Nebraska Burlington Crop Report July Camber 30 Districts Good
The Nebraska Burlington crop report for the week ending June 30 notes crops in excellent condition across Lincoln and Wymore divisions with good rains. McCook shows moisture shortfalls but yields in wheat and oats are promising in eastern areas. Potatoes and pastures are generally favorable with alfalfa thriving, while irrigation areas show strong sugar beet and fruit prospects.
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Burlington
Nebraska
Lincoln
Wymore
McCook
Comn Ig
Wymore Ane
Mt Cook
Imperial
Beatrice Secures Bonded Packing Plant Deal
Beatrice wins bonds for a $250000 packing house to serve Nebraska's third city. The plant will run at 200 cattle and 1000 hogs daily, employing several hundred skilled workers. Commercial club members pressed the issue, with buyers backing the bonds in a productive agricultural region.
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Beatrice
Nebraska
Commercial Club
Geddes Named Assistant Secretary at Jamestown Exposition
Nebraska man W. M. Geddes of Grand Island has been chosen to assist secretary duties for the Jamestown Va exposition. Geddes has overseen government exhibits at five expo sites and earned praise from superiors and foreign exhibitors for his past work.
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Washington
W. M. Geddoes
Grand Island
Neb
Jamestown
Geddes
Judicial Convention Set for Tecumseh to Fill Babcock Term
The First Judicial District Republican Central Committee met in Table Rock and voted to hold the judicial convention in Tecumseh on Monday August 20 to select a candidate for the unexpired term of the late Judge A B Babcock of Beatrice.
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Tecumseh
First Judicial District
Republican Central Committee
Table Rock
A. B. Babcock
Beatrice
New Industry at Falls City
Falls City reports Leo & Son of St Louis has completed arrangements to locate a vinegar factory. After a site is chosen, construction will begin on the plant and buildings by the firm and local citizens.
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Falls City
Leo & Son of
St. Louis
Stewart to Get His Money From Auditor
Auditor Searle approves John M. Stewart's $217 claim for services representing the state and the governor in the investigation of charges against Norfolk asylum Superintendent Alden and Assistant Nicholson.
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Searle
John M. Stewart
Alden
Nicholson
Norfolk Asylum
Five Prisoners Escape Norfolk Jail
Five men escaped a Norfolk city jail using a fireman's axe to force three heavy locks. The group included Happy Marry Thompson, a Wyoming sheep herder famous for past misadventures. Thompson, identified by a chipped nose after a history of large drinking bouts, reportedly spent about $1,000 in a week and $100 for a single kiss while intoxicated.
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Norfolk
Pass
Happy Marry
Thompson
Wyoming
Nebraska Briefs Roundup of Local Incidents and Changes
James Lillie held in Beatrice for assault given an hour to leave town. Rail survey near Leavitt draws Dodge county interest. Neligh family notes drowned youth. North Platte injuries from frightened horse. California return of former Superintendent Collins. Fremont girl escapes burglars via window. Pearl Martin killed in Minnesota train incident. Body of Harry Gardner sent from Chicago to Falls City. Ashland property valuations rise. Saunders County personal property up. Bancroft coroner Morgan resigns. West Point appointee fills vacancy. German Lutheran seminary to build residences and training school. Ransom Foss dies at Grand Island soldiers home. Tecusseh child injured by horse bite. Ashland youth Chester Frazer suicide attempt. Lightning strikes Lewiston Tays home. neighbors visit in Wymore area. Cedar county assessment totals and breakdowns. Nebraska crop report notes favorable week with near-normal temps and showers. Tecumseh notes navy officer Arthur D. Kavanagh to visit, then Orient duty. Humboldt farmer O’Grady breaks arm. Long Pine boy hazard from early Fourth celebration.
