Grain tax clause clears committee in Commons vote
The budget grain tax clause passed the house of commons committee stage by 279 to 193. Other items note German Atlantic Cable Co plans to lay a cable to the United States, and Senor Gonzal de Quesada arrives in New York as Cuba and China matters surface among varied international briefs.
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House of Commons
German Atlantic Cable Company
Germany
United States
Lewis Bayley
Great Britain
Washington
England
Des Moines
George Linn
Sam Bowen
Grand Jury
Beef Trust
New Orleans
A. Deloach Milling Company
Atlanta
House
Agricultural Department
Senor Gonzal de Quesada
New York
Morro Castle
Havana
Chiat
Shanghai
House Committee On Appropriations
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Missouri
Pierre
S. D
BE. L. Marsh
Laramie
K Fee
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Pocahontas District
King Edward Suffering From Lumbago Amid Aldershot Outing
Reports from London state King Edward developed a chill and lumbago after the torchlight tattoo at Aldershot, preventing attendance at the church parade. Sir Francis Laking attended him, recommending rest, with Queen Alexandra and other royals remaining at the royal apartments. Official notice spoke of a slight indisposition, not serious, raising coronation anxiety.
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London
Edward
Aldershot
Francis Laking
Queen Alexandria
Week in the House Sets Schedule for Bills
The House, in suspension day, will fast track several bills. Time left today and Tuesday will focus on amending the bankruptcy act, with Wednesday set for the general deficiency appropriation bill. Thursday opens debate on the Philippine bill, including a day session from 8 o'clock and amendment time until the following Tuesday before a final Wednesday vote.
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Washington
House
Japan Will Fall in Line After War Claims Talks
Pekin June 16 reports say Japan will accept pro rata reduction of its war claims after receiving government instructions. Foreign ministers met to finish arrangements for indemnity allotment. Earlier, Britain agreed to participate, but Komura Yatao awaited Tokyo’s directive before agreeing.
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Pekin
China
Japan
Great Britain
Komura Yatao
Tornado Lifts Freight Cars Near Biencoe Indiana
Sioux City Iowa June 16 A tornado near Biencoe Indiana lifted several Northwestern freight cars from a side track demolished them and stopped traffic for hours. The body of Patrick Brenan of Chicago was found buried in the debris. The storm damaged other nearby places wrecking outhouses and crops.
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Sioux City
Biencoe
Patrick Brenan
Chicago
Boers Surrender Reach 2,504 Since June Twelfth
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria June 14 reports 2,504 Boers surrender since June 12 and that operations proceed most satisfactorily.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Caravan Massacre Report From Oran
An Oran newspaper reports that brigands massacred a small caravan last Friday near Hacieybagri in Algeria. The incident occurred after locals encountered the caravan during travel and heightened tensions.
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Oran
Algeria
Today
Hacieybagri
Death Claims Lambertson Prominent Nebraska Lawyer
Gento M. Lambertson a leading Lincoln attorney died in Chicago at Palmer House of heart disease at age 62 after attending a Chicago Northwestern game banquet and returning to the hotel. He served as assistant secretary of the treasury under President Harrison and was to argue a federal case in Chicago. His wife and daughters. two abroad, one at home in Lincoln, survive.
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Nebraska
Chicago
Ill
Gento M. Lambertson
Lincoln
Neb
Palmer House
Mr. Lambertson
Europe
Palma Denies U S Bribe Plot In Cuban Election
President Palma and General Gomez were questioned about a United States report claiming Gomez received 25000 to withdraw from Cuba’s presidential race and allow Palma’s victory. Palma denied involvement, defended Gomez, and denounced the bribery insinuation as an attack on both their integrity.
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Havana
Palma
General Gomez
United States
Gomez
Cuba
Senor Palma
Senor Gomez
Anxiety on St. Vincent as volcano monitors arrive
Fleet Surgeon Isaac H. Anderson and a Royal Society scientific commission arrived at Kingston to study the Soufriere disturbances. They left for Chateau Bela to ascend the volcano when possible amid lingering anxiety. No major eruption since May 30, but the crater’s appearance remains unsettled with frequent black steam emissions.
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Kingston
Island of St. Vincent
Isaac H. Anderson
Royal Society
Chateau Bela
Killed by Her Suitor in Coatesville Tragedy
Philadelphia dated report says Mrs Rachel Sadler widow was shot and killed at Coatesville by Harry N Ricer of Newcastle who was killed by a bullet during a struggle with another woman for the weapon The tragedy arose from a quarrel in which Ricer was regarded as the accepted suitor.
