervous women to seek Mrs. Pinkham’s advice, stated as free and available from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Washington, D. C
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National Buttermakers
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Frank Glover
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Siaz
Asodind
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Grand Canary
Africa
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