Timetable of early 20th century Washington wonders
A digest of political and national items notes Speaker Cannon's term end, Secretary Dickinson's Panama inspection, Lorimer’s senate seat, and limited reciprocity prospects. Other highlights include New Mexico statehood moves, Carson River storage project plans, mint coin output halt, tariff board debate, and a widening cholera outbreak in Honolulu.
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Waele
Joe” Cannon
House
Dickinson
Panama
Lorimer
United States Senate
Congress
House Committee On Territories
New Mexico
Reclamation Service
Carson River
Truckee-Carson
Nevada
Taft
Senate
Lewis Single Binder Cigars Ad Claim No Substitutes
An advertisement touts Lewis Single Binder cigars as hand made with extra quality tobacco. It warns of imitators and urges buyers to insist on the Lewis brand from the dealer.
Pocket Loot Reveals Owner Amid Tailor Shop Scene
A white faced man confesses money and items found in a tailor shop pockets include 5 dollars, a pistol, penknife, memorandum book, and watch. The scene ends with the man paying five dollars to the tailor for honesty as he laments possibly forgetting his belongings.
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Silie
Sane
Knight of the Goode
Consumption Spread in Syria Sparks Fear and Exile
Tuberculosis, a newer scourge among Arabs and Syrians, spreads rapidly and leads to ostracism. A Beyrout hospital for consumptives operates under Mary P. Eddy, offering care to sufferers.
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Syria
Beyrout
Mary P. Eddy
Tuberculosis Movement Grows in Hungary Since 1894
The anti tuberculosis campaign in Hungary started in 1894. By 1898 five institutions had been established in Budapest and a careful education campaign is underway to support the effort.
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Hungary
Budapest
Tasted Good and a Whispered Question on a Butler
A fragment notes a butler named John leaving with lips smacking and a question about possible taking something asked by Katie. The clipped dialogue suggests a tense household moment without further context.
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John
Katie
A Way of Getting Even
A terse dialogue between Hewitt and Jewett over obtaining a daughter's hand. Hewitt recalls being thwarted by the father who blocked the match by asserting authority, while Jewett wonders if legal action might compel the match through arrest.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Fragmentary quote from Sumner text appears incomplete
OCR snippet presents a fragmented quotation attributed to Charles Sumner with unclear context and garbled words, lacking identifiable events, names, or dates for a coherent news item.
Fragmentary line echoes danger and defiance
Incomplete text shows a terse quote about a scoundrel and violence, with a terse Johnson attribution and a stray comment about five dying. The readable portion hints at wrongdoing or danger but provides no clear event details or context.
Busy Week Ahead as Legislature Pushes Initiatives
Legislative week opens with Senate moving major measures to the floor and House expected to pass its initiative and referendum bill. Top items include initiative referendum and county option while a lifting committee and tie-in with a Senate committee are noted as part of ongoing patchwork. Total appropriation and liquor bill actions are also on the agenda.
Senate and House Split on Referendum and County Option Bill
The Senate initiative and referendum bill remains in the House committee, not yet reported out. The House has signaled it will vote for a different bill, risking complications if it favors the Senate version. County option is expected to fail in the House, with votes unlikely to pass unless attendance is full. Insurgents and net Democrats in the Senate briefly allied with Bap to influence committee votes.
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Senate
House Committee
House
State Senate
Bap
Indefinite Postponement Discussed In House Liquor Bill
A committee report favors indefinitely postponing the liquor bill. The measure would make petition signers equally liable with saloonkeepers for liquor sale liabilities. The vote on the measure’s fate remains uncertain as Wrens consider further action.
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Fle
Railroad Bill Met with Vexed Assembly Crackdown
A meeting saw ten Omaha colored men and twenty locals aid in the act to place the Bill where it would be tested then fade into oblivion. The scene shows a coordinated effort by rail committee factions to nullify the measure.
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Railroad Committee
Omaha
Anti Satoon Bill Proposal Postponed In Senate Committee
In committee of the whole the senate indefinitely postponed S. F. 276 by Ollis of Valley. The bill would amend the current law to prohibit county boards from granting licenses for intoxicating liquor sales within 200 feet of churches or YMCA facilities. The measure was tabled 14 to 8 by voice vote, then adopted with no opposition after the committee report.
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Khe
Senate
Ollis
Valley
Stand
Uis
Senate Delays Unions On University Medical College
The senate followed the house and instructed its special committee on university removal to probe deeper into the separation or union of the medical college of the university. The motion was offered by Dr. Talcott of Cedar county, a state senator.
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University Medical College
Senate
House
Medical College of
University
Talcott
Cedar County
State Senate
Legislative Reference Bureau establishment bill described
The document outlines a bill recommended for passage to create the Legislative Reference Bureau and place it under partial jurisdiction of the board of regents of the university, affiliated with the department of law and sociology.
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Bil
Board of Regents of the University
Department of Law and Sociology
McKelvie proposes moving picture exhibition controls
In an eleventh hour house measure McKelvie calls for construction and control of moving picture shows with exceptions for regular theaters auditoriums and public halls. The act prohibits obstructions at entrances and exits and imposes fines from twenty five dollars upward for violations.
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McKelvie
Liquor Trafficking Bills Move to Third Reading
Two bills restricting liquor traffic were rushed to a third reading. One defeated measure would bar saloon license applicants or holders from signing petitions for other applicants.
Salary Appropriation Bill Advances After Increases
The house finished consideration and ordered the salary appropriation bill engrossed for third reading. An additional $3,000 raise brings the total to $1,176,040, part of a $44,100 increase over the original bill.
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House
Normal school funding bills advance in state House
The house committee on finance reported to place on file a bill for 55 000 dollars to build a new building at the Kearney normal school and another bill to appropriate 130 000 dollars to acquire the private normal school at Fre.
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House Committee On Finance
Kearney Normal School
Senate approves bill on attorney fees in contracts
The senate passed 8. P. 143 by Tibbets, a bill authorizing attorney fees to be paid by the losing party for services on a contract, whether implied or express.
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Senate
Tibbets
Fire Warden Office Bill Advances in House in Omaha
The measure creating offices of fire warden in Omaha passed the house by an overwhelming vote. It carries an emergency clause and, if the senate approves, takes effect immediately.
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Omaha
House
Senate
Proposed universal spokesman pastimes under eighteen amendment delay
A draft proposal delaying universal spokesman activities was postponed to Thursday to allow amendments and consideration of fee items, with particular focus on those under eighteen years of age.
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Universal Spoksman
Lydia E Pinkham Herbal Compound Ad Claims Cure
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women’s ailments including nervousness and cramps. It asserts the product is made from roots and herbs and promises relief, urging women to try it and compare at 606 W Howard St.
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Sas
Secura
Eysiah Piatan
Pinkham
W. Howard Stown
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