Political Campaign Sparks Across the Nation
Oklahoma Governor Haskell sues W R Hearst for 600000 in damages as campaigns heat up. Taft allies claim civil service reforms and labor votes split along party lines. Bryan campaigns blitz Nebraska with twenty two speeches in one day and a three day swing.
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Haskell
Oklahoma
W. R. Hearst
Omaha
Mack
South
Republican Party
Democratic National Committee
Herman Ridder M
New York
Wilson
Kansas
Taft
Bryan
Nebraska
Daniel J. Keefe
Bryan Draws Large Audiences in Denver and Omaha
Reports note Mr. Bryan spoke to large crowds in Denver and Omaha. A series of political and social items follow, including charges against Colonel Goethals, forest fire pleas from Michigan, grazing fee cuts, and civil rights efforts in Buffalo. The summary also mentions a Chicago dock fire, assassination attempt on Rev. Fielding, and Missouri and Massachusetts local election reflections.
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Mr. Bryan
Denver
Omaha
Contractor Brothers
Goethals
Panama Canal
Michigan
Forestry Service
Buffalo
Congress
Nathan Straus
Democratic Business Men’s Association
Wall Street
Sheldon
Republican National Committee
International Salt Company
Chicago
New York
Magasine
Taft
J. K. Fielding
Corpus Christ
Roman Catholic Church of
Booner Springs
Kansas ‘City
Boston
Massachusetts
BO Sess
The
Rencesks Uni
William J. Bryan
Registration notes and political moves span Nebraska items
The report covers elections with Tripp county figures and Jony Studt as president, Jules Carimbon as vice president, and Governor Haskell suing Easter Hearst for libel in Douglas county. It notes Lincoln to Tripp county passenger service, Kennedy’s philanthropy to Presbyterian Hospital, fire at Lincoln papermills, and growth of Catholic parishes in Nebraska with rising need for assistant priests.
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Tripp
Jony Studt
Jules Carimbon
Haskell
Oklahoma
Easter Hearst
Douglas County
Northwestern
Lincoln
James 8. Kennedy
New York
Presbyterian Hospital
Kennedy
Europe
Austria
Nebraska
Mason Declines Bishop Post Amid Boston Work Incomplete
Washington reports Rev. Dr. Alexander Mason rector of Trinity Church Boston declined the bishopric citing unfinished work in Boston. The North Carolina trial board reported ships status as satisfactory and a navy department acceptance trial proceeded. Fire in the White House stables prompted quick action to prevent damage to the president's thoroughbreds. Comptroller Murray plans more frequent bank examinations for banks with prior violations, though not universal.
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Boston
Alexander Mason
Trinity Episcopal Church
Washington
Navy Department
Thomas MaeLean
Naval Board of Inspection and Survey
North Carolina
James McKenney
Supreme Court of the United States
White House
Murray
National Bank
Balkans and Revolt News From Early 20th Century Dispatches
Mixed dispatches report Tschaikovsky's potential release from the Fortresses of St Peter and St Paul, a Tab reigns comment urging shah assassination for constitutional change, a Berlin balloon race casualty, European powers weighing Batwan and Balkans talks, Tasmanian agriculture hits US trade rivals, and Swiss aeronauts landing far from Berlin amid early 1900s upheavals.
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St. Peter and St. Paul
Nicholas “Tschaikovsky
National
Victorius
Tabriz
Berlin
North Sea
Europe
Henry D. Beker
Tasmania
Balkans
Bulgaria
Norway
Ber
First Union Volunteer Medal of Honor Recipient Dies
Dr. Chas. Franklin Rand, the first volunteer to enlist after Lincoln's call and the first soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery, died in Washington.
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Chas
Franklin Rand
Lincoln
Congress
Washington
Death of Prominent Pioneer Judge J. H. Broady
Judge J H Broady a Nebraska jurist for over four decades died at his Lincoln home Thursday at 4 30 pm from paralysis after an eight week illness. He practiced in Brownville Beatrice and Lincoln contributing to landmark cases including an impeachment trial before the state supreme court. His demeanor was gentle and courteous with Lincoln admired for his likeness to Abraham Lincoln. The veteran attorney represented Nemaha and Richardson counties in 1875 constitutional convention and participated in the capital move controversy. He died at 64.
