General Rivera Captured by Spaniards in Cuba
The New York Mail and Express notes Rivera the Cuban leader after Maceo’s succession has fallen into Spanish hands. It also mentions farm loan legislation stalled by the cembency Nimes law awaiting the Governor’s approval and criticizes the Dingley bill as yielding profits to American workers' pockets. In Greensburg Indiana two Holmes brothers died in a duel for love, the woman left grieving.
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General Rivera
Maceo
Nimes
New York Mail and Express
Fossil Beds and Population Shifts Amid 19th Century America
Foreign exporters rush goods across the Atlantic on the eve of the Dingley bill. From 1870 to 1890 about 2 million farms workers joined city labor, adding 6 million people to urban areas. Colorado shale beds yield petrified fish fossils, often 150 to 200 feet deep, with Wyoming beds also common, formed underwater yet now 8000 feet above sea level.
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Gooda
Atlantic
Dingley
Colorado
Wyoming
Mrs McKinley to Continue White House Duties
Reports state Mrs. McKinley is an invalid not chronically ill, suffering only partial weakness in one leg and mobility trouble. She will continue full duties with the White House mistress handling tasks as she has done to date.
Mississippi Flood Leaves Fifty Thousand Homeless
Fifty thousand people are reported homeless after high water along the Mississippi and southern rivers. Officials estimate billions of dollars in property losses across affected areas as floodwaters rise and communities seek relief.
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Mississippi
Tost
Stockyard Law Limits Feedmarkups and Fees
A Kansas City stockyard law makes it unlawful to charge over 100 percent above market price for hay corn or other feed. It also caps handling fees 15 cents per head for arding watering and weighing calves 8 cents hogs 6 cents and sheep 4 cents per head.
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Kansas City
Alfalfa Planting Tips From Veteran Grower
An experienced alfalfa raiser warns first timers often sow too little seed and let weeds smother young plants. He recommends 25 to 80 pounds of seed per acre and emphasizes starting with weed control. Early mowing should begin as weeds dominate, with subsequent cuts every ten to fifteen days until the alfalfa fills in and thrives on its own.
Tariff Bill Aims to Restore Egg Duty Amid Competition
Jewell City Republican argues the tariff will reinstate a five cent egg duty to curb Canadian and Mexican competition. The piece notes New York City soap prices and urges American farmers to gain market access, asserting domestic competition will lower egg prices.
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New York City
Brica
Jewell City
Our New Tariff Issued After House Passage
The American Protective Tariff League released an official print of the Dingley Tariff within hours of its March 31 passage in Washington. It urges every voter to study the Republican platform, offering free copies on request to General Secretary at 135 West 28th Street, New York.
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American Protective Tariff League
House of Representatives
Washington
West
Deficiency Judgement Stay Bills Draw Split Nebraska Response
The proposed deficiency judgment and stay law bills would affect two groups only, Nebraskans with second mortgages and those who mortgaged a farm at four thousand dollars for twelve or fifteen hundred. The first would be shut out unless the first mortgage is paid, and the second would be closed out due to inability to renew. Ninety percent of loan companies would harm people at home.
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Hardy Herald
Legislative recount committee reports failed amendment lost
The recount committee reported that the supreme county amendment did not attain a majority vote and was defeated.
First Free Homestead Act Took Effect with Lincoln Proclamation
Two incidents mark the final passage of the original free homestead law. It began on Lincoln's emancipation proclamation day, and Daniel Free of Beatrice Nebraska became the first settler under the act. His veteran status and residence proofs are noted in the land office records. The speech quoted from Congress in 1863 underscores the act’s promise for future freemen.
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Abraham Lincoln
Freeman
Duniel
Land Office
United States
Congress
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Frank T. Pearce
Diller
Nebr
Diler
Neb
Ras
Greensburg
Ind
Holmes
Cduel
Ner
Lincoln
Omaha
Chicago
ST. Joseph
ST. 18
Denver
Helena
Portland
San Francisco
D. W. van Horn
Dilier
J. Francis
Nebe
Diller, Nebr
National
Star Building
Daniel W. Reynolds
Watson
Dr. Fenner
Fredonia
N. Y
Grover
B. F. Lightner
COE
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