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Philadelphia
Rachel Sadler
Coatesville
Here
Harry N. Ricer
Newcastle
Ricer
Choctaw Railway Elects Officers at Chicago Meeting
Choctaw Railroad directors meet at Rock Island offices in Chicago. William B. Leeds elected president, George H. Crosby secretary, C. F. Wilson treasurer. Charles H. Warren named director replacing Francis I. Gowan, who resigned.
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Chicago
Choctaw Railroad Company
Rock Island
William
Leeds
George H. Crosby
C. F. Wilson
Charles H. Warren
Francis I. Gowan
Colonel Grimm Sentenced in War Crimes Trial
WARSAW Poland June 16 The trial of General Grimm of the Russian army ended Saturday with a sentence of deprivation of all rights and imprisonment at hard labor for twelve years for allegedly revealing military secrets to a foreign power.
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Warsaw
Poland
Grimm
Fifteen Horses Burned in Lincoln Fire
Fire swept the livery barn of P. J. Smith at 918 P street in Lincoln causing about 15000 dollars in loss. Fifteen horses perished in the blaze and insurance covered only part of the damage.
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Lincoln
P. J. Smith
P Street
May Build a New Line From Enid to El Paso
The Rock Island won government approval to build a westward line from Enid through Fort Supply in western Oklahoma, linking 200 miles west to connect with the Liberal line to El Paso. About 100 men began laying steel on the extension southwest of Lawton.
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Guthrie
Okla
Rock Island
Enid
Fort Supply
Oklahoma
Beaver County
el Paso
Tex
Lawton
Poisoning at Plymouth Circus Sparks Strychnine Alarm
A traveling circus in Plymouth Nebraska faced a mass poisoning during supper. Two women, Myrtle Boyles of Topeka and Mrs E W Dilger, were badly poisoned and treated at the hotel. The county attorney found no arrestable evidence while suspicion briefly fell on Henry Reno, a show freak, though he could not have caused the second dose.
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Fairbury
Neb
Plymouth
Charles Kinnebrew
Myrtle Boyles
Topeka
E. W. Dilger
Henry Reno
Meets Horrible Death Near Dodge Neb on Tracks
Charles Foegler a farmer four miles SE of Dodge Neb was found dead on Elk Horn railroad tracks a mile and a half west of Snyder after an eastbound train struck him. He had been in town the day before drinking and is thought to have fallen asleep on the tracks. He suffered fatal injuries with limbs severed head crushed and internal organs torn from their fastenings.
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Snyder
Neb
Charles Foegler
Dodge
Elkhorn
Foegler
Nebraska Crop Conditions Report Shows Warm Wet Week
Nebraska crop bulletin notes warm and wet week with eastern areas above normal temperatures and heavy rainfall in central and eastern counties. While some corn washed out and alfalfa cut, overall crops advanced with winter wheat filling well and oats improving. some lodging of wheat and corn replanting unlikely due to prior progress.
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Nebraska Crop Bulletin
Nebraska Creamery Interest Shown by Kearney Cream
State Food Commissioner S C Bassett reports twenty two days of cream shipments from Kearney totaling 25000 with about 80 percent going to Beatrice Creamery in Lincoln and the rest to Omaha. The dairy trade hints at a yearly cream value near a quarter of a million dollars for Nebraska, largely from Buffalo County and Black Hills routes. Farmers prosper with good prices for cows alfalfa feed and cream sales.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Beatrice Creamery Company
Lincoln
Kearney
S. C. Bassett
Black Hills
Buffalo County
Bassett
Has Relic of the Maine
Humboldt Nebraska June 16 Captain J P Grinstead who spent two years in the Philippines service has a brass star cut from a Maine shell. The engraved star adorns his badge as city marshal after his government service ends.
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Humboldt
Neb
J. P. Grinstead
Philippines
Maine
York Man Ends His Life in Nebraskan Community
F R Lewis, 46, superintendent of routes at South Platte Creamery in York, died after taking corrosive sublimate in a suspected suicide. Overwork and family bereavement were cited. he left a wife and two children.
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York
Neb
F. R. Lewis
Lewis
South Platte Creamery Company
Seward
Burglary Suspects Apprehended in Wilber Visit
A Lancaster county deputy sheriff and jailer visited Wilber after Walter Dillon and Charles Bennett, wanted on a burglary charge at Bennett, were moved to jail last December. They had been held on a minor charge tied to the Stein Bros. store burglary at Friend and aiding a fellow prisoner to escape.
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Wilber, Neb
Lancaster County
Walter Dillon
Charles Bennett
Bennet
Stein Bros
Friend
Hastings Woman Found Dead From Poison Accident
Mrs. Leora Falkenstein of Riverton Neb was found dead in bed at the home of Mrs Emma D Shiloh where she visited recently A coroner inquest ruled the death an accidental overdose of poisonous medicine citing no foul play and indicating the medicine was taken unintentionally in Hastings on June 16.
