Wireless inventor works with Toulon arsenal aid
Jean Naudin a Paris area workman earning about a dollar daily at the Toulon arsenal tests a vastly improved wireless apparatus under ministerial direction for potential fleet adoption. Count Zeppelin then performs a landmark flight guiding Zepperlin II 456 miles from Friedrichshafen to Bitterfield without landing. Theodore Roosevelt to attend a public banquet in Naorobi on August 3. No wage concessions for 8000 Japanese sugar plantation laborers per planters association resolution. Meeting attended by thirty one plantation managers from across Hawaii.
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Jean Naudin
Toulon
Jackson
Nairobi
Planters’ Association
Vast Texas tornado devastates Zephyr leaving many dead
A tornado struck Zephyr in eastern Brown county Texas on Sunday morning causing a large death toll and many wounded. The disaster follows a string of reports including a will filed for probate in another case and various national and regional events. The tally of deaths reaches thirty two with about fifty injured as rescue efforts continue.
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H. H. Rogers
Zephyr
Brown County
Texas
Wiliam Loritver
Illinois
United States
Illnois
General Assembly
Union of North
Pana
D. W. Woods
Mindea&polis
James Gordon
Denver
Fred Torgesson
South Dakota
Belle
Overland Limited
South Omaha
Gulchin
Brown Park School
The
United Presbyterian Church
Knoxville
Tenn
Bilve
Trish
Manhattan
Walter Goddard
Minneapolis
Stockholm tariff report discussed in Washington
A Stockholm cablegram notes the Swedish tariff commission has sent to the government a comprehensive report on protective tariff problems. The debate has been largely academic, exploring potential shifts in economic policy.
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Washington
Stockholm
Swedish Tariff Commission
Charles R. Henderson
University of Chicago
United States
International Prison Commission
Barrows
Taft
Congress
Roosevelt
Brueselg
Manuel V. Domenech
Francisco P. Quinones
Republican Party of
Porto Rico
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Islands
Senate
Shively
Elevator Fire in Greenwood Burns Duff Building
Duff Elevator company of Nebraska City lost the 1912 building in Greenwood to a Friday afternoon fire. The blaze destroyed 630 bushels of 67 1 2 cent corn and 20 bushels of wheat, with total damages about 8 000 dollars to the structure and 400 dollars to stored grain. The loss is reportedly insured.
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Greenwood
Duffs
Duff Elevator Company of
Nebraska City
Kearney Considers Waterworks Sale to American Water
Kearney officials met with G. E. Hoffmeister of the American Water company of Pittsburg to discuss buying the city waterworks and hydrant rentals for 150000. The council approved the sale by a 6 to 2 vote and planned a bond election for 100000, closing the dispute over the system.
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Kearney
G. E. Hoffmeister
American Water Company of
Pittsburg
American Water Company
Andrew Rosewater
Nebraska Sportsmen Hold Annual Shoot in Grand Island
The 33rd annual Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association meeting opened in Grand Island with a blue rock event and 93 marksmen in the 200 target shoot led by performers including Re OBrien and Wm Veach. One hundred twenty five members attended the Wednesday night business session, Columbus chosen for next year’s meeting, officers elected: W. H. Illian of Albion as vice president and Gus Schroeder of Columbus as secretary treasurer.
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Grand Island
Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association
Re Obrien
Dick Lindeman
AG Pe Smith Ity
Eas
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Columbus
W. H. Illian
Albion
Gus Schroeder
Falls City Chapter 225 Formed by Eastern Star Leader
Mrs. Emeda H. Fuller of Tecumseh, grand conductress, organized Falls City chapter No. 225 on Monday night with 23 initiates. Officers named include Mrs. E. G. Whitford as worthy matron and Mrs. Zola Davies as associate matron, among others.
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Falls City
Emeda H. Fuller
Tecumseh
Eastern Star
Ralph P. Roberts
Alfreda Wilson
Lisette Pattisman
Fuller
Escape from jail and new town telephone company
Chappell Butch Willard escaped Tuesday night while held on horse stealing charges, slipping away during a brief liberty. The Chappell Telephone Company has filed incorporation papers and will soon inaugurate a first-class local telephone system.
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Chappell
Butch Willard
Chappell Telephone Company
Farmers State Bank Plans New Modern Building
Central City reports the Farmers State Bank will construct a commodious new bank building on a prime downtown site. The modern structure will feature an updated interior with new fixtures to replace the current quarters.
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Central City
Farmers — State Bank
Municipal Lighting Bond Petition Circulated in Central City
A petition circulated seeks a special election to vote on a $20,000 municipal electric lighting plant bond. If installed it would also supply power to the city water works system.
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Central City
Nebraska Happenings and Local News Highlights
A wide range of Nebraska items from Wahoo celebrations on July 5 to Independence Day morale. Notes include land deals in Merrick and Jefferson counties, a bank charter for Citizens in McCook, and the Midwest Life Insurance expansion. Also coverage of local building booms in Ainsworth and Arlington, notary D. C. Cole’s long service, and a streetcar fatality in Denver affecting a Cambridge resident.
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Odd Fellows
Hastings
First National Bank of Cambridge
Nebraska
Farmers’ Co-Operative
Lyons
Midwest Life of Lincoln
N. Z. Snell
Merrick County
Joseph Marca
G. M. Brown
Central City
Ruttenbach
Seward
Sloan & Davis
Columbus
Citizens Bank of McCook
Citizens National Bank
D. C. Cole
Peru
Secretary of State
Jensen
Peter Jensen
Fred Fiene
George and
Cornelius Johnson
Ainsworth
Ezra Couplin
Baldwin
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Faces Worthy Strikers Amid Service Collapse
Philadelphia rapid transit crews walk out for higher wages causing severe service cuts. Only 25 percent of cars run as strikers cheer the disruption while company leaders predict victory. Police are assigned to each car amid a fare hike controversy and Memorial Day disruption.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
John B. Parsons
Charles O. Kruger
C. O. Pratt
Almagmated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Market Street
Traction Company
Washington Observes Memorial Day in D C Washington D C
Memorial day observed with government offices closed and ceremonies across Arlington National Cemetery and other sites. G A R hosted events at Arlington as graves received flags and flowers were laid. Rep Hollingsworth spoke on Lincoln Davis and the Jefferson Davis silver service controversy.
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Washington
D. C
Arlington
Soldiers’ Home
National Cemetery
Hollingsworth
Ohio
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Republic
Abraham Lincoln
Sumter
Wireless Saves Ship From Peril Off Guayamas
The American steamer Precursor, crippled by a broken propeller, drifted for three days before wireless telegraph contact with Guayamas Mexico allowed a rescue. A tug reached the vessel and towed it into port Sunday after the crew locked in the ship’s state rooms to stay safe.
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Guayamas
Mex
Precursor
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