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The Alps seem delightful for driving tunnels through and burning orange peel will dissipate tobacco odor in a room. In Portugal married women keep maiden names. If any family can afford a divorce it is the Vanderbilts. A Copenhagen trust company collapse confirms Hamlet on rotten Denmark. Prince de Sagan may find an heiress husband a easy living. Taste for French counts and princes resembles dope. Once begun, it is hard to stop.
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Prince de Sagan
Wizard Burbank Enters Politics Amid Graftless Hope
A note on Wizard Burbank taking an active role in politics and aiming to evolve a graftless politician. The text also mentions Count Szechenyi’s return to Hungary and public reaction.
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Wizard Burbank
Count Szechenyi
Hungary
Ontario Girl Flings Ring Gaffe At Man
A Ontario girl rejected a man after he gave her an engagement ring with an imitation diamond. The incident sparked talk about imitations and flattery in relationships.
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Ontario
Charleston Harbor Water Breach Stirs Savannah Tensions
Charleston, 9. C., reports 31 feet of water over the bar at its harbor entrance and keeps pressing Savannah with notices about the situation.
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Charleston
9. C
Savannah
Diplomacy Sours as Italy Seeks World Role
Miss Elkins expresses annoyance at Italian royal discourse portraying Italy as as important as West Virginia and urges more diplomatic tone from the royal family.
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Miss Elkins
Italy
West Virginia
Navy Battleship Idaho Struggles with Mumps Outbreak
More than half the crew aboard the battleship Idaho contract the mumps, with the vessel nicknamed the 400 of the navy. The ship’s commander, referred to as Fighting Bob, had to quarantine the entire unit due to illness.
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Idaho
Navy
Bob
Faith healer Bishop Fallows Seeks Divorce Reconciliation
The article notes Bishop Fallows claims he can reconcile estranged couples and prevent divorce through his faith cure. The writers admit they rate such cures higher for illnesses than for injuries like broken legs.
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Fallows
High cost items noted in Vienna and for Russian archduke
Zinc items are common in Vienna but copper versions fetch high prices. A copper coffin for a Russian archduke recently cost over 5 000 dollars, while copper versions of zinc pieces can reach about 2 500 dollars.
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Vienna
Remarkable Flower Girl of Lafayette Visit Remembered
Mrs Roxana Pike Church died recently at Evanston Ill. She was said to be one of the flower girls who greeted Lafayette in Boston for the laying of the corner stone of the Bunker Hill monument.
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Roxana Pike Church
Evanston
Lafayette
Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Eminent Scientist Aims At Improving Good Microbes
A renowned scientist proposes a program to alter beneficial microbes to delay aging. The plan envisions moral reform among the microbial community to extend human longevity and postpone senility for an indefinite period.
Nighttime Moonlight Linked to Over One Hundred Auto Crashes
An examination of serious automobile accidents in the last year found over 100 occurred at night. About half happened when the moon was shining brightly and roughly 25 were attributed to optical illusions caused by the moon's deceptive light.
New Alaska Law Bans Saloons Gambling
A new Alaska statute forbids gambling in saloons. The law does not affect liquor sales or related lotteries.
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Alaska
Battlefleet marksmen near new targets in practice
The bluejackets of the battleship fleet continue to impress at Magdalena bay with high score potential during target practice. Officials hint at possible new game records while stressing precise, sharp shooting.
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Magdalena Bay
American Typewriters Gain Demand Overseas
American typewriters and labor-saving devices spread abroad as foreign buyers purchase about seven million dollars annually. The market for these American machines grows rapidly as overseas demand expands beyond earlier unfamiliarity.
Temporary School Funds to Be Disbursed in May
State funds report shows $8,099,388.06 in securities and $484,096.17 in cash on hand for April 30, plus $46,409.07 of uninvested trust funds. Receipts totaled $480,955.54 with disbursements of $507,013.95, largest balance $316,731.06 in temporary school funds set for May distribution.
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Henry Lehr
Adams County
University of Minnesota
Nebraska
Death from poisoned water experiment by youths in Council Bluffs
Five year old Agee Peterson died after older boys soaked matches in ditch water and gave it to him to drink then held lit matches to his breath to test flammability. The coroner's jury heard the tale from his brother Torkel Peterson who said the child thought the mixture tasted like pop.
