Turkey and American capital in Cilician plain reforms drive
A Bowles dispatch from Adana argues that new Turkish reforms open for foreign investment including irrigation, electrification, and public utilities. It notes American capital seeking better terms, Bagdad railway implications, and critiques an American Line steamship company using a distorted flag to gain leverage while avoiding Turkish law.
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Asia Minor
Greece
Rome
Turkey
New Turkey
Bethlehem
Japan
Gimon
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Bagdad
Berlin
Merce
Far East
Persia
Senate
Taurus Mountains
Vali
Vilayet
Adana
Djema Bey
Cill- Cian
Department of Engineer
Cilician Plain
Grover Cleveland
United States
China
Notha
Paihe
Joseph B. Bowles
Ostrich In Melrose Office Break-In Sparks Alarm
At an office near Melrose an ostrich farm worker, A Walters, fired twice after seeing two figures at a window. The bullets hit nothing living. two intruders fled into the dark. A police officer noted the apparent culprit was an ostrich.
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Melrose
A. Walters
Bergiar
Manila Lawyer Maria Francisco Emerges as First Woman Advocate
From Manila arrives Senorita Maria Francisco a law graduate and oath taker before the supreme court hailed as the first woman advocate in the Philippine islands. She will be 22 in twelve months and studied at Colegio de San Patio before earning the bachelor of arts prior to law.
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Manila
Senorita Maria Francisco
Philippine Islands
Bee Tee de
San Patio
Woman to Visit Del Pan Office Then Buencamino Firm
A brief note from the Manila Times states she will first enter the office of Mr. Del Pan and afterward the office of the firm of Felipe Buencamino.
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Mr. del Pan
Felipe Buencamino
Manila Times
Willow Clothes Baskets From Russia Dominate Imports
One of the largest imports into the United States consists of willow clothes baskets. Most hampers are made in central Russia by peasants, with some from the Danube valley and some domestic production. Imports last year exceeded one million dollars. Oster willow is the material used, produced by peasants for centuries and formed from the material used in weaving their houses. The technique of cutting and weaving is passed down through generations.
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Russia
America
Danube Valley
Alarm Clock Tales From Mrs Snoozer Henry
Anecdotal dialogue centers on the alarm clock and its departure as Mrs Snoozer Henry reacts with relief and hope the noisy device will not return, reflecting a domestic moment of light humor and personified household objects.
Oil Flow Discovered at Tecumseh Test Well Site
In Tecumseh workers drilling at the proposed city water plant well struck a strong oil flow. Oil and water bubbled from the bore for some time before the flow proved inexhaustible. In Valentine, Bear an Indian was fatally struck by a westbound train as his family watched from the platform.
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Valentine
Bear
State House News Highlights Nebraka Officials and Elections
The state university received a prize offer from the Lake Mohonk peace conference for college women. A Nov first fire prevention observance is set by law. Gov Aldrich orders ouster proceedings against Omaha fire and police commissioners Ryan and Povonka. Creighton’s W A Messerve seeks Republican nomination for Congress. Grant Martin and C I Dall resist bank recovery actions. Clarke and Furse attend a convention. statewide pro-saloon sentiment noted with 15,000 Nebraskans voting affirmatively.
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State University
Lake Mohonk Peace Conference
Aldrich
Grant Martin
John J. Ryan
Joseph Povonka
Omaha
W. A. Messerve
Creighton
Congress
Latta
Attorney
State Banking Board
Wade
Grant C. Martin
C. ©. Idall
Newman
Grove
Clarke and
Furse
Carson
Ant Saloon League
Nebraska
Nebraska briefs report Y M C A effort and floods
Nebraskan briefs note Aurora agitation for a Y M C A, Hil dreth harvest festival success, Omaha postmasters convention, potential Broken Bow mail delivery, and state fair receipts over 92000 dollars. Also covered: Utica water bonds pass, Rev Francis Brown resigns, tornado sightings near Dannebrog Warsaw, Deshler corn show dates, David City library funding, rural mail carrier Floyd buys car, Cedar Bluffs Martell Western exams October 7, corn crop outlook, infantile paralysis in Wymore, hail damage near Hastings, Dr Thomas Ward dies, Eunice Murphy bound over, Beatrice rain flood, broken bow Burlington accident, Chris Thorning injuries, Edward Graham death, Mi City fruit harvest labor shortage.
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Hildreth
Omaha
Broken Bow
Utica
Francis Brown
Baptist Church
Surprise
Dannebrog
Warsaw
Deshler
David City
Claud Floyd
Beatrice
Cedar Bluffs
Martell and
Western
Neb
Nebraska
Burlington
Wymore
Hastings
Thomas R. Ward
Eunice Murphy
Charles Sellers
Cody
Wealth Believed Left by Bauman to Lincoln Estate
John L Bauman of Tecumseh died in Lincoln leaving an estate around 100000 dollars. He is said to have no relatives except a sister in Switzerland. Friends report most of the estate will go to educational and charitable institutions.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
John L.bauman
Tecumseh
Switzerland
Buying Shubert’s Apple Crop
Buyers are here purchasing Shubert’s large annual apple crop. It is estimated that over two hundred carloads will be sent out this season and last year more than three hundred carloads were shipped.
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Shubert
Paint Barrel Explosion Injures Beaver City Man
G. B. Jewett of Beaver City was severely burned about the neck and face when a barrel of paint exploded while he examined the paint with a lighted match. He is expected to recover.
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Beaver City
G. B. Jewett
Nebraska Farmers' Congress at York September 20 21
The Nebraska Farmers' Congress and the Rural Life Commission will convene in York on September 20 and 21. Also in Lincoln, Florence Arnold a 14-year-old girl died Monday morning after accidentally poisoning herself with carbolic acid mistaken for toothpaste.
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York, York
Nebraska Farmers’ Congress
The
Rural Life Commission
Lincoln
Florence Arnold
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Chris Thorning
Edward Graham
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Mi City
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