Nebraska Rail Rates and Agricultural Data Drive State News
Lincoln reports that railroad rate hearings aim to delay new tariffs while railroads seek grounds for appeal. Powell’s testimony on allowances for floods, strikes, and bad years is questioned as No 19 aims to equalize charges. Revised 1914 agricultural data blanks will aid state reports. hearings continue in Superior on Guthrie’s water claim and bids for a Cambridge state-aid bridge.
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Lincoln
Railway Commission
Powell
Clarke
Edson Rich
Union Pacific
State Board of Agriculture
Superior Water
D. D. Price
Superior
Guthrie
Mr. Price
Beaver City
Cambridge
Wilcox Confesses in Nebraska Shooting Case
Ernest Wilcox, a 15 year old, confessed to Sheriff Andrews to shooting Henry Richards near Kearney after Richards sat behind a cream separator. He fired to provoke Richards, then discharged a second shot when Richards stood. Trial set before Judge Hostetler next week.
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Hostetler
Nebraska Bleached Flour Case Wins Key Supreme Court Support
Lincoln and Omaha reports celebrate a Supreme Court move sending the bleached flour case back for new trial. Herbert E. Gooch says the decision means millions of dollars for Nebraska as bleaching keeps flour prices competitive and farmers protected. Ed F. Smith calls the outcome a complete vindication and predicts no retrial.
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Lincoln
Herbert E. Gooch
Gooch Milling Company
Supreme Court of the United States
District Court
Nebraska
Gooch
Omaha
Ed F. Smith
Our Neighbor's Dance At Lodgepole Sat Night
The commercial club of Lodgepole held a well attended dance last Saturday night with praise for the hall and lights. The Fine Orchestra provided music, featuring Sam Fine Glenn VanGorder Blaine Grabill and Miss Corbett. Attendees from here included Mr and Mrs Swan Mr and Mrs R Martin and several Misses and Messrs including Mabel Closman Eva Seidow Ella Ericson Dorothy Lindberg Ethel Wright Ethel Klein Psther Lindberg Nina Spitler Buckley Millett Johnson Trognitz.
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Lodgepole
Sidney
Sam Fine
Glenn VanGorder
Blaine Grabill
Miss Corbett
Handley Knockout Disputed in Lodgepole Bout
North Platte Telegraph asserts George Handley has never been whipped in his boxing career. Fred Parks counterclaims a June 24 1913 knockout at Lodgepole in a seven round mill.
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North Platte
George Handley
Telegraph
Fred Parks
Handley
Lodgepole
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsements Stir Local Confidence
A Sterling Colorado resident, S Diffendorfer, testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills have strengthened his faith since a prior public recommendation. He credits the pills with a permanent cure, relief from back misery, and normalization of kidney secretions. The ad notes price 60 cents and Foster Milburn Co as sole US agents.
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Dean
Sterling
S. Diffendorfer
S. Fourth St
Sterling, Colo
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan’s
Agricultural Bill Seeks Major Department Reorganization
The agricultural appropriation bill totals 18,947,000 and proposes sweeping changes. It would rename the bureau of statistics to the bureau of agricultural forecasts and boost the markets office appropriation from 50,000 to 209,000. It also calls for 353,060 for the office of public roads, 300,000 for meat inspection, and extends inspection to reindeer.
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Department of Agriculture
House
Lever
Agricultural Committee
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Agricultural Forecasts
Office of Markets
Office of Public Roads
Exiled South African labor leaders land in England
Ten labor leaders left South Africa after their general strike was crushed and arrived at Gravesend aboard the Umgeni. They initially planned to stay on the ship but, after talks with British labor leaders, agreed to disembark amid a royal welcome staged by supporters including a dinner in the houses of parliament and demonstrations in Hyde Park and the opera house.
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South Africa
Gravesend
England
House of Commons
Opera House
Hyde Park
Pioneer Samuel Allerton dies and other federal actions
Condensed summary of multiple 1910s items: Samuel Allerton, Chicago pio neer packer, dies. Naval bill pushes two battleships next year. Stefansson concedes Karluk massing yet sailing plan debated. Woman suffrage leaders compile opposing congress member lists. Interstate Commerce Commission advances railroad securities regulation. Mrs. Revert Stevenson dies in Montecito. Alaska bond provisions move toward Senate approval. Landis indicted under Mann act. Congressional Union affiliation rejected. Earl Moisly, 14, hangs himself in Chicago. Ness located in Ottawa amid graft charges. Mackays obtain mutual divorce in France. Yankton Kansas dry after illegality ruling. Midshipman McClure dismissed from naval academy. Temperance drive to key western states. Edward Morgan pleaded guilty in grand larceny case. Hog cholera funding bill heads to President. Billinghurst exiled from Peru. Church bishops debate marriage service wording. Dewey critique in German parliament. UMWA seeks investigation into Judge Dayton. Rev George Gallup to be unfrocked. Rock Island train derailed. injuries. Wilson expects ships through Panama. push for repeal of Panama exemption. Robbery at Queen and Crescent line. $41,000 in mail pouches taken. Gore praised for political vindication in Mississippi. New witness linked to Aurora murder case. Garrison orders court-martial of Major Koehler.
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Samuel Allerton
Packer
Chicago
Stefansson
Congress
House Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Revert Louis Stevenson
Montecito
Cal
B. F. Landis
Prince’s Fork
Congressional Union For
National American Suffrage Association
Earl Moisly
James Ross Ness
Liptons, Ltd
England
W. I. McClure
Tolu
Kan
Naval Academy
Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Caliornia
Colorado
Washington
Oregon
A. D. Dayton
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
George Gallup
Denver
Olmstead
Episcopal Church
Rock Island
Queen and Crescent
New Orleans Limited
Birmingham
Ala
Mississippi
Jackson
United States
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
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Sidney Marble Works
A. A. Clark
Metropolitan Hotel
Drag
Lloyd Mann
Prop
Sterling Greenhouse
John H. Portz
Nebraska News
Wilcox
Kearney
Ross J. Hammond
Internal Revenue
Live Stock Commission
South Omaha
Harman
Bison Eye
Hotel National
London
Sidney Lumber CO
U. P
Rock Springs
Hanna Coal
Senate
Edward Morgan
First National Bank
Jamestown
Auburn
Peter Fischbach
Anthony Petras
Theresa Hollander
St Nicholas Cemetery
Aurora
Garrison
Barry
Eastern Department
Benjamin M. Koehler
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Terry
Sires A Bank Ac
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Vienna
Popular Cafe
H. A. Stover
Agency For the
Sidney, Neb
Hahler
E. Harper
Chichester
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