Weather notes show mild week across Nebraska
The Nebraska weather bureau reports temperatures near to above normal in the east and below in the west. Early week frosts caused only slight fruit injury while showers fell over the final days. Winter wheat varies in condition, spring wheat is nearly gone, oats emerging in the south, corn plowing begins, soil is good for fieldwork, and alfalfa plus pasturage are advancing with fruit trees in bloom except in the north.
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Nebraska Weather Bureau
Settlement hoped to avert clash between sheepmen and cattlemen
Sheriff Charles Stough reports Sweetwater County quiet after a tense week as William O'Brien plans to move across the line later this week. Local leaders advise patience and amicable settlement to avoid bloodshed or further trouble, though hostilities may flare up again.
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A Lander
Wyo
Charles Stough
Fremont County
Sweetwater Country
William O’brien
Grain Moves in Large Quantities Across Railways
Grain from Nebraska is moving to eastern markets in large quantities after weeks of delay. Corn quality is largely inferior and not up to last year. Railroads are in fair equipment shape with coal-hauling ceased and many cars sent east. jobbers must mix cars but shortages are easing and normal conditions should return in weeks.
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Nebraska
Death of 2-Year-Old in Wymore Bed Monday
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Newton of Wymore Nebraska was found dead in bed Monday morning after suffering measles and a cold spell Sunday night. The child had insisted on returning to her own bed with her brother before being placed back, and was discovered cold in the morning. Parents are described as heartbroken.
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Jesse Newton
Wymore
Neb
Royal yacht Victoria Albert arrives at Syracuse amid world news
King Edward travels aboard the royal yacht with Victoria and Albert to Syracuse while London opens a new Baltic mercantile exchange building costing 2.5 million dollars. Havana theatres close in protest over a stamp tax on tickets by the provincial council.
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Victoria
Albert
Edward
Syracuse
Sicily
Tornado Rips St Paul Kansas Town Causing Injuries and Destruction
A Saturday night tornado struck St Paul in Neosho County Kansas destroying a three story brick school and multiple homes. Five people were injured, four fatally. Mrs David Chamberlain and three Longham family members are among the seriously hurt or killed. The depot platform was uprooted and houses and barns were scattered. The storm lasted about five minutes with extensive property damage near Cherryvale as well.
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St. Paul
Neosho County
Kan
David Chamberlain
Longham
Meluse
Cherryvale
Molioned
Foster
Postmaster General Orders Discontinuance of Inspectors Staff
Postmaster General Payne orders the termination of the entire inspectors of cancelling machines staff. Inspectors returned to their accredited post offices after being borne on clerical rolls and assigned to traveling divisions nationwide. The legality of such assignments under appropriations is under review by the treasury controller.
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Payne
Controller of the Treasury
Washington Notes and Army Promotions Summary
Secretary Shaw travels to New York then Iowa with a Shenandoah meeting with the president on the 28th. Root awaits word on Baldwin interview about colored troops and Filipino soldiers. Alice Roosevelt returns with Captain and Mrs Cowles from Biltmore. Generals Rucker and Baldwin retire after forty years who applied. Payne upholds Wynne in rural free delivery route postings. Root approves insular bureau to Fisk & Robinson for Philippine indebtedness. Internal revenue March 1903 receipts total 18,624,908, down 2,062,626 from 1902. nine months fiscal year 173,323,913, down 30,945,366.
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Shaw
Washington
New York
Iowa
Shenandoah
Root
General Baldwin
Alice Roosevelt
W. S. Cowles
Biltmore
N. C
George W. Vanderbilt
Louis H. Rucker
Theo. A. Baldwin
Army
Payne
Wynne
Insular Bureau
Fisk & Robinson
War Department
Internal Revenue
Sugar Prices Rise Across Markets
Refined sugar prices jump five cents per hundred pounds amid broader economic jitters. Rail disruptions in Prussia strain finances. Minnesota legislature adjourns after passing three hundred laws. South Dakota cities vote. party lines favor Republicans. Northern railways restore settler rates to Minnesota and North Dakota. Stephen Mallory reelected to US Senate by Florida houses. New York appoints Frederick Green to St Louis exposition post replacing Cyrus Jones. Santa Fe denies plans to drop Golden Gate Limited after May. Albert Adams sentenced in New York for possessing police paraphernalia.
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Minnesota
Benjamin ‘Harrison
Adirondacks
Harrison
South Dakota
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Stephen H. Mallory
United States
Florida
Oden
Fréd R.green
Fredonia
N. Y
State of
New York
Cyrus E. Jones
W. ‘J. Black
Scott
The
New
Weather Bulletin Signals Mixed Harvest Prospects
The weekly crop bulletin reports milder than usual weather in the upper Missouri valley aiding spring work while the Atlantic coast and Ohio valley suffer from cold and heavy rains. Dry spells hit central and west gulf states and Oregon frost injures fruit. California fruit mostly good with less frost impact and Washington buds spared by cool temperatures.
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National Weather Bureau
Missouri Valley
Ockies
Atlantic Coast
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Central
West
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain Slope
Pacific Coast
Oregon
California
Corn Belt
Atlantic States
West Gulf States
South Atlantic States
Texas
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
North Pacific Coast
Mississippi Valley
Peach Corp
New England
Middle Atlantic
Washington
Color Line Incident In Salem Nebraska
George Brown a negro from Falls City arrives in Salem to move into a house. Citizens compel the landlord to write a sheriff in Richardson county to reclaim the key. Money is returned and the key given up. Salem has no prior negro residents.
