State officials reject improper vouchers across multiple institutions
Secretary of State Junkin flags vouchers from Beatrice Institute for the Feeble minded, Hastings Hospital, Lincoln Hospital for the Insane, School for Boys at Kearney, Soldiers' and Sailors Home at Grand Island and Milford, and others as uncontracted or not covered by permits. Travel expense claims lack stated missions. corrections ordered. One to ten vouchers per institution found incorrect.
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Junkin
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Secretary of State
Sherman
School For Boys
Kearney
Etate
Willin
Beatrice
Hustines
Lincoln Hospital
Grand Island
Milford
Lincoln
Governor to Issue Quarantine Proclamation in Nebraska
Governor Sheldon plans a quarantine proclamation to take effect December 1 in cooperation with government inspectors. State inspectors will bear their own costs, and rules will mirror the government quarantine. Government quarantine already applies to western Nebraska. Inspected cattle receive a health certificate. uninspected cattle go to quarantine pens.
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Sheldon
Nebraska
McBrien Fires Wife From State Force
State Superintendent J L McBrien dismissed his wife from his state force and cited his reasons for employing her The move comes after a published list of statehouse officers who employ relatives triggering scrutiny of Land Commissioner Eaton State Veterinarian C A McKim and Chief Game Warden Cartier whose wives also appear on the payroll The disclosure has prompted questions about a broader informal network of relatives in state service.
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Amalemaiied Association
Free High School Ruling on Nonresident Attendance
State Superintendent McBrien rules under the free high school law that a pupil attending at least one day in a week counts for that week in the resident school. The district hosting the pupil may draw 75 cents per week for tuition, while no charge is due if the pupil misses every day in a week.
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McBrien
Nebraska election record shows first-time male candidate defeats woman
R Clement Harriss of Fairbury appears as the only Nebraska candidate to oppose and defeat a woman in the year’s race. Harriss ran as a Republican for superintendent of public instruction in Jefferson County and defeated Olive W. Tree by 161 votes.
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R. Clement Harriss
Fairbury
Nebraska
Starriss
Jefferson County
Mra
Olive W. Tree
Death of William S Lowe Pioneer of Nebraska City
William S Lowe one of Nebraska’s best known early settlers died at his daughter’s home in Nebraska City after a long life that began in Michigan on January 1 1828. He served in the Oregon battalion and helped forge Nebraska’s frontier before settling in Otoe County. The report notes his long, varied path from Michigan to Indiana Illinois Missouri and finally Nebraska reflecting the era’s pioneer spirit.
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Rene
Nebraska City
Willan HK. Lows
Nebraska
Mr. Lowe
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Mikesouri
Atchinson County
United States Army
Oregon
Mexico
Old Fort Kearney
Missouri
Otoe
State house opinion on telephone rate uniformity proposed
A well defined state house view claims the railway commission is being coerced into allowing telephone companies to alter rates to curb competition. It suggests opening debate to set uniform long distance rates statewide. Critics note regional charges vary while firms claim no rate making power, only filing changes with the commission.
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State House
Railway Commission
W W. Morsman
Nebraska Telephone Company
Dix
Elk Creek Youth Adjudged Insane Following Tragic Deaths
LeRoy Stanton, nineteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J B Stanton near Elk Creek, has been adjudged insane and sent to Lincoln asylum. The death of threshers O A Geil Roy Carmine and August See ran when lightning struck a threshing machine after a rain storm weighed on him. He insisted on going to the train at Elk Creek to meet men he believed were returning.
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Elk Creek
LeRoy. Stanton
J.B Stanton
Sherif HU
Minor
Young Stanton
Secretary of State warns of automobile registration cancellations
Secretary Junkin announces that registrants from 1 to 1087 issued before 1907 who did not re register under 1907 law will be cancelled after January 1 1908. Registrations in 1907 starting at 1088 must be re registered on their corresponding date in 1960. Registration fee is one dollar and blanks are obtainable from the secretary of state.
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Junkin
Nebraska
Secretary of State
Mail clerk Burgos injured in Union Pacific accident
Mail clerk T. E. Burgos, between Omaha and Kearney, stepped from a mail car onto a moving truck, fell, and tore ligaments. Dr. Hoover treated the injury with bandages and recommended he take the first train home due to likely extended recovery.
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Nurt
T. EB
Omaha
Kearney
Union Pacific
Hoover
Burg
Death Warrant Sent To Warden For Harrison Clarke
A death warrant prepared by Deputy Clerk Victor Seymour of the supreme court has been sent to Warden A Beemer. It orders the hanging of Harrison Clarke on December 1 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. If Governor Sheldon does not intervene, the sentence will be carried out.
