Nebraska Senate pushes 2-cent fare bill through third reading
Lincoln reports the state senate, frustrated by the house delay on a 2-cent fare measure, held a morning committee of the whole session, passed a third reading with all present voting yes, and sent the bill toward enactment. The measure merely changes the current rate to two cents per mile with an emergency clause, while another new reciprocal demurrage bill seeks to curb railroad car congestion and set strict delivery timelines.
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Burns
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Greeley
Clarke
Adams
Root
Cass
Joint Railroad Committee
Senate
Sackett of Gage
Representatives
Sackett
Gage County
Senator Root
Saunders
Fries
Howard
Leeder
Omaha
Davis
Sheldon
Legislature Faces Flood of Appropriation Bills
As the statutory deadline nears for introducing bills, appropriation measures flood in at a lively pace. They are growing in size, signaling that the legislature will need to prune expenditures to keep the total within the five mill levy limit set by law.
Leeder doubleshift firemen bill moves through legislature
The house passed the Leeder doubleshift firemen bill to split the Omaha fire department into two platoons. Senate action is expected with western lawmakers opposing county option features in Randall bounty law. Senate passed sixteen bills in one day including school and official enforcement measures.
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Fire Department of
Omaha
Senate
Aldrich bills seek cuts on express and freight charges
Senator Aldrich of Butler introduced two bills to lower charges for express companies by 25 percent and for railroad freight by 20 percent. Both use a common framework prohibiting rates above 75 percent of January 1, 1907 express charges or 80 percent of that time’s freight charges.
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Senator Aldrich of
Butler
Senate stalls Sunday baseball bill in state
Senators delay talk on amending the law to permit Sunday baseball. A bill to allow Sunday games in counties voting yes was introduced by Aldrich of Butler county in the senate and a similar House measure by McMullen of Gage. Aldrich objected until the House acts.
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York
State Board of Assessment
Secretary of State
Senate
Berr
Randall
Aldrich
Butler County
House
McMullen
Gage
Legislature Moves To Empower New Railway Commission
The supreme court ruling upholding the new railway commission as constitutional was welcomed in both houses. A joint committee bill to confer powers is set for Wednesday in the House and Thursday in the Senate. The TE2 anti-pass bill rests for amendments from the railroad committee before printing. The new measure mirrors the earlier proposal but tightens passenger rate discrimination.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Head Gate and Weir Boxes for Irrigating Systems
A detailed description explains head gates for farm irrigation linking main canals to private ditches. It covers a wooden pipe gate with a 20 by 17 inch opening, two one inch boards, a threaded steel rod, and a cast iron hand wheel. Also described are weir boxes used to measure flow, including a medium size 12 foot by five plus foot wide structure with a notch controlled by a weir board and a gauge for flow estimation.
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Cana
Dwarf Apple Trees Grown by Prof Waugh At Mass Agri
Prof F A Waugh of the Massachusetts Agricultural College reports a one quarter acre dwarf fruit orchard produced heavily last season. The grove includes apples pears plums peaches and nectarines with fine large apples on trees not half as tall as a man. He sees commercial promise in dwarf fruit trees for small households and village dwellers.
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F. ‘A. Waugh
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Waugh
One Thing at a Time in Poultry and Lamb Care
The article advises focusing on one task at a time to achieve success in poultry raising and warns against lambs braving snow. It emphasizes indoor care for lambs when signs of thumps appear. It promotes methodical husbandry and attentive livestock management.
Not a Good Growing Ration For Lambs
The text argues that wintering lambs on fodder hay and roots yields minimal growth. It claims the feed used for mere existence reduces profit, making the gain insufficient to cover trouble, interest, and risk.
Winter Work Versus Comfort At Home
A compact note on winter tasks that keep a house ready. It urges a wife’s efforts to prepare the home for cold weather and to consider personal comfort while doing so.
