Vast Land Opened for Settlement Across Montana Arizona and New Mexico
National brief notes designate 669760 acres in Montana for settlement under enlarged homestead laws, lifting total Montana land to 36255966 acres. About 679555 acres in Arizona and New Mexico opened for settlement, with entry set to begin November 22. Other items report bank examiner transfers, naval welcome plans for Prince Teal Tsu, a dynamite blast at a Peoria iron works, Roosevelt’s Omaha speech, and various political and railway developments.
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Lawrence
Murray
Treasury Department
Prince Teal Tsu
San Francisco
Manchuria
Mavn Department
T. & Phelps
I. W. Gilles
Mixed World News Briefs across oceans and skies
Reports from Honolulu note sixty eight Chinese students arriving aboard the China to study in the United States. Italy records thirteen cholera deaths and twenty five new cases in southeastern districts in twenty four hours. Berlin hosts a dinner where Emperor William toasts King George then detains Lord Roberta briefly in animated talk. Balmoral sees excitement as Lord Kilmarnock is hit by four pellets from an accidental gun discharge. he is not seriously injured. Paris aviator George Chavez soars to a new height of 8792 feet in Issy, surpassing Leon Morane’s 4471 foot mark. The Crippen trial in London proceeds as the case is heard in court. Michigan’s Geneter Burrows fails to win renomination in a direct primary. Idaho reports cattle market receipt issues and disruptions.
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China
San Francisco
Italy
Berlin
William
King George
Lord Roberta
Balmoral
Lord Kilmarnock
Paris
George Chavez
Leon Morane
Deauville
Chavez
Imade
Issy
Phaeaimenon
Crippen
Vermont Republicans Narrowly Carry State in Plurality Vote
A campaign report notes Republicans won Vermont by a reduced plurality while Colonel Roosevelt delivered the Labor Day address in Fargo North Dakota. The piece records progressive strength at state conventions, Follette’s renomination, and broad support across factions in California and elsewhere.
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Vermont
Roosevelt
Fargo, N.C
Califor
State's Monthly Expense Record For August Funds
Land Commissioner Cowles notes vouchers totaling 45 966 22 approved by the board of public lands and buildings for August expenses across the 11 state institutions. Maintenance funds show 24 415 90 with allocations for salaries and wages 12 061 23 repairs 564 14 and other costs 1 322 30. Cash funds from institutions reimburse maintenance and are deposited with the state treasurer. expenditures include Lincoln asylum 1 571 8 Norfaix asylum 250 162 Hastings asylum 500 penitentiary 1 622 59 asylum at Burket 1 920 77 industrial school at Kearney 1 252 22 industrial home for women at Milford 755 52.
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Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Cowles
Penitentiary
Ani
Lincolne and
Burkett
Lincoln
Norfaix
Hastings
Penitentiiary
Kearney
Milford
Waiting Recount in Nebraska Governor Race
The state canvassing board led by Governor Shallenberger and including Auditor Barton Treasurer Brian Secretary Junkin and Attorney General Thompson awaits county recounts for the governor race on the Democratic ticket. Dahlman leads Shallenberger by about two to three hundred votes after adjustments from Gage County.
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Shallenberger
Barton
Brian
Junkin
Thompson
Shalienberger
Douglas
Dahlman
Gage County
Tost
Nebraska wine breeders seek state aid for hog cholera serum plant
At the Nebraska state fairgrounds meeting on Tuesday evening the Nebraska wine breeders association passed a resolution urging the state legislature to appropriate 5000 dollars to erect a serum preparation building at the state farm and 20000 dollars for the distribution and preparation. The action followed a lecture by Dr W B Niles of the Bureau of Animal Industry in Washington DC who outlined the serum’s value and its effectiveness in controlling a disease that costs Nebraska millions annually.
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Nebraska
State Fair Grounds
State Farm
W. B. Niles
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington, D.C
Niles
Stricken Clerk John Lyon Falls At State Fair Grounds
John Lyon of Central City, a clerk to the chief of concessions at the state fair, suffered apoplexy at work on the grounds. He was rushed to an emergency hospital then moved to a downtown hospital in critical condition. A stout, about thirty five year old man, Lyon was known statewide and had recently failed in the Republican primary for commissioner of public lands and buildings against Commissioner Cowles.
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John Lyon
Central City
Lyon
Cowles
Reward Offered for Murderer in Nemaha County
The governor issues a proclamation offering a $200 state reward for the arrest of the murderer of John Ruby whose body was found in a Nemaha county river. The suspected killer is unidentified though Ruby was believed disposed of from a moving train amid debate over initiative and referendum.
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John Ruby
Nemaha County
Ruby
Nebraska in Brief highlights and local incidents across the state
Omaha reports 16000 public school children an increase. Kearney Elks buy land for a permanent clubhouse. Nebraska lists 15182 pensioners totaling 264626.99 yearly. farmer A J Morgan touts 106 bushels per acre corn. Gage county court to rule on N K Griggs will. Miss Jesse Paine suffers severe head injury in Huntley runaway. Rushville waterworks construction underway. Gov Shallenberger dedicates stock building at Lincoln fairgrounds. Omaha grain receipts rise 167 cars year over year. Coyotes increase around Alma. Larsons injured in tour car crash near Cedar Rapids after visiting Ullerton chautauqua. Palace hotel walls damaged by wind in Pender. third story may be torn down. Merrick county fair books speakers for Sept 14–16. Roy Griffith and Elmer Holliday held in Buffalo county jail for two years of petty burglaries. Nebraska Rural Mail Carriers elect officers. next Lincoln meeting pending date. Wind collapse injures several at Thayer county picnic. Knutzen and Schrock hurt. Custer county officials see salary increases tied to census. clerks, treasurer, and judge gains noted. Fairbury police seek James Foley for bogus checks. Lightning damages homes in Nebraska City. Burbank daughter unconscious. Behrends barn struck and horse killed. Pfeifer barn fire follow.
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Omaha
Kearney
Jesse Paine
Huntley
Rushville
Shallenberger
Lincoln
Omaha Grain Exchange
Alma
Larson
Primrose
Kapudgon
Ullerton Chautauqga
Cedar Rapids
Palace
Pender
Merrick County
Clarks
Roy Griffith
Elmer Holliday
Buffalo County
Association of Nebraska Rural Mall Carriers
R. B. Reed
Columbus
J. T. Lysle
Wahoo
C. A. Morton
Cheney
F. M. Wheeler
Hastings
Association
Thayer County
John Knutzen
Schrock
Custer County
Fairbury
James Foley
Nebraska City
J. P. Burbank
Herman Behrends, Jr
Joseph Pfeifer
No Evil Dooms Us Except the Evil We Love and Keep
Noted aphorism attributed to George E'iot reflects on internal vice. The quote warns that personal bondage stems from the desires we refuse to relinquish and the effort we fail to invest in escape. It emphasizes self-reliance in breaking destructive patterns.
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George E'iot
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