Illness of King E dward denied and other updates
Reports deny the illness of King Edward. Rear Admiral Colby M Chester placed on retired list. Charles B Hopkins nominated for marshal of the western district of Washington. Trial began for Joseph Teller in the Zeigler coal mine explosion case. Mrs Sarah E Ray aged 102 dies in Baltimore. Senate approves tribal government continuation for five civilized tribes. Factory fire follows workers' walkout at Bridgeport Star Shirt plant. Penn University hosts 39 nations and 8,769 students. Chilean official’s son kills Balmaceda. trial planned in Belgium. Former California senator Frank French acquitted of bribery. Costa Rica notes yellow fever at Bocas Del Toro with quarantine. Clever sells Princeton farm intended as industrial home for poor boys. project fails. Santa Fe to issue 17.29 million in 60-year bonds for California Overland line. Cash Buyers Union Co-op in Chicago shut down. Texas Supreme Court upholds anti-trust law on exclusive rail-express contracts. Bell Canada proposes increasing capital to 50 million. Banquet planned for Governor James F. Smith in Jolo. Owl Bank, I T robbed. explosives used to open safe. Kansas pardons Martin Jarbers for 1878 poisoning of his son. Ostwald on American student life favors sport over academics. Cowherd succession debated. Democrats seek replacement. Flint glass workers accept wage cuts to fight trusts.
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House
Senate
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
Indian Territory
Star Shirt Company
Bridgeport
M. Waddington
Brussels
Senor Balmaceda
Frank French
Sacramento
Cal
Supreme Court
Costa Rica
Bocas del Torro
Panama
Clever
Princeton
E. P. Ripley
The
Santa Fe
Caliifornia
Texas Supreme Court
Bell Telephone Company of Canada
Jolo
Morosa
James F. Smith
Europe
Bank of Owl
I. T
Martin Jarbers
Kansas Penitentiary
F E. W. Hoch
Jarbers
Kansas
Wilhelm Ostwald
University of Leipsic
Harvard
Congress
Cowherd
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Sufferings of Olympia Man End After Using Dean’s Kidney Pills
L S Gorham of Olympia Washington reports six years of back pain after a wetting incident. He credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with restoring regular kidney secretions and relieving pain within a week. He finished six boxes and claims no return of trouble. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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L. S. Gorham
East 4Th St
Olympia
Wash
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Quotations on Virtue and Self Improvement
A collection of aphorisms from Franklin Munger Eliot Addison Carlyle Burnett and others. The sentiments emphasize self reliance perseverance temperance and the link between character and habit. Notable lines address inner virtue the limits of life and the discipline required for great duties.
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Benjamin Franklin
Theodore Munger
George Eliot
Addison
George D. ‘l Ripp
Carlyle
Bishop Burnett
John Stuart MII
Ripon
Thomas A Kempils
Rev Henry Lyte memorial church tower progress
The Rev. Henry Francis Lyte who wrote Abide With Me served as vicar of Lower Brixham. Thirty years ago an attempt began to rebuild the old church as a memorial. Now a final effort aims to finish the church tower and honour his memory.
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Henry Francis Lyte
Lower Brixham
Child’s Fearful Vision Of A Lad Growing Up
A reflective piece contemplates a boy’s future, warning that endless wardrobe changes may signal a fragile character. The prose blends caution with social satire about appearances and maturity.
A Perfect Hand Behind Postum Advertisements
A small photograph of a woman's hand, praised as possibly the most perfect in the world, became famous when used by Postum and Grape-Nuts ads. The owner’s name was withheld to spark reader curiosity, drawing millions to the back covers of magazines in January and February.
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America
Friends of Postum
The
Postum Co
Western Canada proves lucrative for American homesteaders
L. A. Stockwell of Indianapolis reports in a January letter on how Americans like N. B. Beaumunk of Brazil Indiana and J. G. Smith & Bro. from Lancashire turned hard work into wealth in western Canada. He notes wheat yields up to 63 bushels per acre, oats up to 100, thriving towns, fat cattle, and rapid land settlement from Moose Jaw to Edmonton, with cold winters described as tolerable under dry air.
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L. A. Stockwell
Indianapolis
United States
West
Indiana
States
N. B. Beaumunk
Brazil
Hanley
Sask
J. G. Smith & Bro
Lancashire
England
Wapella
Moose Jaw
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Brandon
Moosemin
Chicago
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Canada
Nebraska Governors Call For Aid To Northern Japan Suffering
National Red Cross funds will aid over 2,000,000 Japanese in need. Chaplain F M Sisson of the Nebraska National Guards coordinates Nebraska support. donations go through The National Red Cross Society with receipts to donors. Nebraska teachers and clergy urged to publicize the appeal and enlist widespread giving.
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Japan
Mickey
National Red Cross Society
F. M. Sisson
Nebraska National Guards
Nebraska
F M Sisson
National
Ned Cross Society
M. Sisson
N Street
South Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Briefs From Across The State In One Issue
Formal dedication of a new Ashland church, depot plans for Norfolk, and a golden wedding in Saunders county headline a broad roundup. Also noted are hospitalities in Hastings, incorporations in Hastings and Holdrege, a Beatrice dairywoman locating her runaway daughter, Me Cook bond vote, land sales in Saunders, burglaries at Havelock, and court actions in Cass county. Additional items include postoffice fraud in Cornica, a reward offer from Ex Senator Dietrich, a hotel incident in Sioux City, and a plan for a condensed milk plant in Norfolk. Provincial and civic notes fill the page with local happenings and legal notices.
