Missouri tornado toll rises with dozens dead in storm
A central west Missouri storm Saturday left numerous towns wrecked and many injured. At least twenty nine people are confirmed killed with additional fatalities reported in Bates county between Merwin and Adrian. Creighton and Leeton in Johnson county each report two dead. further deaths unverified.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Bates County
Merwin
Adrian
Creighton
Casa County
Leeton
Johnson County
No Quarter for Either Side in Chicago Convention
Chicago swarms with Taft and Roosevelt fervor as delegates surge into the convention city. Enthusiasm runs high, hotels fill, brass bands blare, and neither side shows willingness to compromise. The clash for the Republican nomination is described as the bitterest in the party’s history with the outcome unsettled.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Taft
Taft favored in Chicago as Aldrich predicts renomination unlikely
Governor Aldrich and fellow Republicans who attended the national convention in Chicago reported that Taft held most contests while Aldrich himself doubted a Taft renomination. He believed a third man could emerge as a strong candidate for the presidential nomination.
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Aldrich
Roosevelt
National Committee
Chicago
Taft
Titanic Disaster Inquiry Opens New Wireless Dispatch Evidence
At the resumption of the Board of Trade inquiry in London Sir Rufus Isaacs announced plans to submit to the court the wireless dispatch reporting a sighting of the Titanic on its route. The note concerns J Bruce Ismay in his role as managing director.
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London
Board of Trade
Rufus Isaacs
J. Bruce Ismay
Leee
Nenanene
Estimates of Damage From Fire Reach One Million Dollars
Estimates show damage from the incident reaching about 1,000,000 dollars. Officials say the blaze caused extensive destruction across multiple facilities and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.
Roosevelt Arrival in Chicago Sparks Acclaim
Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Chicago on Saturday wearing a hat styled between a sombrero and a cowboy badge, drawing applause from supporters and admirers as he rode amid crowds, with revelry and excitement reported in the city.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Happenings of the Past Week Across the Nation
A broad roundup reports on Nevada Governor Oddie appointing George Wingfield as U.S. senator, Taft asking Congress for a 100000 relief fund for volcano victims, aviation deaths in Washington, a fatal railroad accident in Potomac Park, and a string of political moves including Taft-Roosevelt dynamics and suffrage signals. It notes court adjournments, a Union Pacific land dispute ruling, and local incidents from Nebraska to Louisiana to Ohio.
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Washington
Oddie
Nevada
George Wingfield
United States
Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Taft
Congress
EB. C
Liorente
el Paso
Mexico
Conzalo Enrile
Robert C. Wickliffe
Louisiana
Southern Railway
Potomac Park
Philippines
House Judiciary Committee
Cornelius H. Hanford
Seattle
China Relief Committee
China
Leighton W. Hazlehurst, Jr
Seventeenth Infantry
U.S. A
Alfred L. Welch
Wright Brothers
Gus A. Hyere
Lancaster
Tambov
Russia
New York
Walter L. Houser
Wisconsin
la Follette
Roosevelt
Hallam
Neb
Leonidas P. Funkhouser
Omaha
Hendersonville
N. C
Florida
Bryn Mawr
Baltimore
Mymelia Crervasse
Mississippi
Des Allemands
Wesleyan University
Board of Trustees
Nebraska Postmasters’ Association
Lincoln
Phillip Scheibe
Henry Ellmore
St. Joseph
Republican National Committee
Indiana
Elmer Watt
Greensburg
J. J. Kemp
Nebraska
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Albany
N. Y
Dixon
Ben B. Lindsay
Denver
Nevada forest fire becomes largest in decade
The article notes a major Nevada forest fire near Carson and Henry Peterson, a Shenandoah baker, killed in a bread mixer, and various political and social items including talks of Taft and Cummins in Chicago and Des Moines. Disturbances include earth shocks in Columbia Missouri and other cities, plus Paris obituary of Frederick Passay and the Hatfield McCoy feud ending.
