Thankful letter to governor praising Nebraska school for the blind
A grateful letter from Carroll residents Mr and Mrs Isaac Walden to Governor Sheldon thanks the state for its care of their eight year old blind daughter at the state school for the blind in Nebraska City. They commend the institution and the Moreys for treating all students as family and urge others with blind children to consider sending them there.
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Isaac Walden
Sheldon
State School For the
Nebraska City
Nebraska
Carroll
Neb
George L. Sheldon
Chile
Morey
State Funds Finally Rise to Meet School Apportionment
Remittances from counties are rising and the treasury is expected to be in good condition to meet the semi-annual school apportionment. The fund now totals 255327 dollars with collections continuing into early December. The treasurer will certify the available amount to the state superintendent, as last December 251000 dollars were apportioned.
Plattsmouth Truant Officers Enforce Attendance
Truant authorities have worked six weeks to enforce compulsory school attendance with few or no absences. A fourteen year old rider on a delivery wagon was stopped, told to go home, and ordered to report to Superintendent Gamble. He later began attending school faithfully.
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Plattsmouth
Gamble
Tecumseh Sees Roller Skating Craze Spread
The roller skating craze breaks out in Tecumseh with a new Omaha rink open daily. Club ladies host private parties on select afternoons while other clubs form and the rink is rented for evening sessions.
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Tecumseh
Omaha
Crase
Eiik
Two Men Plead Guilty To Passing Bad Money
Two men arrested in Wahoo for passing counterfeit currency pleaded guilty in Judge King’s court. They were fined 75 dollars each plus about 960 dollars in costs and face jail terms if they fail to pay. They are believed wanted in two or three other locations for similar crimes.
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Geneva
Wahoo
Milk Dealers Probed in Omaha Court Fight
Thirteen milk dealers and eleven restaurant keepers faced police court in Omaha on charges of selling milk with butter fat under 3 percent. Defendants claimed they did not receive the samples, while two relied on a creamery as supplier. The dispute centers on the guaranty of the creamery and the scope of the pure food law. Further arguments are scheduled for Friday.
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Omaha
Railroads Pay Taxes Across York Sherman and Lancaster
Counties of York and Sherman remit taxes to the state treasurer, including sizable railroad tax. York $10,600 and Sherman $5,448 paid without protest. Lancaster Burlington road paid without protest. Railroads sought a board record to enable future appeals, sued for it, case pending in supreme court. If record granted, an appeal may come next year.
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York
Sherman
York County
State House
Lancaster
Burlington Road
State Board
Supreme Court
Bids Exceed Appropriation for Norfolk Asylum Wing
The board of public lands and buildings opened five bids for three buildings at the Norfolk asylum but did not publish figures. The lowest bid quoted about 97 000 excluding heat and light, while the 87 000 appropriation may be insufficient. Brick may replace stone in the proposed 60 000 wing, with efforts to standardize materials. Dr. Young, superintendent, attended the meeting. a store house and a patient cottage are planned alongside the wing, which will be fireproof.
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Norfolk Asylum
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Young
Rock Island Railroad Ignoring Knowles Mileage Law
The Rock Island railroad allegedly violated the Knowles law by selling mileage books that exceed the two year limit and by omitting the new two year duration. Chief Clerk Maggs visited Lincoln’s city ticket office and found only old style books. Other roads reportedly issue one year books instead of two.
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Rock Island Railroad
Maggs
Governor's Office
City
Lincoln
Girl Decides Election Tie In Nemaha County
In Nemaha county London and Brownville precincts each elected a road overseer candidate. George Sanders carried London by eighteen votes and J W Boice won Brownville by eighteen. Grace Kleckner drew Boice’s slip from a book in the county clerk’s office and a certificate of election was issued by County Clerk Teare.
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London
Brownville
Nemaha
George Sanders
J. W. Boice
Grace Kleckner
Myr Boice
Teare
Johnson County Land Prices Rise Despite Saturation
In Johnson County farms reach near peak values yet prices keep climbing weekly. Mrs. J M Osgood, nine miles southeast of Tecumseh, sold a well improved quarter section to neighbor Richard Otterman for 10000 dollars. Mrs. Osgood will remain on the farm after thirty five years of family residence.
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Johnson County
J. M. Osgood
Tecumseh
Richard Otterman
Theatrical Manager Wounded in Kansas City Shooting
General Richard C. Horn shot and seriously wounded O. D. Woodward and wounded editor H. J. Groves in the Kansas City Post offices. Woodward, a theatre manager, and Groves were hit as Horn declared he was being robbed and surrendered to police.
