Missouri Pacific to elevate Omaha belt line with culverts
The Missouri Pacific railroad plans to raise the belt line tracks in western Omaha and build three concrete culverts over Dodge Douglas and Farnam streets at a cost of 200000 dollars. Summary of local events includes a life sentence for J F Connell in the Sunol murder case and other regional notes.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Dodge
Douglas
Farnam
J. F. Connell
Iasmont
Colo
Ira C. Paup
Sunol
Neb
Connell
Granger Lukens
Denver
Paup
Paul Vasik
State Bank of
Luukens
Pancho Villa Moving North From Tejoloca chic
Francisco Villa and his main command are located eighty miles south of the American base in Tejoloca chic Mexico. General Trevino's scouts report Villa moving north with his forces.
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Francisco Villa
Tejolocachic
Mexico
Trevino
Villa
Morse Telegraph Line Connects New York and Baltimore
The First Telegraph reports that Professor Morse successfully operated the first telegraph line on May 27, 1844, linking New York and Baltimore.
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Professor Morse
New York
Baltimore
Kronstadt Taken and Front Movements Across Europe
The report states Kronstadt recaptured by German forces and Transylvania's commercial center now under Teutonic control while Romanian troops retreat to the Carpathians. In Dobrudja Russians and Romanians advance against Teutonic allies as artillery duels continue in Macedonia and the Austro Italian front. On the western front the British seize Lesars and edge near Courcelette and Gueudecourt as trenches change hands near Lesboeufs.
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Kronstadt
Fogaras
Hermannstadt
Carpathian
Transylvania
Dobrudja
Macedonia
France
Lesars
Courcelette
Gueudecourt
Lesboeufs
Kidnapers Hunted After Denver Miner Son Abduction
Police pursue a gang of six to eight kidnappers who abducted Robyn M Perry son of a Denver mining man and a Columbia graduate from his cabin. A ransom of 15000 is demanded. Wires near Middle Creek Colorado were cut and a citizens posse led by Sheriff Chivington has no news. A man shot during Perry escape remains unidentified with a second skull wound thought to be self inflicted to hide other abductors. The wound from Perry’s escape was not fatal.
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Robyn M. Perry
Denver
Columbia University
Middle Creek
Colorado
Chivington
Perry
A Powerful Romance in The Birth of a Nation
The Birth Of A Nation portrays Ben Cameron and Elsie Stoneman as star-crossed lovers amid wartime divides. Lynch schemes to wed Elsie and dominate the South with a “black empire” while Cameron’s forces intervene to rescue Elsie, prompting brutal clashes and a climactic battle that reverberates with themes of pride, race, and loyalty.
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Ben Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Elsie Stoneman
Lillian Gish
Stoneman
Shearts
Cameron
Lynch
Hisse
Elsie
D. W. Griffith
Making a Big Catch in Midwest Car Theft Ring
Omaha police say four men and a woman linked to a gang stealing hundreds of cars across the Midwest. Arrests occurred in Omaha and Sioux City, naming Mrs. Louis Assinan, B F Godard, ID Sullivan, D C Reitz, and E Hardy, plus A L Assinan, Harry Goddard, Bert Wright, and Carl Hogland in Sioux City. Des Moines arrests expected.
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Omaha
Middle West
Sioux City
Louis Assinan
B. F Godard
ID. Sullivan
Armour
S. D
D. C. Reitz
E Hardy
Nebraska farmers near completion of winter wheat seeding
The weekly Burlington crop report says eastern Nebraska has nearly finished plowing and seeding winter wheat despite high winds and dry ground. A large acreage of winter grain is forecast for Omaha Lincoln and Wymore divisions, while western Nebraska reports only about half the seeding done.
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Nebraska
Burlington
Omaha
Lincoln
Wymore
President Wilson Attends Omaha War Commemoration
President Wilson spoke at a large Omaha event marking a wartime effort and Nebraska statehood centennial. Enthusiastic attendance matched only by the Inaugural, with a history pageant at the Auditorium and a final reception as given after speeches. The party departed for Shadow Lawn soon after.
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Wilson
Omaha
Washington
Nebraska
Shadow Lawn
Studied insult echoes in old Louisville note
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet quotes a sharp exchange with racial and gendered undertones. The joke centers on a man overheard asking a girl about a studied insult and a card reading sweets to the sweet. The line ends with a lemon drops gift.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Clear Infinity as Everlasting Vastness and Unfathomable Depth
Ruskin in Modern Painters asserts that what we call vastness is not more wondrous than what we call small. He argues the Infinity of God is not mysterious but unfathomable, not hidden but incomprehensible, a clear infinity like a dark, pure sea.
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Ruskin
Fight Against German Chancellor Raises Growing Pressure
A German circular demanding the retirement of Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg circulated among Reichstag members open to opposition ideas. Attacks target his pursuit of any accord with England, stance on Belgian neutrality, and submarine policy. Ernst Haeckel is the notable international name among signers, with the document viewed as symptomatic rather than serious.
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
Reichstag
England
Ernst Haeckel
Wheat crop yields and values for Nebraska in 1916
Nebraska reports winter wheat production totaling 65 365,691 bushels valued at 78,433,525 dollars based on 1.20 per bushel. Acres planted fell by 352,574 from 1915, but yield rose 1.6 bushels per acre. Chase county led with 34.6 bushels per acre, Devel followed at 29.5.
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Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture
Chase County
Devel
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Sidney, Neb
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Fla
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Red Cloud
A. Kimberling
Hi. M. Crane
Karl Spence
Supreme Court of
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Sherif Cain
Challis
Idaho
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Dakota City
Kate Nichole
Laurel
DeVore
South Sioux City
Interstate Commerce Commission
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