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James Lillie
Beatrice
Dodge County
Leavitt
Sterling Wus
John Kay
Neligh
Elkhorn
Hugh II
Gaunt
Dot Besack
North Platte
William Collins
West Paint
Nebraska
California
Fremont
Ashland
Misa Pearl Martin
Burt Martin
Minnesota
Harry Gardner
Lake Michiigan
Falls City
Chicago
Newton Gardner
Saunders County
H. Morgan
Bancroft
Cum
Thirtyfourth
Uwhnois
Lincoln Russell Glasson
William Glasson
Tesucseh
Chester Frazier
William Tays
Lewiston
Burchard
Tays
Harry Hordstedler
Boston
Wymore
Cedar County
J. D. Kavanagh
Tecumseh
Arthur D. Kavanagh
United States Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Orient
United States
Olympia
Dewey
Manila Bay
Annapolis
Railroad Officials Guilty of Rebating in Chicago Case
The Chicago and Alton Railroad and two former executives were found guilty on eight counts for granting rebates to Schwarzschild and Sulzberger. Judge Landis overruled a motion to remove the case from jury and indicated possible appeals. Sentencing ranges from 6000 to 120000 dollars, with a likely perfection of facts pending.
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Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
K. M. Landis
John M. Fairhorn
Frederick A. Wann
Chicago & Alton Railway
Government Run Chearly Washington Appropriations Details
Representative Tawney outlines the fiscal year 1907 federal budget totaling 880 million dollars with 740 million for government operations after adjustments. He breaks down allocations across Agriculture, Army, Navy, Pension, Post Office, and Sundry Civil, plus deficiency bills and notable increases and estimations, noting isthmian canal support and several special appropriations.
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Washington
Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
United States
Panama Canal
District of Columbia
Navy
Post Office Department
San Francisco
Cholera Situation Improves in Manila
Manila reports show 19 new cases and ten deaths since July 4 at six o clock Thursday night. Two Americans, Robert Smobertz and Hart, are dead, with five Americans now seized by the disorder. Health officials curb food sales to prevent infection as doctors’ efforts reduce new cases.
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Manila
Robert Smobertz
Hart
Bureau of Health
Clean bill for Packers in Chicago report
A Chicago driven study by Illinois Manufacturers and Chicago Commercial associations finds Chicago packing houses supply wholesome dressed meat and nutritious canned meats. It commends overall inspection efficiency but notes varying cleanliness and urges expanded training facilities and using Chicago plants as a meat inspection preparatory school.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers' Association
Chicago Commercial Association
United States
Work of the Fifty-ninth Congress House Session
A detailed tally by tally clerk Winthrop C. Jones shows 4 501 bills passed by the House in the first session, 362 left indisposed, with 3 989 laws enacted by this Congress. Public and private resolutions totaled 44 in this session and 39 in the prior two sessions.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Winthrop C. Jones
House
Fifty-eighth Congress
Deadlocked Republican Convention Adjourns to Iowa Falls
Des Moines Iowa Thirty-seventh district Republican convention broke deadlock by adjourning Friday to reconvene in Iowa Falls on July 19 with no result declared yet and candidates to be named.
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Des Moines
Iowa Falls
Eleven Men Killed by Runaway Mine Car in Altoona
A runaway mine car, left near Puritan, was tampered with to speed down Martin's branch toward Portage. In three miles the car killed eleven men and injured others before it slowed one mile west of Portage. The four mile feeder track runs between Portage and Puritan, feeding several mines.
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Altoona
Puritan
Portage
American Judge for China Appointed from Philippines
Attorney General Leb beus R. Wilfley of the Philippine Islands has been named judge of the United States court in China replacing the consular court. A native of St. Louis Missouri, he served as judge of the court of first instance of the Philippines in 1901 and shortly afterward became attorney general of the islands.
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China
Washington
Lebbeus R. Wilfley
Philippine Islands
United States Court In
Wilfley
St. Louis
Court of First Instance
Philippines
Islands
Mayor Rose Held in Contempt by State Supreme Court
Topeka Kan April state supreme court held Mayor W W Rose of Kansas City Kansas in contempt for serving after being ousted over prohibition and gambling law violations. He must relinquish office and pay a $1000 fine.
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Topeka
Kan
State Supreme Court
W. W. Rose
Kansas City
Rose
Four Die in Gasoline Tank Explosion at Cosendai Dye Works
Four people were killed and six injured when a large gasoline tank exploded on the second floor of the boiler house at Cosendai dye works on North Jefferson Avenue in Saginaw Michigan Friday. One injury described as serious. Evidence suggests a catastrophic industrial accident at the dye works. Firefighters contained the blaze and investigators began work to determine the cause.
