Nebraska Teachers Association Plans Lincoln Meeting
The Nebraska state teachers association official program announces a three day session in Lincoln starting December 26. Eminent educators join from Milwaukee, Chicago, Louisville, Oberlin, Johns Hopkins, Michigan State, and the University of Nebraska. General sessions at St Pauls church with sections on campus. music by the university glee and mandolin club. Local committee J. E. Miller chairs the group with Irving Cutter E C Bishop and O R Bowman aiding.
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Lincoln
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
Charles McKenny
Milwaukee State Normal School
Solomon Henry. Clark
Department of
University of Chicago
Princcipal Reuben Post Halleck
Boys’ High School
Louisville
Toyokichi Iyenaga
Japan
Oberlin College
Johns Hopkins University
Thomas C. Blaisdell
Michigan State Agricultural College
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Congress
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
E. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
St. Paul’s Church
University Glee and Mandolin Club
J. E. Miller
Irving S. Cutter
E. C. Bishop
O. R. Bowman
Killed Under Pile Driver on Blair Bridge Work
Eighteen year old Reno Morrison died when a pile driver collapsed into forty feet of water during rip rap work protecting the Northwestern bridge across the Missouri River at Blair. Ten workers were on site. eight were rescued, one escaped, and Morrison remained trapped under timbers. Morrison's mother is Mrs. Jacob Keppel of Blair.
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Reno Morrison
Missouri River
Blair
Morrison
O. Meriea
Jacob Keppel
Fairfield Huskers Clash for Championship Win
Near Fairfield Nebraska John McFarland and Joe Yanda were finalists in a ten hour corn husking contest. Judges crowned McFarland the winner with 177 1/2 bushels to Vanda's 170.
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Fairfield
Neb
John McFarland
Joe Yanda
McFarland
Vanda
Meadows Hotel Fire in Meadows Neb Burns Guests
Meadows Hotel in Meadows Nebraska burned at 3 a m and forced J C Ness the proprietor his family and several guests to flee in night clothes Many rooms were occupied and some guests jumped from windows The fire left the wooden structure fully damaged the cause is unknown
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Meadows
Neb
J. C. Ness
Whisky in Hastings church sparks law enforcement push
At a Hastings Congregational service Rev. Wight, Hastings College president, produced two flasks of whisky claimed purchased in Hastings after seven pm. He blamed city authorities, vowed to pursue enforcement, and urged petitioning to close the offending saloon.
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Hastings College
Hastings
Congregational Church
Harrison
Ministerial Association
Wight
First Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Ministerial
Rancher Pat McCarty Dies After Wagon Fall Near Alliance
Rancher Pat McCarty, a well known figure near Alliance, died at Tiernan ranch from injuries after falling from a wagon. He was unconscious for a day then rallied briefly before succumbing to a coma several days later.
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Pat McCarty
Alliance
Tiernan Ranch
Mrs. Hugh McIntosh Survives Runaway Near Alda Nebraska
Mrs. Hugh McIntosh narrowly escaped serious harm in a runaway accident along the Union Pacific right of way near Alda Nebraska. After seeing a train approach she reined, but was found stunned in a field by a Grand Island party returning from Alda. She was uninjured.
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Hugh McIntosh
Alda
Neb
Union Pacific
The
Nebraska Farmer
Death of Theodore Dort at Table Rock Kansas
Theodore Dort, a former Pawnee County resident who moved from New York in 1867, died at his Table Rock home after a gasoline engine accident. His estate was valued around 100000 dollars. He leaves a wife and three children and was an uncle of Pawnee County Attorney J. C. Dort.
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Theodore Dort
Table Rock
Cawker City
Kas
Mr. Dort
Pawnee County
New York
J. C. Dort
Pawnee City
Woman pawns shoes to feed her children in Omaha
Mrs. James Nelson of Eleventh and Charles streets went to the police, saying her husband squandered money on liquor and neglected to provide for three children. With nothing but flour and a few sweet potatoes, she pawned her slippers to raise funds for coal and provisions.
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James ‘Nelson
Eleventh and
Charles Streets
Omaha
Nelson
Flood Devastates Clifton Arizona Forcing Mass Evacuation
After 30 hours of continuous rain in southern Arizona the mining town of Clifton with 3000 residents floods. Hundreds flee to the hills as death toll rises to eighteen with many foreigners among the victims. Homes bridges and a school are washed away and the copper works and railroad yards suffer heavy losses.
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Clifton
Ariz
Solomonville
Dispatch
Arizona
Chase Creek
San Francisco
Arizona Copper Works
Arizona & New Mexico Railroad
Southern Railway Starts Inquiry Into Wreck
Officers C. H. Ackert and E. H. Copeman began an investigation to determine the cause of the wreck that killed President Spencer and seven others. The hearing will be private, and all employees connected with the two trains are summoned to Washington to testify.
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Southern Railway
C. H. Ackert
E. H. Copeman
Danville
The
Spencer
Washington
Heir to German Chancellor Files Swindling Charges
Prince Frederick Charles von Hohenlohe sues to arrest Phillip Simeoni de Flores and Dixmer, Paris bankers, for allegedly swindling him of nearly $100,000 with fictitious financial schemes. The firm is said to have taken about $2,000,000 from others, including members of noble families.
