Nebraska Counties Contribute To Suffrage Campaign
Nebraska counties begin to contribute to the suffrage effort as leaders fear repetition of floods last year. Reports say a senate filibuster may delay repeal of Panama tolls exemption while debate continues in the house. Senator O Gorman is accused of delaying committee action on interoceanic canals.
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Nebraska
Union News Service
Washington
Senate
Panama
House
O'Gorman
Committee On
Disastrous Floods Threaten Western New York Towns
The eastern deluge spurs fear of repeats of last year as Tonawanda and Ellicott creeks flood lowlands. In Batavia the sewage plant sits eight feet under water while an Erie railroad culvert near Attica is washed away. Corning sees the Chemung river ten feet above flood stage and highways west of the city inundated.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Tonawandas
Tonawanda
Ellicott
Batavia
Erie
Attica
New York Central
Corning
Chemung
Money Flows To Suffrage Drive In Nebraska
Lincoln Neb reports suffrage supporters securing funds as county groups respond to the plan. Contributions arriving at headquarters include Frontier 6 dollars Lancaster 550 Custer 75 Dougan 1250 Adams 25 Stanton 5 Pawnee 17 Boone 40 Nance 5 Greeley 40 Cherry 15 Dawes 5 with more expected as county chapters commit.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Viola Harrison
Frontier
Lancaster
Custer
Dougan
Adams
Stanton
Pawnee
Boone
Nance
Greeley
Cherry
Dawes
Rebels bring first trainloads of wounded to Chihuahua
Wounded rebels arrive in Chihuahua after heavy fighting near Torreon. Sixteen train coaches carried soldiers in agony wrapped in blankets with bloodstains. About 300 wounded officers among roughly 1,000 casualties reported. three lieutenant colonels and twenty other officers are named among the injured.
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Chihuahua
Mex
Torreon
Fatal Bear Dance Fight Ends in Tragedy in Nebraska
After a dispute over dancing the bear two youths clashed at Bear. George Rowding was shot dead and Ralph Dayley, about 18, was wounded in the shoulder. The shooting followed a two week quarrel and occurred in Alliance Nebraska.
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George Rowding
Bear
Ralph Dayley
Dayley
Lincoln Nebel Attorneys Appeal In Manslaughter Case
Clarence Clawson serving a state penitentiary sentence for manslaughter in the Rose McKinzey death at Wilber last month has filed an appeal against a Saline county district court decision.
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Lincoln
Nebel
Clarence Clawson
State Penitentiary
Rose McKinzey
Wilberneg 2
Saline County District Court
Nebraskans Plan Land Clearing Tour in Wisconsin
A Nebraska party prepares a multi-stop venture into northwestern Wisconsin this summer. The group, starting with fifteen members, has acquired and cleared a tract of land totaling 640 acres via a patent team, with settlements described as scattered rather than cohesive.
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Wiseconsin
Milwaukee
Wig
Wisconsin
President Wins Opening Vote on Panama Act Repeal
Washington President Wilson wins the initial House battle over repealing the Panama Canal Act exemption for Coastwise ships. The chamber adopts a special rule despite strong opposition from Democratic leaders and minority groups. The roll stands 200 to 172 in favor of swift consideration to back his foreign policy.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
House
Jos
Clark
Underwood
Mann
Murdock
Struggle Over Toll Repeal Opens House Debate
The house opened a major fight over toll repeal with a special rule to limit debate and bar proposals to repeal free passage for American ships. Speaker Clark criticized the rule and said he would not support ramming it through. Washington reports note deep interest in the policy.
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Clark
Ogallala petition seeks suppression of Wounded Knee film
A petition from the Ogallalas demands suppression of a recent motion picture about the Battle of Wounded Knee. Delegation including Joseph Horncloud and Iron Hail will travel to Washington on April first to testify that the film misrepresents the event as a massacre rather than a battle, with claims of equal force and armed Indians depicted.
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Lincoln
Ogallalas
Battle of
Wounded Knee
Washington
Joseph Horncloud
Iron Hail
Keen Interest In Torreon Battle Stokes Mexican Campaign Hopes
The present Villa offensive to seize Torreon draws major attention not seen since Ojinaga. Vice Consul Carothers advises the front but offers no verdict on outcomes. Army officers deem Villa's position critical and uncertain.
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Washington
Ojinaga
Villa
Torreon
State Department
Carothers
Vila
One Fare for Round Trip to Expositions
Railroads fix a nearly one way fare for a round trip to the Panama Pacific exposition in San Francisco and the Panama-California exposition in San Diego. Valid from March 1 to November 30 with a three month return limit and no returns after December 1, 1916. From Omaha Kansas City St Joseph and Atchison the rate is fifty dollars.
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San Francisco
Panama
San Diego
Chicago
Transcontinental Passenger Association
Oakland
Los Angeles
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Atchison
American University plans opening and board appointments
Trustees announced plans to open the American University on May 27. They elected Bryan and Daniels as board members along with Col. Heislanad and named Frank W. Collier as director of research. The awards board includes Claxton, Croce, Carver, Hannocher, and Wood. Go-to-Church drives see rising attendance in Lincoln.
