Taft unsure on Arizona constitution and tariff reform hopes
News notes Taft may not approve the Arizona constitution. Senator Lorrimer faces bribery probe results. Tariff revision prospects look dim. Wilson nomination rumors debunked. Dr. Neill to Chicago for railroad labor issues. Taft to select candidates for vacancies in U S court. Leroy Sanders jailed for contempt over Seattle Star criticism. Lodge and Aldrich signal openness to piecemeal tariff revision. Peary returns national medals. pension bill risks little support. White House office reorganization to remove politics from staff.
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Washington. R
Taft
Arizona
Lorrimer
Wilson
Turkey
Dr. Neill
U.S
Chicago
United States Court
Leroy Sanders
Seattle Star
Superior Court
Congress Lodge
Aldrich
Peary
National Museum
White House
Congress
Various 1910s items mix in brief summaries
Floods ease in Italy. Bishop Foley consecrated at St Augustine Pia. First American apple congress convenes in Denver. Winnipeg streetcar strike halts service. German war and navy to use aeroplanes. Ohio River navigation closed due to ice. National forests to plant many dew trees. Phonograph replaces choir at a Lexington funeral. Bolivia and Argentina restore friendly relations. A Brazilian navy cane prisoner tours trade fortifications near the Panama nets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Foley
St. Augustine
Pia
Denver
Winnipeg
Ohio River
Lexington
Bolivia
Cane
Panama
Prisoner hold ups and trials across regions
Reports reveal multiple legal actions and incidents including two Syrians indicted, a man known as El Perkins dead at seventy one, and a jail riot quelled in Lima Ohio. Also noted are failed habeas petitions, bank closure in Texas, and protests over Panama canal militarization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pices
Milville D. Landem
el Perkins
Briday
Cerro Prietra
Mexico
Parelle
Cheriton
Supreme Court
Christian Endeavor Union
Sydney
Australia
S. W. Rose
Boloxi
Miss
Lima
San Salvador
Fairbanks
Alaska
Elkarek
Bedourne
Jack Abernathy
Longleiand
Explosion at Grand Central Power House Kills Nine Injured 126
A major blast at Grand Central Station auxiliary power house in Manhattan injures 126 people, kills nine, and causes about 500000 in property damage. Four workers remain missing and believed dead. police probe underway as traffic on the Central railroad halts while the station’s new construction remains intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan Island
Grand Central Station
New York: Central Railroad
Raffles barred in Kansas City after January first
Following talks between Chief Griffin Mayor Brown and the county prosecutor the city bans raffles and selling chances on embroidery or homemade candy at church bazaars. Mayor Brown criticizes church fairs saying they cloak gambling and train children to think it is right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Griffin
Brown
Rochester Bans School Fraternities and Sororities
The Rochester Board of Education abolishes all five fraternities and five sororities in city high schools saying they promote exclusive class distinctions undermine student democracy and hinder regular work while fostering extravagant habits and extra costs. Fraternities have existed since 1879.
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Rochester
N. Y
Board of Education
Rochester High Schools
Niagara Power for London to Spark City Celebration
London Ontario prepares a monster municipal celebration to mark the inauguration of hydro electric power from Niagara Falls. A highlight will be a large banquet at the Dominion Armories as light and power rates for the city will be substantially reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ont
Niagara Falls
Dominion
Trial set for Mrs Dora Doxey in bigamy case
The case of Mrs Dora E B Doxey charged with bigamy is called for trial at Clayton Missouri. She was acquitted months ago in a sensational murder case involving William J Erder. The bigamy charge rests on her alleged marriage to Erder while her husband was Dr Loren B Doxey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Dora EB. Doxey
Clayton
Hold Peace Service in New York at Metropolitan Temple
A peace service was held Sunday night at the Metropolitan Temple in New York under the auspices of the peace society of New York. The Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill presided as pastor during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan Temple
John Wesley Hill
Peace Society’ of
Rate Suspension Delays Lumber Tariffs to April 1911
Washington proposes freight rate suspensions delaying advances on lumber shingles and other forest products to eastbound routes via North Pacific points. The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended tariffs until April 2 1911. the original tariffs would have taken effect December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Pacific
Farm Accident Claims Life of Clearwater Youth
In Clearwater Kansas John Cundiff aged thirteen was instantly killed when a hand power grindstone shattered sending fragments. The fatal incident occurred during work with the tool, authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearwater
Kas
John Cundiff
Earthquake Recorded Near Santa Clara College
An earthquake was detected by seismographs at Santa Clara College observatory in San Jose California on Monday morning. The tremor lasted about one and a half minutes and was felt across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Jose
Santa Clara College Observatory
Nebraska In Brief Highlights Insurance and Local News
The Midwest Life Insurance Company reports over two and a half million in coverage and an annual income of about one hundred thousand dollars in Nebraska, urging residents to consider Nebraska companies. News notes include a York grain office operator who is blind, probate will bonds in Madison County, county superintendency candidacies, a Columbus murder inquiry, a deceased Miss Florence Baer, a York church annex debt-free dedication, Ingleside asylum leadership changes, a Lincoln youth’s suicide attempt, and veterinary appointment favored in Kearney County.
