Foreign Prince Renounces Portuguese Throne for American Heiress
Foreign Prince Miguel of Braganza renounced his rights to the Portuguese throne to marry Anita Stewart of New York. The engagement to Miss Stewart was announced on July 9. Roosevelt expedition specimens now total 2000, spanning mammals to insects, with thousands of reptiles and birds.
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Prince Miguel
Braganza
Michael
Portugual
Anita Stewart
James Henry, Smith
New York
Miss Stewart
Roosevelt
Hippopotamus
Lake Naivasha
Bombay
Neereji Wadia
Wadia
William Booth
Salvation Army
England
Copper Island
North Pacific
Victoria
B. C
Vladivostok
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
China
Dr. Spitz
Baltimore
Chamonix
Spitz
W. Fish Marsteller
Grutus J. Clay
Switzerland
Geneva University
Arthur
Duke of Connaught
King Edward
Admiralty
Pioneer Day Observed Across Utah and West
Utah celebrated Pioneer Day in Salt Lake City Ogden and other towns marking Brigham Young and the pioneers entry into Great Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Mormon colonies in Idaho Washington eastern Oregon and elsewhere joined the observance.
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Utah
Brigham Young
Great Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake
Ogden
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Carlos Garcia Velez
United States
Gomez
Cuba
Justo Carlos Velez
Montour
Reading Iron Company
Miss River
Kansas
Multiple Crime Trials and Incidents Reported Across U S
Reports detail Purvis’s discharges after a self defense finding in a Saturday night clash that killed two strikers and injured one. Shea sentenced for attempted murder of Alice Walsh. Court to hear Miller Sayler Gruden murder case in November. Red Men versus militiamen clash ends with a fatal shooting. New York Aerial Manufacturing Co plans passenger airship transport. Alaska Yukon Pacific fair features Japanese building dedication led by Ha jime Ota and J E Chilberg. Edward Hayden of Hayden Bros. dies at 65 from diabetes. Glen H Curtis achieves a 31 minute aeroplane flight at Hempstead Plains. W H Ingram indicted for embezzlement nearing $100 000. Vera De Nole case dismissed after immigration scrutiny. Nebraska Supreme Court rules nonpartisan judiciary act unconstitutional.
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Cornelius P. Shea
Chicago
Alice Walsh
Wm. Miller
J. B Sayler
John
Ira Gruden
J.B. Sayler
Crescent City
Alaska- Yukon-Pacific
Order of Red Men
Joseph Morhinway
Everett
Wash
New York Aerial Manufacturing Company of
Brooklyn
Hajime Ota
Japan
J. E. Chilberg
The
Exposition Company
Edward Hayden
Hayden Bros
Corn Exchange Bank of Omaha
Ireland
Glen H. Curtis
Aernaut
Hemstead Plains
Long Island
Wright Brothers
W. H. Ingram
Hibernia Trust and Banking Co
New Orleans
Vera de Nole
Hong Kong
United States
Hanford
New York
Iowa
Red Bank
N. J
Supreme Court of
Nebraska
Pay for Cayuse War service set at 1 50 a day in Oregon claims
Nine claimants in the Cayuse Indian war of 1847 1848 in Oregon will receive 1 50 a day for their service as approved by the comptroller of the treasury and the war department. Washington records will serve as evidence for adjustments.
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Oregon
Comptroller of the Treasury
War Department
Washington
Taft
Dickinson
McFarland
Crothers
Maryland
Swanson
Virginia
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Dublin
N.H
Congress
Cougt
von.Bernstorff
United States
New York
Europe
Bavaria
Beverly Farms
Mass
Japan
Hitchcock
L. O. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Tekamah Farmer Hangs Self in County Jail
Andrew Myers a farmer living north of Lyons Tekamah Neb who had been in the county jail for two weeks on a wife beating charge hanged himself Friday afternoon in the jail corridor. He used two straps from a suitcase fastened to a window bar and looped them around his neck. His wife had left for Lyons earlier that day and others in the jail were unaware of his death until it occurred.
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Tekamah
Neb
Andrew Myers
Lyons
Myers
Autoist Shoots a Farmer on His Farm Porch
Ned Dan Halloran was badly wounded Friday evening when a motor car splashed by and a rear seat passenger fired a rifle at him as his family relaxed on the porch. The car fled eastward, and a bystander heard the assailant ask, Did I get him. The dog lay nearby and the shot narrowly missed Halloran’s daughter. Authorities sought the occupants but had no identification by Saturday afternoon.
