Nebraska First Test Case Upheld on Compulsory Education
Nebraska v Frank Kauffman ends with a guilty plea and $5 fine plus costs for not sending his 15 year old daughter Anna to school. Labor Commissioner J J Ryder praises the result, saying the case proves the compulsory attendance law works. The school board and truant officer filed the complaint. Anna had left school January 10, 1907.
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Nebraska
Frank Kauffman
Anna
Beatrice
H.E Spafford
Kauffman
Dr. Albright
Costa
J J
Ryder
Prohibition Fight in Lincoln Moves to Spring Vote
At a Lincoln Nebraska conference of anti-saloon forces, participants unanimously decided to wage a prohibition campaign this spring. A special election may be called and the crowd of mostly men packed the church as the no-license push was approved with strong enthusiasm.
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Lincoln
State Dep Bond Approvals Foresee State Security
Governor Sheldon Attorney General Thompson and Secretary Junkin approved bonds of five state depository banks. State Auditor Searle sold his stock in the bonding company after federal scrutiny. The bonding firm, formed by Metropolitan company officers of Omaha, bonds saloonkeepers and now operates with most officers unchanged though R J Clancy is dropped from the new company’s rolls.
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Sheldon
Thompson
Junkin
Searle
Bonding Company
Omaha
Metropolitan Company of
R.J. Clancy
First Electrical Show in Omaha Planned for April
The first electrical show in Omaha will open during the first week of April in the auditorium with $4,000 in decorations described as the most beautiful scheme ever seen in the great house. An organization of electrical dealers will join the auditorium association, formed to make the event permanent. E. J. Sullivan was named president George Johnson vice president W. L. Burgess secretary and J. R. Lehmer treasurer at a recent meeting. Committees were formed to work with Manager Gillan on decor and booth arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Auditorium Association
E. J. Sullivan
George Johnson
W. L. Burgess
J. R. Lehmer
Gillan
Nebraska press meeting program set for Lincoln in February
The thirty sixth annual Nebraska Press Association meeting will be held in Lincoln February 24 25 and 26. Ed W Howe editor of the Atchison Globe will give an illustrated lecture Monday February 24 with free admission for members. Tuesday evening the association will be guests of the Lincoln Commercial Club for a banquet at the Lindell hotel. Wednesday February 26 they will be guests of Lincoln Topographical Union No 209 for a ball and reception marking the typographical union's twenty fourth anniversary in the city.
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Maupin
Nebraska Press Association
Lincoln
W. Howe
Atchison Globe
Howe
The
Press Association
Lindell
Linceln Topographical Union
No 209
Typographical Union
Nebraska News
Bevan Bas
Duginess
Paxton Block Fire Prevented Major Loss in Omaha
Fire was discovered on the Paxton block at the northeast corner of Jishenah and Farnam streets in Omaha. Janitor Charles Conner aided by the prompt fire department prevented a disastrous blaze with total damage estimated at 6500 dollars to building and contents.
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Paxton
Jishenah and
Farnam
Omaha
Charles. Conner
Nebraska veterinary board case limits title use
Judge H D Tray rules in Plattsmouth in the second district court on a dispute between the Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association and Anatha P. Barnes president of the Nebraska State Veterinary Association. The law requires a permit from the state veterinary examining board to use the title veterinarian surgeon. No further details are provided.
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Chambers
Plattsmouth
H D Tray
Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association
Anatha P. Barnes
Nebraska State Veterinary Association
Barnes
State Veterinary
Collision at Overton Delays Trains on Union Pacific
A rear collision occurred west of Overton Nebraska between passenger train No. 11 and an eastbound six silk car second section. The No. 11 pilot engine was torn off and a mail clerk sustained a side injury. Train No. 11, 4, and the silk car engine crews, including engineer Fonda and Barnel, were involved as the derailment delayed No. 1 for over an hour.
