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Newspaper
Falls City Tribune
Location
Falls City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
4
The piece urges accountability for a $15,000 campaign contribution and praises Victor Rosewater for his election as national committeeman by Nebraska delegates in Chicago. It notes Nebraska as a campaign battleground and predicts Rosewater will aid true government principles through the presidential race.
A sale of twenty five thousand dollars in Water works bonds approved last July has been consummated. Falls City will soon have a modern electric light and water system. The electric light operation has profited the city while water pumping has operated at a loss, but the new well may turn the tide.
Caleb Powers is freed after a pardon by Governor Wilson of Kentucky. The Goebel assassination was seen as a political injustice, with many in the public resisting the persecution of Powers. The episode helped spur a political shift, contributing to the election of a Republican governor last fall.
During a Wednesday night storm lightning struck Mrs. J. J. Tanner’s home around two o’clock. The bolt hit the bedroom corner where Mrs. Tanner and daughter Miss Clara slept, stunning them and shattering a large mirror. It then struck the north porch setting it on fire, discovered this morning, with neighbors extinguishing smouldering flames. The family feels they escaped a close call.
The editorial predicts William H. Taft as the Republican standard bearer for the 1905 campaign. It lauds his experience from the Philippines to Panama and his role as confidant to President Roosevelt. A running mate is not yet named, but options include Hughes, Cummings, Fairbanks, Sherman, or Sheldon.
A kitchen theft at the National hotel emptied the larder before breakfast. About 320 dollars in groceries vanished after a break in, with tracks leading to a livery barn where a cook’s coat and oranges were found. Police arrested Bill Perkins and Chas Freddy based on footprints and evidence. they await preliminary hearings.
Local residents return from Lincoln and Oklahoma visits. Tecumseh and Kansas City guests at Humboldt homes. many travel to Lincoln for university events and commencements. Highlights include a civic ice cream social raising about 15 dollars and a wedding between Dr Meyers and Bertha Frank at the Philpot residence.
Minneso ta Governor Johnson will give the opening address Sunday afternoon at the Hiawatha Chautauqua. The First Regiment band performs a sacred concert, and Ex mayor Bradsley of Kansas City will speak on How to meet the issue in the evening. Tickets are available from the Hiawatha Chautauqua association in Hiawatha Kansas.
Tuesday afternoon twelve local Odd Fellows traveled to Dawson to inaugurate a lodge. Twelve charter members and fifteen initiations filled a twelve hour session from 4 PM to 4 AM. Reports say the new lodge has bright prospects and enthusiastic support from Dawson. The piece also notes hobo activity this week with several thefts reported.
The notice names Gunsaults Waters Camereon Lee Gov Johnson and a host of politicians including Wm Allen White Victor Murdock Senator Long J L Bristow Cyrus Leland W R Stubbs W A Harris among others. It also references The Chicago Players and Signers Club Vandal Enos and her girls Pambaskia and his pets and other entertainers at the Swimming Pool and Moving Pictures venues.
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