Numerous National News Items From Across The Nation
Edward Wilder dies in Topeka as Santa Fe treasurer. Russian relief fund reaches 1 172 639 dollars. Shamokin miners back eight hour day. Rock Island to spend 14 587 000 dollars on rail improvements. Harvard's Eliot deplores immigration limits in Boston. Russia debts and intrigue loom as treasury near collapse. Grand jury indicts 14 against railways and shippers in Kansas City. Turkish fleet recalled after Turkiye demonstration. Memsic beats Ryan in Denver ten round bout. Shaw addresses Yale on self government. Craig defends Christian Science in Denver. Diamonds worth 15000 stolen in Pasadena hotel theft. Shock retires as U S Navy engineer. Lewis dies in Honolulu. Salina murder trial ends in no verdict. Belgian Joris sentenced to death for sultan plot. Hoffheimer held to grand jury for 250000 swindle. Kendall not connected to Maud Reese murder. Roosevelt to House on Geary Samoa claim. Plate glass prices rise 10 percent in Pittsburg meeting. Bath whaleback lost. likely Cape Henry wreck. Colby bank robbed of 4500. Don Carr sold to London for 9000 10000. Princeton defeats Harvard in intercollegiate debate. De Ecke dies in Utica. noted poison examiner. Brother duel ends in death. Jerseyville farm. Horatio Wood dies of apoplexy in St Louis. Illinois high court upholds Hoch hanging. Mexican congress adjourns to April. recess under study.
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Edward Wilder
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Topeka
Kas
Shamokin
Rock Island
Eliot
Harvard
Boston
Russia
Treasury
Kansas City
International
George Memsic
Adam Ryan
Chicago
Denver
Memsic
Leslie M. Shaw
The
Yale University
William Bayard Craig
Drake University
James Morgan
Pasadena
Cal
William H. Shock
Washington
David Oldham Lewis
United State Pacific Squadron
Honolulu
Sarah Caldwell
Salina
Edward Joris
Turkey
Samuel N. Hoffheimer
S. W. Straus & Co
Cochrane
James Kendall
Secretary of State
United States
Pittsburg
Cape Henry
State Bank of
Colby
Wis
Don Carr
W. T. Wynans
London
England
Princeton
Sanders’ Theater
Cambridge
Mass
New Jersey
America
Theodore de Ecke
Utica
N. Y
Jerseyville
William Andrews
James Andrews
Horatio J. Wood
St. Louie
Illinois Supreme Court
Johann Hoch
Congress
Ora
Nebraska State News Robert Engel Wins Prize Corn
Robert Engel of Saunders county wins first prize in the state boys corn growing contest among 600 contestants from 65 counties. He scores 84 and receives a cream separator valued at 100 dollars. Second prize goes to D O Stelk of Hall county, third to Talmage Miller of Cass county, and fourth to Winfred Bixby of Lancaster. Prizes will be distributed after affidavits are received confirming exhibit production from state seed. Judging considered ear uniformity, shape, color, market condition, tips and butts, kernel color and size, spacing, and weight.
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Lincoln
Robert Engel
Saunders County
Engel
D. O. Stelk
Hall County
Talmage Miller
Cass County
Winfred Bix
Clemency pleas filed for life term convict Mush
Friends of Ernest Mush a life term convict asked Governor Mickey to grant clemency citing newly discovered evidence that may cast doubt on his guilt. A farmer named Morse testified he owned the land where Bush and Balfley were said to have been at the time of the murder. The governor will review the case.
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Ernest Mush
Mickey
Morse
Bush
Balfley
Dundy
Midland Central Railroad Incorporation Filed in State Office
The Midland Central Railroad company plans a line from Spalding in Greeley county through Wheeler Holt and Rock counties to Springview in Keya Paba County. Incorporators are Ernest L Meyers C M Thompson Clarence A Ripley Charles E Lear and Lyman Waterman. Officials suspect Union Pacific backing to offset Great Northern influence in Nebraska. Authorized capital stock is 500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Central Railroad Company
Spalding
Greeley County
Wheeler
Holt and Rock
Springview
Keya Paba County
Ernest L. Meyers
C. M. Thompson
Clarence A. Ripley
Charles E. Lear
Lyman Waterman
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Marble Bust for State University
The University Dramatic Club agrees to present a life size marble bust of Chancellor BB Benjamin Andrews to the University of Nebraska. The sculptor is a pupil of St Gaudens and will sit with the chancellor in New York City next spring or summer. The bust will be cut from the best quality marble and placed in the Rockefeller Temple Building after completion, likely more than a year from now.
