Deering Harvester Company Dominates Paris Exposition Honors
The Deering Harvester Company of Chicago received the grand prize, multiple decorations, and twenty-nine awards at the Paris Exposition for its harvesting machinery. The firm displayed a retrospective exhibit, a National Museum gift, and a world leading output with eighty five acre works employing nine thousand people.
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Chicago Marvesater Company
America
Ook
Deering Harvester Company
Chicago
Legion of Honor
Napoleon Bonaparte
Merite Agricole
Deering
Qfierals
National Museum of Arts and Sciences
Paris
National Agricultural College of France
Tomsk
Siberia
Minister of
Deering Harvester Works
Equator
Fortune In Old Violins Bought From Estate of Duke
Special Agent Partello owns a $50 000 violin collection and purchased nine famous violins from the life duke of Edinburg. The set includes several Stradivarius instruments. Garfield Tea is advertised as a herb remedy praised for blood purification and digestion. Multiple women keep a best dress on hooks until it goes out of style.
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United States Treasury
Partello
Duke of
Florida
Key West
Cuba
Bermuda
Old Mexico
Mediterranean
Orient
Hot Springs
Ark
Water Report of
America
Tor
Warnam St
Paxton Hotel
Harry E. Moores
Co. P
T. A
Omaha
Neb
New Yorker Returns Home To Warm Welcome At Dinner
The New York Times recalls a dinner party scene to show courtesy. A man recently back from a long abroad stay meets an old friend who greets him with a cordial handshake. Asked when he arrived home, he replies, The moment I saw you.
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The
New York Times
Nebraska moves to form three judge supreme commission
Lincoln April 6 reports the Nebraska legislature forming a three tranche supreme court commission of three members each with case assignment by the court. Governor Dietrich weighs Pan American exposition pick among five candidates including Rep Jib Lert. State aims for an exhibit showing Nebraska agriculture and education resources. Also notes repeal of mutual hog insurance law and failed bail insurance repeal due to active companies.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court Commission
Supreme Court
Senate
Dietrich
Nebraska
Jib Lert
Blizzard Hits Nebraskas Stock Losses Reported
Way Springs Nebraska reports confirm stock losses from the prior weekend blizzard within about twenty five miles of town. Principal losers include George Gibbs 200 head of sheep and thirty head of cattle D T Taylor 100 head of sheep George Banks 25 head of sheep Jake Rutten 70 head of sheep W H Peters 75 head of sheep A Scribner 50 head of cattle S Wilson 108 head of cattle C H Ochniner nine head of cattle D Rochon 16 head of cattle and many others losing from three to ten head.
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Way Springs
Neb
George Gibbs
D. T. Taylor
George Banks
Jake Rutten
W. H. Peters
A. Scribner
S. Wilson
C. H. Ochniner
D. Rochon
Lincoln governor offers Havana oil inspector post
Governor Dietrich cables E R Sizer of Havana offering the state oil inspector job to replace J N Gaffin. A friend confirms the post would be accepted. Sizer currently serves in Cuban customs service.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dietrich
E. R. Sizer
Havana
J. N. Gaffin
German Geography from Nature On a Misty Black Forest Highland
A German correspondent notes schoolboys in the Black Forest marching to a peak where geography is learned through landscape. They stand on an island of mist with two rivers of fog as estuaries and a mountain spur as a peninsula. The exercise leaves them with lasting geographical impressions beyond maps.
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Black Forest
Community colony prunes food costs under ten cents per person
The Ruskin-Ites, a socialist colony near Waycross Georgia, show a record low daily food cost per capita under ten cents. They achieve this by buying wholesale, cooking communally for 300, while members may opt to buy company stores and cook at home.
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Waycross
Steel rails bid hits Victoria market from U S firms
Victoria buys 17 400 tons of steel rails from American firms amid global competition as England appoints an Earl as governor general of Australia. The piece notes wartime commerce and imports, reflecting international trade tensions and procurement decisions.
