Erie wage increase for yard conductors and brakemen
The Erie railroad system grants an 11 percent wage rise to yard conductors and yard brakemen across its network. Also noted are international items on Madrid news of McKinley, Moorish affairs, and political shifts in China and Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Company
President McKinley
Baltimore Post Ofice
Postoffice
McKinley Memorial Association
Madrid
Fez
China
Tangier
Bu Hammara
Morocco
Justin McCarthy
United States
Newfoundland
Nebraska Senate Delays Amid Slow Committee Reports
The Nebraska Senate on the 2th met with no committees ready to report and little work accomplished. Senator ONeill of Lancaster pressed for faster committee action as bills on age limits for elevator conductors and a joint resolution on militia status moved forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
O'Neill
Lancaster
Hall of Douglas
Congress
Nebraska
Food Commission Act and Militia Bills Featured in Session
Legislation recommending a food commission and penalties for adulterating food moves to general file. Hastings resolution to investigate insurance taxes is adopted. Bills introduced cover a Nebraska military code and militia organization, plus enrollment of unorganized militia aligned with federal acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Commission
Hasting
Nebraska
United States Congress
Hastings
Boards of Education
Senate reports favorably on several bills and assigns committees
In the senate on the 28th, committees reported four bills favorably and placed them on general file. S. F. 26 hires an insurance deputy. S. F. 61 sets fees for foreign corporations. S. F. 3 memorializes Congress on the First Nebraska Militia, engrossed and passed. S. F. 40 prohibits under 18 elevator conductors, engrossed and passed. A pay-schedule motion for senate staff was approved, and Warner's rate-compare investigation for telephone companies was authorized with a five-member committee named Warner, Meredith, O’Neill, Giffin, and Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Congress
Nebraska
Warner
Dakota
Meredith
Saunders
O'Neill
Lancaster
Giffin
Dawson
Brown
Keya Paha
Senate action on bills and appropriations
The senate placed measures on its calendar on the 29th including H R 60 increasing incidental expenses to 28 000 and S 38 guardians and wards S F 117 Dietrich land leasing bill. Several bills were reported with passage recommendations including bonds for villages congressional insurance and county fairs and reductions in school investments. Governor Mickey signed FF 10 and Lt Governor McGilton signed 8 Fo 35 while Omahas water works bill H H R 97 passed after a third reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietrich
Senate
Hasty of Furnas
Nebraska
Allen
Mickey
McGilton
Omahsr
Omahs
Legislature Debates Dietrich Land Leasing Bill And Printing Contract
The Nebraska House convened on the 26th and took up Governor Mickey's Dietrich land leasing bill as the special order. A resolution by McAllister of Deuel was read with related measures. debate postponed for one day. The House reviewed printing contracts with the State Journal Co. at $131 per page, plus three day bill returns and penalties, and sent contract legality to the Judiciary Committee. New bills include penalties for receiving stolen property and a $75,000 state exhibit funding for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition with a governor appointed board and expense reimbursements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Ajedsa
Cuba
Cincinnati & Columbus Traction Company
Cincinnati
Washington Court House
Sumner J. Collins
Chicago
Wisconsin Central Railroad
The
Southern Railway
John S. Sands
Connecticut
United States
Gorge Bothner
August Faust
New York
Faust
Bothner
Northern Building Company
Davenport
Iowa
Wisconsin
Peabody Education Fund
Washington
General Education Board
Nash
Pacific Coast
J. R. Stephens
Santa Fe
Shawnee
Owasso
I. T
Tulsa
Aragon
Caraproso
Spain
House
Mickey
Dietrich
McAllister
Deuel
Sneezy
Adams
Committee On Public Printing
Weston
H. R’s
Gregg
Wayne
Hathorn
Red Willow
Russell St. Loomis
Fries
Valley
Nebraska
Board of Commissioners
Nebraska House Debates Dietrich Bill And Lobbyist Ban
The Nebraska House introduced a resolution excluding professional lobbyists from the floor and capitol area while allowing corporate representatives in public committee hearings. A debate followed over the Dietrich bill, leading to Jones of Otoe’s substitute opposing the Dietrich plan and endorsing President Roosevelt's approach via a commission to study grazing land leasing and fencing. Additional measures proposed boiler inspection and operator licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Dietrich
Congress
Charles H. Dietrich
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Capitol
Mickey
House
Jones of Otoe
McAllister
McAlister
City powers to expand or trim corporate units defined
The act extends mayor and city council authority for cities with 5 000 to 25 000 population to enlarge corporate limits by adding adjacent territory or shrink them by excluding lands not divided into five-acre lots. It also creates fines and penalties for violations.