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Lincoln
BB. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
University Dramatic Club
St. Gaudens
New York City
Rockefeller Temple
Horribly Bitten by Dog at Rural School Grounds
At a district school seven miles north of Grand Island an 8 year old girl, Marie Mader, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mader, was severely bitten by a dog during recess. She stepped on the animal while attempting to jump over it, receiving chest and leg wounds that required surgical care. The dog belonged to a family named Hamerling and was brought to the school by their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Marie
George Mader
Hamerling
Petition for Jews in Russia Sent to President Roosevelt
Behalf of Jews petition largely signed by McCook residents and sent to President Roosevelt asking his help to protect Jews in the Russian empire from slaughter and pillage by Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M’cook
McCook
Roosevelt
Russian Empire
Land Sale Sets Pace With High Local Price
Waldron of Waterloo Neb sells a farm near here to Albert Lake for 18000 dollars at 11250 per acre. Waldron paid 9500 dollars in 1900. The sale marks the highest land price in the vicinity.
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Murdock
Shi. B. Waldron
Waterloo
Neb
Albert FE. Lake
Mr. Waldron
State Treasurer Will Refuse Idaho Bond Issue
State Treasurer Mortensen will not accept $80,000 of Idaho bonds until legality is proven. Attorney General Norris Brown's opinion holds the bonds invalid as Idaho constitution requires a public vote for bond issues and no evidence of such a vote is shown.
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Mortensen
State Board of Educational Lands
State of Idaho
Norris Brown
State of
Idaho
Park hotel at Humboldt changes hands in town
The Park hotel at Humboldt has changed ownership. Other local items note a religious revival in Reynolds, hog cholera concerns in Cass county, and plans by United States Heater Co of Detroit to open an Omaha business.
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Park
Humboldt
Reynolds
Cass County
United States Heater Company
Detroit
Omaha
William Devor
Presbyterian Church
Ponca
Ainsworth
J. W. Jones
St. Paul’s Church
Lincoln
J. W. Swan
University Place
Polk County
Leonard Huffman
Table Rock
James Eagan
Barnes Bros
Bancroft
Gage County Farmers’ Institute
Court House
Beatrice
Burlington
Mec- Cook
Bankers’ Reserve Life Company of
Glynn
Peterson
Douglas County
Plattsmouth
Travis
Lulu Taylor
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
Logan Valley Protective Company of
Concord
Dixon County
J. Hanson
G. Peterson
H. J. Olson
L. H. Avermann
A. E. Nelson
McCook
Andrew Carnegie
Maine Avenue
Charles Shean
Kalamazoo
Mich
James McCormick
Clay Center
Neb
Prnreme
Clarence Swett
Holt County
Swett
Supreme Court
Brown
Idaho
State Board of Educational Lands and Funds
W. H. Pitcarthley
Randall Bros
Hepperson’s Hospital
Kearney
Smith
Fitzsimmons Remembered After Early Ring Triumphs
The article recalls Bob Fitzsimmons on his rise after defeating Jack Dempsey in New Orleans and performing on tour. It recounts a Chicago Battery D bout where Billy Mahone, then a Grand Pacific hotel fireman, challenged the champion revealing the era’s stage show hype and crowd reactions.
