Posters Battle the White Plague Across 46 Cities
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis announces a three month drive to display 20 000 educational posters by the National Bill Posters Association. Donors include the Poster Printers Association and nine paper makers with a campaign value near 100 000 dollars. Posters in six designs explain prevention through fresh air good food and rest while warning of the dangers of bad air overwork and spitting.
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BNI
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention
National Bill Posters’ Association
National Association
Tuberculosis Committee
National Billposters and Distributors
Motherly Advice From Margery at Play
A Margery led doll school prompts children to recite how to keep hands clean and feet clean to avoid accidents. The Metropolitan Magazine provides the bittersweet vignette of a child’s gentle moral instruction echoing home training.
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Margery
Metropolitan Magazine
The Trade Sages Trade and Teach Debate
A wry adage contrasts a professional man with a tradesman who can buy and sell the professor. The line highlights wealth and social mobility through commerce, reflecting attitudes toward occupations and status.
Nebraska News Bits From Across The State
Gala attire at the firemen convention in Alliance. Benson fire destroys $75,000 in property. Census 1920 upcoming. Gordon voters approve sewer electric water bonds. Richard McCann, 74, injured alighting train at Haigler losing a foot. State Sunday school convention June 6 to 8 in Grand Island. Jesse McCoy found guilty of horse stealing. three years hard labor. Hastings hosts 26th annual poultry show with nearly 3,000 birds. Rhemer Claussen children ill with diphtheria near Fremont. one near death. John Johnson of Bloomfield loses two fingers at Emerson. Belgrade sells $18,000 water light bonds. Belgrade project to begin after frost. Buckles, a Rock Island fireman, jailed in Fairbury for court action. Shelton oil well temporarily shut by cold. prospect strong. Promoters drilling 1,300 feet. oil or gas hoped. Rewards offered in Custer County for arson at poor farm and courthouse. A frozen 4 year old Norfolk boy faces amputation. parents speak limited English. Some homesteaders seek extension beyond act. no extra time allowed. Alexander Menard bound over in Kansas bank robbery case. Beattie loan case tied to Marysville hearing. First Christian church of Beatrice to host national officers February 2. Lincoln and Omaha shows booked. Beatrice event substituted. Acre corn show prizes awarded. John Lewiston wins first prize of $26 and ribbon.
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Alliance
Benson
Omaha
Nebraska
Gordon
Richard McCann
Haigler
Nebraska State Sunday School Association
Grand Island
Clay Center
Jesse McCoy
Hastings
Rhemer Claussen
Fremont
John Johnson
Bloomfield
Emerson
Ed McCallum
Nebraska City
Belgrade
United States’ Navy
R. H. Buckles
Rock Island
Fairbury
United States
Shelton
Board of County Supervisors
Custer County
Norfolk
Tashjean
Alexander Ménard
Wymore
Marysville
Kans
First Christian Church of
Beatrice
Brotherhood
National
Lincoln
Eatrice
Acre
New Acre
John Lewiston
Slocum Law Amended Two Sections Changed
A Lincoln conference of county option lawmakers reports harmony as the amended Slocumb law moves by bill. It would allow county boards to submit liquor questions to voters and set thresholds for petitions and timing, aligning with Miller 1909 and Boyd house bills. The measure limits repeat votes for three years and guides amendments in the House and Senate. Paul Morton death noted. Panama Exposition debate seen as federal matter.
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Senate
House
Lindell Hotel
Norton
Pelk
Ollis
Valley
Harmony
Sénate
Boyd
Cobbey
Boyd, Bilh
Sdouse
Friends of
Gustafson Introduces Primary Bill Replacing Withdrawn Measure
A newly introduced primary bill from Gustafson replaces his withdrawn measure due to a term error. The draft excludes the existing law that would let a single candidate appear on the ballot for two parties.
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Gustafson
Hitchcock Is Elected U S Senator In Nebraska
Nebraska legislature votes without Republican opposition to Gilbert M. Hitchcock for U S senator. House 87 to 10 and Senate 20 to 1 favor Hitchcock. Burkett receives ten House votes and one Senate vote against. Members meet in joint session Wednesday.
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock
United States
Nebraska
House
Senate
Burkett
Mr. Hitchcock
Oregon
Birkett
Hitchcock Declared Elected Senator for Nebraska
The two journals certified Mr. Hitchcock as elected United States senator from Nebraska for the term beginning March 4, 1911. His selection follows formal confirmation by the journals and marks the start of the new Senate tenure.
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Hitchcock
United States
Nebraska
Evans Plans Broad Primary Reform and Tax Move
Evans of Adams will introduce a bill expanding the primary system to elect delegates to national and state conventions with a presidential preferential vote. The Senate began action on ratifying the proposed Sixteenth Amendment. Juror pay would rise from $2 to $3 daily, and cities over 5,000 could adopt their own charters. A House revenue panel discussed county and township assessor measures with charges anticipated.
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Evan
Evans
Adams
Senate
United States
House Committee On Revenue and ‘Taxation
Outside Room Sought For House Committees
Crowded state house drives standing committees to seek meeting rooms elsewhere outside the building. Strong entities include state house and house committees seeking alternative spaces due to crowding.
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State House
Will Amend Jansen Bill on Truth Companies in State
Senate judiciary committee to amend Senator Jansen’s bill creating truth companies in the state. The bill, drafted before the supreme court ruled the bank guarantee act constitutional, seeks proposed changes for compliance.
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Jansen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Senate committee backs home rule charter amendment
The constitutional amendments committee recommends passage of a bill by Senator Reagan granting all cities with over 6,000 population the right to create their own charters.
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Senate
Skiles
Reagan
Committee On
Senate judiciary panel backs state constitutional convention bill
The judiciary committee reported S. F. 18 by Kemp of Nance favoring a state constitutional convention. The bill moves to the general file as the first measure to advance from committee after prior inaction.
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Judiciary Committee
Senate
Kemp
Nance
Securing Eggs in Autumn Hens Housed in Dry Shed
A Desert Farmer writer details autumn poultry feeding. Leghorn hens, once thriving on a wheat bran corn mix, show reduced laying as days shorten. To counter moult and slump, a large dry shed was prepared, hens confined, straw littered, and small seeds plus fresh white clover fed twice daily to stimulate laying.
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Desert Farmer
Sanitary Chicken Roost Design with Quick Cleaning
A Popu lar Mechanics idea by W. A. Jaquyth describes a removable roost setup. Round rails avoid insect habitats and attach to walls with two vertical screw eyes spaced evenly. Each roost end has a hook or nail for simple placement and removal.
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W. A. Jaquyth
Poultry notes on breeds and egg production themes
A fragmented note discusses starting egg order campaigns in February, improving the egg industry, and using good care to vary breed performance. It mentions Plymouth Rocks, six month weights, and feeding practices like sharing apples with hens and pigs.
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Plymouth Rocka
Nurse Praises Cuticura Remedies For Skin Cures
A Malden Massachusetts nurse extols Cuticura Remedies role in healing eczema salt rheum ringworm and boils. She cites a child with facial eczema cleared after one set and notes improvements in her husband toe nail burn scars and rheumatic arm stiffness. She offers to supply names of referenced individuals.
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Margaret Hederson
Highland Ave
Malden, Mass
Di rigible balloon idea turns on bigger equilibrator
Tell, Wellman. So you have a new idea for a di rigible balloon. Yes. Make the equilibrator larger, put a motor into it, and let it pull the balloon.
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Tell, Wellman
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