Various Global and Domestic Happenings Across 1908 Era Notes
A broad brief collects disparate items: European cabinet reshuffles and visits by Roosevelt, German and American cultural events, diplomatic arrivals, and royal tours. Also noted are U S political shifts, landmark speeches, a missionary banquet, mob and legal matters, aviation plans in Atlanta, a breach of promise suit, Peary’s expedition fund, Kentucky political moves, and rail transportation rulings.
General News Items From Across The Nation
Weston walks through Kansas as a pedestrian. Philadelphia car workers vote to keep striking. Dr Cook warns health and finances may break. Panama Canal work advances rapidly. Taft receives enthusiastic welcome in Rochester. Indiana to greet ex vice president Farrabanks. Virginia senator Daniel shows slight improvement. Nebraska prepares to hold a state conservation congress. University of Nebraska science academy to split into sections. Chief Justice Fuller to arbitrate Costa Rica Panama boundary. Mabray gang convicted in Council Bluffs for swindling. Bir Chen-Tung deo Sheng named minister in Berlin. Fels argues charity is not believed. Hugh Brown dies from heat while battling prairie fire near Cheyenne. Maine wreck bill moves through House. Senator Crane presents Philippine independence petition to Senate. Leather workers strike expands to 103 cities and 4,000 men.
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Weston
Kansas
Philadelphia
Cookis
Panama Canal
Taft
Roaester
New York
Indiana
Farrabaks
Daniel
Virginia
Nebraska
State Conservation Congress
Academy of Science of
University of Nebraska
Fuller
Costa Rica-Panama
John C. Mabray
Council Bluffs
Bir Chen-Tung Deo Sheng
Berlin
Fels
Hugh Brown
Cheyenne
House
Maine
Senate
Crane
Prices paid for 450 Oklahoma cattle in Texas record high
Fort Worth paid one hundred dollars per head for 450 Oklahoma fed beef cattle, said to be the highest price for this class in the United States. Attorney General Wickersham filed a bill in equity in Helena Montana to force Anaconda Copper Mining to modify its Smelters operations to curb forest destruction. George L. McCarthy testified that meat packers' association did not fix prices. Agriculture secretary’s order expands squatters rights on unsurveyed forest lands allowing title to 160 acres before survey.
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Washington
Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma
United States
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Wickersham
Helena
Mont
Anaconda
American Meat Packers’ Association
George L. McCarthy
The
National Provisioner
Association
Senate
High Cost of Living
Secretary of Agriculture
Pittsburg Councilmen Indicted in Wholesale Case
Past and present Pittsburg councilmen were indicted wholesale. Memorial services for the late Judge Gosling were held in Lincoln Nebraska while strike troubles in Philadelphia show no settlement.
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Pittsburg
Judge Gosling
Lincoln
Nebr
Philadelphia
Death of Justice Brewer Stuns Supreme Court Circle
Justice David J. Brewer aged seventy three died at home from a stroke just after 10 pm. He had served on the U S Supreme Court since 1889 after a career in the Eighth Circuit. Known as affable and democratic he prepared opinion proofs for newspapers and rarely read them aloud. His death leaves Justice Harlan as the court’s senior member.
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Washington
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
H J. Wetmore
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court of the ‘United States
Federal Court
Kansas
Harlan
Beng
Bie
Arthur
United States Circuit Court
Eighth Circuit
Harrison
Supreme Court of the United
Supreme Bench of
Brewer
United
Nebraska in Brief Highlights Local Tragedies and Politics
News notes report a printing pressman’s death in Norfolk, damage from the Missouri River near Nebraska City, saloon licensing debates in Kearney, a fire loss at a normal building, a deadly shotgun accident in Burt County, a teen’s suicide tied to a rejected marriage suit, rising auto spending, and a parade of licenses and legal matters in Nebraska towns.
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Frank, Krayl
Norfolk
Table Rock
P. Fall
Beatrice
Nebraska National Guard
Missouri
Barney
Nebraska City
Edward von Trott
Omaha
Marsh Lake
Burt County
Charles Mair
James Willis
Blue Springs
G. W. Willis
Sargent
Mae Lasher
B. A. Lasher
Wymore
Nebraska
Secretary of
Nebraska Transportation Company
Fremont
Lincoln
J KE
Gosnell
Northwestern Railroad Company
J. H. Jones
Pierce
Ben
Plainview
Burlington Railway
Hastings
Orville Harris
Dennis Breen
North Platte
Union
Chicago
W. J.bryan
Taylor
C. A. Rumbaugh
Calamus
Seer
Cure of Severe Skin Rash With Cuticura Ointment
A Chicago mother recounts her five year old son suffering a widespread itchy rash unresponsive to three doctors. After using Cuticura Ointment, bandages and repeated applications, the sores dried and the child recovered, now a healthy boy twelve years later.
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Robert Wattam
Forty-eighth St
Chicago
Tommy Declines More Doughnuts After Sausage Feast
In Harper's Magazine a boy named Tommy sits with an empty plate after three helpings of sausages and doughnuts. Aunt Sarah offers more, but he declines, saying he does not want what he has already.
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Tommy
Sarah
Harper’s Magazine
How's This We eee Cee eee ae arn is ane q nee of Caterrh
The note presents a garbled line about a catarrh issue and an unknown request. Readable terms hint at a health concern but lack clear action or names. No identifiable persons or organizations are present.
The Innocent Victim Opens Plain Speech Debate
A blunt speaker defends speaking plainly while Miss Cayenne notes that candor corrupts vocabularies. The exchange highlights differing views on honesty and language in public discourse.
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Miss Cayenne
Castoria Signature Guarantee Recalled for Infant Use
Consumer alert notes Castoria bottles should bear the signature of the maker and states the product has been in use for over 30 years. Emphasizes trusted remedy for infants and children and urges verification on each bottle.
Telephone shock inquiry by Miss Bluthely and Professor
A playful exchange questions if a person can get a shock from a telephone. The Professor replies that the answer depends on who speaks on the other end, reflecting a light science joke from a periodical dialogue.
Fragmented Dialogue Note from 19th Century Column
A garbled excerpt shows quarrelsome lines about affection and insult. The text mocks phrases like light of your existence and dead weight, and mentions a leak in wisdom and cigarette branding. Ambiguous fragments suggest a satirical or literary column excerpt with scattered names and phrases.
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