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Overton
Union. Pacific
Neb
Fonda
Nel
Barnel
Tear Down Smallpox Signs and Quarantine Issues
Dr Wilson the state health inspector arrived to inspect Clarkstown amid reports of disregard for smallpox quarantine cards. He notes no local board of health in Clarkstown and cites citizen belief that quarantine rules cannot be enforced. Town councils have voiced similar doubts about enforcement.
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Clarks
Dr Wilson
Board. of Health
Wilson
Convicted a Horse Thief In Lincoln Penitentiary
Sheriff Peterson arrived in McCook from Tennessee with Albert Creger a young man charged with stealing a horse from J A Modrell of McCook last year Creger appeared in district court pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two and a half years in the penitentiary at Lincoln He was taken that night to begin his sentence and had made an ineffectual habeas corpus suit in Tennessee
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Sherif Peterson
McCook
Tennessee
Albert Creger
J. A. Modrell
Creger
Lincoln
Nebraska Independent Telephone Association Elects 1908 Officers
Officers named at the last meeting include J. Garlow of Columbus as president J N Lyman of Hastings as vice president and R E Mattison of Lincoln as secretary and treasurer An executive committee was chosen with C J Garlow Columbus C E B Becker Pawnee City F H Woods Lincoln C W Bartlett Fairbury W H Cameron Beatrice W E Bell York and T H Pollock Plattsmouth
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Nebraska Independent Telephone Association
Co. J. Garlow
Columbus
J. N. Lyman
Hastings
R. E. Mattison
Lincoln
C. J. Garlow
C. EB. Becker
Pawnee City
F. H. Woods
C. W.bartlett
Fairbury
Wh.caman
Beatrice
York
T. H. Pollock
Plattsmouth
Assassination Reverberates Through Lisbon Monarchy
A Lisbon dispatch to the London Standard asserts public approval of the king and crown prince's assassination as a political act and predicts no justice for many involved. Subscriptions rise for the families of murderers, while Lisbon citizens dispute adopting the criminals' children. The royal coffins were laid to rest with a massive crowd outside St. Vicente Cathedral, and the entombment proceeded amid tight security and religious rites.
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London Standard
Lisbon
Fuegerra
Carlos
Luiz Phillippe
Cathedral of
St. Vicente
Patriarch of
Gas Explosion Kills Nine Miners at Moody Coal Mine
A slow blast ignited gas at Moody Coal Company mine near South Carrollton, killing nine miners and injuring one. Thirteen men were at work. victims include Robert Cook and J N Bush white workers and several Black miners. John Bryant died of injuries. Surviving workers escaped to the shaft bottom before rescue.
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Moody. Coal Company
South Carrollton
Robert Cook
J.N. Bush
John Bryant
Canal Completed Opens Big Horn Valley Water Way
The fifty mile Big Horn irrigation canal is finished with two syphons at Elk and Antelope creeks costing about 40000 dollars. It serves Basin Wy and irrigates around 30000 acres along the Big Horn river from Worland to Graybull. Basin gains water rights for city lots and expects a lush summer. Federal officials and editor J A McGuire foresee a large government game preserve along the Wapiti fork east of Yellowstone to protect elk, a natural complement to the park.
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Big Horn
Big Horn Irrigation Company of Basin
Wyo
Big Horn River
Worland
Graybull River
Basin
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
J. A. McGuire
Outdoor Life
Big Horn Basin
Wapiti Fork
North Fork
Shoshone River
Codset
Yellowstone Park
Park
Bankers Sentenced to Penitentiary for Bank Conspiracy
WB Smith and James Nall of Henry County Kentucky were sentenced to a prison term of five years for conspiring to defraud Elkville Bank of $5,192. Nall, president of Mississippi Valley Banking Company of Grand Tower Illinois, had this bank placed in receivership. Smith organized a State bank at Elkville and flooded it with overdrafts and false drafts, later serving as its president. A $2,000 fine accompanied the sentence.