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Kansas City
Dispatch
Richard C. Horn
Kansas City Post
O. D. Woodward
H. J. Groves
Woodward
Groves
The
Post
Horn
Omaha
Sioux City
Stone
Missouri
Marshall
Fulton Asylum
State Bureau of Labor
General Horn
Woodward Horn
Plans for New Currency Relief Schemes Emerging
Various proposals to ease the financial crisis are being submitted to the president and Secretary Cortelyou. Bankers and lawmakers discuss four main ideas including a central bank of issue and a central national bank structure as well as bond backed and asset backed circulation schemes. Senator Hansbrough signals intent to introduce a central bank modeled on France and Germany.
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Cortelyou
Congress
United States
Bank of France
Imperial Bank of Germany
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Finance Commission
Rockefeller Adds to Gift To Medical Research Institute
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York announces an additional gift of 2 600 000 dollars from John D Rockefeller. The endowment fund will be available to the directors for any purpose they deem fit.
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Rockefeller
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research of
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Russia Reimburses Japan Clears Postwar Debt
The Russian embassy handed a check for 24,302,200 dollars to the Japanese envoy, settling the remaining balance owed to Japan for war recovery costs. The payment covers maintenance expenses for Russian prisoners.
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Russia
Japan
Bold Bank Hold Up In Clinton Illi nois
Two gunmen robbed the State bank at Clinton Illinois of 2200 dollars in coin after hours. They forced officers into the vault and loaded a bag with currency before fleeing to the Hotel Henson. The robbers escaped after dropping 1500 dollars in silver and 700 in gold. A posse scoured the area as officers tried to break into the hotel.
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Clinton
Illinois
State Bank
William Argo
Murphy
John Young
Henson
Central
Stations on state lines rail plan ordered for Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced a plan requiring interstate railroads serving Oklahoma to build stations at state line crossings. These stations will allow passengers to buy tickets at local rates and recheck baggage.
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Oklahoma
Corporation Commission of Oklahoma
Chicago Council Tells Law League to Let Voters Decide
Chicago City Council, in a unanimous vote, urged the Chicago law and order league to drop its campaign against Sunday saloons and submit the question to voters at the next election. The aldermen called the existing Sunday closing law obsolete, adopting the resolution without debate. League detectives prepared warrants for fourteen saloonkeepers after collecting evidence.
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Chicago
City Council of
Chicago Law and Order League
League
Clerks Push for Forty-Eight Hour Week in NYC Posts
New York City postal clerks organize to press Congress to cut weekly hours to forty eight. They seek to unite clerks across all branches for a solid front in the hours reduction demand.
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New York City
Congress
Recluse Woman Found Dead as Dogs Devour Body
Mrs. Barbara Anderson, sixty, living on a cabin boat near Peoria Illinois, was found dead with twelve dogs feeding on her body. The face neck and shoulders had been eaten, and authorities believe she died four to five days earlier.
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Barbara Anderson
Misinois River
Peoria
Plea of Guilty in Alabama Bank Embezzlement Case
William R. Lawler cashier of the defunct Bank of Attala Alabama pleaded guilty in Aniston court to embezzling funds of the bank connected with former President Lewis M. Dike who is serving a five year term.
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United States
Anniston
Ala
William R. Lawler
Bank of Attala
Lewis M. Dike
Foreign Delegates Speak at North American YMCA Convention
International YMCA convention proceedings drew attention to speeches by prominent figures and greetings from delegates representing England Switzerland Australia and Japan.
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The
Young Men’s Christian Association of North America
England
Switzerland
Australia
Japan
Mount Vesuvius Erupts With Dense Smoke
Mount Vesuvius, after months of inactivity, emits clouds of dense smoke and roars from three fissures around the old crater.
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Mount Vesuvius
Morgan and Baker Confer with President on Money Situation
J Pierpont Morgan and George F Baker visited Washington to confer with President and Secretary Cortelyou over the money stringency. Morgan called New York conditions reassuring and stressed efforts to relieve the financial squeeze while Treasury plans expand 3 percent certificates and gold flows.
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Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
George F. Baker
First National Bank of New York
Cortelyou
Treasury Department
Messrs. Morgan
Baker
Robert Bacon
State Department
White House
Mr. Morgan
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Department
Japanies
Plalo
United Tes
United States
Lazard Freres
Goliman, Sachs & Co
Paris
Goldman, Sachs & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Bank of France
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co
France
Bank of England
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MR. and
Mrs. Isaac Walden
Praise School For
State
Morgan
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