Woman suffrage push faces President Wilson in formal meeting
Sixty members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association urged President Wilson to press Congress for woman's ballot. Wilson said he does not push legislation but will share views when consulted, and favored creating a standing committee in the House to study suffrage.
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Washington
Wilson
National American Woman ‘Suffrage Association
Congress
Democratic Party
Flood deaths rise in Texas as refugees face hunger
In Houston and surrounding counties the flood toll reaches 150. Thousands of refugees remain marooned in flooded cotton gins and homes, with hunger and exposure increasing hardship. Four-fifths of the dead are negro farm hands, and many marooned victims are also black workers.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Rout of Huerta's Army Reaches Ojinaga Across Desert Trail
The rout of Huerta's federal forces in northern Mexico ends as civilians and deserters arrive at Ojinaga opposite Presidio. General Salvador Mercado and numerous officers join the exodus after an eight day 186 mile trek through harsh desert with scarce food and water to escape Villa's rebel army.
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Presidio
Tex
Huerta
Mexico
Ojinaga
Chihuahua
Salvador Mercado
Francisco Villa
Bold Daylight Robbery at Fortieth Street
W M Eddleman an 81 year old Tabitha home inmate in Lincoln received a $14 money order from his Cheyenne daughter. After cashing it at the post office he shopped near the post office then was robbed at Fortieth and M streets at 3 p m Monday. Two men named Richard Donovan and John Carr were detained by bystanders until police arrived and took them into custody.
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Lincoln
W. M. Eddleman
Tabitha Home
Forty-fifth
Randolph Streets
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fortieth
Richard Donovan
John Carr
Woman Dies While Praying at St Patrick's Church
Miss Eleanor Kirby of Marengo Iowa died while kneeling in prayer at St Patrick's Church. She had worked at the local telephone exchange and spoke of not feeling well before returning home. The death occurred during devotion at a station of the cross.
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Marengo
St. Patrick's Church
Eleanor Kirby
Federales Claim Victory Over Zapata Forces in Morelos
Mexico City reports federal troops routed Zapata forces in Morelos and finds the body of Gen. General de la O among rebel dead. The general had been operating in Morelos. Authorities announce an expansion of the federal army by three divisions totaling 135000 men.
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Mexico City
Zapata
Morelos
General de la O
Morélos
Printing Many Bibles in Toronto Report on Bible Sunday
Twenty eight million copies of the Bible and portions of sacred scriptures were printed last year. Private publishers issued ten million volumes while three major Bible agencies the American Bible Society, the British and Foreign Bible Societies, and the National Bible Society of Scotland published fourteen million copies.
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Toronto
Bible Societies
American Bible Society
British and Foreign Bible Societies
National Bible Society of Scotland
Champion Roy Corngrower Proposes Agro Department Reforms
Roy Corngrower, a champion grain grower, calls for a reorganization of the Department of Agriculture to streamline oversight and boost agricultural efficiency. He outlines a plan focusing on crop support programs, research funding, and farmer input.
Huerta Said To Have Made Financial Deal
Washington reports a well authenticated account that General Huerta is guaranteed a loan of 750000 pesos from an American linked company. The company’s vice president allegedly negotiated directly with Huerta’s government for this loan in exchange for promised concessions to the firm.
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Mexico City
General Huerta
Huerta
Barton pushes irrigation plan for Nebraska arid lands
Representative Silas R. Barton urges federal support to develop irrigation in Nebraska. He asks the government to provide assistance to benefit the state and his district in exploiting arid lands for agricultural use.
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Washington
Nebraska
Silas R. Barton
Barton
Champion Boy Corn Grower
Lincoln Nebraska Jesse Correll sixteen years old is named champion boy corn grower in Nebraska by judges in the state contest supervised by the department of agricultural extension at the university farm. He raised eighty eight bushels of corn from one acre in Frontier county and will receive a trip to Washington and sixty six dollars in cash as his prize.
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Lincoln
Jesse Correll
Nebraska
Department of Agricultural Extension
University Farm
Correll
Frontier County
Washington, D. C
Lopez Thought to Have Escaped
In Bingham Utah a large posse exploring the Utah Apex mine reports no sign of Ralph Lopez who has killed six men. Officials fear the desperado may have outwitted sheriffs from nine counties as the search continues and bodies suspected to hold clues have been examined without success.
