Ladies Attend Social Events Across Week in Oklahoma
Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis hosted Bridge for Mrs. Lowe’s aunt Mrs. Burress of Kansas City. Mrs. Cicero Allen gave a dinner for Miss Irene McLernon. Mrs. Lowe held an informal gathering for her aunt Mrs. Burress. Dorcas Society and guests visited Mrs. Hugh Moore’s Marlowe home on September 7 with auto and train travel, hay wagons, watermelons, and a fine lunch. honored guest Miss Currey of Pittsburg.
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Elizabeth Ellis
Bridge
Lowe
Mrs. Burress
Kansas City
Cicero Allen
Irene McLernon
Hugh Moore
Marlowe
Farmers Plea for Back to Farm Movement at Kansas Congress
The third annual conservation congress in Kansas City drew about 3,500 delegates as Governor Hadley urged advanced farming methods and Henry Wallace pressed for social improvements on farms. President Taft spoke on soil conservation and forecast a larger back to the land movement, noting education as key to boosting food supply while defending U.S. ability to feed itself.
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Kansas
Hadley
Missouri
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Congress
United States
Europe
Thomas R Shipp
Taft
Broker Slain by Wife in Denver Suburb
Charles A. Patterson, once a wealthy Chicago broker, was shot and killed by his wife Gertrude G. Patterson in a Denver suburb. Authorities cite alleged infidelity and threats of divorce as primary motives amid ongoing marital troubles.
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Denver
Charles A. Patterson
Chicago
Gertrude G. Patterson
Toledo Aviator Miller Dies After Air Display Fire
Forced into the air by jeers from thousands, Toledo aviator H. Miller rose at the Miami county fair grounds in Troy O then a gasoline explosion set his plane ablaze at about 200 feet. He perished as spectators watched.
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Rank H. Miller
Toledo
Miami County Fair
Troy
Unionist Leaders Confer Resolve Against Home Rule
In Belfast on September 27 a conference of Unionist leaders adopted resolutions refusing to acknowledge any home rule government. A committee was named to draft a provisional Ulster government and to sustain it.
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Belfast
Ireland
Ulster
Stephenson Investigation Subpoenas Served for Senate Inquiry
Henry Webber, assistant to the Senate sergeant at arms, completes service of subpoenas on witnesses for the Stephenson investigation led by a Senate committee. The inquiry is slated to begin in October.
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Stephenson
Henry Webber
United States Senate
Senate
Improvement Society at Work in Woodstock
The Woodstock Improvement Society, founded in 1903, led a campaign to clean and beautify the town with street trees, trimmed triangles and squares, park upkeep, and a transformed Resurrection park from a dumping ground. It hired workers for street sweeping, collected garbage, and charged households for removal services while maintaining a dump yard.
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Woodstock
Wt.) Improvement Society
Improvement Society
Iife
E. T. Emmons
First Convocation at University of Nebraska Draws Taft Visit
Lincoln sept 28 Chancellor Samuel Avery condemned university social intoxicants while praising moral character of Nebraska institutions. Rep George W Norris of the Fifth district has not replied to an invitation to join Lincoln reception for President Taft next Monday, with bipartisan planning to welcome the president during his two hour stay.
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Lincoln
Taft
Samuel Avery
University of Nebraska
R. T. Crane
Chicago
Avery
East
Crane
Atlantic
Nebraska
Congress
George W. Norris
Fifth District
Norris
Red Willow County
Hanneman Granted Divorce in Local Court Case
Judge L M Pemberton adjourned the district at Fairbury with next session Oct 23. The Hanneman divorce dominated the term amid heated argument, ending in Hanneman being granted a divorce and his wife receiving 5000 alimony. The couple own a valuable quarter section of land north of Jansen.
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L. M. Pemberton
Fairbury
Hanneman
Pemberton
Jansen
Union Pacific Sued for $50,000 in Death Case
Ella Huxtell, widow of Fred J. Huxtell, sues Union Pacific in Lincoln district court for $50,000 claiming her husband, an engineer, was ordered to move from the round house to his engine during a snowstorm. He allegedly stepped on ice at a water crane platform, was struck by a switch engine, and killed near Sidney on New York's day.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Lincoln
Ella Huxtell
Fred J. Huxtell
Sidney
New York
Huxtell
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H. W. Longfellow
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Yellowstone
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Omaha
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Conservation Congress
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Kansas Supreme Court
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United Kingdom
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AT Work
Nebraska News
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EF C. Beebe
Grapen Block
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Henry E. Gapen
Cheyenne Co
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Hoacuanp
W. V. Hoacuamp
Hoagland & Hoagland
North Pla atTe
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I Jeroy Martin
First National Bank
Prank L. Doty
1St National Bank
A A. Sharp
P. O
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P. H. E. Mantor
Sidney, Nrs
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Kruse
Rose Street
C. J. Hellwig
North Side
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Colorado Springs
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Burlington
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