Global Briefs Highlight Aviation Prize and Moroccos New Ruler
The report notes the Asiris prize split between M Bleriot and Gabriel for aviation progress. It covers Moroccos Mulai El Kebirs recognition as sultan by tribes, plus other world items including Brazil’s president death and a Chicago rail disaster aftermath.
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Asiris
M. Bleriott
Gabriel
Daniel Osiris
Malmaison
Institute of France
Osiris
P. J. Daniels
Chile
Cambridge University
Mulai el Kebir
Sultan Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Charles W. Fairbanks
Kyiv
Kobe
Alphonse Penna
Brazil
Reichstag
Berlin
Duma
Taft plans Beverly summer home in Massachusetts
Washington reports Taft will take a summer residence at Beverly Massachusetts with his family. Fred H. Abbott of Aurora Nebraska named assistant commissioner of the Indian bureau by the president. Peary supporters in Washington claim he reached the pole and planted the flag, with no news since August 17 1908. Exports for the current fiscal year are seen falling from 1908 1907 levels and below 1906. Captain Poole relieved as superintendent of the state war and navy department building. Lt Grant likely to succeed him in Boston assignment.
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Daniel
Virginia
Democratic
Senate
New York
China
Mexico & Orient Railway
Brazos River
Knox City
Benjamin
Texas
J. C. Balhorn
Painters’ Union
Old Merchants’ Association
Chambers of Commerce, Board of Trade
New Boston Chamber of Commerce
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Joseph Valentine
John B. Lennon
New Orleans
Teamsters
Iowa State Manufacturers’ Association
Dolliver and
Cummins
John D. Ryan
Amalgamated Copper Company
Henry H. Rogers
John 8. Kauntz
Columbus
Ohio
Morris Park
Aeronautic Society of New York
Corn Products Refing Company
Fred H. Abbott
Aurora
Neb
Aurora Republican
Taft
Indian Bureau
Washington
Robert Edwin Peary
United States
Perry
North Pole
Peary
Utah
Fifth Man Caught in Overland Limited Train Robbery Case
Lillian Stephenson known as the woman in the auto photo aided detectives by providing clues that led to the arrest of G. W. Marvin the fifth suspect in the May 22 Union Pacific Lane cut Off train hold up. Marvin was captured in Buhl Idaho and held in Twin Falls awaiting federal action in Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
Lillian Stephenson
Union Pacific
Lane
G. W. Marvin
Woods
Gordon
Torgensen
Shelton
John Doe
Buhl
Idaho
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Marvin
Pinkertons
Archer Rossetter
Denver
Twin Falls
Zetetic Club Silver Anniversary in Weeping Water
In Weeping Water Nebraska the Congregational church hosted the Zetetic Club silver anniversary. Zetetic was Nebraska's first women’s club founded ten years before the state federation. Mrs Laura M Woodford led the founding group of five women who met June 14 1885 to stimulate thought awaken latent ideas and keep in touch with the world.
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Club
Zetetic
Laura M. Woodford
Aged Man Hangs Self at Son-in-law Farm
Joachim Paus an, eighty one, a widower, hanged himself Friday evening from a barn rafter at his son-in-law’s farm near Grand Island Nebraska. Despite good health and a day of light gardening, there was no known cause for the deed and his wife had been dead for years.
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Grand Island
Neb
Joachim Pausan
Paustian
Elks Lodge in York to Dedicate $25,000 Building
Beginning June 21 the York lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will dedicate its new $25,000 building with a fair and festival running through June 26. Merchants and citizens of York have contributed over $6,000 in merchandise. Each evening features a program, with Hastings Elks visiting Thursday for special entertainment.
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York
Neb
Lodge of Benevolent’ and Protective Order ‘of Elks
Elks of Hastings
Women Ordered to Remove Hats at Local Church
The official board of a Nebraska City church directed that all women entering the church remove their hats. Janitors will enforce the rule, aligning with a similar order at the new church last week and with other local churches.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Drowned Boys in Blue River Near Seward Neb
Two boys drowned in the Blue river Friday three miles south of Seward near Heumann's mill. The incident occurred close to the Gadapat location with local authorities responding to the rescue effort.