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Robert Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Battery D
Lake Front
Billy” Mahone
Chicago
Grand Pacific Hotel
Mahone
Fitz
Billy
Queer Street
Mahone Con
Fits
Billy Brennan
Frank Garrard
Jack Dempsey
New Orleans
Jawn L
Billy” Woods
Buffalo
Bob
Billy Woods
Bob Fitzsimmons
Dempsey
Chicago Post
Mr. Damon's Two Prisoners in the Jail
The Rev. Mr. Damon of the Universalist church in Haverhill visits a jail and speaks to two inmates. He asks their durations of confinement and reasons for imprisonment, learning both have been there about two hours. One man cites fixing gas pipes as his alleged offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Damon
Universalist Church
Haverhill
Boston Herald
Longer Whale Tops Snowdrop In Bold Dundee Voyage
Mr. Forsyth Grant of Ecclesgreig, Montrose, arrived at Dundee aboard the Snowdrop after a dramatic chase fifteen miles from Cape Hooper. Grant fired at close range, fastened the whale, which dived and surfaced. the whale, longer than the ketch, yielded seventeen hundredweight of whalebone and twenty tons of oil after eight days of hauling. The voyage reportedly increased Grant’s wealth by £2500.
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Forsyth Grant
Ecclesgreig
Montrose
Dundee
Cape Hooper
Mr. Grant
London Daily Express
Mrs Hetty Green Voicing Grievance On Voting
The 70 year old Mrs Hetty Green, reputedly worth a fortune, declines birthday celebrations and questions how she can engage in business or drive an automobile without the knowledge to vote. She tells an omnipresent reporter she knows little of business and asserts voting competence is required.
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Hetty Green
Real Fame and the Quiet Debater in College Lore
A vivid scene contrasts Harry Halfback the famed football champion with a quiet debater who appears mainly on exam days. The text notes how newspapers hype the athlete while the other student remains mostly unseen outside public events.
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Harry Halfback
Nan
Have a Purpose In Lie
Excerpt urges self discipline and a grand purpose guiding life. It stresses that each person has a good to do and that purpose should not be driven out by pleasure or idle vanity.
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Cere
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children
Cure constipation feverishness and teething disorders with Mother Gray’s powder used by the Children’s Home in New York. Over 30,000 testimonials claim it moves bowels regulates digestion and destroys worms. Available at all druggists 25 cents sample free Address A S Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
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Mother Gray
New York
A. S. Olmsted
Leroy.n
Asbestos Mineral Description and Global Deposits
Asbestos is a mineral silicate of magnesia and lime with iron oxide. It is worked in commercial deposits in Italy, Tasmania, New South Wales, Canada and the United States. Its key economic features are heat resistance and fire destructibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Tasmania
New South Wales
Canada
United States
Farmer Invents Irrigation Machine In Rainfall Joke
A farmer, unable to compete with nature during a drought, invents a watering device. On the first test a sudden downpour ends the trial as he quips that nothing can be done without competition.
The Kindly Word Poem Fragment Reflects Gentle Hope
A meditation on a kind word as a small breath and sound that fade yet lift the heart. The giver and listener feel a shared song that grows into a celestial harmony, mingling with a wild bird and a baby's coo.
Brooklyn Physician Invents Inanimate Car That Breaks Down Standing
A Brooklyn physician and former car enthusiast unveils a machine so advanced it allegedly breaks down even when idle in the garage. The inventor asserts the vehicle’s high efficiency and reliability, claiming it challenges conventional automotive behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Local Resident Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills After Kidney Trouble
Jesse E. Mitchell a Washington Kansas lineman and local figure credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing twelve years of kidney trouble and back pain after four boxes. He notes improved energy and strength, while also fragmenting unrelated ad-like lines about various products and maxims appear in the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Kans
Jesse E. Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Dodd
Man Seeks Sympathy After Quarrel With Wife
A man who argued with his wife tries to frame his actions as deserving sympathy, reflecting a common attitude after domestic disputes.
Mull's Grape Tonic Promises Cure for Constipation Ad
An old advertisement touts Mull's Grape Tonic as a cure for constipation and related illnesses. It offers a free full sized bottle to prove effectiveness and includes a coupon for $1.00. The copy warns against alcoholic and narcotic preparations and targets children and nursing mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mull
Addrees
Mull's Geare'Tonic Co
Third Ave
Rock Island
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Nebraska State News
Robert Encal
New Railroad Corporation
State University
Nebraska Briefs
Bob” Fitzsimmons
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
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