Kelley Named Speaker as Kemp Becomes Senate President
In a Nebraska legislature ballot Kelly secured the speaker position after a vote showing McKissick 13 Potts 2 Regan 7 Fuller 1 and Kelly 23 with 28 necessary for choice. McKissick backed Kelly on motion making the selection unanimous. J H Mockett named minority floor leader and Dennis Cronin received ten votes for chief clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
J. H. Mockett
Lincoln
House
Reppublicans
Dennis Cronin
O'Neill
Mortality in the 67th Congress Report
Mortality records have been broken during the present congress. Since the sixty-second congress began Vice President Sherman, six senators and sixteen representatives have died. One representative elect, Joel Cooke of Pennsylvania, died before the congress convened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sherman
Joel Cooke
Pennsylvania
Sher
Jews in Palestine Develop Hardier Wheat Varieties
Jewish settlements in Palestine report new wheat varieties capable of cultivating vast desert lands in America. Aaron Aaronson, fresh from Haifa where a Jewish agricultural station operates, announced the hardy wheat’s discovery and its promising adaptability.
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Palestine
Chicago
America
Aaron Aaronson
Haifa
Congress Debates Tariffs and Campaign Powers in Session
The report covers Senate and House actions including Bristow's industrial commission bill, anti-injunction debates, impeachment progress on Archbald, tax and health cost inquiries, tariff hearings, and the money trust committee's resumed work. It notes the Rockefeller matter, postal cost probes, and a Saturday session with observance for Senator Jeff Davis.
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Bristow
Industrial Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Samuel Gompers
Judiciary Committee
Archbald
Works
Treasury
Kenyon
Hitchcock
House
Ways and Means Committee
Trust
Harrison
New York
Commerce Committee
Rockefeller
Senate
Southern Veterinarians
Committee On Agriculture
Clapp
Oliver Post
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Pujo
Money Trust
William Rockefeller
Peace talks stagger as Turkish stance hardens near Adrianople
Deadlock at peace talks deepens as Turkey and Balkan delegates refuse concessions. If Turkey yields on Constantinople and key fortresses, minor issues may be settled. Also reported are U S proposals for government farm loan bonds at up to 4 percent and Senate farewells by Senator Bailey with dynamite case updates in Indianapolis.
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London
Turkey
Balkan
Ottoman Empire
Adrianople
Washington
Bathrock
Ohio
Taft
Bureau of Farm Loans
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Increased parcel post stamp output to ten million daily
Washington reports Postmaster General Hitchcock has ordered the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to double daily parcel post stamp production from 5 million to 10 million. Requisitions pour in nationwide by mail and telegram for more stamps as officials see no service disruption.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Postoffice
Quiet Inauguration Marks New York Governor Ham Sulser
Ham Sulser of New York began his term as governor with a restrained ceremony. At his request there was no military parade or governor's salute, only a constitutional procedure and a gathering of notable figures.
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Ham Sulser
New York
Empire State
Patrons to Elect Postmasters in Third District
Democrats in sixty towns without civil service postmasters will vote in primaries to choose postmasters with final selection by Congressman Dan V. Stephens. A Central City primary yielded BE. H. Bishop as the winner by one vote. Culbertson Nebraska representative W. Taylor died at his home Friday morning. New York City saw almost $1,900,000 spent on a tuberculosis campaign in 2012, up about 29 percent from 2011 according to the annual expenditure report.
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Washington
Dan V. Stephens
Stephens
Central City
BE. H. Bishop
Lesbery
New York
United States
Nebraska Teachers Insurance Plan and State Bill Outlook
Nebraska teachers approve a new state insurance company with Pickman of Seward named general manager and auditor sanctions. A Good Roads bill proposes abolishing the irrigation board and placing duties with the highway commission. Tennessee seeks capitol annex info from Nebraska. A probation system for minor offenders may be introduced. Douglas County reports 61000 in November state collections and pending school apportionment.
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Plckman of
Seward
Withiam Ritchieta
Hoth
Barton
W. H. Howard
State Board of Irrigation
State Highway Commission
Pay Lact Assessment for State Banks and History Building Plan
The state banking board levied a last one fourth of one percent assessment on average deposits for the bank guaranty fund, totaling 201,730 from 696 banks with average deposits of 92,981,604 for the six months ending December 1, 1912. Secretary C S Paine of the Historical Society seeks 600,000 for a new building to house the society and state library, to remove the library from the capitol and ease crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank Guaranty Deposit Fund
State Banking Board
C. 8. Paine
State Historical Society
Society
State Library
Capitol
Those Peruna Testimonials How Are They Obtained
Letter from Mrs. Alice Bogle of Circleville Ohio praising Peruna for catarrh relief after using six bottles. Claims Peruna benefited her family and notes availability at drug stores and a free Peruna Almanac.
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Peruna
Alice Bogle
Clinton &J
Circleville
Ohio
No Longer Selects the Hat by Congressman Moss
Indiana Congressman Ralph W. Moss disliked his wife’s hat. They visited a millinery shop where he finally chose a bonnet and paid forty dollars. He later admitted his wife should buy her own hats and stopped complaining about plain headwear.
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Ralph W. Moss
Indiana
Lark Wakefulness and Quiet Counsel Across Days
A fragmented reflection notes a young man rising early to tend a lark and a mentor figure offering soothing counsel. It muses on balancing advice with self care, and on dedication amid labor and personal search for love, suggesting inner calm amid disruption.
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Kelley
Kemp
Congress
Wilson
Agricultural Committee
Agricultural Department
Bathrick
Representative Flood
Virginia
Whitelaw
York
J. Bailey
Texas
Colquit
Joe” Bailey
Lone Star
Indianapolis
Ind
Anderson
W. N. Harding
Herbert
Hocking
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Joe Bailey
of Parcels Post
Thomas Marehall
Assembly of
Congress of the United States
Jachaowrike, Fia
Resk
Jadenh
Apap
NEW Casualty Association For
Nebraska
A. P. Foster
Nashville Industrial Bureau
Wall
Tennessee
Wait
Justice Courts
Prevey
Linccoln
Douglas County
Goidiere
Runa Almanac
B. Hartman
Hubby
Mia
Winston
Arters Ives
Paxton
South
Omaha
Lincoln Sanitarium
Tenderness
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