Notable Deaths and Political Shifts Across The Globe
Very Rev George C Bradley dies in London. Dr Manuel Barros Borgono prominent Chilean surgeon and rector of University of Santiago passes away. Emperor Francis Joseph awards Cross of Officers to George Hitchcock American artist. Reward posted for Waterbury murderers. Anthony Fiala to command Ziegler north pole expedition after visiting Oceanic. Burlington and Alton railroads plan joint use of new line KC to St Louis. Mabel Green of Lacon Illinois dies by gas in Chicago. Kansas Senate kills child labor bill. Senator Money proposes inquiry on Indianola postal facilities. Frank E Brady former Imperial Building and Loan secretary sentenced five years. Francis J McKay says 5,000–6,000 shipyard workers out. Western Union declares 1½% dividend. quarterly revenue projected. Amicable agreement reached at Alliance works. Union Pacific and Postal Telegraph agree on wire line Omaha to Pacific coast. Seven stockholders sue Union Oil directors for winding up. Austrian navy division to visit Greek archipelago and Asia Minor end-March. Young Warren Fleming’s suicide after fatal playmate incident. Francis G Keene named consul to Florence. Run on State Savings Bank of Butte sparked by Creighton rumor. John Mitchell to organize Western miners. E S Cunningham transferred to Bergen Norway. Minnesota House investigates Minneapolis chamber commerce over grain handling charges.
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George C. Bradley
London
Manuel Barros Borgono
University of Santiago
Chile
Francis Joseph
George Hitchcock
Paul Menailsohn
Waterbury
Conn
Anthony Fiala
Ziegler
North Pole
Money
Mississippi
Senate
Indianola
Frank E. Brady
Imperial Building and Loan Company of
Toledo
Francis J. McKay
Brooklyn
Staten Island
New Jersey
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Steel Foundry
Alliance, C
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal Company
Union Pacific
Omaha
Pacific Coast
Union Oil, Gas and Refining Company
Lima
Dubuque
Hampton and Pringer
Greek
Asia Minor
Laura Wainwright
Warren Fleming
Belleville
Francis G. s.Keene
Milwaukee
Hay
Florence
Italy
Edward C Cramer
Keene
Wisconsin Legislature
Harvard
Roosevelt
State Savings Bank
Butte
Montana
John A. Creighton
John Mitchell
West
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Utah
E. S. Cunningham
Tennessee
Aden
United States
Bergen
Norway
Victor E. Nelson
Minnesota House
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Governor Mickey vetoes first bill in Senate action
The governor vetoed S. F. 29 providing fees to the commissioner of public lands and buildings, calling it unconstitutional as fees would go to the state treasurer. Senate moves on S. F. 30 and other measures, with several bills advanced or postponed and a broad list of committee back for general file consideration.
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Mickey
Warner
Dakota
Louise Bowser
Senate
Congress
United States
S&s
S. F
Senate Committee On
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings
S. PF
S. IF
Senate Proceedings Highlight Multiple Bills and Appointments
The session on the 10th advanced a resolution to appoint a sitting committee with additions from Senators Hastings and Saunders. Several bills were sent to indefinite postponement covering soldiers home management and schools for the deaf and blind, while others moved to general file or final reading. The senate also considered state accounting reforms, a call to elect US senators by popular vote, and varied public works and county measures, with actions continuing on the 12th.
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Harrison
Hastings
Saunders
Milford
School For the Deaf
S. F
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
School For the Blind
S .F
Boards of Supervisors
S. SF
Nebraska
Nebraska Senate reports and passes bills on schools and roads
Standing committees reported several bills including S F 278 and S F 227 restricting school board members from using office for relatives, H R 85 to shield the flag, WH R 240 on state banking board duties, all indefinitely postponed. Other measures passed include S F 116 roads to lands off public routes and S F 171 narrowing road widths. The Senate adjourned for two hours as the Brady elevator bill advanced.
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Senate
Secretary of State Banking Board
United States
Crawford
Neb
Nebraska School
S. F II
Board of Control For Deaf and Dumb and the Blind Institute
House Debates Revenue Bill Amid Tax Exemption Changes
The House met at 2 pm and finished 64 measures on second reading. A 4 pm recess led to a 7 30 session where the revenue bill faced limited amendments. Debate concentrated on sections 19 and 20 about county assessor appointment, with no changes adopted. Section 13 was amended to add frit to the property exemption list. A motion to boost assessment from 20 to 25 percent for section 12 was defeated.
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Asgegsar
Ocena
Sears of Burt
Jenkins of Gopher
House passes final readings on several bills
The Nebraska House, on its tenth day, passed H R 236 tightening Omaha registration laws and H R 123 lifting railroad indebtedness limits, among others. H R 20 raised state banking officials salaries and limited commercial paper use. H R 223 granted Loomis land deed intended for the school fund. The body concurred with a senate inquiry into W H Clock’s storehouse custody. A committee of the whole recommended reducing South Omaha school board members from nine to five, then debated the revenue bill into an evening session.
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House
Gilbert
Douglas
Omaha
Rock
Jouvenat
Boone
State
Nebbaska
Senate
W. H. Clock
Riggs
South Omaha School Board
Nebraska House Debates Tax Reforms and Paving Bill
In a special message Governor Mickey urged $10 000 for paving the south and east sides of the capital square. The committee of the whole considered the general revenue bill and rejected tax changes on foreign surety companies while adopting a broader tax plan for Nebraska insurers. Amendments affecting peddlers and utilities were debated. the substitute peddler tax was adopted. A proposed committee precedence motion was tabled. The Omaha charter bill moved toward third reading as payroll reductions trimmed staff.