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Hastings, Neb
Leora Falkenstein
Riverton
Neb
Emma D. Shiloh
Kearney Plans Rousing Fourth of July Celebration
Kearney Nebraska will stage an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration. Several hundred dollars have already been raised, with more available if needed to make the event compare with the region’s crops.
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Kearney
Neb
War Veterans to Meet at Beatrice
Beatrice Nebraska June 14 At a meeting of district officers of the southeastern Nebraska Grand Army reunion it was decided to hold the Grand Army of the Republic reunion in this city August 13 to 20 inclusive It is the intention to have a number of prominent Grand Army of the Republic men attend the reunion
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Beatrice
Neb
Nebraska
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Horse Kick Ends in Serious Hip Injury
Hastings Neb June 14 Henry Altman a farmer near Hastings was kicked by a horse. He sustained a badly shattered hip bone with a fragment driven into the abdomen.
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Hastings
Neb
Henry Altman
Town
Vacancies Open After Teachers Retired at Nebraska Institute
Nebraska City June 16 The board of trustees of the institute for the blind elected all of the old teachers except Miss Flora Bullock and Miss Allie Truesdale. No replacements have yet been chosen to fill the two vacancies.
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Nebraska City
Neb
The
Institute For the Blind
Flora Bullock
Allie Truesdale
Osceola to Celebrate Fourth With Subscribed Funds
Osceola Nebraska announces its Natal Day celebration on June 16 with all funds subscribed. Fireworks have been ordered and preparations set. The town plans a lively event featuring the eagle emblem and pageantry to mark the Fourth of July celebration.
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Osceola, Neb
Osceola
Sulphur Reported Falls at Cape Wolf PEI
A Cape Wolf Prince Edward Island report notes sulphur fell to a depth of half an inch in the area, indicating a rare mineral event observed by locals. The record provides that single measurable depth and location.
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Cape Wolf
Overdose Causes Death in Hastings Household
Hastings report states a Mrs. was found dead in bed on June 14. Authorities determined the death resulted from an accidental overdose of poisonous medicine taken by the woman.
Ogal Lala Plans Western Fourth Celebration
OGALLALA Neb June 16 A mass meeting of citizens set the Fourth of July celebration in authentic western style with plans finalized for events and activities. Local organizers envision a traditional frontier atmosphere with community participation and festive programming.
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Ogallala
Neb
Flood Damage Estimated in Gage County
Beatrice Nebraska June 14 The flood damage in Gage county is estimated at nearly sixty thousand dollars.
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Beatrice
Neb
Gage County
Omaha Racing Circuit Opens At Millard Hotel Headquarters
Nebraska horse racing circuit meets June 25 to 28 with four thousand dollars in premiums. A. A. Swearingen, a prominent bookmaker, attends along with most horsemen. Millard Hotel offers rates from $2 daily American plan and $1 European plan. Lincoln and other towns schedule races through September with several hotels highlighted. Defiance Starch ads tout 16 ounce packages and rising lawyer costs are noted with somber asides.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Millard
A. A. Swearingen
Fremont
Tekamaoh
David City
Hastings
Friend
Seward
York
Hebron
Beatrice
Lincoln
Denots
Auburn
Hubbell
Notable Miscellaneous Ad Fragments From Historical Page
A compact collage of ad snippets and tag lines appears, including references to Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product, a five cent package, a jailhouse proverb about murder, a Poultry goods sales pitch offering weekly earnings, Hall's Catarrh Cure and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, and a remark on social life. The garbled text preserves era-style marketing and cautionary lines with various prices and claims.
Salesmen Wanted For Nebraska Iowa Agencies
Job notice from F. EB. Sanborn Company Omaha seeking men over 30 to sell Stand ard Stock Food to farmers. Must have teams, full time commitment, good standing, business ability, and livestock knowledge. Wagons provided, permanent positions with strong incentives. Bond required. Apply for blank. Defiance Starch ads claim superior quality and value.
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Nebraska
Iowa
F. EB. Sanborn Company
Omaha
Neb
Only Woman Andes-Crosser Miss Andissner Tour
Austrian heiress Miss Andissner is described as the only female tourist to cross the Andes. She left New York for home after a long New World tour. In March she visited Rio and then undertook the overland mule journey to Peru, strapped to a mule for much of the way.
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Marie Andissner
Andes
Andissner
New York
New World
Rio
Peru
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Juvelle Mfg.Co
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Iran
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