Nebraska State Sunday School convention closes jubilee year
With 300 voices in a religious pageant and 261 delegates from Otoe county, the Nebraska State Sunday School association wrapped up its fiftieth anniversary in Falls City. Hastings will host next year as reports show 1,370 Sunday schools and 183,686 pupils across several denominations. Richardson and Otoe counties earned top honors for travel and delegation size.
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Omahia
Nebraska
Nebraska State Sunday School Association
Mathers
Palls City
CC. C. Westcott
Plattsmouth
Alana C. Little
Lincoln
L. C. Oberlies
Prof
Ek. M. Gregg
Peru
Westbrook
Dunbar
J. L. Duff
Omaha
A. J
Hastings
Methodist Church
Church of the Brethren
Congregational Church
Deciples of Christ
Lutheran
Presbyterian
United Brethren Churches
Baptist, Evangelical
United Presbyterian Churches
First Train Over New Line to Yutan in Burlington Project
The first train ran over the new Burlington line from Chaleo to Yutan. The 14.5 mile route cost almost a million dollars. Construction began in 1913, faced delays, and resumed after stoppages. It will be completed this fall, passing through rough terrain and heavy excavations.
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Yutan
Burlington
Chaleo
Largest School District Organized Near Madison
The largest consolidated district in the state has been formed from three nearby districts with a valuation of $195,000. A 10 percent levy will fund a new school house and district needs, and a four room with basement brick building will be erected. The building will serve as a community center.
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Madison
Bridge Condemned At Ainsworth Over Niobrara
The Meadville bridge across the Niobrara river has been condemned by Keya Paha and Brown county commissioners due to earth movements. The structure is shifted about eight inches in one location and likely must be rebuilt.
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Ainsworth
Meadville
Niobrara
Keya Paha
Brown Counties
Former Mayor and merchant named stokers in navy
North Platte reports Secretary Daniels praised former Mayor Everett Evans and Albin Sandall for enlisting. Due to age they were accepted only as stokers while others sought seamen service. Both hail from prominent local families and will have their careers watched.
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A Stoker
North Platte
Nebraska Registers 57 Percent Exemptions in Draft
Nebraska’s draft registration shows 57 percent exemptions among men 21 to 31, lower than eastern states. White registrants with exemptions total 63,774 while non exemptions are 46,692. colored 822 with exemptions and 685 without. aliens 5,044 with exemptions and 1,156 without, total aliens 6,200. Overall registration reaches 118,123, near 91 percent of census estimates, with national parity in allowances and slight variances.
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Nebraska
Washington
Census Bureau
Ewing Again to the Front in Red Cross Aid
Ewing has earned Red Cross recognition by contributing four times its quota of funds in a ten day drive while twelve local recruits entered army or navy. With about 600 residents, the town supported Red Cross work with $2,500 in ten days.
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Ewing
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Case Moved to Alliance in Blackmail Plot Trial
Consent of counsel for the state to a defense demanded change of venue ends the Omaha based trial of Steve Maloney and other defendants in the alleged blackmail plot. Judge Grimes orders trial at Alliance beginning October 16 at the term of court.
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Alliance
Chadron
Steve Maloney
Omaha
Grimes
Highways Meet at West Point
West Point links two major highways the Omnaha Yankton and the Columbus Sioux City at a crossroad project. Cum ing county cooperates with the government to build the roads and will receive federal aid for the work.
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West Point
Omnaha-Yankton
Columbus
Sioux City
Cuming County
Fremont Enacts Unique Dog Confinement Ordinance
Fremont council passes an ordinance requiring cats and dogs to be confined to their owners premises from April 15 through September 15. The measure, believed to be the first of its kind in Nebraska, aims to curb animal wandering during warm months.
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Fremont
Fremont Council
Nebraska
Union Pacific pays widow for 1913 blizzard wreck death
In North Platte a settlement of 19,522 was awarded to Mrs. Phillips after a judgment against Union Pacific for the death of her husband in a wreck during the blizzard of March 13, 1913.
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North Platte
Union Pacific
Phillips
Madison Man Tops Cattle Record
Madison man Charles Ely shipped three carloads of dehorned heifers to South Omaha, receiving 13.60 per hundred for the lot, the highest price ever paid on the South Omaha market.
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Madison
Charles Ely
South Omaha
Auto Races at Omaha Fourth of July Speed Trials
Professional automobile pilots will compete in 150 and 50 mile races at the Omaha speedway. The track is billed as one of the fastest in the world, promising high pace and close action on Independence Day.
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Omaha
Big Speedway
McCook Mass Meeting Seeks Nebraska Guard Company
A mass meeting in McCook aimed to raise a company of the Sixth regiment Nebraska National Guard. The effort appears destined for success, with strong local support and interest expressed by attendees.
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McCook
Nebraska National Guard
Dedicate Masonic Home Fremont honors new boys’ home
The $20,000 boys home, second unit in the Fremont orphanage project by the Nebraska Masons, was formally dedicated last week on the site north of Fremont.
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Masonic Home
Fremont
The
Masons of Nebraska
North Platte Lincoln chosen as next convention city
The State Pharmaceutical association chose North Platte Lincoln as the next convention city at its annual meeting. Niels Mickel, son of Holdrege, was elected president.
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Lincoln
North Platte
State Pharmaceutical Association
Niels Mickelson
Holdrege
Home and Foreign Intelligence Condensed Into Two and Four Line Paragraphs
The article arranges home and foreign intelligence into concise paired paragraphs. It contrasts domestic updates with international briefings, highlighting key developments and official assessments. Read as a compact briefing, it emphasizes clarity and quick takeaways for readers.
