Vast World News In Brief From Early 1900s
The Prussian plan to link the Rhine Weser and Elbe by canal. Iowa bonds make insurance sound. German Beirut report: Christian massacre continues. Queensland government resigns over tax votes. Emperor uses snow peak as paperweight. New York tobacco traders accused of smuggling. Berlin belt makers vote for nine hour day and higher pay. Carnegie eyes Bannockburn for preservation. Rev Alvah Hovey dies after paralysis. Baron Toll missing after polar voyage. Dr Risch arrested over minister gambling claim. San Francisco value up 30 percent. fatal electrocution in Los Angeles. Mayor Low may run third party. Des Moines official to distribute St Louis Expo funds. Belgrade mob opposes army defectors. Iowa duped by fraudster Mason Nashon. Lockyer urges massive university funding. Sultan’s annual spend about 30 million. wardrobes and gifts take large shares. 1538 Massachusetts celebrants reunite in Boston. DeWet leads Boer political movement in Orange River Colony.
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Berlin
Germany
Andrew Carnegie
Bannockburn
Stirling
Scotland
Alvah Hovey
Newton
Mass
Baron Toll
St. Petersburg
Steeborg
Bennet Island
Risch
Jever
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Oldenburg Residenzboten, Accusing Herr Ruhstrat
San Francisco
State Board of Equalization
Caleb A. Hunt
Home Telephone
Los Angels
Hunt
Hartford
Kan
New York Evening Post
Low
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert Fullerton
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Belgrade
Servia
Legation
Po Nce
Martin Mason
Martin Nashon
Marshalltown
Norman Lockyer
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Turkey
Boutwell
Silas Dean
Robert T. Davis
Massachusetts
Boston
Massachusett
General DeWet
Orange River
Colony
Presidents order independent post office probe report
President Roosevelt directs a thorough, independent investigation into Seymour Tulloch’s charges against Washington DC post office management. Charles Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad examine merits, aim to vindicate or convict, with a report to the attorney general later this week. No prosecution expected due to statute limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Seymour W. Tulloch
Washington, D. C
Post Office
Charles J. Bonaparte
Holmes Conrad
Bristow
Conrad
Messrs
Bonaparte
Treasury
Postoffice
Tulloch
Postoffice Investigation Nearing End Says Payne
Postmaster General Payne said the federal grand jury in Washington will complete the postoffice cases, leaving only New York matters to be closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Payne
Federal
Maters
New York
Booker urged to open kitchen and dining training at Tuskegee
The International Stewards' Association adopted a resolution in Indianapolis urging Booker T. Washington to establish a training school for kitchen and dining room staff at the Tuskegee Institute.
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Booker
Indianapolis
Ind
International Stewards’ Association
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Attempt on King Peter Reported in Nish
Special dispatches from Vienna indicate an unconfirmed incident near Nish on Saturday. Reported details allege stones struck the royal carriage and a pistol fired from a window, with rumors of military orders involving the Sixth Servian regiment.
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Peter
Vienna
Nish
Right Rev Thomas Clark Dies at 91 in Rhode Island
Right Rev Thomas March Clark bishop of Rhode Island and elder of the Episcopal Church in the United States died suddenly at his Middleton home. He was born July 4 1812 in Newburyport Massachusetts and served in Grace Church Boston Trinity Church Boston St Andrews Philadelphia and Hartford before being consecrated bishop of Rhode Island in 1854 and retired from active duties in 1898.
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Thomas Clark
Newport
R. 1
Thomas March Clark
Rhode Island
Middleton
Bishop Clark
Newburyport
Mass
Grace Church
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Andrew’s Church
Trinity Church
Church of Christ
Hartford, Conn
Rhodde Island
Blooded Balkan Tensions Rise Toward Possible War
Special dispatches from the near east report growing danger of war with Bulgaria. Sofia notes commendable restraint by Prince Ferdinand. Macedonian fighting shows extermination operations by Turkish and insurgent forces. Powers hesitate to act until the czar and Emperor meet in Vienna. Insurgents total about 26,000 well armed men.
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London
Near East
Balkans
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Sofia
Ferdinand
Macedonia
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Dipping Order Modified for Unaffected Sheep
In Cillieyenne Wyoming the board of sheep commissioners on Tuesday modified the dip order after protests by owners. Flocks not affected by scab may have clean bills of health and inspection starts immediately.
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Cilieyenne
Wyo
Board of Sheep Commissioners
Hanna a Live Man Still
Cleveland reports say Senator Hanna denies a relapse, insists he is still attending to business daily though not fully recovered, disputing sensational newspaper claims of worsening illness.
