Senate anti pass bill faces house amendments and passage
Senate action on anti pass measure spurs house debate with aims to tighten eligibility and bar surgeons and attorneys from transportation use. A pure food bill S 64 advanced with changes granting druggists immunity if a guaranty is provided. Terminal taxation battle ends in senate with 23 to 6 vote, railroads disappointed as hopes to recommit fail, bill moves to house for first reading Monday alongside Clarke bill.
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Senate
House
McKesson
Caste
Sibley
Lincoln County
Committee On Revenue
Senate Reconsiders Anti Lobby Bill And Passes Liability Reform
The state senate revisits the anti lobby bill H R 18 at the governor’s request, after its return from the house it is referred to the judiciary committee for amendments. Governor Sheldon signs the employers liability bill limiting fellow servant rules and allowing jury appraisal of negligence for railroad workers. The university levy includes a revolving fund of 5000 dollars to buy textbooks wholesale for students in Lincoln, aiming to ease high book costs.
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State Senate
House
King of Polk
McKesson of
Lancaster
Committee of the Whole
Sheldon
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burlington Relief Department
State University
Regents
Lincoln
Senate leaders clash over soldiers homes report and precinct assessors
President Saunders won a battle to reverse the soldiers homes committee report deferring S F 439. The measure would allow the governor to appoint the home commandant and staff, with the commandant required to be an ex soldier. Aldrich of Butler backed the report. In the house a fight over returning to the old precinct system of assessorship ended with the committee of the whole recommending passage. Johnson of Saline introduced the bill to abolish county assessors in counties under 20 000 and create elected precinct assessors in all counties, with section 8 kept.
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Saunders
Senate
Committee On Soldiers’ Homes
Aldrich
Butler
Johnson
Saline
Ballot Column Format Postponed in Legislature
A bill to print official ballots in two or more columns was indefinitely postponed after debate. Opponents argued it would complicate voting and risk neglect of second columns. The Sunday baseball measure also died, ending related state action.
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Aldrich
Sackett
House
Senate
Lincoln
Nebraska House Passes Railway Commission Bill Without Dissent
The bill passed the house with ten members absent and a 90 to 0 vote. Fusion members announced they favored enacting commodity maximum freight rate laws to align Nebraska rates with neighboring states, while the legislature considers this change.
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Railway Commission
House
Fusion
Nebraska
Senate Backs Child Labor Law After Farm Exemptions
The senate backs Clarke's H. R. No. 9 after amendments to exclude general farming with beet growing as the exception. Farmers initially feared farm chores would be hindered but objections were removed, leading to a favorable report on the bill.
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Senate
Clarke
Senate backs expansion of state supreme court to seven judges
The senate passed Senator King's bill calling for seven supreme court judges at 4500 dollars a year and also raised district judge salaries from 2500 to 3000 dollars a year to handle the state’s growing legal workload.
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Supreme Court
Senate
King
Senator Burns Seeks Indefinite Postponement on Three Insurance Bills
Chairman Burns of Lancaster announced three insurance committee bills with a recommendation for indefinite postponement. The senate overrode the reports and placed the bills on general file after extensive debate.
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Burns of Lancaster
The
Insurance Committee
Senate
Douglas County Jail Feeding Bid Bill Recommended
After long hearings the house committee on fees and salaries recommends a bill to let Douglas County set jail feeding contracts by selecting the best bid.
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Douglas County
Committee On Fees and Salaries of
House
County Board of
Statewide education fight over optional free text book law
State Superintendent McBrien and allies clash with a house plan to make free text book compliance optional. Gibson bills move to bar brewers and distillers from saloon interests, with senate committee action favoring the measure. Thames of Douglas fails to strike the saloon provision as Gibson notes brewers own thirty six of eighty six South Omaha saloons.
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McBrien
Gibson
Senate Committee
Thames
Douglas
South Omaha
Home vs the City: Support Local Merchants Now
Arthur M. Frowden argues that mail order houses drain $200,000,000 from local towns to Chicago firms. He urges residents and leaders to invest in rural delivery, local shops, and town papers to strengthen community prosperity and social welfare. He cites Gov. Folk on growing country towns and stresses brotherhood and interdependence.
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Alfred C. Clark
Chicago
Gov. Folk
Missouri
Lebanon
Green Bay
Arthur M. Frowden
Fortunate Men of Prominence in Wealth Bequests
Admirers shower wealth on famous figures. The German emperor tops a list of beneficiaries with long-term gains. Kaiser William’s chancellor is described as a millionaire in waiting, while William Jennings Bryan and others receive bequests. Lord Allerton and Dr. Jameson are noted for sizable inheritances. Queen Victoria’s wealthiest admirer left 1.25 million to her.
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Lst
Hamburg
Kaiser William
Prince’ Buelow
William Jennings Bryan
England
Lord Allerton
Dr. Jameson
Bell
Queen Victoria
Nield
Skylight Studio Dream Ends in Snowbound Realities
A woman seeks an ideal skylight studio in a New York tenement. She fixes a sunlit space with translucent paper and colors, hosts a fancy gathering, and endures a cold, comic reveal as the view proves a wash-strewn nightmare. She ends in a tiny Washington Square room, bruised but wiser.
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New York
Rembrandt
St. Cecilia
Washington Square
Welsh Rabbit in a French Café Sparks Ragtime Nightmare
A humorous exchange unfolds as a diner orders a Welsh rabbit in a French restaurant. She jokes about the cheese being similar yet wonders what the dish might reveal in a surreal ragtime nightmare, while others question the choice.
Tin Use in United States 1906 Totals and Supplies
The United States consumed 42,800 tons of tin in 1906 with 2,182 tons in stock at year end. Bolivia shipments rose by 3,000 tons, Cornwall by 700 to 1,000 tons, and Australia by 1,000 tons, lifting European and American supply for the year to about 93,509 tons.
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United States
Bolivia
Cornwall
Australia
Sciatica Cure Report From Mr Spaulding’s Recovery
Longview Texas locomotive engineer Herbert E Spaulding describes years of crippling sciatic pain following a knee and spine injury. After ineffective treatment he credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with his cure after six boxes, returning to work and no relapse. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady NY.
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Herbert E. Spaulding
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway
Longview
Texas
Sciatica
Hot Springs
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