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England
Australia
Victoria
Commonwealth
Oldest Bulony Mail Clerk George W Putnam
George W Putnam, a descendant of a revolutionary general, is said to be the oldest railroad mail clerk in the country. Appointed by Lincoln in 1861, he has served continuously. His home is Wetfield, D., and his route runs between Ashtabula and Oil City on a Lake Shore branch.
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George W Putnam
Lincoln
Wetfield
Ashtabula
Oil City
Cromwell descendants seek share of Bank of England funds
William Dickerson of Chelsea Massachusetts leads a group of fifty or sixty self described Cromwell descendants who claim a share of more than 25 million dollars allegedly held by the Bank of England. The item also includes an advertisement for Allen's Foot Base and a quip about women and fashion.
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Cromwell
William Dickerson
Chelsea
Mass
Oliver Cromwell
Bank of England
Lunch for Court Callers Described in Reform Notes
A fragmentary note mentions reforms under panel leadership including serving of Innericon at the pale to lads adding drawing rooms. It references a carriage snack amid a curious crowd and notes widow’s might as a possible outcome of practical experience. Also mentions PUTNAM FACE LESS DYE colors and a tip to add ammonia to blue water to whiten clothes.
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Pune States
Allen's Foot Ease and Defiance Starch Advertisements
An assortment of 19th century ads appears: Allen’s Foot Ease powder promises relief for tight shoes and foot ailments with a free sample offer. Defiance Starch trumpets 16 oz for 10 cents, claiming other brands short 2 oz. Various quips on virtue, cooking ham, poultry handling, and a note that King Victor Emmanuel will visit London next May.
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Victor Emanuel
Italy
London
Defiance
Literary trader seeks books for barter in Liberty County
A Liberty County correspondent to the Atlanta Constitution offers to swap one mule and two grown hogs for a first class bookcase holding Byron’s poems Bunson’s Pilgrim’s Progress Colonel Scott’s novels Dickens Lampwick Papers and several guides to literary composition. The offer remains open for thirty days.
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Atlanta Constitution
Liberty County
Byron
Bunson
Colonel Scott
Dickens
Lampwick
Fragmented Patent Medicine Lane with Nostalgic Slogans
A garbled ad section touts tonics and tonics for dyspepsia teething and colds. Names include Dr Shoop Bacane, Mrs Winslow’s Syrup, Yale Laxative, and Cheney’s Catarrh Cure. It cites fake testimonials, a piano offer, a sample universe quote, and a 1960 date reference amid rampant sales patter.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A marketing notice urges women to seek Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for uterine and digestive symptoms. It cites Mrs Williams of Englishtown and claims wide, proven cures guided by Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. The piece frames medical advice as free and accessible.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Thieves Rob Pleasanton Post Office in Midnight Heist
Two men robbed the Pleasanton Nebraska post office at midnight. They blew open the safe and escaped after triggering the alarm. About $180 was taken from the safe before they fled.
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Pleasanton
Neb
Professor Huffert Declines Iowa Dean Offer
Prof. WH Huffert of Cornell University Law College declines the position of dean of the law department at Iowa State University, after it was recently offered to him. The Ithaca, New York, scholar informed Iowa State authorities of his refusal in April.
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Ithaca
N. Y
WH. W. Huffert
College of Law
Cornell University
Iowa State University
County bonds ruled illegal and worthless in Lincoln
Hebron Nebraska April 6 bonds voted by the county for fifty five thousand dollars were found not legal after a suit and advertisement. They were to bear four and one third per cent interest. The county clerk learned in Lincoln the issues were invalid for not being properly advertised.
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Hebron
Neb
Lincoln
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LeRoy
N.Y
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Farnam Street
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Yale
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Ohio
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Ocean Grove
N. J
Hall & Ruckel
New York
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Goodyear West
W. E
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L. Douglas
Brockton
Mrs
Jown Williams
Salzer
Danny
John A. Salzer
la Crosse
Ge, W. Chen & Company
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HALY
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Sterling Bby
Calsago
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