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Mickey
Capital Square
Nebraska
Mockett
Loomis
Rouse
Hunter
Gilbert of Douglas
House
Webster
Nelson
Douglas
Have &. F
W. H. Clark
J. H. Jallison
Secretary of State
Homer Gage
Clark
Jallison
Nebraska revenue bill debate ends with Caldwell defeat
Debaters in the Nebraska House resume the revenue bill discussion. Rouse argues for a state revenue fix while Morsman attacks amendments weakening Nebraska rail valuation. Ten Eyck defends fair taxation for railroads as Loomis touts Caldwell as the fusion leader. Caldwell amendment fails 58 to 36. Thompson amendment passes 51 to 36. Loomis sec 87 amendment and Jun %in's box and grain car tax listing are approved.
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House
Rouse
Hall
Nebraska
Morsman
Douglas
Loomis
Caldwell
Ten Eyck
Loomis of
Dodge
Fusion
Thompson
Sears
Sweezy
Mockett
Spurlock
Senators Defeat Di to Amend Slocum Liquor Law
The Nebraska senate postponed a DI amendment to alter the Slocum liquor law on Friday pleasing high license supporters. Law opponents from Dawson Sherman Dakota Furnas Lancaster Thayer Sniine and others argued the 1881 law works well and should be kept. Pemberson of Gage argued a slight amendment would curb annual blackmailer raids on the treasury.
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Senate
Friends
Giffin
Dawson
Wall of Sherman
Warner
Dakota
Hasty
Furnas
O'Neill
Lancaster
Jennings
Thayer
Anderson
Sniine
Pemberton of
Gage
Treasury
Unclear Prose Reflects on Manners and Trouble
Fragmentary reflections compare a mother-in-law’s behavior to a mortgage hitting and suggest men meet trouble when empty. The text uses aphoristic lines about character and consequences without concrete events or identifiable figures.
Nebraska in Brief From York and Surrounding Areas
Local summaries recite a breadth of incidents from York and nearby counties. Labor activity in Omaha aims to build a new project while strikes at Argo starch plant in Nebraska City highlight wage tensions.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Urbana Resident
Veteran Joshua Heller of Urbana Illinois reports kidney relief from Doan's Kidney Pills after treatment at Cunningham Bros drugstore in Champaign. He cites back pain relief and repeated satisfactory results, with a free trial offer and nationwide mail service. Price 50 cents per box.
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Bright
Doan
Joshua Heller
South
Walnut Street
Urbana
Ill
Mr. Heller
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Red Cross Ball Blue Promotes Bright White Clothes
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue with a large 2 on the package priced at 5 cents. Includes a moral line urging not to prolong quarrels and to choose a decisive end rather than ongoing conflict.
Defiance Starch Proves 16 Oz Value Over 12 Oz
Grocers hesitate to stock Defiance Starch due to 12 ounce rivals, but Defiance offers 16 ounce for the same price. No cooking needed. The ad notes even doctors and lawyers are not perfect, though practice helps.
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Defiance
Defiance Starch Ad Claims Superior Long-Lasting Results
An advertisement touts Defiance starch as more flexible and lasting than competing brands, promising not to shake out or blow out and offering one third more product for the same money.
The Trouble With The Average Man At Fifty
A humorous reflection notes that many men over fifty misjudge their own intellect, believing themselves sharper in youth than they actually were, highlighting a wider trend of overconfidence with age.
Senators Biographies in the Fifty-eighth Congress
The directory lists Senator J Frank Allee of Delaware as president of Bay State Gas and aligned with Addicks. Heyburn of Idaho is said to be unmoved by the 1896 silver craze. Ames of Massachusetts notes his grandfather and father by name, and Utah’s new senator states he was married September 17 1884 to Alpha M Eldridge to set the record straight.
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J. Frank Allee
Delaware
Bay State Gas Company
Addicks
Heyburn
Idaho
Ames
Massachusetts
Congress
Benjamin F. Butler
Adelbert F. Ames
Utah
Alpha M. Eldridge
Chicago inventor unveils perpetual thirty six candle light
Chicago inventor George Magrady discovered a glow from a secret chemical four years ago and perfected it by placing it in an airtight globe. He claims the light never fades unless the globe is broken, and a company is formed to manufacture lights of various sizes with a patent hood to cover the globe when not in use.
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Chicago
George Magrady
Magrady
Refused Life Insurance Cited Coffee Cause
A White’s Creek Tenn merchant recounts being rejected for life insurance due to heart irregularities. After replacing coffee with Postum Cereal Coffee he reports normal heart action and cheaper premiums, with Postum endorsed by the Postum Co. of Battle Creek Mich.
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White’s Creek
Tenn
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Nebraska Historical Society
HI. R
Russell F. Loomis
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Lincoln
Wmcclay of
York
Argo Starch
Nebraska City
Charles Wands
Richardson County
F. W. Brown
Byron
Michael Zaksik
South Omaha
Sheriff Curry
Ed Blake
Niobrara
John H. Langdon
Havelock
Langdon
Dawson County
John Groschinzer
Stanton County
Fred Kentner
Humboldt
Gandy
Wm. Devaney
Bradshaw
Pottawattamie County
Iowa
Martin
Johan Elof Johnson
Anselmee
Oskar Kroksgo
Kalmar
Sweden
Republican River
Bartley
Ralph Smith
Dakota City
Samuel Parker
Plattsmouth
England
Parker
Nuckolls
Superior
Smyrna
George W. Williams
Edward Morrison
Office of Register of Deeds
York County
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