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C. G. Moore
Saunders County
Nebraska ‘Telephone Company
Superior
Pacific
Norfolk
J Harry Foote
Lair
Foote
Hastings
S. J. Baker
Adams County Abstract Company of
Secretary of State
Henry ‘Sheede
John Brothers
Havelock
Piper
State Board of (Narities and Correction
Hastings Csylar
Kearny
Circuit Court
Cass County
Edward Daily
Postoffice
Moore
Cornica
Platte County
William IF. Berg
C. H. Dietrich
Haylee
Tripola
Brunswick
Neb
Albert J. Brown
Sioux City
State Normal
Peru
Sievers
Yost
Michigan
Nebraska
Hughes
Monroe
Wis
A. H. Hollingworth
Beatrice
Gage County
Hilpines
He&trice
Nebraska department declines to join cross-state life-insurer probe
Lincoln reports the Nebraska Insurance Department will not participate with Wisconsin Minnesota Kentucky and Tennessee in investigations into Equitable and Mutual Life. Commissioner J L Pierce cites lack of time and funds noting New York Life probe cost over 338000 for salaries and expenses.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Insurance Department
Insurance Commissioners
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kentucky
Tennessee
Equitable and Mutual Life
J. L. Pierce
New York Life
Nebraska
New York
Brakeman Killed at Gibbon Stock Yards
J A Wood a Union Pacific brakeman was instantly killed at the Gibbon stock yards during switching. He hung to a car as it moved toward the platform, misjudged the gap, and was crushed when his body struck the platform and was torn loose. His head was severed.
Swine Pens Almost All Booked Up at State Fair
Secretary Mellor reports to the State Board of Agriculture that, aside from twenty one pens, all pens in the ten swine barns are taken. The swine pens filled up earlier this year than in previous year, as last year they were not fully engaged until May 1.
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Mellor
State Board of Agriculture
Jeonard
Swine Department
State Fair
Cut Off Man's Leg in Farm Power Saw Accident
At Herman Tagge farm nine miles west of Grand Island a power saw burst its fly wheel injuring Charles Tagge, Herman Tagge’s nephew. The leg was amputated above the knee and a fragment struck him on the head, causing no serious injury.
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Grand Island
Herman Tagge
Charles Tagge
Rubber Prices Rise Amid Potential Market Surge
The Journal of the Society of Arts predicts a possible further advance in rubber prices this year, yet expects supplies to become ample soon. Extensive untapped rubber regions in Liberia and rapid cultivation expansion support the outlook. Meanwhile mothers are urged to use Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to ease feverishness and teething troubles.
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Journal of the Society of Arts
Liberia
Mother Gray
New York
Atall Druggists
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Pests Worry English Farmers
English farmers’ clubs pay high prices for magpies jays and other egg and chick predators. The pest drive has reduced small birds that damage crops, while experts at a board of agriculture meeting could not decide if birds overall help or harm crops.
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England
Board of Agriculture
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets claiming rapid cold relief with a money back refund if not cured. The box bears W. ROVE’s signature on each package.
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Ez. W. Rove
Animals Fond of Scent in Hagenbeck Exhibit
A lion in Hagenbeck's collection shows a strong preference for lavender scent. A handkerchief soaked in lavender water calms and distracts the big cat, allowing its keeper to approach the cage without danger.
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Hagenbeck
Lewis Single Binder Straight 5c Cigar Ad
An advertisement promotes Lewis Single Binder straight 5c cigars praised for consistent quality. Distributed by Your dealer or wis' Factory in Peoria Illinois.
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Lewis
Peoria
Origin of The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword
The famous phrase attributed to Cardinal Richelieu through Lord Lytton emerged as the steel pen began to replace the quill, marking its origin in a time when the pen’s power was just taking hold over the sword.
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Lord Lyttn
Cardinal Richelieu
Inscribed Vault Door Seen by American Doctor in London
An American physician recalls visiting a London cemetery vault with an engraved door inscription. The plaque, carved in a vault doorway, prompted reflections on mortality during his England trip.
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England
London
London Gas Companies Supply Vast Gas Volumes
The London postal district receives gas from eleven companies delivering 43,897,099,000 cubic feet to 945,177 consumers.
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London Gas Companies
London
Giving Them Their Due
Uncle Eben voices mixed loyalty in a Washington Star quoted remark about trust, witness races, and policy tickets reflecting public sentiment and political pressures. The quote underscores tensions between personal allegiance and perceptions of organized influence.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Tempered Marital Quips From The Picayune
A New Orleans Picayune joke says it is easier to live with a temperamental woman than a woman of temperament. It also notes it is easier to make two hearts beat as one than two mouths eat that way.
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New Orleans Picayune
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King Edward
Colby M. Chester
Lst
Charles B. Hopkins
Washington
Joseph Teller
Zeigler
Duquoin
Sarah E. Ray
Baltimore
SAGES
Western
Nebraska State News
Nebraska Briefs
Ashland
Northwestern
Union Pacific
Frank Iokorny
Chapman Precinct
Joseph Porkornoy
J. W. Anderson Grain Company
Holdrege
Nevitt
Dorchester
Mec-Cook
Nebraska Department
Gibbon
Dodds
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