Outgoing Executive Addresses Nebraska Lawmakers
Poynter's summary of state finances. The executive urges fewer laws, calls for constitutional change on voter ratification of acts, and recommends revenue reform. He details 1900 balance, sinking fund status, and indebtedness, plus restoration of the general fund, school fund investments, and tax strategy. He favors increasing supreme court judges, rail regulation, and expansion of a pure food law and livestock disease controls.
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Nebraska
Executive Office
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Irvington
Supreme Court
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Treasury
Nebraska Governor’s 1901 address urges state reform and plans
Governor Poynter outlines legislative priorities for Nebraska including a state veterinarian with quarantine authority, state fair funding, convict employment policies, and expansion needs for the state normal school. He calls for constitutional convention consideration, praises fiscal health, and thanks citizens for support as he departs.
Dietrich urges sweeping reforms in Nebraska law and finances
Charles H. Dietrich submits recommendations to the Twenty-seventh Nebraska Legislature. He calls for reducing district judges, appointing referees, codifying laws, creating a state board of control, amending crimes like kidnapping, allowing corporate sureties, protecting game birds, selling or funding maintenance for the executive mansion, resolving Missouri River boundary disputes with Iowa, establishing a traveling library, and funding monuments to veterans while urging costed, honest governance.
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Labor Bureau
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court Commission
Supreme Judges
Nebraska National Guard
Nebraska Volunteer
Nebraska Nationalguard
United States
National Guard
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Nebraska Volunteers
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Buffalo
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St. Louis
Iowa
Missouri River
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Charles H. Dietrich
Petition to ban marriages by widows in South Carolina
A southern paper excerpt recounts a 1734 petition by 14 young South Carolina women addressed to the governor. They protest that widows capture all matrimonial prizes and seek a ban on all bachelors marrying widows from that time forward.
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South Carolina
Water Supply for Tampico Promises Plumbing Boom
English engineers survey Tampico and surrounding country to plan a drinking water system and sewerage. If approved, will open a strong market for plumbing supplies, as the port currently lacks any plumbing establishment.
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Tampico
Diaz’s Twenty-Four Year Rule in Mexico
The article notes that when the Mexican presidial term ended on November 30, General Porfirio Diaz had governed for twenty four years. It lauds his rule as wise benevolent and energetic, crediting his leadership with lifting Mexico from industrial commercial and political distress to a respected international standing.
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Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Mexican Republic
México
Electric Fire Engines Prove Cost Saving in City
New Orleans fire department chief engineer compares a three horse hitch engine with an electric power engine. Running costs are $60 monthly for the horse engine and $27 for the electric unit, a monthly saving of $33 and about $400 per year with electricity.
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New Orleans
Heir to Italian Throne Captures Public Interest
The new heir to the Italian throne attracts as much attention as the king himself. He is a cousin of King Emmanuel III and father to two sons, while the current king has no children. The duke is a keen sportsman and famed horseman, despite the king's frail health.
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United States
Roy
Nebraska
Senate
Itaian
Italy
Emmanuel III
Milk and Disease Germs A Warning on Contamination
A brief health note explains milk absorbs odors from nearby substances and can attract disease germs such as diphtheria and typhoid fever. It notes bacilli may be present in the air we breathe and urges sterilization of milk as the true safeguard when contagious disease is near.
Farmer nearly bleeds to death after corn stubble gash
West Union area farmer L. T. Davis was hauling fodder when his throat was cut by a sharp corn stubble after he fell from a wagon. He nearly bled out before help arrived as witnesses described the tearing wound and the danger he faced.
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