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Midwest Life
M Life
Nebraska
South Tenth Street
Lincoln
Good Grain Company
York
Madison County
J. A. DeWolf
C. N. Abbott
Institute For the Blind
Nebraska City
R.C. King
King Resighing
Charles K. Morse
Auburn
Columbus
Florence Baer
Frank Cleves Welker
Levi’ Cordray
City
William Kern
George James
Ingleside
Hastings
Kern
Dietrich
Savage
Mickey
Sheldon
William Dill
List of Nebraska officials and staff names
A fragmented list mentions several Nebraska figures including Hastings physician F. H. Riegie and second physician Dr. H. R. Carson of Omaha. Also named are J. L. Ashen felter Beatrice surgeon to soldiers home Milford Susan Ward Milford matron at industrial home Milford Dr James G Mull Milford and Grand Island adjutant C G Vanness. Other roles include drug inspector R S Schofield Anoka Monte Robb Mynard penitentiary steward Jefferson Ward Omaha bookkeeper.
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Hiospite
Hastings
F. H. Riegie
West Point
H. R Carson
Omaha
Thas Trial School
Kearney
J. L. Ashenfelter
Beatrice
Milford
Susan Ward
James G. Mu
Industrial Home
Harry J. Wertman
Grand Island
C. G. Vanness
Schofield
Anoka
Monte Robb
Mynard
Jefferson Ward
Attorneys argue Nebraska bank guaranty law before Supreme Court
Attorney General Arthur Mullen and Attorney C. O. Whedon returned from Washington with I. L. Albert of Columbus after presenting Nebraska bank guaranty law before the United States Supreme Court. They report the justices gave careful attention, asked questions, and the lawyers felt hopeful for a constitutional ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mullen
C. O. Whedon
Washington
I. .L. Albert
Columbus
United States Supreme Court
Lincoln
Supreme Court
State Library Needs Space in Historical Society Building
Clerk H C Lindsay reports crowded state library conditions and urges the governor to appropriate the historical society building. He envisions the foundation already laid, with the structure serving the supreme court, state library, traveling library commission, and attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Library
Supreme Court
H. C. Lindsay
Historical Society
Traveling Library Commission
Attorney General
Composition of Next Legislature by Occupation
Based on state secretary filings the senate will include bankers six lawyers eleven merchants six editors one farmers seven physicians one and real estate and insurance two. The house will include farmers thirty seven bankers six merchants twenty ministers one lawyers nine contractors two printers two real estate and insurance seven editors six.
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Secretary of State
Senate
Three New State Banks Chartered in Local Action
The state banking board chartered three new banks. Harrison State Bank in Harrison issued $20,000 paid up capital. Curtis State Bank in Curtis organized with $20,000 paid up capital. Tyron State Bank in Tyron, McPherson County, incorporated with $10,000 capital.
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State Banking Board
Harrison State Bank of
Harrison
Curtis State Bank of
Curtis
Tyron State
Tyron
McPherson County
Tuberculosis Institutions Expand Amid Public Spending Rise
A National Association bulletin reports 16 state sanatoria 23 county and 21 municipal hospitals erected since 1909. Over the past two years state and local funding for TB care more than doubled to a total exceeding $6 million, yet organizers say less than one tenth of needed public provision exists and over 250,000 patients lack proper institutional treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Study and Prevention
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Filing system boosts merchant business in odd anecdote
The agent asks about the new filing system and the merchant answers it works well. The merchant notes they paused business to attend to the filing system. The donkey remains unable to talk, concluding the odd tale.
Coffee as the cause of pale illness and recovery
A reader recalls years of pale thin health linked to daily coffee use. After giving up coffee and starting Postum, health improved within a week and stabilized over five months with fewer headaches and better vitality.
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ERTY
Niagara Power
Mrs. Doxey
C.T. Aldrich
Dr. Bostrom
Minden
Kearney County
New State Banks
G. W. Tibbetta
Adame County
J. A. Ollis, Jr
Lincoln Commission CO
Weet
Beatrice Creamery Co
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