Nebraska Notes Brightens Local Industry and Accidents Across State
Various Nebraska items include a Wymore cement block plant with $10,000 capital, Hastings government building excavations, a Beatrice man fined for unpaid meal, and a monster Platte river catfish destined for state exhibition. Also notes on Te cumseh Sabbath ordinance, Fremont bank charter with $15,000 capital, and large Adams county land sale at $75 per acre.
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Tom Fulton
Nebawka
Hastings
Cent Eawards
Ulysses
Young Macy
Tecumseh
Platte River
Plattsmouth
O’brien
State’ Fisheries
Isaac Deffenbaugh
Adams County
Neligh
Rohrbaugh
Beatrice
Daniels of
Stanton
Senator Brady
Nebraska
Albion
James ‘Lillie
Kansas Penitentiary
Béatrice
Benson
Rockford
Gumpert
Fremont
John “A. Anderson
Ranchman-Near
Loomis
Elmer. Robbins
Peru
Nehawka Milling— Company
Nehawka
Gage County
H. H. Smith
W. Sloan McHugh
Chester
Neb
Misleading Statements on National Committee Formation Corrected
Norman E. Mack states via New York contact that Senator James K. Jones will call a national committee meeting after conferring with Judge Alton B. Parker to align notification dates for nominees. The meeting in New York will elect officers and address other matters, with Parker consulted before organization.
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National Democratic
Normal Ke, Mack
New York
W. F Sheehan
National Committee
James K. Jones
Alton B.parker
Party
New York City
Jones
Judge Parker
Belle of the Blue goes over dam at Beatrice with passengers
The stern wheeler Belle of the Blue loaded with Fairbury and Chau taunqua excursion riders drifted into the river after its chain broke at Court street crossing. The dam drop of about ten feet swept everyone into the water but no injuries were reported.
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Beatrice
Fairbury
Court Street
School Lands in Demand as Leases Become Sale Contracts
Many holders of school land leases in the state are converting their leases into sale contracts and will purchase the lands they have leased before the annual land lease auctions in August. Land Commissioner Follmer and Deputy Eaton review the leases after returning from a tour of western counties.
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Follmer
Eaton
Board of Equalizers Dates Set for County Valuations
The state board of equalization will meet on July 18 to adjust county assessments. Land values prepared by the land department will guide review of county valuations, with taxpayers requesting fair treatment and railroads urging closer alignment of nonrailroad properties to true values.
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State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Board of Equalization
Forrmer
Land Department
Doctor Carter Returned From Missouri Prison
Convict Dr John Carter who escaped from Nebraska penitentiary in 1898 will be brought back to serve the remainder of a three year burglary term from Valentine Nebraska. He was found serving a five year sentence in Missouri set to expire July 16 governor Mickey arranged his requisition and Special Agent George Anderson will escort him back.
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Nebraska Penitentiary
John Carter
Valentine
Cherry- Coutty
Carter
Lehdigh
Nebraska
Mickey
Missouri
Jefferson City
George Anderson
Nels Mickey
Gileaea
Colorado Penitentiary
Murder charge spikes across Colorado mining towns
Pearl Skelton is jailed near Rye after being transported from Cripple Creek in a war rant for the murder tied to the Independence station explosion on June 6. Sheriff Bell filed the warrant amid boasts of knowing the culprits. The case extends to Victor Union officials charged with conspiracy to kill Roscoe McGee in a June 6 Victor Street incident.
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Pearl
Skelton
Cripple Creek
Colo
Pueblo
Independence Station
Cripple ‘Creek
Medill Ranch
Rye
Pueblo County
Bell
Hmenonidehoe
New Free Coinage Miners* Union
S. A. Phipps
Frank Cothran
Victor Union
Arthur Parker
Albert Carrington
Thomas McManus
Richard James
John James
Edward McKelvey
Alfred Miller
Roscoe McGee
Victor Street
Nebraska Won't Send Rifle Team to National Shoot
Nebraska Adjutant General Culver reports the Nebraska National Guard cannot furnish a rifle team for the Army national shooting event at Fort Riley starting August 2 due to lack of funds after a War Department request.
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Nebraska National Guard
Ants Prove Effective in Controlling Cotton Weevils
A telegram from Mr. Cook of the agriculture department reports that Guatemalan ants quickly destroyed boll weevils in cotton fields, including Texas red ants. The message pleased Secretary Wilson and Dr. Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant industry.
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Cook
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Texas
Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Parker and Davis Nomination Unanimous at Democratic Convention
The Democratic National Convention nominated Chief Judge Alton B. Parker for president and Henry G. Davis of West Virginia for vice president. The roll call yielded a unanimous Parker endorsement after hours of speeches, with Bryan urging unity and backing Cockrell for vice presidential favorites.
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Alton B. Parker
New York State Court of Appeals
United States
New York Statesman
Henry G. Davis
Est
Virginia
Empiratte
Committee On Resolutions
William J. Bryan
William ‘Jennings’ Bryan
Francis M. Cockrell
Missouri
Bryan
Nebraska
Hearst
Best
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Cockrell
Parker
Idaho
Nevada
Washington
Dockery
Wisconsin
Governor Black
New York
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Auntie and Cyril discuss grand uncle brooch heritage
Auntie asks Cyril about hair in an old brooch said to belong to their grandfather. Cyril retorts that the grandfather did not have much, implying modest means.
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Cyril
Adept at Giving Advice and the Man Who Made It Personal
A wife reads aloud a magazine piece about men who must have everything perfect at home. Her husband, Tom Penpusher, protests the portrayal as harsh and unrealistic for a busy household. He then reveals he wrote the article himself.
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Penpusher
Life Changes After a Cocktail in a Glitzy Gallery
In a gallery above a dancing crowd a man and a woman converse about sorrow and unrest in the throng below. He recalls grim talk once spoken but claims a sudden change after having a cocktail and feeling life’s vitality. The scene shifts from gloom to exhilaration as he declares life good.
Ways of the Orient and Japan’s Christian forecast
The report notes a movement in Japan, backed by eminent men, to found a pro Christian church while remaining independent. It recalls predictions from fourteen years ago that Japan would not become Christian by edict but that some form of Christian change seemed plausible within twenty years.
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Japan
The Birds and the Lesson of Sorrow
The piece reflects on sorrow and the birds songs as a spiritual lesson, noting vandalism harms a mockingbird’s home and the enduring music as a sign of life. It contrasts human grief with nature’s resilience and cites a Japanese paper at the fair edited by Hajima Hoshi.
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Hajima Hoshi
New York City
Lbéral Arts
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Wymore
Norman & Mack
Ees
Chicago
Sb Westerns
Cincinnati
Er Ok
Pittsburg
St. Louis Wheal
Brooklyn Vet Ee
Boston
Elle
Philadelphia
Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit
Denver
Colorado Springs
Des Moines
Paes
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Board OF Equalizers
Lincoln
DR. Carter
Parker and Davis
West Virginia
Inated
J. Bryan
Ual
Olney
Wall
Senator Cockrell
California
Braska
Plestocracy
John ‘Lamb
Indiana
Democratic
Phé People
Business Men's League of
City
Clark
Cianenra John Sharp. Williams
Davis
Mockingbird
Atlanta ‘Constitution
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