National and World Briefs From Across 1909 News
A digest of brief items including Asquith's Commons resolution on March 29 to shorten parliament, the Doyen–Van Langendonck duel in Nice, renewed Vesuvius activity, and a London banquet for Charles Fairbanks. Also noted: rail and livestock shipment law, Tschaikowsky and Madame Breshkovskaya trials in St Petersburg, Nebraska rail revenues, Estrada open to peace terms, Kansas and Iowa editor gatherings, Buffalo brewery wage increases, Panama inauguration, 1910 11 army maintenance costs, Southampton steerage departures, Bank of Edna Kansas robbery, and a citizen shot during pursuit.
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Forayn
Asquith
House of Commons
House of Lords
Doyden
van Langendonck
Hippodrome
Nice
France
London
Charles W. Fairbanks
Pilgrim Society
Earl of Salsbury
Bunker Hill
Mr. Fairbanks
Burkett
Nicholas Tachaikovsky
Madame Breshkovskaya
St. Petersburg
Mabray
Council Bluffs
Tschaikovsky
Nebraska
General Estrada
Kansas
Wichita
Kansas State Editorial Association
Sons' and Daughters of Iowa and Friends
Iowa Society of New York
Astor
Buffalo
Mendoza
Panama
Obaldia
Southampton
United States
Edna
Winter woes and political shifts mark national headlines
Trade swings and spring prospects frame the season as the house committee alters the railroad bill. W L Parks named vice president of Illinois Centre. Taft's program uncertain. Champ Clark turns sixty amid birthday congratulations. Motive power woes hit railways in deep winter. Postal savings bank bill stalls in committee. John P. Cudahy home in Kansas City witness to a sensational affray. Belle Fourche irrigation lands to open. Senator Pratt funeral delays U S Express service. Two women and a child found frozen in South Hope. local tragedy noted.
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House
W. L. Parks
Union - Pacific
Illinois Centre
Taft
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Postal Savings Bank
John P. Cudahy
Kansas City
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Senator Pratt
New York
United States Express
South Bope
Washington Passages in Senate and State Department News
Senate commerce panel questions Colonel William H. Bixby on Missouri river improvements from Sioux City to St Louis and Kansas City to St Louis. January 1910 shows heavy coal and coke movement east. Senate passes bill creating a six member Court of Patents with life chief justice and five justices for six years. Justice department to use Hudson County prosecutor Pierre Garven’s beef trust evidence and forward indictments to Washington. A bill to erect American embassies abroad reports a $150000 limit per building including grounds and furnishings.
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William H. Bixby
Mississippi River Commission
Senate Committee On Commerce
Sioux City
St. Louis
Kansas City
Department of Commerce and Labor
Court of Patents
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Ceircult
District Court
Department of Justice
Pierre Garven
Hudson County
New Jersey
Beef Trust
Washington
Lowden
Platt of New York Senator Dies Cited in Divergent Estimates
Fragmentary notice notes the death of Senator Platt of New York and mentions wide variance in department and timetables related to manpower estimates. The text is incomplete but indicates a discussion of numbers and timing.
Narrow escape from drowning on Platte river in Nebraska
A. N. Phinney and Alex Bailey nearly died while laying a cable line for a new ferry in the swift Platte river. Their boat capsized. Bailey drifted in twenty feet of water and was later rescued on a downstream sandbar. Phinney clung to the cable for about thirty minutes before rescue by linemen in a boat.
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Fremont
A. N. Phinney
Alex Bailey
Platte River
Phinney
Bailey
Saunders County
Peru summer session aims to be largest ever
President Crabtree pushes for a record summer session with circulars sent statewide to superintendents teachers and graduates. The summer school bulletin is in press and many students have applied. rooms are being engaged. Commencement planning is complete and will begin Wednesday May 25 with commencement day to follow.
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Peru
Crabtree
Trappers Lose Traps and Fur in Fire
Walter Barker and Eddie Rseich, two young trappers, gathered their gear and two weeks of provisions then moved to Black Bird Creek to seek better fur fields. On return, a wind driven blaze burned their camp stove scattering the fire and destroying their tent gear two weeks of supplies and furs worth twenty dollars.
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Lyons
Walter Barker
Eddie Rseich
Blackbird Creek
Ministers oppose Sunday baseball in Fremont revival meetings planned
Fremont fans push to join the state league while the Fremont ministers invite Evangelist Billy Sunday for revival meetings. Church leaders oppose Sunday games arguing the faith may be affected, citing baseball on Sundays as the league's motive.
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Fremont
Billy
Ball League
Hastings to vote on initiative at spring election
The initiative and referendum will be presented for acceptance or rejection by Hastings voters at the annual spring election on April 5. A petition with signatures exceeding 16 percent of the city’s total vote has been filed with the city clerk to place the issue on the ballot.
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Hastings
McCook Students Strike Over Despotic Rule
McCook high seniors protest a teachers rule dubbed despotic by critics. The walkout follows ongoing remonstrations against disciplinary methods, with students signaling continued tension and seeking dialogue with school administrators.
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McCook
McCook High Gue
Mica Plant is Started In Grand Island
Forty nine workers joined Grand Island's new mica plant this week, expanding the local factory workforce and signaling industrial growth in the city.
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Grand Island
Nebraska Happenings and Local Developments
Nebraska items report Farmers' Bank of Sutherland capital at 10000 dollars and several civic actions. Beatrice council to condemn riverfront land for park. Weeping Water grants electric franchise for lighting and industrial use. Fremont set to operate Platte ferry while bridge repairs proceed. Seneca, Palmyra, and other towns noted for public works, health efforts, and insurance moves.
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W.C.T. A
Wymore
Farmers’ Bank of Sutherland
Hickman
Lyons
Henry H. Verrell
Saunders County
Memphis
Beatrice
Table Rock
Buerstetta
Avoca
Louisville
Nehawka
C. A. Sweet
Palmyra
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Fremont Commercial Club
Platte River
State Normal Board
Kearney
State Normal School
W. F. Crossley
Knutzen & Isdell
Scandinavian Insurance Company
Stromsburg
Buffalo County
George Meisner
Omaha
Visiting Nurse Association
T. B
Central City
Tiny Baby Recovers From Severe Eczema With Cuticura
Mrs Joseph Kossmann of Ridgewood Heights recounts a two month old baby’s bout with widespread eczema and a heavy scalp scab. After trying several remedies the family used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, with four daily drops, and the skin gradually healed in a few days.
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Joseph Kossmann
St. John’s Place
Ridgewood Heights
Misdeal Frustrates Suit Turns Hand Romance Joke
A brief exchange hints at a marriage proposal that ends in disappointment as a parable about a misdeal. The rede man mentions the request and the result, signaling a light, ironic moment.
Nature's Remedy Tablets Claim Vast Health Benefits
Advert says NR tablets improve digestion and liver function, prevent biliousness and indigestion, and offer relief superior to pills. Card cites A H Lewis Co as seller and includes a Walter Scott quote on perspective and privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Lewis M . Co
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Rede
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Walter Scott
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