World and Domestic News Highlights of the Busy Season
France restricts champagne origin to select Marne districts as socialists rally in Berlin for universal suffrage. In St Petersburg cholera cases rise to 34 with 16 deaths. Tangier landslide wipes out villages and floods towns. Bolivia sets May 1 1909 for presidential vote. Havre drydock plan costs about 20 million. Germany’s 1908 trade totals show declines in imports and exports. DuPont plant explosion injures 12 in Gibbstown. Foreste Powder works blast kills 4, injures 10 in Lake Hopatcong area.
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Council of State of France
Department of
Marne
Department
Aisne
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Tetuan
Tangier
Havre
Germany
DuPont Powder Plant
Gibbston
N. J
Foreste Powder Works
Lake Hopatoong
Invitations Set for National Turnfest in Cincinnati
The national turnfest invites will use multiple languages with Japanese as the only non native language included besides German French Italian Belgian Swiss Dutch and Japanese Turner societies. Eight invitations were sent to Washington for official forwarding. An Arctic Club of America backed private expedition will attempt to locate Dr. Frederick A. Cook starting from New York around July 1 led by Dillon Wallace. Four men died crossing the St Clair river near Port Lambton Ontario during ice travel.
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Cincinnati
Germany
Turner Societies
Washington
Arctic Club of America
New York
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Dillon Wallace
St. Clair River
Port Lambton
Mich
Onan Caeley Barker
Bwaaty Gia T
Presa
Presbyterian Cnepedi
Multiple national events mark a turbulent era in 1912
Governor Patterson vetoes Tennessee prohibition bill while a Scranton macaroni factory blast arrests seven Italians. Copper and silver miners declare dividends. Pope Motor Car sale to Richard Apperson group is announced. Denver seeks Western Burlington offices, a New Orleans babies transport ships 75 foundlings, and New Jersey considers a bank guarantee bill. Gen Lee birthday observed in New Orleans. Orpheum theater burns in Leavenworth. 3000 sailors to march in the inaugural parade. largest auto storage plant burns in Boss. Iroquois theater fire settlements reach 30 deaths. 400 plus cases unsettled.
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Patterson
Tennessee
Scranton
Boston and
Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company
Pope Motor Car Company
Toledo
Richard G. Apperson
Lynchburg
Denver
Burlington Aiload
Omaha
Denver Real Estate Exchange
New Orleans
New York
New Jersey
Robert E. Lee
Confederate Veterans
Orpheum
Leavenworth
Kansas
Naval Division
Boss
Iroquois Theater
Controversy Over Benzoate Safety and Senate Actions
The report upholds benzoate of toda as a safe preservative per a board chaired by Dr. Ira Remsen and approved by Secretary Wilson, reversing G R Wiley’s earlier finding. House foreign affairs closes debate on a $3 592 maritime appropriation while Mare Island Navy Yard gets $350 000 for channel improvements. Colonel David A Lyle retires after four decades. he is noted as inventor and author. A hearing on Queen Liliuokalani’s claim includes Queen Liliuokalani, Prince Kalanianaole, and the Hawaiian princess. The foreign affairs committee favors inviting the 1911 navigation congress to Philadelphia, with city funding the entertaining expenses. Burkett amends Hopkins consular bill to reform exam board composition and ensure examinations. Industrial and commercial groups urge swift passage of consular modernization and Americanization measures.
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Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Wilson
G. R. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Perkins
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
David A. Lyle
Lyle
Liliuokalani
Hawaiian Islands
House Committee On Claims
George B. McClellan
Hawaii
Prince Kalanianaoole
Congress
United States
International Association of Navigation
Philadelphia
Burkett
Hopkins
Consular Examining Board
Consular Bureau
Bureau of Manufacturers
Civil Service Commission
Volpp Bank Guaranty Bill Promises State banking Reform
The Volpp bank guaranty bill, introduced by Dodge county lawmakers, creates a voluntary guaranty system with 30 day loss payments and a state role in overseeing banks. The governor as comptroller appoints three assistants with specified pay and residency, and a banking department secretary earning 3000 a year. Minimum bank capital requirements vary by city size, and a new protective fund financed by a quarterly tax will be reinvested to cover banking expenses.
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Volpp Bank
Volpp
Dodge County
Nebraska
Rudge Re-Elected President of Nebraska Agricultural Board
The Nebraska state agricultural association held its annual meeting to revise premium contests and draft a 150000 livestock pavilion appropriation bill. S.C. Bassett resigned and received a leather chair. C. H. Rudge was re-elected president with officers and a new board of managers named.
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Co. H. Rudge
Nebraska State Agricultural Associations
State Board of Agriculture
C. Bassett
Bassett
First Junketing Trip Ends for Present Legislature
The first junketing trip of the present legislature ended with Uncle Dan Nettleton and his party returning from Milford and Grand Island after inspecting the soldiers' home. The trip suggested Milford will gain more from new buildings, while Grand Island fares less. The soldiers homes committee also visited the Industrial home for women at Milford and praised its management.
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Dan Nettleton
Milford
Grand Island
Sheldon
Soldiers Homes Committee
To Close Saloons at 7 O'clock
Bills proposed to extend Lincoln daylight saloon rules statewide. Senate King introduces F No 181 prohibiting liquor sales Sundays and election days and bans sales 7 pm to 7 am with $100 fines and license cancellation for violators. House companion H R No 119 by Johnson of Burt.
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Lincoln
Senate
King
Licensing Board
Johnson
Burt
North Platte station wins at Denver stock show
Nebraska lawmakers learned that the North Platte experiment station won a prize at the Denver stock show with hogs fed from farm products raised there. Dean Burnett cited a 67 bushels per acre winter wheat yield and noted a farmer who attended a station picnic increased his land value by $5 per acre.