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Hastings
Ned
Dan Halloran
Halloran
Runaway Wagon Wrecks Vehicle Swerves Injure Two Children
Beatrice Nebraska two children of milkman S V Kassing were badly hurt in a runaway near Friday evening. A girl about fifteen and a boy about eighteen were in a wagon that overturned in an alley. The boy fell on broken glass nearly losing an arm. the girl suffered severe bruises and cuts. They were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Beatrice
S. V. Kassing
Dog Ditches a Motor Car in Iowa Incident
Nebraska City resident John P. Michelson, wholesale liquor dealer, was driving in Iowa when two dogs attacked his auto. A dog grabbed the front wheel, causing the machine to ditch. Michelson shot the dog. a warrant was issued for his arrest in Shenandoah, though he plans to answer later. His car was badly damaged, and he and his wife were uninjured.
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Nebraska City
Neb
John P. Michelson
Iowa
Michelson
Shenandoah
Nail Mishap Injures Nebraska Contractor
D C Proper, a contractor in Nail Driven Through Nail Nebraska City, Neb, was working on a door when it came loose. A nail head popped through the lumber, and a nail drove into his finger pinning him until help arrived. The wound may cost him his finger.
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Nail
Nebraska City
Neb
D. C
Tragedy Near Cedar Bluffs Ends in Suicide
Chris Kriesal killed himself with a No 10 shotgun in his Cedar Bluffs area home while the family attended a circus in Fremont. The body was found by Hans Pageler’s family upon returning from the Cedar Bluffs depot. Coroner's inquest was waived.
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Cedar Bluffs
Neb
Fremont
Chris Kriesal
Hans Pageler
Nebraska Happenings and Local Developments
Plans for a late August lyceum course at Beatrice chautauqua grounds. South Omaha named national banks reserve center by the federal comptroller. Nebraska Travelers' association to hold its second annual convention in Grand Island on August 6. Belvidere Bulletin ceases publication. Walter Reeson builds a large frame barn west of West Point. E. D. Gould sells five Burlington elevators to T. B. Mord Grain to focus on Kearney. Logan drainage board plans a $30,000 duck digging. Elkhorn river project advances. Fremont police aid a destitute mother and child at the union station. Nebraska Bankers' association to meet September 8–9 in Omaha. large anticipated attendance. Nebraska City saloonkeepers clash with druggists over licenses and sales. Kearney Daily Hub building nears completion with cement block work and reused basement sand. George L. Campen appointed assistant Omaha city engineer. Weeping Water resident A J McDonald injures ribs in a fall. Gage county livestock and agriculture statistics for 1909 show 5,567 residents 21+, 472,277 acres farming, with grain sowing totals across crops.
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Chautauqua Grounds
Beatrice
Washington
South Omaha
Nebraska Travelers’ Association
Grand Island
Belvidere Bulletin
Truie L Veatch
Daykin
Walter Reeson
West Point
E. D. Gould
Kearney
Burlington
T. B. Mord Grain Company
Wolbach
Cushing
Brayton
Greeley
Horace
Gould
Logan
Hooper
Elkhorn
Fremont
James Bland
Union
Nebraska Bankers’ Association
W. B. Hughes
Omaha
Nebraska City
Daily Hub
George L. Campen
Lincoln
Panama Canal Zone
A. J. McDonald
Gage County
Wasela Ae Thoese
Fall Back on Taft May Trigger White House Appeal
Washington debate over free hides hinges on leather duties. The tariff conference plans to adjourn and seek a rule to lower boots and leather rates, with Aldrich demanding cuts on hides and shoes. If votes fail, conferees may push a report to Taft urging action or propose a small duty on hides.
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Washington
House
Aldrich
Senate
Rhode Island
Taft
Ruling on Aliens Tightens Admission Rules
New York Secretary Nagle affirmed a 25 dollar possession requirement for entering the United States, a cautionary ruling aimed at deterring undesirables. Steamship firms protest delays while authorities say the policy reduces embarkations of those not deportable at company cost.
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New York
Nagle
Department of Commerce and Labor
Williams
Russia Considers Abandoning Manchuria Agreement
Russia weighs dropping the bid to administer Manchuria railroad zone municipalities and foreign settlements in response to American and other powers. The plan has strong support at treaty ports and other Chinese areas.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
China
Manchuria
Steel Strike Ended at Butler Plant
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania the Standard Steel Car plant at Butler ended its strike when over 2,000 former workers returned on the company’s terms. Seven strike leaders were discharged. Officials say American workers will be preferred in all departments, especially in car construction.
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Pittsburg
Standard Steel Car Company
Butler
Death of a Famous Pastor in Nahant
Nahant Massachusetts reports the death of Rev. William R. Huntington rector of Grace Episcopal Church New York City after a lingering illness He was seventy one years old and an author with honorary degrees from Harvard Yale Columbia and Princeton among other universities
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Nahant
Mass
William R. Huntington
Grace Episcopal
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Wife Beater
Braska
White House
Bill
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