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Frederick Charles von Hohenlohe
Phillip Simeoni de Flores
Dixmer
Paris
Duc de Bragil
Japan Prepares to Enter South American Trade
Reports confirm Japan will shift its steamers from the San Francisco run to Chile, signaling a formal entry as a competitor to the United States in South American trade.
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Japan
United States
Orient
San Francisco
Chile
Indictments for Perjury Hit Coal Land Probe
At Santa Fe New Mexico a federal grand jury returned two indictments for perjury and subordination of perjury against Dr J H Sloan Terry superintendent of insurance in connection with coal land entries in Santa Fe and Sandoval counties The probe will be carried into the March term.
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Federal Grand Jury
Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
J. H. Sloan Terry
Sandoval
Railroad and seismic notes from the era
Pan ama isthmus railroad traffic remains interrupted while Kingston Jamaica reports a strong earthquake shock. The Russian government suppresses the seamen’s union triggering a seamen’s strike. W W Finley elected president of Southern Railway after Samuel Spencer. Treasury announces interest on US bonds due Jan 1 to May 1, 1907 will be repaid without rebate after December 15, 1906.
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Panama Isthmus
Kingston
Island of St. Vincent
Seamen’s Union
W. W. Finley
The
Southern Railway Company
Samuel Spencer
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Senator Reed Smoot Debate Sparks Utah Seat Fight
The Utah Senate heard a three hour speech by Senator Burrows denouncing Mormonism and Reed Smoot. He argued Smoot cannot represent a church deemed lawless and polygamous, requesting the adoption of a resolution to bar Smoot from the United States Senate.
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Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Burrows
State Senate
Smoot
Apostolic Body of the Church
Senate of
The
Heavy fines in rebating case target sugar and cooperage firms
In New York the United States circuit court fined the American Sugar Refining company eighty thousand dollars and the Brooklyn Cooperage company seventy thousand dollars after guilty pleas to Elkins anti rebating indictments. District Attorney Stimpson urged the fines would deter further rebates and the government dismissed the remaining indictments.
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Holt
United States
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Sugar Refining Company
Cooperage Company
Stimson
Canal Workers Healthful Report From Isthmus Mission
John F. Stevens chief engineer and J G Sullivan assistant chief engineer of the Panama Canal Commission arrived in New York from Colon aboard the Panama. They plan to return to the isthmus in January. Stevens notes 17 000 men are at work there with 5900 white workers and no Chinese laborers. He says Italians and Spaniards are the best workers and there has been no death since July with very little illness.
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Beaver City
Ethel Chambers
Kansas
John F. ‘Stevens
J2-G. Sullivan
Panama
Ena. Commission
New York
Colon
Isthmus
Croup remedy: linseed oil praised for home use
The piece urges mothers to stock half a pint of raw linseed oil to treat croup when a doctor is unavailable. A half teaspoonful to a teaspoonful is given, depending on choking, acting by loosening mucus and inducing vomiting without throat soreness, usually needing only one dose.
Beef Tea Method Delivers Nutritious Home Remedy
A home nursing guide explains how to prepare beef tea to extract maximum nutrients. Remove fat and skin from one pound of gravy beef, soak overnight, then simmer gently five hours, strain, and pulp the residue back in. The result includes fiber and albumen, making it more nutritious than usual beef tea.
The Useful Dado For Wall Decoration
A dado offers economical wall decoration by renewing the lower wall section to refresh a room. It hides soiled lower walls and provides a furnished look without extra furniture, ideal for halls and stairways with open space to define.
Chocolate Pudding and Sauce Recipe from Harper's Bazaar
A vintage recipe for chocolate pudding and vanilla sauce. Combine sugar milk flour egg butter baking powder and melted chocolate then steam one hour. Sauce uses eggs sugar and vanilla for flavor.
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Harper's Bazar
Plaid Fashion: A Popular Fad Meets Critics
A columnist laments the widespread appeal of plaid, warning it may fade quickly if unchecked. The piece notes the pattern appears in many places and cautions against overuse, urging restraint to keep style from dying out.
Black Chocolate Cake Recipe Instructions
Cream one half cup butter and one and a half cups sugar. Beat in two eggs. Add half cup sour milk with soda, two cups flour, one teaspoon vanilla. Stir melted chocolate with boiling water, blend smooth, fold into batter. Bake in square tins two layers, frost between and over.
Average Head Size and Hat Sizes Reported by Phrenology Expert
An expert in phrenology states the average adult head circumference is 22 inches. The average hat size is 6 percent larger than the head, with men’s hat sizes generally 6 percent larger. Scottish college professors reportedly wear sizes between 7 and 8 percent larger.
Whipping of Liars Ordered Ends in Hanging Truth Teller
A community imposes brutal penalties on liars whipping all who lie then hangs a man who speaks the truth. The incident underscores harsh, public justice practices in a punitive regime.
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ate—Apostle
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