Washington House Advances Coal Lands and Building Costs
A Washington bill would open 70,000,000 acres of coal lands for settlement and development. A Senate bill would raise the Columbus Nebraska federal building cost to 75,000, but contractors cannot meet the higher limit. Attorney General Wickersham faces cotton pool probes as the cost of living inquiry expands to cotton. Extradition papers are returned for Keith County suspect Thomas F. Shireman. Interstate carriers readjust rates along the Mississippi to Atlantic routes, effective July 1.
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Washington
House
Senate
Burkett
Federal
Columbus
Neb
Wickersham
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Cascade
Colo
Pike's Peak
Forest Service
Forester Potter
House Committee On House Lands
Smith
Carolina
State Department
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Thomas F. Shireman
Calgary
Canada
Keith County
Senator Brown
Mississiippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
Rockefeller drives with friends in Tarrytown rides
Johan D Rockefeller remains popular as he takes neighbors on car rides around Tarrytown New York donning a paper vest before trips and leaving the garment as keepsakes. Other items note Peru Ecuador border tensions Washington aviation meet Hempstead plains and a large post office appropriation bill.
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Johan D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. Y
Mr. Rockefeller
Washington
Peru
Ecuador
Iowa
Summer
State Board of Health
Aero Club of America
Hempstead Plains
Long Island
Senate
South Dakota
Nebraska
John R. Walsh
Leavenworth
Department of Justice
Railroad bill and international notes in early news
Senate actions on the railroad measure with amended provisions totaling about 2.5 million, new battleship funding likely, and a wide range of national events including Taft’s tribute to foreign soldiers and Roosevelt’s July appearance at the Brownsville bridge opening. Also notes on storms of finance, naval affairs, and regional developments.
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International
Great Northern
Burkett
Brown
American Sugar Refining Company
Supreme Court
Taft
United States
House
Sugar Trust
Roosevelt
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Tex
Washington
Senate
Committee On Commerce
New York Stock Exchange
Edward
Montreal
Manitoba
Guayaquil
Seattle
Seattle Electric Company
Department of Justice
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Omaha
Falls City
Richardson County
Neb
Nemaha River
Maine
Havana Harbor
National Cemetery
Arlington
McCarthy
San Francisco
Postal Savings Bank
Edward VII
Windsor
Cartago
Costa Rica
Peking
National Assembly
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lake Michigan
Empire King Proclaimed as George V Crowned Briton King
Public proclamation names George V as King of Great Britain. Other items note Ohio official Mark Slater’s four year penitentiary sentence. Roosevelts possible ambassadorship to Edward funeral and forgery arrest warrant for Joseph G Armstrong in Pittsburg. Marconi rebuilds wireless station at Glace Bay en route to Montreal. Wright brothers deny Dayton Chicago flight plan. Wisconsin Governor Davidson may not seek renomination. Kansas City murder defense witnesses. Gompers opposes party formation and urges non partisan farmer support. Omaha elder Turning Hawk recalls a seventy five year old comet sighting.
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George V
Great Britain
Mark Slater
Ohio
Roosevelt
King Edward
Joseph G. Armstrong
Department of Public Works
Pittsburg
Signor
Marconi
Glace Bay
Montreal
Orville Wright
Dayton
Chicago
James O. Davidson
Wisconsin
Congress
B. C. Hyde
Kansas City
Gompers
Turning Hawk
Hyde Found Guilty and Sentenced to Life in Prison
Dr. B Clark Hyde was found guilty of murdering Col. Thomas H Swope and sentenced to life in the state penitentiary. Juror W C Crane says Hyde’s testimony sealed the verdict and aided a reversal from acquittal. Hyde’s fate now rests with a potential new trial and Supreme Court review.
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Kansas City
B. Clark Hyde
Col
Thomas H. Swope
State Penitentiary
W. C. Crane
Crane
R. Johnson
Sibley
Dr. Hyde
Mr. Crane
Mr. Johnson
Hyde
Johnson
Albert
Bertha Boler
Logan O. Swope
Independence
Supreme Court
Ralph
Convicts Burned to Death in Alabama Stockade Fire
In Centerville Alabama thirty six negro convicts died when the Red Feather Coal stockade at Lucille burned after a prisoner set the fire to gain freedom. Thirty five perished in the flames and another was fatally shot escaping. The arsonist started the blaze and guards contained the rest. The loss runs to several thousand dollars.