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WB Smith
James
Henry
Kentucky
Elkyilie
Shire Bank
Nall
Mississippi Valley Banking Commpany
Grand Tower
Thi
Smith
Jackson County
Elkville
Louisville
Hobo Convention in St Louis Ends with Resolutions
The national convention of the unemployed in St Louis concluded after a week with a large hoboes gathering. Resolutions urged church attendance, repeal of vagrancy laws, and pension for the unemployed plus a $15 million appropriation to hire workers to deepen the Missouri and Ohio rivers. General Coxey and James Eads Howe were principal speakers.
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St. Louis
Congress
Missouri
Ohio
Coxey
James Eads Howe
Four Cracksmens Loot Bank of Sulphur Springs Ark
Four men blew open the vault of the Bank of Sulphur Springs Arkansas and stole over 1200 dollars in cash plus notes and valuables. Explosions aroused residents but the thieves mounted horses and rode westward before officers arrived. the vault is totally destroyed and the men are believed to have escaped into the mountains.
Maryland sets unusual target record at Magdalena Bay
The cruiser Maryland reportedly breaks a world target practice record during a 10 knot battle run at Magdalena Bay. Stewart Edward White, returning from the area aboard a collier, notes an average of 8.43 hits per minute on a 12 by 21 foot target at 1,700 yards.
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Maryland
Magdalena Bay
Stewart Edward White
Edison Gains Global Motion Picture Control Pact
In Buffalo on Saturday a $3,000,000 combination was formed to control the worldwide moving picture business. Edison will receive a $200,000 annual royalty and grant exclusive rights to his patents, preventing other firms from using them to produce films.
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Thomas A. Edison
Buffalo
Mr. Edison
Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court on Kansas Demurrage Law
The Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling in the case of William M. Patterson v Missouri Pacific. It sustains the Kansas 1905 freight demurrage law imposing a $1 per day penalty for delayed freight cars.
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Supreme Court
William M. Patterson
Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas
Port Hood Mine Explosion Kills Ten Miners and Loaders
A Port Hood Nova Scotia mine explosion at 7:30 a.m. killed six coal miners and four loaders. Rescue crews found no gas or after-damp as the south level collapsed under soft coal. Most victims were natives of Port Hood, descendants of Highland Scots. scenes at surface were distressing. Property damage was slight.
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Port Hood, N. S
Port Hood
Geo
Cape Breton
Fire in Nebraska Town Kills Two and Injures Five
In a South Sioux City rooming house fire of unknown origin two people died and five were injured. The dead are Edward Streator and Moritz Albertson. Injured include Dolly Hart with a broken leg, a Winnebago Indian with both legs broken, William Lukecost with a broken ankle, Edward Skinner with angle injuries and internal injuries, and August Paseyladt with leg injuries. Residents escaped by jumping from second-story windows as the building burned down and both bodies were not recovered.
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South Sioux City
Neb
Edward Streator
Moritz “Albertson
Dolly Hart
Streator
William Lukecost
Edward Skinner
Angles
Paseyladt
Albertson
Killed by His Son: Noted Kentucky Judge Shot in Store
Jackson Kentucky. Judge James Hargis longtime member of the Kentucky state democratic executive committee was killed in his general store by his son Beach Hargis. Five shots fired in rapid sequence fatally struck the judge as clerks waited on customers. Motive unclear though family feud and drinking problems are noted.
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Hargis
James Hargis
Kentucky
Democratic Executive Committee
Breathitt
Jackson
Beach Hargis
Young
Iowa Democrats Endorse Bryan in Central Committee Vote
The Iowa state central committee unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing William J. Bryan after a full day of maneuvering. Radicals secured clear majority over conservatives who had opposed Bryan, with notice sent to the candidate by wire.
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William J. Bryan
Iowa
Democratic ‘State Central Committee
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Tragedy on Pine Ridge Reservation Reported in Deadwood
White Eagle, an aged Sioux prisoner, receives word that his wife, despondent over his liquor charge, killed their two daughters and then herself on the Pine Ridge reservation.
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Pine Ridge
Deadwood
S. D
White Eagle
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