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Seward
Neb
Heumann
Nebraska Happenings Across Cities And Events
Louisville to host a bona fide grain exchange under M L Williams. June 28 bids open for Kearney Catholic church. Syracuse plans Fourth of July events July 3 with Judge Root speaking. Hastings Woman's Club offers prizes for best flower beds and yards. Rev Charles Davis of Diller dies after a month illness. Charles Brice pleads guilty to stealing 36 from Dr Rose. one year in penitentiary. Smallpox outbreak in Byron with quarantines and vaccination. Mrs Beulah Mayson leaves Silver Creek with child after marital dispute. Beatrice to host a carnival for the fire department July 12 to aid building fund. Josef Musil dies by carbolic acid. Potential addition near Louisville by C E Noyes. State normal in Kearney accommodates 1 000 to 1 200 students. Seward depot to be enlarged or rebuilt. Cairo bank robbery suspects released due to lack of evidence. Mrs Thomas McCoy bitten by squirrels but rabies unlikely. Dunbar cattle feeders ship 40 plus cars to Chicago and Kansas City. more to follow.
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Louisville
M. L. Williams
Kearney
Andrew Holt
Company G
Geneva
Professor Eaton
Syracuse
J. L. Root
Lincoln
Hastings Woman's Club
Charles Davis
Methodist Church
Diller
Charles Brice
Gresham
C.E. Noyes
State Normal
Model School Room
Thomas
Burlington Rairoad
Seward
Hall Council
Claude Perkins
Doc” Hess
Bert Axtell
Cairo
Thomas McCoy
Tecumseh
University cash report shows detailed six month expenditures
The board of regents semi annual report to the governor details receipts and expenditures through May 31. Expenditures include a large payment to the state treasurer for the university cash fund and various departmental cash receipts such as dairy and animal husbandry, dorm house fees, incidental and laboratory fees, and tuition from nonresident students. Two state examiners review the books, with accountant H. S. Wiggins certifying accuracy.
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Regents
J. S. Dales
Board of Regents
Dales
H. S. Wiggins
Department of
Platte
First meeting of Nebraska CPA exam board held
The board of examiners for certified public accountants met in the state auditor's office on Friday. Officers elected were President John M. Gilchrist of Omaha Secretary Silas R. Barton Auditor of Public Accounts as Treasurer H. B. Wiggins of Lincoln. Applications for the examination should be filed with Mr Barton and the date will be announced later. Examinations will follow guidelines set by the national association.
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Board of Examiners
State Auditor
John M. Gilchrist
Omaha
Silas R. Barton
Public Accounts
Wiggins
Lincoln
Mr. Barton
National Association
Insurance Statistics for Nebraska 1907 1908 Report
The Nebraska report on insurance business by authorized companies for the year ending December 31 1908 is printed and ready. It shows growth in all insurance types with old line fire companies writing risks rising from 249 536 453 in 1907 to 302 525 869 in 1908, net premiums increasing to 3 313 597, and losses and assessments totaling 1 131 493 and 1 360 793 respectively.
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Nebraska
C. E. Pierce
Lincoln Monument Committee Meeting Aimed at Sculptor Selection
A meeting of the Abraham Lincoln monument committee is set for Thursday June 24 at 11 a.m. in the Office of Governor Shallenberger to select a sculptor for designing and executing the statue on the state house grounds. The committee includes Governor Shallenberger Gen Charles F Soate G W Wat and Professor pesuaas M Haltot Lincoln.
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Lincoln Monument Committee
Abraham Lincoln Monument Committee
Shallenberger
Ae State House
Charles F. Soate
G. W. Wat
Pesuaas ‘M. Haltot
Linco
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Gladstone
House of Commons
Mary Agnes Ruiz
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
San Francisco
Western Federation of Miners
John H.ere
K. L. Magnes
Palestine
de. Magnes
Turkey
Wheeler
District Court of
Council Bluffs
Frank Wesner
Brown University
Julia Ward Howe
Lemp Brewing Co
Kansas
Supreme Court
Catholic Missionary Union of America
Beverly, Mags
Braska
Capital City News
Portance
Insurance Statistics
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