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Nebraska News Roundup of Elections and Disasters
President Cleveland designates Thanksgiving Day as Thursday in November. Republicans gain majorities in state and judicial tickets. Omaha aims to host the national Republican convention next year. Nebraska Dairymen meet in Lincoln December 17 to 19. The Duke of Marlborough wedding to Consuelo Vanderbilt in New York. A Detroit boiler explosion kills forty and injures twenty. Holmes convicted of murder in Philadelphia and faces hanging. National GOP committee to meet in Washington December 10 to set convention plans. Jury verdicts and legal notices appear in San Francisco and other states amid political shifts. Beet sugar payments reach $50,000 to Nebraska farmers. Tecumseh Journal urges farmers to paint names on barns. Sorghum as a crop praised for cattle feed with drills preferred over broadcasting. Nebraska’s climate favorable for growth.