Primary Law and Provisions Highlight Election Scrutiny
The article outlines penalties for false party affiliation declarations and unlawful voting under the 1907 primary statute. It notes enforcement expectations for the first election under the law, mentions R. F. Carroll as a gubernatorial hopeful, reports Mrs. May Bruce Edmonds’ father’s death in Glenwood, and states Fremont County's 11 delegates at the 15th judicial convention in Council Bluffs on June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Council Bluffs
Fremount County
Governor Radley on the Seles address frames strong anti liquor stance
Governor Radley denounces liquor traffic in a forceful Indiana speech, condemning its harms and pledging strict laws. The account notes local civic updates including store remodels, school leadership changes, and residents visiting relatives as communities adjust in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanley
Indiana
Local Notes and Social Roundup from Nebraska City
Names and brief movements from the region. John Connor travels to Kansas City. Dr Hayes and wife return from Topeka. Bert Dowdy attends a funeral in Belvedere Neb. Ben Long from Bartlett exchanges greetings with friends. Frank Shandy family move into the city from the Davis farm. Miss Ruth Morrow returns after a year at Rockport school. Ben Givens seeks medical aid in Hot Springs So Dak for lip cancer. Miss Allie Ives returns from Shannon City after a successful year teaching. Lew Nix and family resettle in this city from Audubon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben, Givens
Hot Springs
Dak
Mansion Servants Clash With Haughty Customer
In a boisterous exchange, a fat lute man and a butcher spar over status as the latter struggles to identify a figure claiming Goldborough lineage. The scene escalates with misread hierarchies and a final reveal that the speaker is the cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colm Goldborough
Wan-Iysth
Goldboroughs
Foul Air Cited as Breath of Death in City
Chicago health commissioner W A Evans warned that foul ventilation in many houses unleashes a deadly air equivalent to impure food. He cited consumption and pneumonia as the leading killers, stating that breathing polluted air is the primary cause in most cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Evans
Chicago
Two Really Good Bulls In Dublin Charity Report
In a Dublin charity report, despite large payments for medical care, few deaths occurred during the year. The anecdote recalls two countrymen outside a famed eye hospital where operations are done, joking about eyes being removed and laid on a table for viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Society For
The Bitter Truth Entered the Pawn Shop
Diogenes entered a pawn shop with a lantern and asked for its value. The pawnbroker noted an antique pattern and asked for a price. Diogenes confessed he valued it at nothing, humiliated by the centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diogenes
Proved His Cleverness Heiress Learns True Poet Fraud
A wealthy heiress wooed by a man who posed as a poet discovers his claim to cleverness was a sham. She recalls his boast that he would do something clever, then learns he merely married her. The exchange reveals the bargain-counter nature of his promises.
Poor Fritz Made a Martyr and School Language Reform
The Katholische Schul Zeitung in Berlin recounts a high school incident where a head master tried to correct vision defects by sending a note about Fritz being predisposed to myopia. Fritz replied with a sharp note thanking the head, and the authorities then ordered use of shortsighted instead of myopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katholische Schul Zeitung
Berlin
Fritz
How to Resist Colds
Medical science now believes colds are infections like measles and scarlet fever. Outdoor living, good ventilation, and avoiding under or overfeeding help reduce susceptibility. Cold baths, daily exercise, light underwear, ample water, and sleeping with wide windows open aid resistance.
Mocking Bird Tops Song Birds in Moonlit June Song
A New York American opinion praises the mocking bird as the supreme songster among birds. It argues the skylark and nightingale deserve praise, but the mocking bird excels in variety range volume and sweetness, with its falling song on a moonlit June night unmatched by others.
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N.Y. American
There Is an Order Higher Still
A reflection on moral order above material power. Cardinal Manning emphasizes that justice triumphs over power and wrongful success cannot sanctify wrongs, asserting that the immutable laws of right and wrong prevail beyond human civilization.
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Cardinal Manning
Women and Diplomacy Through History
The passage argues that celebrated women gain fame through diplomacy. It highlights Jewish heroines Rebecca Tael and Herodias, along with Catherine of Siena and Catherine de Medici as notable examples, noting diplomacy as a royal road to fame and peace for women across ages.
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Rebecca
Tael
Herodias
Catherine of Siena
Catherine de Medici
Teace
Addicted to Swearing and a Gentle Rebuke
A husky truckman belabors his horses with a bullwhip while cursing loudly. A timid bystander steps in and politely counsels him that in education one neglects simple oral hygiene. The truckman, stunned, stops cursing for a full minute.