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Cleveland, O
Hanna
Great Western Introduces Regular Omaha Trains
The Great Western begins normal passenger and freight runs from Omaha. Local notes report Esther Grimm injured by a mowing machine near Norfolk. Elmer Russell arraigned for incest and bound over to district court. Mrs. L. F. Denn dies from injuries after burns. Burlington workers gain wage increases. Shelton votes bonds for water works. several local incidents of fire, theft, and legal actions are noted across the region.
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Great Western
Omaha
Esther
Fred Grimm
Norfolk
St. Edward
Elmer Russell
L. F. Denn
L. F. Dunn
Florence Lumber and Coal Company
James G. Stokes
McCook
Ed Crossman
Inayale
Red Cloud
Board of Insanity
Lincoln
Burlington
William Drusker
Beemer
G. Karlen
Wm. Reynolds
Hall County
J. A. Ross
Reynolds
Reynnlds
Shelton
Morris Norris
Stella
John Pollock
Beatrice
F. A. Wylie
Falls City
al. Peterson
Randolph
Peterson
Edholm
Saunders County
West
Schuyler
Alex Gibson
Nebraska City
Michael Morris
Joseph Keller
District Court of
W. H. Medlar
Alexander
Minn
York County
Circus Cowboy Weds Heiress After Heroic Rescue
Arthur L. Roberts of Holland Nebraska married Miss Ethel Gould in Cortland County after he corralled a frightened horse during a Main's Circus parade. Roberts, a cowboy, lassoed the mare to shield Miss Gould from danger, leading to a swift engagement and wedding.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Arthur L. Roberts
Holland
Lancaster County
Neb
Main
Ceircus
Ethel Gould
Cortland County
Roberts
Miss Gould
Sarpy County Mortgages August 1903
Papillion records show Sarpy county mortgage activity for August 1903. Farm mortgages filed total 16900 with 17775 released. Town mortgages filed 2923 released 1025. Chattel mortgages filed 533190 released 2695.
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Sarpy County
Papillion
Nebraska Woman Killed by Train Near Oakland
Mrs. Frederick Ilman, 72, a German native, was struck and killed by a local train in Oakland. She was traveling from Nebraska to Southern California with her husband when the accident occurred.
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Nebraska
Oakland
Frederick Ilman
Germany
Hillman
California
Fremont Canal Route Survey Progress Report
L D Richards received a letter from Kelly Engineering Co New York stating the Fremont canal route plans surveys and estimates are progressing satisfactorily but slowly. The report will be completed and submitted to the determining board late this month or early next. the board will then require several weeks to act.
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Fremont
L. D. Richards
Kelly Engineering Company
New York
Fremont Canal
Settlers Prepare to Fight Suit Over Boyd County Land
Lincoln state agencies move to contest an injunction blocking the Boyd county land transfer. The dispute covers about 2700 acres with rental value estimated at 3000 to 4000 dollars, tied to a board of education lands and funds resolution authorizing action.
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Lincoln
Fowler
Boyd County
Board of Education, Lands and Funds
Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings
Farmer files libel suit over elopement rumor
Nelson J. S. Machem, a farmer living about three miles from town, hires R. D. Sutherland to sue for criminal libel over reports claiming he eloped with a neighbor's daughter. He says he has not left home except brief days helping neighbors threshing and hay-making.
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Nelson
J. S. Machem
R. D. Sutherland
Miss Eldora Sinks Inherits $500 000 from Colorado Springs Miner
Miss Eldora Sinks of Marengola was notified she inherits the entire estate of B. J. Thompson, a Colorado Springs mine owner who died with no heirs. Three years ago, Sinks met Thompson during a Western visit with friends and spent the summer there. The death notice confirms the bequest of $500000.
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Eldora Sinks
Marengola
B. J. Thompson
Colorado Springs
Thompson
Miss Sinks
Colorado
An Early Chamberlain Speech
An account from Chamberlain’s college days describes his reluctance to speak. At a debate, he mounted the platform bowed and said nothing, provoking laughter as the future colonial secretary faded from view without uttering a word.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Arthur Balfour
Art of Restful Poise Promoted by Postum Coffee Substitute
An advertisement extols a holistic path to calm nerves and health through quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. It urges the stomach as keystone, claims coffee harms mood, and touts doctors and a Battle Creek company backing Postum with testimonials and a pamphlet titled The Road to Wellville.
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Indiana
Postum
Postum Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Weser
Elbe
Beirut
Queensland
Africa
Bonaparte and
Post Office Department
Prof. Langley
Langley
Manley
Prof
General Nebraska News
Netraska
Nodrick
War Albert
Rodrick
Glasgow Municipal Commission On the
Circus
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