Tornado Rips Through Nebraska Farmlands Killing Baby
A northern Nebraska tornado tore through Cuming County causing the death of a one year old girl, daughter of Samuel and Mrs Mangleson in Cleveland township. The storm destroyed houses and farm outbuildings from the Mangleson home toward nearby farms, injuring several family members but sparing some, as livestock were killed and maimed along the path.
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Nebraska
Samuel Mangleson
Cleveland Township
Cuming County
Richard Wancker
Mangleson
Glover Place
Waacker
Henry Grissman
Grissman
Henry Schaeffer
Dentist J R Walden Dies By Cyanide In Holdrege Office
Dr J R Walden a leading Holdrege dentist committed suicide by cyanide of potassium. His body was found by his father in the office about two o clock, with a glass and notes to his wife explaining his act. Coroner’s jury returns death by his own hand. He leaves a wife and one child.
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J. RR. Walden
J. Ransom Walden
Holdrege
Blunder of Legislature: no time limit on county board appeals
The article reports that House roll No. 427 repeals the 20 day appeal limit from county board disallowances in section 37, chapter 18, 1905 statutes, removing time constraints for appeals. It notes Attorney General Thompson reviewing the law and contrasts with section 35 on warrants awaiting appeal outcome.
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Mike Lee
Thompson
Nebraska Deportation Ruling Reversed by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court overturns a Nebraska district court order to deport Lin Hop Fong a Chinaman who entered as a student in 1899. The court held no evidence justified deeming his certificate fraudulent and ordered he may stay in the United States. Justice Day wrote the opinion reversing the Nebraska decision.
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Washington
Lin Hop Fong
Supreme Court of the
United States
United States District Court of
Nebraska
Hop
China
Justice Day
Nebraska Court
District Court
Fremont Man Missing After Night on Seattle Boat
Arthur Pichrer a Fremont resident and former Northwestern brakeman, 28, vanished from a Seattle riverboat where he served as crew for a construction company. His trunk was left undisturbed and his absence reported by boat mates to his parents. He was a member of the Fremont fire department and several fraternal societies.
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Seattle
Arthur Picherer
Fremont
Wash
Pscherer
Northwestern Railroad
Farmer Murders His Wife Near Marion Nebraska
Frank Conner a nearby farmer killed his wife in Marion Nebraska about 15 miles south of McCook. He kissed her before the murder which two children witnessed. Two bullets were fired into her head. Conner admits the crime and desires to be hanged, showing little remorse beyond the act. He awaits a preliminary hearing in the county jail.
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Frank Conner
Marion
Neb
McCook
Lumber Dealers Lose Suit in Nebraska Supreme Court
Attorney General Thompson wins a victory over the Nebraska Retail Lumber Dealers' Association in the state Supreme Court. The secretary Bird Critchfield is enjoined from practices restraining trade and several officers are held liable for knowledge of such acts. The association remains intact, but some members face injunctions and referee reports are partly upheld.
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Thompson
Nebraska Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Supreme Court
Bird Critchfield
Father parts with children leads to sorrow for Zimmermanns
Four children of German immigrant laborer Mr Zimmermann have been placed with the Nebraska Children's Home Society after their mother died at sea during the voyage. He arrived recently with the children and, unable to provide for them, surrendered the shipboard collection given for his support and agreed to pay a monthly amount to the society while seeking Lutheran foster homes if possible.
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Mr. Zimmermann
Nebraska Children's Home Society
Germany
Fremont Man Loses Large Sum in Train Station Robbery
William T. Cohee of Crowell told Fremont police four men robbed him at the union passenger station. He lost drafts notes and currency totaling 5575 while he was in the crowd preparing to board an afternoon train. He was on business in Fremont and did not identify the assailants.
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Fremont
William T. Cohee
Crowell
Cohee
Union
Snakes Bite Woman Near Waterloo Not Venomous
Mrs. Thomas Arnold living south of Waterloo stepped into a bunch of snakes and was bitten several times about the ankle. She was frightened but investigators later said the snakes were not venomous.