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Little Agee Peterson
J. Peterson
Council Bluffs
Torkel Peterson
Life Sentence For Conner In Wife Murder Case
John Frank Conner pleaded guilty to second degree murder for killing his wife on a farm about 16 miles south of McCook Nebraska. He waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to district court where he received a life sentence at the state penitentiary in Lincoln. He was moved to Lincoln to begin his sentence. Conner said the wife had announced she would leave him and he shot her in a statement to the court.
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John Frank Conner
McCook
Neb
Lincoln
Pensions for Nebraskans Granted by Bureau
The bureau advised pension allowances for Nebraskans including Phillip Christ York $3, Norman Hill Seward Henrick L. Watson Adams John H. Miller Friend William Sedford McCool Junction each $12, John W. Cadwallader Milford $15 William N. Taylor Blue Springs $17 Hopewell P Shore Osceola Allen Woods Ulysses John P. Harris Fairbury Samuel S. Hare Beatrice each $29. Other pensions: Rufus G. Tole Omaha $30, David H. Johnson Central City $12, Daniel B. Wesson Fremont $20. A special act grants Mrs. Susan M. Lowry Nebraska a pension $16 monthly, widow of late Captain Lewis Lowry, company K First regiment Nebraska volunteer cavalry.
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Mr. Hinshaw
Bureau
Phillip Christ
York
Norman Hill
Seward
Henrick L. Watson
Adams
John H. Miller
Friend
William Sedford
McCool Junction
John W. Cadwallader
Milford
William N. Taylor
Blue Springs
Hopewell P. Shore
Osceola
Allen Woods
Ulysses
John P. Harris
Fair
Farmers' Grain and Supply Company formed at St Paul
An adjourned St Paul Nebraska meeting completed organization of an independent elevator company. Four thousand three hundred dollars was subscribed. Articles of incorporation were offered and adopted, to be filed. A constitution and by laws will be drafted. The company is named Farmers' Grain and Supply Company with headquarters in St Paul.
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St. Paul
Neb
Farmers’ Grain and Supply Company
City of
Woman Fled Threats Before Nebraska City Tragedy
Mrs Fenner, wife of a Nebraska City grocer, fled to St Joseph to escape threats that she and their child would be killed. Her husband killed himself with a shotgun after the girl left with her mother. The deceased left money and property to his wife and child as heirs.
Pabst Brewing Files Record Mortgage for Ten Million
The Pabst Brewing Company of Milwaukee filed a ten million dollar mortgage with the Douglas county register of deeds to secure a bond issue of that amount. It is described as one of the largest mortgages ever filed in the county and will be filed in every county where the company holds property. The document is a large leather bound volume.
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Pabst Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Douglas County
United States
Boston
Safe Cracked at Weston Burglary News Brief
Early morning thieves blew open a grain and lumber company safe in Weston Nebraska eight miles west of Wahoo. Two burglars fled on the early freight, one in a woman's attire and one a man suspected of the crime. About twenty five dollars taken.
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Grain and Lumber Company
Weston
Neb
Wahoo
Union Pacific
Baby Found in Sack of Grain in Nebraska Barn
In Palmer Nebraska Mr Bothwell found a day old baby girl in a sack of feed in his barn. Immediate efforts to locate the abandonment sources began though no complaint or clue had surfaced yet.
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Palmer
Neb
Bothwell
Fatally Injured Farmer Andrew Higgins Dies After Runaway
Andrew Higgins a 76 year old wealthy farmer and old settler living six miles north of Auburn Nebraska was fatally injured when he was thrown from a wagon during a runaway. His skull was fractured and his leg broken. Doctors gave no hope for recovery. The tragedy occurred a mile north of Auburn as he and his son John Higgins 40 returned home. The son who was driving had been drinking earlier in the day.
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Andrew Higgins
Auburn
Neb
Mr. Higgins
John
Nebraskas Pure Food Law violator fined in David City
A deputy state food inspector bought sausage from a David City butcher, found it contained sulphides, and Henry Knott pleaded guilty in county court paying fines and costs totaling 17.50 dollars. The inspector later tried to buy sausage at another market but was told stock was sold out.
