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Newspaper
Falls City Tribune
Location
Falls City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
4
A reader suggests hiring a dry weather man as rain makers vacate the area. The note cites a 20 000 contribution from a New York syndicate and jokes about replacing rain makers with dry weather experts to favor the Democratic side.
The remark asserts true virtue or vice isn’t determined by dress. It highlights that good people often appear in modest attire while some who wear fine clothes may harbor bad character.
The speaker reflects that fifty to sixty years ago Nebraska was seen as a desert, but now the plains have transformed as if the desert has blossomed like a rose, showing dramatic regional change. The tone honors progress and reshaped landscape.
We are promised another raise in the price of beef of from 1 to 2 cents per pound. At this rate, we will be compelled to become more largely vegetarian than ever. The only way, apparently, to meet a raise in price of meats is to cut down the consumption of it.
The Falls City News condemns Mr Watson for attacking its demigod Mr W J Bryan. It recalls his 1896 vice presidential stance and says his current accusations are false and defamatory, expressing strong sympathy for Bryan and his supporters.
Hoke Smith of Georgia failed to gain renomination after a year in office. He campaigned across the state with speeches in every county, while his opponent Mr. Brown won the nomination with no public speeches. Silence is sometimes evidence of political wisdom.
Rumor has it Silas R. Barton of Grand Island serving as grand recorder of the A. O. U. W. and on the supreme lodge finance committee may seek the state auditor position on the Republican ticket. His five-time election to grand recorder signals statewide esteem and fitness for the office.
A regional political observer estimates 484 electoral votes. Taft may secure 20 or 47 votes beyond what is needed, Bryan assigned 127, 66 doubtful. Even if Bryan takes all doubtful 66, he trails by 50. The figure implies four more years of Republican control with Bryan touring as a chautauqua lecturer.
Jim McDowell and his wife from Tecumseh arrived early this week to visit relatives in the city.
A Omaha letter from Dr. Miller, former Omaha Herald editor, argues that $15,000 brought into Nebraska in 1904 aimed to influence Bryan’s senate bid and Berge’s governor race. The author mocks Bryan and Berge as uninformed, blaming party figures and Dahlman allies for the alleged funds.
The report lists multiple visitors and guests across area households during the week including Henry Lint, A Burk and wife, Mrs O A Guinnle, Mrs Guy Lichty, Mrs Chas Stump, Mable Ansier of Verdon, Guy Prine, Susie and Mary Feidler, Herman Beechy, Frank Lichty, Dee Spickler, Chas McWain, Fred Chesley, A Mrs Perry Shaffer, George Prichard, Mrs Noah Peek, HJ Meichard, Cleon Peek, Ed Kimmel, Clem Stump and families, plus social events at Frank Lichty’s and a farm sale by Clem Stump to Martin Nolte with Sept 1 possession and a swing party with ice cream and cake.
Humboldt updates include many residents visiting Lincoln and Pawnee City for business and school. A new daughter was born to Art Wilson and wife on June six. A terrific wind storm damaged the Segrist lumber yard. Dr Elmer E Meyers to marry Bertha A Frank at SM Philpot’s home June 17.
The London News notes that Canada owes its name to Jacques Cartier mishearing natives say Kanata meaning village. He thought it was the country’s name while it referred to a village. Thus Canada grew from a small settlement to a great state.
A numismatist calls the quarter dollar an unlucky coin, noting 13 stars, 13 letters in the scroll, 13 tail feathers, 13 wing feathers, 13 shield lines, 13 stripes, 13 arrow heads, and 13 letters in the phrase quarter dollar.
A speaker recalls her husband’s late return at two in the morning. He greets her politely and asks for help to unfasten a collar button, prompting reflection on his kindness and consideration.
Round gray stones in Australia are real rolling stones valued mainly as curiosities. When placed on a table they quiver and roll toward the center. In minutes they gather as a theft bunch driven by magnetic iron ore within.
An uptown doctor receives a prank call from a caller seeking an undertaker. The exchange ends with a humorous miscommunication as the caller admits a mistaken number and the doctor suggests the error.
Yale basketball guest at Hollenden Hotel in Cleveland received a three figure check from a New Jersey grandfather. The check was a fake by coach William Lush of Yale, causing the recipient to send a telegram and a letter before a bellboy returned 30 cents with the note Can’t find anybody named dear grandpa.
Edward Payson Weston argues age is not a crime and urges vitality plus humor in old age. Ben Davies of St Joseph replies with a sharp boast about his own age provoking a lawyer who recalls the line There goes old man Davies.
Pigeons observing conditions ascend from 200 to 700 feet, circling then returning to the release spot. Once direction is determined, they dash home. Flight speed scales with wind, reaching 1,500 to 1,600 yards per minute with a strong tailwind.
A traveler notes Swedes skating on stilts two feet high and higher. A girl glides with grace while an expert performs inner and outer edges and grapevine tricks. Falls from five-foot stilts can break ice and limbs.
A woman accused of murder is cleared by a jury. The foreman defends the panel by saying the twelve jurors do not know how to treat a lady, prompting the judge’s sharp remark.
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