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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
7
The piece argues for a federal corporation law as central reform, praising President Roosevelt’s April message. It warns the Sherman act’s current form creates business chaos for large interstate firms and contends a nationwide charter with public accountability would validate honest conduct and relieve burdens on both corporations and the public.
The Reverend J L Vaughn argues theaters are essential educational venues and urges religious leaders to attend and demand moral, quality plays. He asserts clergy should sit with their flocks, influence managers, and transform theater from a perceived evil into a force for good.
Dr Otto Guettner of Cincinnati argues that the lack of housewives and domestic servants disrupts society and home life. He condemns women who work in stores and industrial institutions for starvation wages and claims women compete with men, lowering wages and increasing singleness.
Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota proclaims in a public and private setting that he believes women are equally entitled to all suffrage rights enjoyed by men. He asserts there is little room for argument against equal suffrage and notes his firm commitment to this policy.
A historical anecdote recounts President Lincoln joking about who bore responsibility for the fall of Harpers Ferry. He quizzes Generals Halleck Milroy Schenck and others before naming General Lee as the man. The four generals depart, relieved yet wary of future scrutiny.
A psychologist discusses sleep as a state that can persist tasks and even art. He cites punka coolies in India who sleep while turning fans, and writers like Coleridge and Longfellow who produced work in sleep. He compares waking to an internal watch that echoes in us all.
A penny bought an aged volume dated 140. The man failed to read it and stored it away until a friend sent it to the British Museum. Officials offered the highest sum they could spend without trustee approval, and the volume proved Gutenberg’s first printed book, effectively priceless.
A Sunday school tale retells Solomon’s judgment where two women dispute a baby. One insists the child is hers, the other claims it is hers. Solomon halts the quarrel and proposes a sword to divide the child, illustrating wisdom in judgment.
A short quip from the Younkers Statesman contrasts Bacon and Egbert on talking ability with a joke about a car window. The Chicago Record-Herald adds a quip about a woman blamed for misfortune involving spectacles.
A Bohemian speaker notes the odd coincidence of being born on the day Ralph Waldo Emerson died, calling the connection a cruel tease to literature lovers. The remark blends fate and literary history in a witty aside.
A concise adage from Pope on moral action notes that harming none is best, yet sparing the bad harms the good. The line reflects a classical ethics stance urging strict justice over leniency.
A puma cub dies after a brutal clash with its mother in a Frankfurt menagerie. The keeper notes the female’s deadly temperament, while remaining cubs cower as the jungle drama unfolds. The surviving cubs witness the fear and tragedy as the predator’s restraint gives way to danger.
Hugo Parton writes in Outing Magazine that Moorea in the Society Islands is the happiest place on earth offering coconut nectar from palm trees, abundant fruits, and a joyful Tahitian culture with flowers in daily life. He notes locals’ tall physiques, constant garlands, and limited English while greeting visitors with la ora na.
A country house mistress shelters a hungry tramp with a rule to never turn anyone away empty handed. She offers him a meal and explains it is not charity but pleasure to help. He replies with a playful request to share more freely and enjoy himself.
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