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Lincoln
Nevada
Carson
Henry
Peterson
Otto Tossetti
Oakwood
Chicago
Columbia
US. C
Atlanta
Savannah
Cummins
Des Moines
Frederick Passay
Paris
West Virginia
Kentucky
Taft
Havana
Wheat Growers Invited To Nebraska Improvement Contest
The Millers' association donates a $200 silver trophy for the top five acre yield of high quality hard winter wheat in Nebraska. Cash prizes total $50 with 20, 15, 10, and 5 dollars for first through fourth places. Entry is free and inquiries go to T. A Kiesselbach, secretary, Nebraska Corp Improvers' association, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Millers’ Association
Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association
Nebraska
Nebraska Corn Improvers’ Association
T. A Kiesselbach
Nebraska Corp Improvers’ Association
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska in Brief snips local items and notes
Sheriff sale in Norfolk transfers property to Theodore Parmelee of Plattsmouth for 20010 dollars. Hastings pastor Rev W Weyer announces departure to Pueblo First Presbyterian with a 3600 dollar salary. Garhan hurt in Omaha street car crash. arm injuries. Tecumseh millinery theft of 150 dollars. teen girl implicated. York real estate value up 530495 since last assessment. total value 3516195. ONeill junior normal opens June 3. strong enrollment. Alliance plans new stone church. old frame moved. Widespread Nebraska rains lift crop prospects. wheat drought easing. Dr Estrael Bedell dies in West Virginia. Omaha bridge bill debated. uncertain start. Nebraska penitentiary uniforms to blue. guards drop citizen clothes. Elkhorn water sample sent to Lincoln for analysis. Wheat fields revived by rains. hope for good yields.
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Crty
Norfolk
Theodore Parmalee
Plattsmouth
D. B. Cothapp
Tecumseh
Mabel Parish
Henry Parish
York
Downing
O'Neill Junior Normal
Holt. County. Institute
St. ‘Matthews
Nebraska
Estrael Bedell
Wardwell
West Virginia
Missouri River
Omaha
Mahler
Union, Pacific
Mohler
Penitentiary
Melick
Antles
W. C. Schultz
Elkhorn
Fremont
Lincoln
Bank Guaranty Law Earns Praise at Nebraska Meeting
Secretary E Rouse of the state banking board was praised for enforcing the guaranty law. The Nebraska Bankers association noted no bank failures in five years and recalled the law’s July activation after federal court delays.
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E. Rouse
State Banking Board
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
Nebraska
New Uniforms for Pen Guards
New prison uniforms will replace clothing worn by guards on duty. Warden Melick and Deputy Warden Antles will not wear uniforms. Uniforms are plain blue cloth to be made at the prison by its tailors and include trousers a double breasted coat with no vest. The coat features a double row of brass buttons bearing N S P and hats resembling regulation army headgear.
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Melick
Antles
N.S. P
Government Buildings at State Fairs
A bill to erect a permanent government building at each state fair and appropriate $100,000 per state has been favorably reported by the sub committee. It now goes to the full House Committee on Agriculture for action before possible passage in committee of the whole.
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Congress
House Committee On Agriculture
State University Authors Take Noted Action
The state university authors have recently enacted a significant measure. Details are scarce in the readable text, but the action centers on university policy and its impact on scholars and campus governance.
University Class of 1912 at State College
The class of 1912 from the state engineering college and twenty eight graduates from the law school listed as completing courses. The board of directors of the state college oversees the proceedings and records.
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State
Enngineering College
Law
Coffee Cups for Soldiers at Milford Home
Commandant Joe Teeter obtains consent of the board of public lands and buildings to allow old soldiers at Milford's home to drink coffee from cups and saucers if they desire, instead of using soup bowls as in the past, with plans to replace ragged tableware.
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Joe Teeter
Milford
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised Relief For Backache
Mrs. C. F. Mace of Shawneetown Illinois testifies that backache headaches and nervousness kept her from housework until Doan's Kidney Pills provided quick relief and eventual cure She urges others to recall the name when their back is lame and notes the price as 50 cents at all stores Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the distributor.
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Dean
C. F. Mace
Madison St
Shawneetown
Ill
Doan
Garfield Tea and other patent remedies in old advert prose
An OCR fragment lists various patent remedies and claims from a bygone era. Mentions Garfield Tea, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children, and a couple of dubious health notes. The tone resembles sensational medical advertising with cheeky proverbs interspersed.
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Steele City Press
Steele City
Storm
Party
Quarters of the Globe
General News
Gity
State University
Paps
Papa
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Birds of “A. ‘Feather
Hostetter
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