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Saginaw, Mich
Cosendai Dye Works
Jefferson Avenue
Secretary Shaw Receives Panama Bond Offers
Secretary Shaw reports about 100 bids for Panama canal bonds, all for small blocks except one large offer of 32 million. The offers come as the government considers funding options for canal projects.
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Washington
Shaw
President Grants Pardon to Former Judge Tanner
Portland Oregon former judge A H Tanner received a presidential pardon on June 26 for perjury tied to shielding his law partner the late United States Senator John H Mitchell.
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Portland
Ore
A. H. Tanner
United States
John H. Mitshell
Tragedy in Manning Sees Teenager Killed and Suspected Suicide
At two o'clock Thursday morning Ernest Koehnke a young farmer killed 17 year old Lucy Fisher who had spurned his advances and then shot himself in Manning Indiana The incident ends a troubled pursuit by Koehnke and fatal relationship tensions.
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Manning
Ernest Koehnke
Lucy Fisher
Miss Fisher
Koehnke
Monument to Revolutionist in Mitau Found
Police in the Friederichstadt district uncover a granite monument weighing a ton erected to a revolu tionary slain in the recent revolt in Mitau Courland.
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Mitau
Courland
Friederichnstadt
Piano Plate Molders Strike in Springfield
About 160 piano plate molders and an equal number of helpers walked off Friday in Springfield seeking 15 cent raise per plate and a nine hour workday instead of ten.
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Springfield
Bryan letter signals Jones could back third presidential run
Former Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, former DNC chairman, received a June 28 Stockholm letter from William Jennings Bryan stating he will accept a presidential nomination for a third time if reforms lead the party. Bryan says he will not seek the nomination alone and favors Jeffersonian democracy applied across government.
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Washington
United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Demcratic
National Committee
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Stockholm
Wetmore
Roosevelt telegram to Fort Dodge welcomes Dolliver home
President Roosevelt sent a message to Fort Dodge Iowa mayor S J Bennett praising Senator Dolliver for his work on the rate bill and extending hearty good wishes to Dolliver and Iowa as the city hosted a reception at Dolliver's home.
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Fort Dodge
S. J. Bennett
Dolliver
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Iowa
Theodore Roosevelt
Colonel Witcher Dead in Salt Lake City
Colonel John Zashoal Witcher died in Salt Lake City on Sunday night from Brights disease at age 62. He served as major of the Third West Virginia cavalry in the Civil War, was breveted for Shenandoah campaign, served in the West Virginia legislature, was secretary of state, sat in the Forty-first Congress, and was a paymaster from 1880 to 1901 before settling in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Leutenant
John Zashoal Witcher
Bright
Witcher
Third
West Virginia Cavalry
Shenandoah
West Virginia
Forty-first Congress
Secretary Wilson Arrives in Chicago for Meat Inspection Talks
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture arrived in Chicago with a team to meet with superintendents of government meat inspection about changes required by the new meat inspection law. About thirty inspectors and superintendents from cities where inspection is in force were ordered to report at once for a conference beginning Monday.
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Wilson
Chicago
Chicaco
Agriculture
No Yellow Fever There
Dr. J. H. White surgeon in charge of the marine hospital service here stated that no marine hospital physicians in New Orleans have issued a yellow fever statement. He and his assistants have no evidence that the fever exists in the city.
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New Orleans
J. H. White
Marine Hospital Service
Marine Hospital
Emperors to Meet in St Petersburg Next Month
London dispatch says Emperor William and Emperor Nicholas are expected to hold a meeting in St Petersburg next month according to Tribune correspondent.
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London
St Petersburg
the Tribune
William
Nicholas
Unidentified Man Kills Self by Glass Window
In New York's Bronx, an unidentified man in St. Marys Park killed himself in a shocking manner. After pacing in distress he drove his head into a plate glass storefront window, shattering it, then slashed his throat with a fragment. A policeman sent an ambulance, but he died from blood loss.
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New York
Bronx
St. Mary's Park
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Nebraska Briefs
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Humboldt
Harry Welbourn
Long Pine
Dr. Black
TOC. & A
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Chicago & Alton Railway Company
Belt Road
Chicago & Alton
Alton Company
Belt Company
Alton
Packers
Panama
Revolutionist
Bryan
Jones
Rossevelt
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