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Washington
The
American University
Bryan
Daniela William Corby
H. O. S. Heislanad
Frank W. Collier
Boston
Daniels
Philander P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Alfred Croce
Graduate School of Agriculture
Thomas N. Carver
Howard University
John W. Hannocher
Board of
Edcucation
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Andrew Wood
Pynn
Mass
Stillwell Cherokee Folsom Guilty in Dore Murder
Tandy Folsom, a Cherokee Indian, was found guilty of murdering Patrick Dore a Oklahoma politician at Westville. He received a life sentence after a quarrel over an estate in which both were interested.
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Stillwell
Ohio
Tandy Folsom
Patrick Dore
Westvile
Folsom
Dore
Anniversary Demonstration Marks Triangle Fire Tragedy
A citywide commemoration from Brooklyn to the Bronx marked the third anniversary of the Triangle waist factory fire. Gongs sounded in hundreds of factories as unemployed workers joined a disciplined parade and a citywide drill involving many factories and schools.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bronx
Dorchester man duped in Omaha union depot
O. B. Troyer of Dorchester Neb met a congenial man in Omaha's union depot on the way to St. Cloud Minn He cashed 76 for the man only to learn the check was worthless He reported his loss and had only 76 left upon arrival Police note several recent confidence games at depots.
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Omaha
O. B. Troyer
Dorchester
Neb
St. Cloud
Minn
Hastings Churches Move to Boycott Sunday Baseball
Several thousand church members plan a summer boycott of Hastings baseball and moving pictures if resolutions passed at a mass Baptist church meeting are followed. The measures urge members of ten represented churches to skip Sunday games locally and away, signaling a broader religious protest.
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Hastings
Baptist Church
Battle Over State Committees Ends In Split
Lincoln befields a rift as Taft and Epperson committees fail to unite amid talks of one state convention per party per county. A conference report yields partial compromise but is rejected, leaving the stalemate unresolved. Boston marks 100th anniversary of British evacuation with parade, fireworks, and a civic banquet.
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Union News Service
Lincoln
Neb
Republican State Central Committees
Taft State Committee
Pipperson
Boston
Wilkinson
Great Britain
Army
Navy
Uphill Battle for Villa Reported by Refugees in El Paso
Foreign refugees from Mexico say General Villa and his rebel army face a tough uphill fight near Torreon if not defeated. Observers report from the front, Mexican federal counselors issue statements, and Americans from Chihuahua recount rebel wounded filling Parral.
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el Paso
Tex
Villa
Torreon
Mexico
Chihuahua
Colorado
Parra
Five More Years of Life Warns Liquor Brethren
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor of Macon Georgia told a W C T U rally in Kansas City that liquor profits will collapse in five years likening it to Confederate money in 1865. The address drew five thousand attendees with representation from Missouri Colorado Nebraska Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas and Mississippi.
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Kansas City
Mary Harris Armor
Macon
Missouri
Colorado
Nebraska
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mississippi
Destructive Wind Tops Frederick as Tornado Hits Kansas Town
A tornado devastated Frederick Kansas on Saturday killing one person and seriously injuring several others. The cyclone struck from the southeast destroying homes and buildings in the city’s northern section. Mrs Charles Van Buskirk died from injuries after her house was blown down.
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Kansas
Hutchinson
Kan
Frederick
Here
Charles van Buskirk
Commencement Exercises Held at Missouri Valley School
In Leavenworth Kansas inmates of the Kansas penitentiary completed coursework with diplomas awarded after a Saturday concert by the prison band. The event marked their first opportunity to pursue education during the war era.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Missouri Valley School
Kansas Penitentiary
Metcalfe Witt Sall for Nome.
Richard L. Metcalfe head of civil administration in the isthmus bids farewell to Colonel Goethals and sails for New York as Colonel Goethals assumes civil governorship of the zone.
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Metcalfe Witt
Nome
Panama
Canal Zone
Richard L. Metcalfe
Department of Civil Administration
Isthmus
Colonel Goethals
New York
Celonel Goethals
Sone
Bridge Collapse In Fresny California Traps Five
Five travelers including four men and one woman fell about fifty feet when a suspension bridge across the San Joaquin river gave way. They were crossing to an automobile when the disaster occurred and were swept into the swift mountain stream below.
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Fresny
Cal
San Joaquin River
Castoria Featured as Safe Remedy for Infants and Children
An advertisement promotes CASTORIA as a safe and reliable remedy for infants and children and notes it has been in use for over 30 years. It highlights that mothers should choose Castoria for their family’s needs.
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Fletcher
Striking Ad Preview Uses Comic Wordplay
An advertisement copy employs a pun filled pitch for Dr. Pierce's Pellets claiming quick relief for stomach and liver ailments. The text markets the product as easy to take like candy and urges readers not to gripe while promoting invig oration.
Unclear text hints at historical quotes and ads
Fragmentary lines reference Uncle Sam recognizing Haitian rebels and a dye brand claim. No coherent story, no clear persons, places, or events. Readable items are too fragmentary to determine a full news item or summary.
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