Nebraska House Debates Lobbyist Exclusion and Several Bills
The Nebraska House discussed excluding professional lobbyists amid a busy agenda. Bills passed include S. F. 10 authorizing village bond issues for heating and lighting for towns under 5,000. NWR 64 fixes penalties for carrying concealed weapons. HH. R. 4 codifies negotiable instruments to align with other states. New measures cover bridge repairs contracts, annual life insurance reserve disclosures, credit guarantee insurer bans, and county debt funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Marshall
Gilbert
Douglas
Omaha
Rock
Nelson
House
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Joint Stock Legal Reserve
Hfe
Credit Guaranty Insurance
Nebraska House Debates Tax Tithes And Militia Bills
The Nebraska House on the 20th debated H R 18 to empower county treasurers to validate tax tithes, while H R 103 proposed county commissioner elections by county vote and faced strong opposition as political in nature. New bills included a military code for Nebraska and militia enrollment, theft of domestic fowl penalties, and fireproof Lincoln museum library construction funded at 85,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Rock
Nebraska City
Kennedy
Rouse
Koetter
Omaha
Greater Omaha bill proposes city county consolidation
Senator Howell of Douglas introduces a measure to amend article ten of the constitution. The proposal would allow creation of a city and county government within a county where over half the residents live inside an organized city. Outlying areas could be attached to neighboring counties without a vote, with a shared charter and proportional debt division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Douglas
Senate
Greater
Omaha
Sudden Death of New York Tribune Sporting Editor
George Stackhouse the sporting editor of the New York Tribune died suddenly on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Stackhouse
The
New York Tribune
Nebraska Briefs from Fremont to Geneva
Fremont sidewalk fines range from 1 to 10 cents for spitting. Hooper gains Zeller Stock Food industry. Nebraska City forms Central Labor union and reports 50 telephone customers in Ord. An Ellis Gage elevator project is discussed. Callaway forms brass band. Grand Island hosts Central Nebraska Teachers April 1 2 3. A Fairbury convict from Kansas jailed. Western hotel destroyed and to be rebuilt. Mrs. Sarah Kerns of Pawnee marks 88th birthday. Crete rider Rudolph Wilke fatally injured. Wheat mill capacity expansion tied to St Edward growth. Beatrice saddle horses stolen. two saddles taken. Vanilla brands adulterated per Food Commissioner Bassett. Taylor Brewster line construction expands regional links. Senator Hasty seeks more insurance tax revenue. three-member committee proposed. Captain F M Dorrington Alliance dies of congestion. Saunders county land values rise. several farm sales recorded. Warden reports prison demographics. Slot machines taxed in Nebraska City. Geneva grants independent line franchise. preparations for start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ord
Ellis
Gage County
Callaway
Central Nebraska Teachers’ Association
Grand Island
Fairbury
Kansas
Western
Sarah Kerns
Pawnee County
Rudolph Wilke
Crete
St. Edward
B. F. Heimlefinger
Beatrice
Bassett
Taylor
Brewster
Blaine County
Bell and Adamson
Loup County
Hasty of
Furnas
Nebraska
F. M. Dorrington
Register
The
United States Land Office
Alliance
Captain Dorrington
Falls City
Lincoln
Saunders County
Ashland
David Wilson
Green Precinct
Joel Muller
Will
E. D. Laughlin
Davis
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Union
Iowa
South Dakota
Colorado
George B. Haynes
Butler County
Nebraska City
John Barsby
Walrmont
Geneva
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Claims Cure for Kidney Pain
An advertisement urges women to treat kidney trouble with Dean's Kidney Pills. It recounts Mrs. James Beck's eight year battle with back and kidney pain, her rapid improvement after five boxes, and offers a free trial by Foster Milburn Co. Price listed as 50 cents per box. Also raises a rhetorical question about legal defense and police methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Beck
West Whitesboro Street
Rome
N. Y
Dean
Broughton & Graves
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Untitled Ad Promises Cure for Corns and War on Dough
An old advertisement parodies patent medicine rhetoric, urging readers to stop the dough and try a claimed corn cure with a crude sales pitch. It mocks seeking a “worthless man” who supposedly offers a sure remedy while selling quack cures.
Defiance Starch Proclaims Superior Quality and Value
An old advertisement touts Defiance Starch as superior to rivals, noting 16 ounce packages at 10 cents and claiming better quantity than competitors. The piece also references Piso’s Cure for Consumption and a light anecdote about matrimony, reflecting period advertising style.
Silence and Remedies Featured in Cedar Rapids Ad
An old notice cites Prof. L. L. Martin of Cedar Rapids Iowa and mentions Mrs Winslow's soothing Syrup for teething pain. The fragment implies a product ad with moral quips and a remark about tipping a waiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Martin
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Single Tax in Practice Reaches Vancouver Island Town
On Vancouver Island's Nanaimo, a mining town with 6,000 residents, municipal taxes are eliminated except a land value levy. The model follows the orthodox single tax idea of affordable home ownership and three acres and a cow, aided by terms from a London syndicate owning coal and surrounding land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Naniamo
London
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Iowa Commission
St. Louis
McCormick
A. H. McCormick
Annapolis
A. H. McCormick, Jr
Navy Department
Illinois
State Board of Equalization
Nebraska Legislature
Mockett
Christy of
Nemaha
Otoe County
City of
Nebraska Historical Society
Bill
Greater Omaha
Nebraska Briefs
Fremont
Zeller Stock Food Company
Hooper
Organized Labor of
Central Labor Union
Pastor Jones
Oklahoma
Bright
N. W. Samuas
Ocean Grove
N. J
Mobile
New Orleans
Havana
Gale Feo
Wabash City
Ice
Fornai St
Uracarese
Harry E
Moores
Gen. Agt
Paes
Dept
Nebr
W. L. Douglas
Peat
Mbs
Heyl
Gael Coles
W. I. Dou
Silas, Catalog Jr
CAN
BCU Lom
Mass
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