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David City
Neb
Henry Knott
Congress wrap brings a flurry of fiscal and policy steps
Representative Williams leads 164 Democrats in urging a vote on the Stevens bill to free pulp and paper. Senator Warner misses part of his Brownsville speech. A Seattle assistant secretary bill passes. Ways and Means set to study tariff revisions. Sundry Civil bill adds 350000 for publicity clause enforcement. Cannon allows anti injunction and Sherman act amendments. Senate opposition grows to agricultural appropriations.
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Williams
Cannon
House
Stevens
Warner
Brownsville
Senate
United States
Seattle
Wash
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Rail and political notes from the era of early 1900s tariffs
Tariffs on fresh meats rise across southeastern railroads effective June 1 seen as a public sentiment test for wider rate hikes. Secretary Straus departs as contract laborers from Belgium. Roosevelt hosts New England workers at the White House. Government reports show a large deficit. Gas well near Tulsa roars and spreads. Pennsylvania railroad express car robbery nets about $600. Omaha mass meeting asks rail rates stay down. Peru revolution reported from Rio Janeiro. Farmers Bank of Tryon robbed. $600 seized after a shooting. Antipolo fire devastates Philippine town. Kansas Prohibitionists nominate Hope and Shouse for state offices. Chanute refiner sues railroads over crude oil rates. British torpedo boat Gala sunk off Kentish Knook. Gold hoard found near New London Wisconsin worth $30,000. Kansas tax commission taxes secret society funds.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Belgium
New England
White House
Roosevelt
Tulsa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pitsburg
Omaha
Neb
State Railroad Commission
Rio Janeiro
Peru
Farners’ Bank
Tryon
Antipoto
Philippine Islands
Kansas
Peabody
Albert L. Hope
Abilene
E. C. Shouse
Parsons
United States
Chanute
Kan
Various 1900s News Briefs From Across The Nation
A roundup of disparate items including deaths of General Stephen Tyrr at Buda Pest and a senior partner’s suicide affecting Coster Knapp & Co.. a fire at Aveline hotel in Fort Wayne killing at least 12. a shipwreck near Long Island with Peter Rick mers. Kansas-Oklahoma normal school debate in Emporia with a Kansas win. Knox as presidential choice at Pennsylvania GOP convention. Roosevelt tariff stance. Matsushima explosion with 200 lives lost. snow in Ohio valley damaging bloom. Malone & Son bank closure in Cayuga. Democratic convention in New Jersey on Bryan instructions defeated. Salvation Army arrest in South Bend. Mrs Warkentin case protested by State Dept. Ohio mulling martial law in Burley district to curb night riders.
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Stephen Tyrr
Buda Pest
Louis Kossuth
State Normal Schools of
Kansas
Oklahoma
Emporia
Kan
Aveline
Fort Wayne
Ind
Peter Rickmers
Long Island
New York Harbor
Rangoon
Harrisburg
Senator Knox
Roosevelt
New York
Coster, Knapp & Co
Matsushima
Makang
Piscadores Islands
Ohio Valley
Bank of
Malone & Son
Cayuga
Indiana
New Jersey
Bryan
Salvation Army
South Bend
State Department
Washington
Bernard Warkentin
Newton
Ambassador Lushman
Holy Land
Ohio
Burley Tobacco District
Kentucky
Unbroken 85 day sleep ends for Mrs Hawkins in Los Angeles
After an 85 day sleep Mrs Beulah Hawkins awakens for a drink of milk and regains full faculties though weak. The brief item notes her hospital location in Los Angeles and her recovery progress.
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Beulah Hawkins
Los Angeles
Cal
Cleveland
F. E. Blanchard
Smith Center
Christian Ministerial Institute of
Kansas
Selig Silverstein
New York
Gov. Frear
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Washington
Lawrence
O. Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
L. H. Bickford
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Taft
Panama
Prince Wilhelm of
Sweden
St. Petersburg
Marie Pavilovna
Russia
Tsarskoe-Selo
John Sparks
Nevada
Equitable Life Assurance Society
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