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Jefferson
Hansaker Broady
H Street
Lincoln
Broady
Brownville
New Territory
Nebraska
Beatrice
Supreme Court
J. #. Hill
Capital National Bank of
Hill
Old Society of the Home For
Nemaha
Richardson
Abraham Lincoln
Judge Broady
Nebraska Chancellor bans Sneak Day and class pranks
Chancellor E B Andrews issues a bulletin prohibiting sneaking, shirt tail parades, class fights and kidnapings with indefinite expulsion as punishment. The move follows a regents policy condemning such student liberties and aims to deter possible freshman sophomore clashes at the upcoming meeting.
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University of Nebraska
E. B. Andrews
Board of Regents
Andrews
Free-For-All Mix in Fremont Ends in Death
In Fremont a late night fight among Italian railroad workers left one man dead and two seriously injured. Witness Joseph Tuno reports Milanese colleagues Geneva and Ari Stiano started the fray over provisions as about fifty men from the bridge south of town were drawn into the clash.
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Fremont
Tony Genova
Jos. Tuno
Geneva
Ari Stiano Q
Nebraska's Fine Apple Crop Big Harvest in Jefferson County
The apple crop in Jefferson county is described as the largest and most prolific in county history. Choice hand picked apples fetch 50 cents a bushel delivered, windfalls at low prices, with some sales as low as 25 cents. Several carloads shipped west and south, Oklahoma acting as a dumping ground for surplus. The year’s fruit quality is lauded as the best ever, and a Steele City grower reports sweet potatoes yielding unexpectedly high, with $50 in the ground awaiting harvest and family use needs already covered.
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Jefferson County
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
G. A. Seeber
Steele City
Death follows explosion at Greeley County home
County Clerk Toohey dies after an acetylene gas blast wrecked their new residence in Greeley late Wednesday. Mrs Toohey is critically injured with low hopes for recovery. The blast occurred when a gas jet was believed to be turned on by mistake.
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Greeley County
Greeley
Toohey
Mr. Toohey
Section Foreman Hangs Self Over Work Worries
Swan Anderson, an Omaha road section foreman, committed suicide by hanging amid despair over unpaid wages and inadequate staffing. He feared a wreck due to unfinished track work and left a note of worry as his wife and children mourned at Pender cemetery where his son was recently buried.
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Pender
Swan Anderson
Omaha Road
Anderson
Omaha Railroad Company
Farmers & Merchants Insurance for Farmers in Lincoln
The storms highlight need for protection against fire lightning and tornado. The Farmers and Merchants of Lincoln offer clear policies with prompt settlements after claims. Thousands of satisfied customers have benefited.
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Farmers & Merchants of
Lincoln
Farmers Should All Have Telephones Ad
Omaha advertisement from the Nebraska Telephone Company urges farmers to write for information on best telephone service at low cost. It highlights contact at 18th and streets in Omaha and promotes affordable, improved communications for rural customers.
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Nebraska Telephone Company
Omaha
Nebraska Notes Headlines from Exeter to Nickerson
The Bell telephone rebuilds its Exeter system. A cabbage worm sixteen inches long found at Pawnee City. Nickerson in Dodge County reports high passenger traffic over the past two weeks.
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Nebraska
Bell Telephone
Exeter
Pawnee City
Nickerson
Dodge County
Nebraska Rosebud land lottery names 111 first picks
One hundred eleven Nebraska residents were among the first 300 drawings for Rosebud land, securing promising 160 acre farm selections. The opening winner was Miss May A Messer of Kennebec South Dakota, 32, who applied from Presho.
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Nebraska
Tripp
Mise May A. Messer
Kennebec
Presho
South Dakota
Iowa
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Ships Arrive at Yokohama Amid Storm Damaged Fleet
The American battleship fleet reached Yokohama harbor on Sunday after a fierce Pacific storm battered the ships. Admiral Sperry praised the warm welcome from Japan as thousands of schoolchildren sang the anthem and small craft swarmed around the fleet.
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Yokohama
Japan
American Asiatic Association
Sperry
A Queer Document Chinese Declaration of Liberty Teeme
A remarkable document outlines plans to replace China’s despotic government with a parliamentary system. The long preamble mixes Chinese classical terms with new Japanese words to fit western meanings, making translation difficult and dense with significance for Chinese readers.
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China
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News OF Nebraska
J. H. Broady
Braska
Dallas
May A
Messer of
Kenebec
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