Flood Strikes Bryan Texas With Rising Death Toll
Reports from the Brazos river bottoms in south central Texas indicate a death toll exceeding fifty and possible thousand marooned amid hunger and cold. The Brazos ran three to five miles wide for over fifty miles, sending flood refugees into peril as the known dead rose from thirty three with new warehouse territory inundation.
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Bryan
Tex
Brazos River
Texas
Brazos
Only Woman Mexican Pensioner Dies in Santa Barbara
Mrs. Mina Finger, age 87, died in Santa Barbara. She is described as the only woman in the United States pensioned for personal service, having ministered to the sick and injured during the Mexican War in which her husband served as a U S soldier.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Mina Finger
United States
Ancient Mansion Burned in Scottish Arson Fire
Glasgow report says Kelly house, a premier mansion in Wemyss Bay, was destroyed by an arson squad of militants. Fire believed set to protest government action against Mrs. Pankhurst.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Kelly
T Wemyss Bay
Pankhurst
Indians Forecast No Winter Amid Warm Dakota Weather
Unseasonably warm conditions prevail in the Dakotas with warm rains. Local Indians predict there will be no winter this season as flowers bloom in many areas of the state.
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Pierre
Dakotas
Bidtom
Farm youth urged to stay clear of politics by Clark
Washington report recalls Speaker Champ Clark telling about twelve hundred Ohio farm youth to stick to farming at a reception by the Ohio delegation. Clark said the farm is the proper place for capable men and that strong legislators come from rural districts. Senator Pomerene urged the girls to value bread and meals over social status.
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Washington
Ohio
Champ Clark
Clark
Pomerene
Recall of Lincoln City Commissioner Petition Filed
A petition with 1 806 names to recall Commissioner King was filed at Lincoln city clerk's office after 4 p m Friday. O W Miller and Leon Huckins delivered the document to City Hall. Sam Melick is named as a candidate to succeed the incumbent. The petition accuses King of incompetence and acting against the will of the people by extravagant spending and personal influence in appointments while employing police officers deemed a public safety menace.
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Lincoln
Commissioner King
O. W. Miller
Leon Huckins
Sam Melick
King
City of
Durkin Forced From Nebraska Penitentiary
James Durkin was released after serving his sentence but vowed to seek another term if needed to obtain food and shelter. He admitted causing damage to a box car to pressure a friend tied to Durkin's Irish parents.
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Lancaster
Neb
Nebraska
James Durkin
Durkin
Ireland
Doings in Congress Deliberations on Key Measures Summarized
A compact report covers Senate currency debates and the Alaska railroad bill with a clash between Swanson and Poindexter, House lobby actions, a widow's pension bill for Lt. Col. Gaillard, literacy test hearings, good roads federal aid push, Wilson talks on trust law, Navy manpower pledge, stock-exchange regulation proposal, and committee seat changes as Congress adjourned.
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Senate
Swanson
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Poindexter
House — Lobby Committee
Gaillard
Good Roads
Clayton
Judiciary Committee
Wilson
Victor Blue
Naval Committee
Navy
Murray
Oklahoma
McDonald
Michigan
Senate Debates Thirteen Hour Sessions and Good Roads Bill
Saturday session notes show the Senate ratifying a democratic program for thirteen hour sessions on the currency bill. Senator Sheppard introduced a seventeen member good roads committee. A bill sanctioning use of state election machinery for Senate elections was delayed. MHetch Hechty water bill discussed. Secretary Lane to report five year land law costs. House debate on naval holiday resumed. Commerce committee held a hearing on automatic train stopping devices. Adjourned at 5 31 p m until noon.