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Nebraska
State Farm
North Platte Experiment Station
Denver
Dean Burnett
North Platte Station
Swine Breeders Elect Officers at Nebraska Meeting
State swine breeders closed annual sessions with most members returning home. A legislative committee was named to secure 5000 for experimental swine disease research. Elected officers include President H. A. Wortz and VP list of Van Patten Beebhe and Gilmore with George Briggs as secretary-treasurer.
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Associated Societies
F. C. Crocker
A. B. Christian
Charles Dawson
Nebraska
H. A. Wortz
van Patten
Beebhe
Gilmore
George Briggs
To Abolish County Assessor by Senator Ollis Proposed
A proposal by Senator Ollis would abolish county assessors in counties under 20 000 population and adjust salaries for others. The plan faces questions on how it could remove assessors elected in 1907 under the 1905 revenue law, given four year terms.
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Ollis
State Treasurer Refuses to Approve Unappropriated Warrant
Chief Clerk Cone failed to obtain cash from the state treasury to pay for daily stamps. He claimed consent from State Auditor Barton to draw a warrant, but Treasurer Brian insisted he would not countersign without legislative appropriation. Auditor Barton says warrants will not exceed legal employee numbers.
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Cone
House
State Treasury
House of Representatives
Barton
Brian
Senate
Judgship Affair Could Be Dropped Or Appointed Replaced
The supreme judge fight narrows to two options either drop the affair or Governor Shallenberger appoints another attorney to push the case to the supreme court. The issue would then test the validity of the Sheldon appointments to the supreme bench or determine who has the right to canvass constitutional amendment returns.
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Supreme Judge
Shallenberger
Silas A. Holcomb
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Sheldon
Supreme Bench
What Commissioner Maupin Wants For Labor Department
Deputy Labor Commissioner Maupin estimates the two year budget at twenty thousand dollars. He seeks restoration of the chief clerk position and two added factory inspectors. Proposed salaries include 2000 for deputy, 1500 and 1200 for inspectors, 1200 for chief clerk and statistician, 1000 for stenographer. He notes predecessor Ryder proposed 2500 for deputy, but 2000 will suffice.
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Maupin
Mrs Whitmore Elected President of Nebraska Home Economics Society
Mrs Whitmore of Valley wife of Regent Whitmore was Thursday elected president of the Nebraska Home Economics society. Other officers chosen were Mrs Keyser of Lincoln secretary Miss Bouton of Lincoln vice president Mrs W F Johnson of Harvard treasurer. Mrs Keyser refused the secretary post for another year and Mrs B G Jury of Tecumseh was chosen for her place.
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Whitmore
W. G. Whitmore
Valley
Regent Whitmore
Nebraska Home Economics Society
Val Keyser
Lincoln
Miss Bouton
W. F. Johnson
Harvard
Thoroughbred Breeders Form Nebraska Association
A mass meeting of Nebraska thoroughbred horse breeders at the Lindell hotel organized an association. W. H. Plcard of Indianola was elected president, Perry Reed of Henderson secretary, and Charlie Johnson of Valparaiso treasurer. The group aims to advance breeding and racing interests.
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Nebraska
Lindell Hotel
W. H. Plcard
Indianola
Perry Reed
Henderson
Charlie Johnson
Valparaiso
Exposition of Lincoln Made Goods
Forty exhibits will feature at the Made in Lincoln exposition to be held in the Auditorium March 2 to 6. Visitors will see how articles are manufactured and manufacturers unable to provide live exhibits will show displays tracing goods from raw material to finished product.
Child Saving Institute Seeks Support for Destitute Children
The Child Saving Institute in Omaha relies on gifts from philanthropy to protect and care for destitute and helpless children. It argues that such an organization thrives in large communities and urgesNebraska towns to contribute to its work and a planned new building.
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Child Saving Institute
Omaha
Thme
Nebraska
54 40 or Fight A New Emerson Hough Book
Emerson Hough author of the Mississippi Bubble presents an inside history of the Oregon boundary dispute and Texas annexation in a new cloth bound volume. Illustrated by Arthur S Keller and dedicated to President Roosevelt from Bobbs Merrill of Indianapolis. Cloth price 1.50.
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Emerson Hough
Roosevelt
Arthur S. Keller
Bobbs- Merrill Company
Indianapolis
Tyler
Polk
Oregon
England
Texas
Lincoln Centenary Issue Features War Menace and Movement
The February Century issue centers on Lincoln centennial content but also offers authoritative discussions on two public questions. Henry B. Hersey, U.S. Weather Bureau inspector, presents The Menace of Aerial Warfare, while Rev. Dr. James M. Buckley, editor of the Christian Advocate, writes Dangers of the Emmanuel Movement.
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Lincoln
Henry B. Hersey
United States Weather Bureau
James M. Buckley
The
Christian Advocate
Young Mother and rocking babies debate
A Jonesville Monitor note quotes February Lippincott's refuting rocking as a brutal practice. The writer, a father with many babies, says he never rocked any child and jokes about arrest for expressing stronger views about mothers who rock babies.
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The
Jonesville Monitor
Lippincott's
Life Insurance Offer From The Midwest Life of Lincoln
A notice invites readers seeking old line life insurance or an agency to handle life insurance to correspond with The Midwest Life of Lincoln for policy options and services.
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Midwest
Lincoln
Ohio judge rules knee sitting by a young man proper
An Ohio judge rules that sitting on a young man's knee may be near as enjoyable, reflecting a broad, permissive stance in an opinion noted as general in tone.
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Ohio
Denver Man Boiled in Bath Death at Fashionable Building
A Denver man died by boiling in a bathtub at a fashionable apartment house. Police say the incident may be staged as advertising or part of a publicity stunt, with lingering questions about motive and safety.
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Denver
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