True Spirit of Courtesy in Social Behavior
The text argues courtesy shows a refined heart and selflessness, shaping how one addresses others from servants to friends. It condemns misplaced Independence that excuses rude actions and stresses that true courtesy avoids petty deceptions and harsh truth that harms fond relations.
Deserts Rewarded as Village Poet Is Named
A druggist’s assistant, proven writer in the village paper’s poets corner under anonymity, sees his name attached to a poem in the Weekly Bugle. He thanks editor Stires who replies the credit belongs with the rightful author, placing responsibility for the poetry where it belongs.
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Weekly
Bugle
The
Stires
Johnson
Brandreth's Pills Promote Blood Purification
Stimulate the Blood. Brandreth's Pills are the great blood purifier. They are a laxative and blood tonic, they act equally on the bowels, kidneys and skin, thus cleansing the system by the natural outlet of the body. They stimulate the blood so to enable nature to throw off all morbid humors and cure all troubles arising from an impure state of the blood. One or two taken every night will prove an invaluable remedy. Each pill contains one grain of solid extract of sarsaparilla, which, with other valuable vegetable products, make it a blood purifier unexcelled. Brandreth's Pills have been in use for over a century, and are for sale everywhere, plain or sugar-coated.
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Brandreth
Salt Baths Warn of Heat Danger on Ships
Travel Magazine warns that while warm saltwater baths aboard ships are a common tonic, excessive heat weakens rather than strengthens. Passengers accustomed to hot fresh-water baths at home may still faint if the salt bath is too hot.
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Trave! Magazine
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Remedy Ad
An advertisement argues deafness stems from inflamed mucous tissue in the Eustachian tube and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that the cure cannot treat and invites readers to request circulars from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Prune Crop Figures for California Show Growth Gap
California's prune crop reached 185 million pounds in 1306, up from 62.5 million in 1905. The 1306 figure has been surpassed only once in 17 years, in 19623, when the crop reached 187,060,000 pounds.
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California
Defiance Starch Promoted as Superior and Eco Friendly
Defiance Starch is presented as the latest invention in the line and an improvement on all other makes. It is described as more economical, more effective, and faster. The ad urges readers to obtain it from any grocer and notes that a man who knows nothing outside his own business may have a good income, but he is not interesting.
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Cone of Saunders
Panthers and Grizzly Bears Ship Furs Pelts McMillan Fur Co
Minneapolis based McMillan Fur and Wool Co advertises pelts and furs including panthers and grizzly bears. Write for prices and available stock.
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Ship Furs Pelts
McMillan Fur & Wool Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Paris siege balls and local tobacco prices float amid ruins
A fragment notes sixty four balloons sent from Paris during the 1870 71 siege alongside a cigar ad for Lewis' Single Binder five cent and 10 cent cigars from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois. The snippet ends with a cryptic offer about a “mighty bot Ume on cool million.”
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Paris
Peruna ingredients cited in United States Dispensatory
An examination of Peruna ingredients notes hydrastic canadensis and other components as remedies for chronic catarrh related conditions. It cites effects on mucous membranes, rhinitis, dyspepsia, intestinal and pelvic diseases, with cedar seeds and copaiba described as tonics and diuretics. Readers are urged to send for testimonials.
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United States
Peruna
Press praised for guarding republic by vigilant journalism
Republican congressmen debated the president's call to bar papers printing indecent Thaw trial details. Maine's Mr. Littlefield extolled the press's value and its trained Washington allies, saying the press keeps Congress in bounds. Also an advertising note touts DeFiance Starch as stronger and easier to apply for stiff laundry results.
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New York
Littlefield
Maine
Corps of Representatives
Washington
Congress
In His Father’s Footsteps Allan Sankey Composer
Allan Sankey, son of a famed singing revivalist, follows his father’s path as a composer. Several of his hymns have become popular in New England revival meetings, reflecting a lineage of church music and growing influence.
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Allan Sankey
New England
Defiance Starch Trial Offer
Try Defiance Starch for both hot and cold starching. If you think you do not get better results, in less time and at lower cost, return it and your grocer will refund your money.
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