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Douglas County
Thomas Arnold
Waterloo
News Of The Week Interesting Items From World Wide
Minority Leader Williams announced the Democratic filibuster will continue until the house considers campaign publicity and other bills. The senate defeated an amendment to the naval appropriation bill. The bill carries 123 million dollars in funding. The house passed a Tillman joint resolution to reacquire lands of the Oregon and California railroad. A large batch of pension bills received favorable action, totaling over a thousand, all in one hour. Representative Hepburn, ill recently, is convalescent.
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Williams
House
Senate
Tillman
Oregon & California
Oregon
Hepburn
Town
Worcester Bans Saloon Licenses Claim Largest US City to Do So
Worcester Mass votes to issue no more saloon licenses and asserts it is the largest city in the United States to banish the saloon. Other items include oversubscribed $40 million Pennsylvania Railroad bonds, venom extraction yielding serum for ancient diseases, and a British cruiser Gladiator sinking after collision with the St Paul off the Isle of Wight. The Grand Jury in New York finds railroads water, while Raisuli rumored assassinated, jail fire kills James Lally, and a Briarcliff race winner is Louis Strang. A storm swirls across southern England, Nebraska tornadoes kill and injure, and Topeka indicts H H Tucker Jr. on mail fraud. The president opposes a Sherman anti-trust commission.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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New York
Amazon
Gladiator
St. Paul
Isle of Wight
Thomas F. Ryan
Kansas State Federation of Democratic Clubs
Salina
Kan
Tangier
Raisuli
James Lally
Seneca
Herbert Jordan
Bernard Warkentin
Newton
Damascus
Koenig Albert
Briarcliff
N Y
Louis Strang
Arkansas
Grand Valleys
Colorado
Victoria
Vancouver
Pacific
England
Nebraska
Cumming County
Thurston County
Federal Grand Jury
Topeka
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Planned world cruise of battleship fleet announced
President approves itinerary leaving San Francisco July 7 visiting Honolulu Auckland Sydney Melbourne Albany Australia for coal then to the Philippines October 1. After nine days cruise to Yokohama Amoy and back to Manila November 7.
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Honolulu
Auckland
Sydney
Melbourne
Albany
Australia
Philippines
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Amoy
Manila
White Plains
N. Y
Gov
Haskell
Oklahoma
Congress
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Lindsborg
Kan
Bethany College
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
John Douglas
Bartlesville
State Department
State Root
Cortelyou
Treasury
Limevitch
St.Petersburg
Lawrence
School of Journalism
University of Kansas
Supreme Court of Nebraska
State Lumber Dealers Association
Archdiocese of
New York
Arizona
Topeka
Pollock
Kansas City
Supreme Court of Illinois
Griggs
House of Representatives
South
Prof
Starr
Chicago University
Luzon
Central
Africa
Celebrated Kansas Professor Marks 75th Birthday
Prof. Ephriam Miller long head of University of Kansas mathematics completes 34 years in charge and 61 years teaching as he celebrates his seventy fifth birthday. Secretary Taft plans another Panama visit this spring with talks to follow between U S authorities and Panama and Colombia. Mrs W E Stanley of Kansas and Mrs D W Bushnell of Iowa named vice presidents at D A R convention in Washington. Prof Alexander Agassiz of Harvard and son Mafi return from Africa with new geographic findings. Frank Moore of St Paul Pioneer Press celebrates his fiftieth anniversary with the paper.
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Ephriam Miller
University of Kansas
Taft
Panama
United States
Colombia
W. E. Stanley
Kansas
D. W. Bushnell
Iowa
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Alexander Agasszi
Harvard
Mafi
Africa
Frank Moore
St Paul
Woman Credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Leesburg Virginia resident Maude E Forgie writes praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health after months of feminine illness. She reports feeling strong and well again following the prescribed treatment and expresses gratitude.
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Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg, Va
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Facts for Sick Women Lydia Pinkham Remedy Ad
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advertised as a standard female remedy. Claims it cures irregularities, uterine ailments, backache, and nervous prostration, inviting women to write for advice at Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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