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Senate
Sheppard
Lane
House
Commerce Committee
Senate Debates and Committee Schedules Prompt Friday Action
The Senate delays ratification of the democratic currency bill while resuming work on the Hetch Hetchy measure. Interstate commerce panel suspends trust bill reviews. House hearing on LaFollette seamen’s bill slated for December 13. McGill-Dyer election contest to be heard December 15. Good Roads panel to start hearings on federal aid bills Monday and resolutions extend time for Chickasaw and Choctaw surface lands classification to February. Chairman Garrett authorized to present the lobby report amid no vote on the southern omnibus claim bill. adjourned 4 50 p m to noon.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
McGill-Dyer
Good Roads Committee
Garrett
Lobby Committee
Southern
Senate Adopts Currency Bill Faces Republican Push
Senate debates a democratic currency bill as Republicans challenge the caucus while the House Rules committee holds a hearing for anti suffragists. Hensley naval holiday resolution discussed with action postponed to Saturday. War department officials push aviation appropriations. Rivers and harbors committee continues levee improvements along the Mississippi. Adjournment set to Wednesday noon after 5 13 p m.
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Senate
House—Rules Committee
Hensley
War Department
Mississippi River
German suffrage congress rejects British militant excesses stance
Bochum Germany The congress of German Woman Suffrage associations in session here voted down resolutions disapproving the excesses of the British militant suffragists.
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Bochum
Germany
Congress of German Woman Suffrage Associations
Bryan Wilt Address Club Banquet Accepted
Lincoln Commercial club invites Secretary of State W. J. Bryan to speak at the Tuesday January 6 members only banquet with Bryan delivering the principal address.
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Bryan
Lincoln
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln Commercial Club
Egg Market Declined in Chicago Trade
Chicago reports a drop of 2 to 3 cents in the egg market on Thursday with receipts showing a fall in ordinary firsts to 31 32 cents wholesale.
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Chicago
Recelpte
Thoughtful tale on charity and memory from a New York divine
A Sunday school tale recounts a girl begging for aid and a dollar given by a New York preacher. A boy guesses the first purchase a girl made, basket, and reveals he heard the story in Hoboken last Sunday. The moral centers on thinking and shared storylines.
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New York
Sonnie
Hoboken
Scaly Psoriasis on Limbs Prompts Cure Claim
Walter Mahony of Camp McCoy Sparta Wisconsin details a nearly two year battle with psoriasis on arms and limbs. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a full three month cure after trying other treatments, in an advertisement from 1912.
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6Th
U. S. Cavalry
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Walter Mahony
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Vice President Marshall Spares Time for Colored Y M G
A brief exchange aboard a trolley en route to the capitol shows Vice-President Marshall declining immediate engagement with a Negro clerical figure asking him to speak to the colored Y M G on a Sunday. The member notes Senator Works of California addressed the group last Sunday and "decapitated" them in praise.
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Marshall
Capitol
Works
California
Washington Herald
Senator Lodge Quips on Jokes at New York Banquet
At a New York banquet Senator Lodge joked with a famed newspaper paragrapher about writing twenty jokes daily. The paragrapher claimed a typewriter. Lodge replied he thought a copying process was used, amused by the implication.
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Senator Lodge
New York
Usual Climax Comic Mini Drama Footnote
A judge narrates a scene where children argue during a comic supplement play. Joey refuses to stand and a skip hits him on the head with a cispidor, prompting a formal courtroom quip about the incident.
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Joey
Skip
No Mechanical Influence In Love Case Judge Remarks
A judge notes no mechanical influence in a disputed relationship case saying the claim of instant attraction is unlikely. The court references a delayed purchase of a vehicle a month after the couple first met as part of the proceedings.
Principal's test in a humorous classroom exchange
A judge notes the boy cries loudly and introduces himself as Mone. The principal contends the name is an abbreviated form of lachrymosity. The exchange unfolds as a lighthearted moment in school life.
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Mone
Lachrymose
Menthol Cough Syrup Ad at Bellonea Drug Stores
A fragment advertises Dean's Mentholated Cough syrup at Bellonaea Drug Stores. It mentions throat relief and a mentholated formula, typical of early 20th century patent medicine promotions.
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Dean’s
Bellonea—Seat Drug Stores
Automobiling Compared to Golf by Pedestrian Hazards
A concise comparison likens driving to golf where pedestrians act as hazards on the course of travel. The analogy emphasizes the risk environment of streets and the need for careful road sense.
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Roy Corngrower
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Utah
Arid
Department of Agriculture
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Forest Service
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