First War Offering Surpasses US Liberty Loan Estimates
Subscriptions to the Liberty loan have exceeded official forecasts and topped 3.035 billion dollars, an oversubscription of about 52 percent. District figures show New York Chicago Boston Cleveland Philadelphia San Francisco Richmond Kansas City St. Louis Minneapolis Atlanta.
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Liberty Loan
Washington
New York
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Richmond
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Atlanta
U S Teutonic War News and Mobilization Efforts
One hundred American aviators in France mark the first U S fighting force ashore. Navy confirms sinking of a German submarine by an armed American merchantman crew. Sixteen National Guard engineer companies mobilized to prepare camp sites. A government pamphlet Why the United States Went to War will be published. Cantonments for 640000 troops deemed unlikely by September. U S forces total now between 700000 and 800000. El Universal cites Mexican civilians urging alignment with the United States and its allies against Germany.
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Navy Flying Corps
France
Navy
Navy Department
National Guard Engineers
War Department
Army and National Guard
America
United States
Army
National Guard
Fighting Service
el Universal
Mexico
Germany
Duel Ends In Death Of Two Men In Riverside Saloon
A duel at Riverside saloon in Leavenworth Kansas killed Edward Colver deputy sheriff aged 60 and William Harvey aged 84. Kansas corn under cultivation reaches 8 2 million acres a record area with crop condition at 78.4 percent.
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Edward Colver
William Harvey
Leavenworth
Kan
Riverside
Kansas
Office of State Secretary of Agriculture
Burgess Confesses to $25,000 Express Robbery in Chicago
James Burgess, manager of Adams Express, told Chicago police he committed a $25,000 express car robbery at the Burlington yards and named two accomplices. A Kansas winter wheat production forecast predicts 42,000,000 bushels, 2,000,000 more than May estimates, per state board report.
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James Burgess
Adams Express Company
Chicago
Burlington Yards
Kansas
Jas
State Board
Eet Ret
Registration by States War Department Exemption Figures
Followings the complete official registration by states as given out by the war department. The figures show that almost one half the total of 9,649,938 men registered claim exemption for various causes.
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War Department
Explosion wrecks governor’s Leavenworth mansion shock waves
An explosion wrecked the mansion of Sidney G. Cooke, governor of the Old Soldiers' Home in Leavenworth Kansas. Three rooms were demolished and one man seriously injured. Authorities suspect an explosive at a corner. the blast was heard miles away. Also notes that registering under the draft law does not bar enlistment across government forces and calls for immediate volunteer recruitment. Separate item reports alleged wide scale trafficking of girls in New York City with 700 to 800 missing since January 1 and Ruth Cruger, 18, found murdered months after a city-wide search.
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Old Soldiers’ Home
Leavenworth
Kaw
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Naval Militia
New York City
Ruth Cruger
Washington Notes on War-Era Economic Plans
Federal trade commission urged government pools to prevent a coal shortage next winter. Farm loan bonds of 100 to 150 million dollars at 4 percent likely within a year. Wilson backs a 600 million dollar aircraft program. Postage rate rise to 1 1/2 cents and profits tax expected to yield 3 million and 9 million respectively. House passes food control bill with 152.5 million for enforcement, shipping Prohibition, voting 365 to 5.
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Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Finance Committee
House
Munitions Blast in Bloweg Kills 1386. Reichsrat Announces Grain Requisition
Amsterdam dispatch reports a munitions explosion at Bloweg Austria killing 1386 and wounding 625 with 170 missing. The Reichstrat says for the next harvest year bread grains barley oats peas hens buckwheat millet will be requisitioned fully by the imperial grain bureau for control and distribution.
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Bloweg
Austria
Amsterdam
Flood breaks dam near Fairview Utah causes massive damage
The I’vice River Irrigation Company dam twelve miles from Fairview Utah failed Monday after floods releasing eleven thousand acre feet of water. Towns Schofield Helper Castle Gate and Colton submerged. No lives lost. three million dollars in property damage expected. Rio Grande railroad workers rescued residents before the break. Denver Rio Grande branch near Schofield washed out, severing access to Carbon county coal mines.
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Fairview
Utah
I'vice River Irrigation Company
Schofield
Helper
Castle Gate
Colton
Rio Grande Railroad
Irrigation Company
Salt Lake City
Denver & Rio Griunde
Mammoth Reservoir
Denver & Rio Grande
Carbon County
Exports in Hands of President Washington DC
Exports control is assumed by the President under a clause of the espionage bill. An exports council of the secretaries of state, agriculture, commerce and the food administrator will be created by executive order. The first proclamations will license coal and fuel shipments. A second proclamation will license all exports to European central powers to curb supplies to Germany. The food supply will first feed the United States, then the Allies, then neutrals.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Secretaries of State, Agriculture and Commerce
Department of Commerce
Germany
Red Cross Funds Near One Hundred Million Mark
Washington reports tabulation of Red Cross week pledges will reach about 100 325 million. Early figures show 35 993 million from New York City and 64 520 million from the rest of the country. Western city totals include Kansas City 1 028 670 33 Chicago 5 000 000 Minneapolis 750 000 Des Moines 200 000 Sioux City 136 000 Omaha 251 141 94 Lincoln 90 000 Nebraskans report oversubscription to the 100 000 000 goal with many cities feet above the target.
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Red Cross
Washington
New York City
Kansas City
Chicago
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Sioux City
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska
May Delay Drafting Guards Into Federal Armies
Washington reports the drafting of the National Guard into federal war service may be delayed until August 5 to avoid unfair officer rank allocation under the three increment plan of July 15 July 25 and August 5. The National Defense Act states guard officers take rank as of the draft date.
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Washington
National Guard
National Defense Act
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