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Centerville
Ala
Red Feather Coal Company
Lucille
False By a Single Vote Inauguration Date Debate
The Washington house failed to achieve a two thirds vote to submit to the states a change of inauguration day from March 4 to the last Thursday in April. The Henry of Texas resolution passed the judiciary committee but fell 189 to 70 on the floor with no clear party pattern.
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Washington
House
Union
Henry
Texas
Committee On Judiciary
Parker
New Jersey
Troops Sail for Tumbez As Ecuador Front Near
Lima reports a government transport carrying artillery, a hospital corps, and large ammunition cargo sailed to Tumbez on Peru's northwest coast. Ayavaca dispatches indicate Ecuadorian troops nearing the border.
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Lima
Peru
Tumbez
Ayavaca
Nebraska in Brief items show growth and incidents
Multiple Nebraska towns report progress and events including church dedication near Tecumseh, saloon licenses issued in Nebraska City, and a large real estate sale near Chapman. Other notes cover thefts, land fires, a bridge collapse incident, military moves, and census completion in Beatrice.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound endorsed by readers
An anecdotal testimonial from Anna Anderson of Black Duck Minnesota praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing retroflexion and restoring health. The letter urges women to try the herbal tonic instead of harmful surgery and notes Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Black Duck
Minn
Anna Anderson
Free Land in Colorado Offer Promoted by W F Jones
Advertisement touts rich soil and fine climate in Colorado and urges readers to write W F Jones at 750 Majestic Bldg Denver Colo for full particulars. Includes light dialogue about color and peaches and cream as a playful hook.
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Colorado
W. F. Jones
Majestic Bldg
Denver
Colo
Progressive beauty culturist hints at suffrage growth
A witty line places a progressive woman of beauty culture in a discussion about suffrage. She responds with a playful boast that her method will increase suffrage by two inches.
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Beauty Culturist
Puck
Divided Family in a Doctor's Reception Room
A physician's six year old daughter chats with a waiting patient. When asked about church and Sunday school she says her mother is Presbyterian and her father is a stomach specialist.
Benefit in Outdoor Schools for Tuberculosis Affected Children
Dr Henry Farnum Stoll of Hartford argues cities should run institutions for delicate and anaemic children and those with bone tuberculosis left in ordinary schools. He cites that 20 to 40 percent of city schoolchildren are infected. Tests show 79 percent of children from tuberculous homes infected versus 26 percent from healthy homes. Frail children from healthy homes show 50 percent infection while robust children show 13 percent.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Henry Farnum Stoll
Hartford
Conn
Stoll
Right Elements in Regular Food Boost Health and Energy
An ad touts clear brain and steady nerves as keys to wealth and fame for the owner. It credits regular food and drink with providing strength, cites coffee as a poisonous caffeine, and promotes Postum as an energy source rich in gluten and phosphates that fuel body and mind. There's a Reason.
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Young
Ban Sto
Kal
Northwestern
Tecumseh
Daykin
Jefferson County
Kearney
State Railroad Commission
Merrick County
Platte River
Havens
Madison
Hartigan
Adjutant General
C. S. Frazier
Gage County Gas, Light and Power Company
Blue River
Beatrice
Holmesville
Young Men's Christian Association of
Fremont
S. S. Sidner
Lexington
Frank Olive
Red Willow County
South Platte
C. M. Linn
St. Mary
Johnson County
M. D. Haddox
Chapman
W. M. Colton
New York
C. R. Taplin
Dhairman
Board of Commissioners of
Sioux County
War Department
Kingsbury
Fort Crawford
Union Pacific
Louis D. Toumine
Willie Ray Toumine
Toumine
Grand Island
E. C. Bishop
Blaine
Cherry
Grant
Robert Bethel
Table Rock
Kansas Line
York
Joseph Boyer
Long Beach
Cal
Boyer
York County
Lydia E. Pinkham
George
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