Tariff Board Funding Hinges On House Resistance
Washington July 25 President Taft's tariff board won one more year in the sundry civil bill with a 34 to 20 Senate vote to spend 225000 for continued investigations. House conferees vow to oppose the provision as Democrats clash with Republicans over a congressional tariff commission and annual reporting requirements. An attempt to cut the appropriation to 100000 failed.
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Washington
Taft
Tariff Board
Senate
House
Chamberlain
Newlands
Thornuton
Stone and Bacon
Congressional Tariff Commission
Presidential Tariff Board
Congress
Senator Bristow
Stone
County Institute Seeks Teachers for Room and Board
County school notes announce a one week institute starting Monday August 5, 1912. Prof O W Neale will teach Picture Study each morning at 9 40 am and invite visitors to Chapel at 10 20 am. Teachers are urged to submit school work for county exhibit and share views on buildings or grounds for state and county displays.
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O W Neale
Cheyenne County
State Department
House adjourns as quorum lapses in Washington session
Washington observers report the house adjourned after failing to maintain a working quorum. Two roll calls were needed. truants were escorted in by the sergeant at arms. The second call showed an even smaller attendance and the body adjourned in despair.
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Washington
Gun Men Falling Into Net In Rosenthal Case
New York on July 25 reports one of the five gangsters in the murder car that killed Herman Rosenthal surrendered to police. Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty expects to round up the rest within ten days as District Attorney Whitman seeks to identify conspirators and potential police-gambling partnerships. Prominent citizens offer to fund a private probe into police ties to gamblers and the Rosenthal slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Harry Vallon
Rosenthal
Dougherty
Whitman
Teddy Dill Killed in Lumber Yard Car Switch
North Platte Nebraska July 25 Teddy Dill of Creston Iowa was crushed to death when a lumber loaded railroad yard car shifted while he and a companion were switching the car Dill was beating his way across the country and was instantly killed in the yard incident
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North Platte
Neb
Teddy Dill
Creston
Dill
Bank President in Bancroft Shoots Self at Home in Wetmore
St Joseph reports Robert Thorn, president of the State Bank of Bancroft Kansas, killed himself at his Wetmore residence. Earlier, on July 13, Bancroft bank cashier was arrested per Kansas state bank examiner complaint alleging a $1,060 shortage.
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St. Joseph
Robert Thornborrow
State Bank of
Bancroft
Kan
Wetmore
Bancroft Bank
Kansas State Bank Examiner
Coroner rules two men liable in Lackawanna wreck
Corning New York July 25 coroner's jury finds William Schroeder and Flagman Edward Lane responsible for the July 14 Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad crash. Warrants for second degree manslaughter were issued by Coroner Smith.
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Corning
William Schroeder
Edward Lane
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Smith
Collision near Battery sinks yacht Idler in New York
The steamer Queensland Colony of the Metropolitan Steam Ship Line collided with the yacht Idler while turning the Battery en route from Boston. The yacht sank and passengers and crew were rescued by tugs.
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New York
Qld Colony
Metropolitan Steamship Line
Boston
Senator Cummins Proposes Wool Tariff Substitute
Washington July 25. A substitute for the Democratic wool tariff bill was presented to the senate by Mr Cummins of Iowa. It would generally reduce the rates of the present law, but not as far as the house bill.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Nebraska Harvest Sets Record Banishing Famine Fears
The Nebraska crop outlook is the biggest on record with acreage up and yields per acre above average in spots. Broad corn fields sway as threshers work from dawn to dusk while shocks of grain and stacked hay fill the landscape. Fat cattle and hogs signify abundance, with Wheat crops praised for quality and quantity despite labor and twine shortages noted by the Omaha Trade Exhibit.
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Nebraskas
Nebraska
wWil! Maupin’s
Convince Farmers on Price Parity at Mail-Order Exhibit
The Omaha Trade Exhibit urges vendors to show farmers that they can meet or beat mail-order prices for goods of equal quality on the same payment and delivery terms. It warns against pushing aggressively on indifferent buyers and emphasizes inviting committed mail-order buyers to compare offerings.
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Omaha
Julesburg to host Kansas Short Grass Touring Club event
Julesburg will welcome the Kansas Short Grass Touring Club on August 13 for an all day celebration planned with various activities and exhibitions.
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Julesburg
Kansas
Sidney resident touts Doan's Kidney Pills cure
A Sidney Nebraska claim praises Doan's Kidney Pills as permanently curing kidney trouble after years of back pain and dizziness. A May 1907 endorsement from Herman Schroeder and a 1910 confirmation from Mrs. Schroeder appear, noting relief after using the remedy sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
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Sidney
Thias Mra
Herman Schroeder
Washington Ave
Sidney Nebr
Talao
Dean
Doan
Six Dunbar Girls Sing and Play Across Four States
The Dunbar Singing Orchestra, a six-member ensemble led by Ralph Dunbar of the Redpath Lyceum Bureau, blends trained voices with instrumental and choral work. They have appeared at over sixty Chautauquas in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin and billed with Lyceum platforms nationwide.
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Ceum
Dunbar Singing Orchestra
Chautauqua Week
Ralph Dunbar
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Lyceum
Litchfield Trio to Headline Chautauqua Week
The Litchfield Trio, among the oldest Lyceum and Chautauqua attractions, will perform during Chautauqua Week. They present a weekday sketch written by themselves and a Sunday program featuring sacred music, a popular draw for years.
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Litchfield Trio
Chautauqua Week
Ted
Litchfields
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Nashville Serenaders Open Chautauqua Musical Spotlight
The Nashville Serenaders open our summer Chautauqua as the first musical attraction. The article notes the long history of plantation and camp meeting songs on Chautauqua platforms and mentions jubilee singers as a recurring feature, reflecting a tradition of old southern darkey melodies.
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Nashville Serenaders
New Jubilee Company Brings Trained Darkey Sacred Music
Ralph Dunbark leads the Redpath Lyceum Bureau to present a refined darkey sacred music program. Selected from top Southern negro schools, the Nashville Serenaders perform within a ten week Redpath Horner Chautauqua run, making ten Sunday appearances, with one local showing.
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Southland
Ralph Dunbark
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Nashville Serenaders
East Awakens to Chautauqua Worth and Growth
The East and Midwest now host a thriving Chautauqua movement. Fifty years after starting on Chautauqua Lake in New York, eastern efforts gain momentum, while the West dominates the scene with Nebraska listing eighty one summer assemblies. Redpath networks guide hundreds across the region, totaling two hundred forty. The current season sees expansion as the eastern system begins with strong growth.
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New York
Nebraska
Redpath
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S. R. Sweet
Elliott
American Bank
Sidney, Neb
THE
First National Bank
1St Nat'l Bank
Mbarpe
Kruse & Kleia
Court House
Hahler & Brauer
Lowan
the Dunbar Singing Orchestra
Popular Music
Jubilee Company
Vienna
E. W. Ziebert
Prop
KRUSE
Rose Street
NEBR
Mitchell Barn
F. E. Brown
Blaine Bros
C.M. Wright Contractor
Karper
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