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Victor Seymour
Supreme Court
A. ©. Beemer
Harrison Clarke
District Court of
Omaha
Sheldon
Farmers and Merchants Inc Pays Cash After Loss
After a fire or wind loss you want cash from a company with history. Farmers and Merchants Inc established since 1885 has paid over a million dollars to patrons.
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Farmers and Merchants Inc
Mm Goliars
Treasury to issue Panama bonds and debt certificates
Washington November 17 secretary Cortelyon announced plan to issue 50 million dollars in Panama bonds and 100 million in certificates of indebtedness to ease the financial situation. The instruments run one year at 2 percent interest and may be used to bolster national bank circulation and aid urgent needs including crop movements. Roosevelt approves and says leaders in Congress consider permanent currency measures.
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Cortelvoe
Treasury
Panems
White House
Cortelyon
Panama
Cortelvon Wade
Corielven
Roosevelt
Congress
Oklahoma Statehood Proclaimed Amid National Pride
President Roosevelt signed the proclamation admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as the 46th state at 10 16 am using a pen from an eagle’s quill. Oklahoma’s admission followed parades and a Guthrie barbecue with railroads, land area over 70 thousand square miles, and diverse tribes including Creeks and Cherokees.
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Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Historical Society
Statehood
Guthrie
New England
Roosevelt Letter Advocates Bond Issue and Public Spending
President Roosevelt writes to Secretary Cortelyan urging bond approval and urging citizens to release hoarded money to restore normal business conditions. He emphasizes bank solvency, ample currency, and government backing, urging participation in circulation to spur prosperity.
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Cortelyan
Roosevelt
Congress May Act On Relief Legislation Outlook
In Washington a small group handles financial matters and predictions are uncertain. Most lawmakers agree that action is needed and relief legislation is likely to come sooner than expected. The Republican conservative wing is not fully aligned with the administration, but broad agreement exists on the need for some form of relief though details of the legislation remain to be settled.
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Washington
House of Congress
Danis
Republican Party
Italian Financier Urges International Monetary Conference
An article in a Vienna newspaper by Signor Lanczati urges an international conference on the gold crisis. He calls for representation by treasuries and leading banks and favors a global agreement for reciprocal gold loans to prevent rivalry. He suggests Austria and Italy ask France to summon the meeting.
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Vienna
Signor Lanczati
Italy
Lazzati
Treasuries
Austria
France
Mills & Averill Tailoring Fire Causes Major Loss
Fire at the Mills and Averill Tailoring company on Broadway and Pine streets in St. Louis destroyed the establishment. Total loss estimated at 106000 dollars with 700008 Lowe at St Louis noted in connection to the incident.
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Lowe
St. Louis
Mills & Averill Tailering Company
Broadway
Pine Streets
Worland to Rebuild After Fire With Brick and Stone
Worland Wyoming begins recovery after a severe blaze. Merchants plan reconstruction using brick and stone and several contracts have already been awarded for the work.
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Worland
Wyo
Wit
Directors Reelect Baltimore & Ohio Board At Meeting
The directors of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad were reelected at the annual meeting.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Tragic Bank Official Murders in Albany Hotel
A prominent Albany figure and former Mason Grand Master died at the Mia land hotel in Kansas City after a shooting. Authorities say no Bank of Albany involvement. the coroner suspects long exposure and a single gunshot, age not provided.
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Masonic Order
Mic Ao
Kansas City
Mis
Bryan’s Availability for 1908 Nomination Debated
The piece discusses William J Bryan as a leading though reluctant potential candidate for the Democratic presidential ticket in 1908. It argues the decision should rest with Democratic voters, not party leaders or major newspapers, and notes Bryan’s insistence on not seeking the nomination yet openness to accept if the party is strengthened by his candidacy.
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Demic
Woiam J Brvan
Republican Party
Bryan
Mewe
Democratia
Mealies Democratic
Notable financier Charles Barney dies in apparent suicide
Charles T. Barney once head of the railroad trust company in New York reportedly shot and killed himself at his home after a dramatic loss of fortune from falling securities. The text cites strained finances and mounting legal pressures among his business associates as factors.
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Charles T. Barney
Charles Tracy Barner
Ratcherhbacker Trust Company
New York
Antil
Thuradar Jast
Atmacif
Roll of Bill in Stove After Fire In Iowa Home
Mrs. R. W. Carpenter, wife of a Union Pacific conductor in Council Bluffs, Iowa, recalls concealing a roll of bill s containing 105 dollars in the stove during a blaze. One ten dollar note was burned and roughly half of the other bills destroyed.
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R. WH. Carpenter
Union Pacific
Council Binste
Iowa
Gold Medal Awarded to Alfred te Blanc Pilot
The Paris Aer club awarded a special gold medal to Alfred te Blanc, pilot of the Vise de France, in recognition of a fine voyage in the Walloon race at St Lamia.
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Paris
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