War clouds over Maine and looming crisis at Havana
The Maine explosion spurs a naval inquiry with belief of a submarine mine. If Spain is proven responsible, indemnity may reach 15 million dollars, funding vessel costs and families of the dead. Preparations for possible war grow as American forces bolster coast defenses and citizens consider evacuation from Havana. Iowa defeats a woman suffrage measure by one vote. A California counterfeiter produced full weight dollars for profit. Nebraska rate comparisons unfold and Thomas J. Majors named G A R department commander. Cabbage linked to intoxication cures in Egyptian habit.
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Naval
U.S
Maine
Spain
Lee
Havana
Military Department
Deaths and a violent crime from era notes
Miss Francis E. Williard president of the W C T U died in New York City hotel shortly after midnight on the 17th. She was buried in Evansville Illinois. A 17‑year‑old Nebraska City girl shot her father to prevent him harming her mother. coroner exonerated her. Robert G Ingersoll reflects on wealth and envy.
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Francis E. Williard
Imperial Hotel
New York City
Evanston, Ill
Nebraska City
Fashionable hats and wages tied to license in Oregon notes
The column notes many topics from church fashion where women remove hats to a Chester gathering, to a coal miners operators wage pact in five states starting April 1 granting a 10 cent per ton raise and an eight hour day. It also mentions Oregon’s license system for alcohol, a flirtation morality stance, and a Wyomerean editorial critique.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Indiana
West Virginia
Chicago
Omaha Exposition to Feature Top Music Acts
Directors allocate 66000 for music at the Omaha Exposition engaging choral societies soloists bands and orchestras led by Thomas orchestra Sousa band U S Marine band and Brooks band. Impeachment actions begin in Lincoln against Mayor Graham and Exciseman Vaill for bribery hush money and extortion with trials set for March 3 and February 28 respectively.
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Omaha Exposition
Thomas
Sousa
U. S. Marine Band
Brook
Lincoln
Graham
Vaill
Maine raises and tow to navy yards after blast
The battleship Maine, built in New York in 1890 at cost about 2.59 million, is to be raised and towed to Brooklyn navy yards under contract with two US firms. Commissioned 1895, she measures 318 feet, 57 feet beam, 21 feet 6 inches draft, displacement 6682 tons, speed 17.5 knots, armed with four 10 inch and six 6 inch breechloaders, plus rapid fire guns and Gatlings.
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Maine
Cuban
United States
Bedoklyn Navy Yards
New York
Congress urged to tax blended flour and require branding
The Kansas City Journal notes advocates join forces with the millers of the north to push legislation that taxes blended flour and mandates correct branding, viewing it as a move toward justice and common sense despite possible offense.
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North
Kansas City Journal
Dominion Company ad seeks traveling agents in Nebraska
Help wanted for trustworthy and active gentlemen or ladies to travel for a persistent change in Nebraska. Pay $65.00 and commissions. Include self addressed stamped envelope to The Dominion Company Dept Y Chicago.
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Nebras Eike
The
Dominion Company
Dept. Y. Chicago
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Nebraska
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Egypt
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Chester
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Kansas
L. C. Ballard
W. T. Jeffryes
Cai ‘Apu
Footarey
A. T. Kaupp
C. C. Wright
Short Street
G. H. Gale
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