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The Commoner.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER &,
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Nebraska State Fair,
The Nobraska stato fair has always
ranked among the beat stato exposi
tions, and for several years past has
been considered a model in point of
management. Tho exhibits have al
ways boon largo and numerous because
of tho liberal' premium list. The 1903
fair will bo held, as usual, at Lin
coln, from September 4 to 11, inclusive.
Monday, September 7, will bo "Labor
Day" at tho fair and tho trades unions
end other bodies of workingmen will
be in.evidoneo at ho fair grounds. On
Tuosday the king of all trotters, Cres
ceus, will go a mile against timo in an
e:ort to beat his own wonderful rec
ord. Wednesday will be "Fraternal
Day" and tho numerous fraternal and
ooclal organizations will have charge
oi a varied program, which will include
eovoral drills by crack drill teams of
Lincoln and neighboring cities. On
Friday tho great free-for-all trot will
be pulled off and tho event Is looked
forward to with interest.
Tho railroads have made the usual
low rates to Lincoln and numerous
extra and excursion trains will bo run
during tho ontiro weok of the fair.
The 1903 Nebraska state fair promises
to eclipse all former exhibitions in in
terest and attendance.
VERY ELASTIC.
A Venezulain Claim,
Alfred Pardo, a young Frenchman,
living in this city, has just figured
that the government of Venezuela owes
CLUB LIST.
Anvnnnoftlin frtllmvlmrtttlli t..enntinui.mnn
COMMONER, both one yenr, for tho club price.'
Perjocllcnlfl nmy.bo sent to diflerent nddresses
Jiticairert. Your friends mny wish to join with
you In sendlnp for n combination. All subscrip
tions nro for ono ycfir, nnd Ifnew.bepin with the
current number unless otherwise directed. Pres
ent subscribers need not wait until their sub
scriptions expire. Renewals received now will
bo entered lor n tall yenr from cxpirnUon dnto.
BubscriptlonB for Arenn, Liternry Digest and Pub
lic Opinion must bo new. Renewals lor these
breo not accepted.
Foreign poBtago extra.
AGRICULTURAL.
ITnrm and Home, semi-mo s .bo
Farmer's Wife, mo 50
iMirm, htocic nnd Homo,soml-mo... .50
Homo and Farm, semi-mo BO
Missouri VaUev Farmer, mo 50
OrangoJudd Farmer, wk 1.00
Poultry Topics, mo '26
Prairie Farmer, wk.. v...,; 1.00
Westorn Pwino Breeder, mo 50
Central Farmer, wk 1.00
Farm, Flold and Fireside, wk 1.00
Irrigation Age, mo 1,00
Kansas Farmer, w k 1,00
Practical Farmor.wk 1,00
NEWSPAPERS.'
Reg.
Price
World-Dcrnld, twico-a-weok $1.00
Rocky Mountain News-Times, wk. . 1.00
Nebraska Independent, wk 1.00
Kansas City World, da. exc. Sun. .. 1.50
Thrlce-a-Week N. Y. World 1.00
Scattlo Times, wk 1.00
Cincinnati Enquirer, wk 1,00
Atlanta Constitution, wk 1.00
Indianapolis Bontinel, wk 50
JYachiorund Anzeiger, Sunday,... 1.60
MAGAZINES.
rngrlm.mo .. 51.00
Household-Ledger mo 1.00
Good' Housekeeping, mo 1.00
Woman's Homo Companion, mo... 1.00
Success, mo 100
Cosmopolitan, mo ioo
Arena, (now) mo ,, .,.,, 2.6O
Royiew oi KeviowB, mo 2.50
THE SWOKD OF JUSTICE AS THE "ELASTIC LAWS" ADVOCATES WOULD HAVE IT.
Club
Price
$1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.10
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.85
1.86
1.35
1.00
1.80
Club
Prlco
$1.85
1:60
1.85
2.00
1.85
1.85
1.86
1.85
1.00
1.86
him $6,000,000, and will immediately
take steps to secure it Pardo is 22
years old, and has been here about
seven years. He is manager of the
aiJr Vrrlrorn jro firm r TyriTnnottr JtV
Co., at 121 Front street
The money which ho claims was said
j;o be loaned to the Venezuelan gov
ernment by his grandfather, Alfrel
Pardo, about thirty years ago and
never repaid. The Pardo family, orig
inally French, emigrated to Venezuela,
and have become citizens of that coun
try.
the young claimant there
others of tho family 'who
entitled to shares in tho
but for the laws of Vene-
Jullo Pardo, his un
guardlan, and Alfred
The First Battle
MISCELLANEOUS.
Club
Price
11.35
1.46
1.35
1.45
1.65
1.65
2.50
2.86
Reer.
Price
Club
Price
18.00
3.00
2.25
1.85
Publio Opinion, )new) wk 300
Tho public, wk...... ;.;... 2 00
Windlo'a Gatliug Gun, mo.....!"., lioo
iiom uiuuuing uommnatlona or premium
offers in which thoThrlce-aVcck World, Word
Herald, or Kansas City World, or Farm, Stock
ana Homo appears, aro not open to residents of
the respective cities in which tho papers named
,
Besides
are three
would be
$0,000,000,
zuola. They aro
clo, who was his
and Carlos Pardo. his cousins.
They are Venezuelans, and the laws
0? tho country provide that none of its
citizens can have claims against it
Marios Pardo, who Is senior member
of the firm of Pardo & Co., in Caracas,
has for soveral years tried to collect
the debt, but. has been unsuccessful.
The security for the loan is said to be
notes, which it Is believed are now
in the hands of Carlos Pardo.
Young Pardo thinks that, as he Is
the only surviving heir of his grand
father who is not a Venezuelan, he
can by proving his claim recover the
it an made by the latter to tho govern
ment. He has with this end in view
ictained tho services of Attorney Jacob
E. Salomon of 302 Broadway to talre
whatever logal steps are necessary.
Tho latter will communicate at once
with M. Weiner, French minister at
Caracas, asking him to make an In
vestigation of the claim. Now York
Times. ,
-BY-
W. J. Bryan.
',5v
"
A Story of the Campaign of 1896, Together with
a Collection of His Speeches and a Biographical
Sketch by His Wife.
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