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George Brown
Falls City
Neb
Salem
Richardson County
Brown
New Irish Land Bill Praised By Land Owners Convention
The Irish land owners convention hails the annual report as describing the new land bill as the largest and most liberal measure offered by any government. It urges Parliament to pass it with reasonable amendments, while noting its success depends largely on tenants' reception and spirit.
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Land Owners’ Convention
Ireland
Junior Normal Schools Plan for Superintendents Fowler
The bill assigns three junior normal schools to Alliance McCook and Valentine with Fowler placing the other two at North Platte and Holdrege. The appropriation provides 1.2v u for each school annually and tuition must be free with no institute fee charged at the junior normals.
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Fowler
Sendthers
Alliance
McCook and Valentine
North
Platte and
Fremont Station Construction Increases Ground Stakes East Of Main
Work at the site near the new station in Fremont continues with the ground between the tracks east of Main Street covered in stakes. The Fremont Foundry Company has delivered a carload of iron foundation material to be installed at once.
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Penger
Fremont
Fremont ‘Foundry Company
Burglars Rob Cement House at State Fairgrounds
Peter Anderson, foreman of the Northwestern section gang, said the Burlington cement house at the state fairgrounds was robbed. Two pairs of rubber boots and a duck coat were taken. The railroad tool house was broken into and several articles stolen, including a rubber coat and tools.
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Burlington Cement House
State Fair
Peter Anderson
Northwestern Section
Dreyfus Seeks New War Crimes Probe In Letter
Alfred Dreyfus, writing as minister of war, asks for a reopening of his case via a ministerial investigation. Dreyfus claims improper condemnation due to the Emperor William annotated document and Czernuski testimony, recalls the horrors endured, and brands Esterhazy as an international figure of shame.
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Alfred Dreyfus
Asidre
Paris
Dreyfus
Rennes
William
Czernuski
Esterhazy
Ulpeits
Case Dismissed In Freemont Quail Law Case
Judge Briggs in Freemont Nebraska dismissed the State versus Thomas D Buchanan and American Express on game law charges for possessing two barrels of quail and prairie chickens shipped from Verdigre to Chicago. The court found the criminal intent not shown and defendants not bound for district court. A second police court complaint was filed and defendants summoned. preliminary hearing postponed to May 4.
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Briggs
Fremont
Neb
Thomas D.buchanan
American Express Company
Verdigre
Chicago
Simpkins
Carter
Stinson
Brigadier General Woodson Stricken With Paralysis
A digest of brief items notes Brigadier General Albert E. Woodson, formerly commanding at Fort Assiniboine, Mont, is in critical condition after paralysis. Other items include a Montreal grave-diggers strike for 25 cent daily raises, Altgeld memorials in Springfield, John Earl fined $1000 for torturing a child, Northern Securities quarterly dividend of 146 percent, oil price upticks in Lima and eastern fields, a fatal boiler explosion near Bethany North Carolina, a train collision injuring six near Walbridge Ohio, the death of billiard-table maker Carl Schulenberg in Detroit, Edna Rotramel's fatal self-harm at Springfield, typhoid fever cases at Stanford, a receiver rumor for Union Traction, and notes on various political and industrial figures and events.
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Albert E. Woodson
Montreal
Altgeld
House,of Representatives
Springfield
John Earl
St. Louis
Northern Securities Company
Lima
Shoré& Moser
Bethany
Hocking Valley
Walbridge
Carl Schulenberg
Detroit
Edna Rotramel
Stanford “University
Union Traction” Company
Chicago Exchange
Alb. “Woodson
Fort Assainaboine
Mont
John. N. ‘Crawford
Chicago’ Journal
A Tip Taker's View of the Decline in Tipping Habits
A colored waiter James B Stemens argues tipping has fallen with wages, noting waiters in Cleveland earn nothing to a dollar daily in tips while Northern hotels employ white waiters and pay lower wages. He says typical colored waiters earn 18 to 22 dollars a month plus sparse tips, and advocates living wages funded by proprietors with support from waiters and the Anti-Tipping league.
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James 8. Stemens
Independent
Cleveland
New York
New Orleans
Louisville
Philadelphia
South
North
Siemens
Saying Prayers in Advance
A humorous tale by Julian Hawthorne recalls his daughter Hildegarde as a little girl who prayed overnight for a summer at the seashore so she would not need to waste time praying while away. The anecdote, told to the New York Tribune, showcases childlike foresight and humor.
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Julian Hawthorne
Hildegarde
New York Tribune
Bilkins and His Joke Parade Turns Sour
Forty years after first seeing a joke in an old almanac Bilkins corners Silkins in rain using the umbrella quip. Silkins protests, Bilkins is struck, a policeman intervenes and warns that joking about umbrellas invites trouble.
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Bilkins
Almanac
Silkins
Theories and Facts in Philosophy of Science
The text argues that a theory matching facts does not prove truth. It cites Paincore claiming an infinite set of theories could fit any facts, but only one is true, illustrating theory underdetermination.
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Paincore
Cotton and Wood Share Same Composition
A note states that cotton has the same composition as wood, suggesting similar material makeup. The remark draws attention to possible equivalence in fibers and structure between the two everyday materials.
Cornell Hosts Twenty Six Fraternities Across Campus
Cornell University lists twenty six fraternities on campus reflecting a vibrant Greek life. The article highlights the breadth of organizations and their place in student social activity.
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Cornell
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