Ignorant Woman Objects to Faulty Thermometer
An old lady complains a thermometer is useless for gauging room cold. A sly dealer explains that thermometer derives from Greek for heat, noting it measures heat, not cold.
The Silver Trumpet for Auto Drivers
A salesman showcases a silver horn described as the modern gadget for motorists. A self-blown instrument replaces the shrill cries of horns with a reveille like tune, used by drivers and drivers alike. The scene includes chauffeurs, a sable-coated groom, and a rosy blond girl in seal skin handling the device.
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France
Wet Weekend Dinner Ends With Cautionary Steps
A witty Scotch barrister visits a judicial friend in Leith and they dine, drink, and play cards. As night falls they forget the hour, and at the door the host warns with candles in hand to watch two steps before churchgoers flood the sunny street.
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Leith
Tak
Thimble Origins and Global Varieties Through History
The thumb bell origin of the thimble traces to England with name changes from thumble to its current term. Dutch invention evolved from iron and brass to gold silver steel horn ivory and glass and pearl variants. China shows carved pearl thimbles brought to England in 1695 and Siam received a lotus bud gold bridal gift studded with diamonds spelling the queen’s name.
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China
England
Siam
Church Eclectic
When Age Troubles Women in Matrimony
A marriage license clerk notes women often lie about age on certificates. A reader asks if a 36 year old deceiving fiancé about her age harms the marriage. The clerk cites no U.S. law against such deception, contrasts Australia where a divorce was granted after a wife lied about age turning 46 while he believed 35.
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Australia
Made to Feel Young on My 26th Birthday
A bachelor girl recalls turning 26 and feeling aged after a birthday. A theater outing with a friend boosts her mood until a gray-haired stranger's remark makes her realize she does not look her age. She resolves not to take up knitting or an orange trumpet this year.
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Gil
Startling Teuth Prof Hart Seeks Mortality Statistics
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard, known for his American history work, has taken to statistics with zeal. He told colleague Professor Grandgent in a yard meeting that mortality figures haunt him, quipping that a man dies every time he breathes.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard
Prof. Grandgent
Pye
Grandgent
Frisky Exchange About A Saloon Visit
In a witty exchange Mrs. Frankley recalls Mr. Sneekerly telling his wife he saw her entering a saloon yesterday. Mr. Frankley corrects the tale noting he was the one seen coming in while Sneekerly hid behind the free lunch counter.
List of Letters and Death Notice Sentences
A J Klock informs of sales for store departed Monday in Omaha and Council Bluffs. Mrs Benson ill, mother death. Elkins returned to Council Bluffs. Week ending May 29, 1908 letters uncalled for in Haming Town postoffice. Names include May Aay May Case Hattie Fates Iv Monroe Roath Cuingg Bert Biggs Lantz Morgan Metcalf and others. parties please say advertised.
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M. Benson
Beem
Elkins
Council Bluffs
Haming
Ladees
May Aay
May Case
Hattie
Monroe
Roath B. Cuingg
Gentlexen
Bert Biggs
Sohlesinger Bross
Walter Lantz
James Morgan
Cécil
Metcalf
R. Spencer Tarris
G. BH. Culberton
G. A. Danforth
PEM
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R. F. Carroll
May Bruce Edmonds
Glenwood
Radley
Seles
Potter’s Fields
H.R. Grape
Millard
Cooley Grocery
Insurance Company
F. B. Webb
Sidney
Thurman
Myron Gaston
Tabor
Mr. Smaisey
South Hamburg
Wyoming
Flora Fink
Austen School
Tennessee
Albert Schmalse
Billringsmount
Marie Liess
Percival
Ben Estee
Payne
Ise
Abe Hughes
John Connor
Kansas City
Odests
He Hayes
Topeka
Kan
Bert Dowdy
Belvedere
Neb
Nannie Notson
Madson Township
Ben Long
Bartlett
Frank Shandy
Davis Farm
J. Stone
O.M. Delay
Nebraska City
Izetta
Minnie Miller
Barragut
Bert Coles
Charley Breedlove
Joe Pritchard
Rockport
A. A. Simon
Mrs. Morgan
Wymore Neb
Frank Morgan
Ruth Morrow
Bercome
Allie Ives
Shannon City
Lew Nix
Audobonia
KEW Devic
A. J Klock
Ethc
Omaha
Oppos Cearai Mill
Edison Phonographs
Hest
Earth
Edison
Sam
C. A. Cowles
Wester Asion
Nori Reporter
S.T. Mitchell
Bank of Hamburg
Farnk Davis
H. Knoth
B Street
CHAS
Medford
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