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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1910
Page
8
Plattsmouth notes list numerous residents visiting Omaha and Lincoln for business and court matters tied to the Clarence case. Witnesses, relatives, and witnesses, including Crawford, McQuinn, and the Vivians, travel for testimonies and burial arrangements, while local officials attend to legal duties and shopping.
Georgia agricultural secretary Martin V. Calvin urges southern farmers to raise output per acre at lower costs. He cites a comparison showing nine cotton states produced far more corn in total but a much lower average yield per acre. He stresses boosting average yield as the critical goal for farm progress.
Government notices invite men and women over 18 to apply for railway mail clerks customs house clerks stenographers bookkeepers and other positions with salaries from 800 to 2500 annually. Examinations will be held nationwide with thousands of appointments. Free instruction and information available by writing to the Bureau of Instruction 79 J Hamlin Building Rochester NY.
The note urges growers not to cultivate common fruit and stresses ongoing demand for superior varieties in markets, highlighting quality over bulk as a market strategy.
Advice on poultry care emphasizes geese pasture and pond access with minimal feeding, clean nests, and grit for hens. It warns against new breeds, notes market issues with Bolle eggs and soft shelled eggs, and urges greens, oyster shell, and timely market for ducks. It prescribes a manganese solution for head treatment and stresses indoor dust baths during winter.
The long delayed bank guaranty cases from Nebraska and Kansas closed after all counsel shared time equally. John J Webster of Omaha and ex Senator Long of Kansas spoke last, with Webster earning praise for clarity and forcefulness. The court praised equal opportunity for all parties as Attorney General Mullen and J L Albert presented Nebraska’s position.
Lincoln, Dec 9. In his annual report to the governor Adjutant General Hartigan urges a larger legislative appropriation to maintain an efficient guard. He calls for merit based appointments, adequate salary, indeterminate commissions tied to performance, and board review when commissions end. He also proposes relieving the guard from duty during labor disputes unless martial law is warranted.
In New York a Bowery near the Lower East Side hall hosted an "outcasts festival" with a crowd paying 25 cents to view performers posing as social outcasts. Hutching Uspgood led the event, featuring Chuck Connors as a paid poet, Sadikich Hartman with a sex drama, and Dr. Ben L. Reitman promoting respectability versus crime. Emma Goldman spoke, arguing real outcasts differ by choice, while organizer Elapgood called the acts theatrical.
Lincoln December 9 The Burlington railroad won authorization from the railway commission to average charges per car on multi carload shipments from the same dealer. The rule ends inequities where weights fall above minimum or below maximum, allowing average rates for full stock shipments from Nebraska points to South Omaha.
State Auditor Hor ton returned from Omaha where he assisted in the absorption of the Western Fees fraternal society by the American Nobles, a Waterloo based group. The deal, completed with his consent and that of Iowa’s state auditor, marks a second Nebraska society folded within a year after the American Order of Protection. The move, Barton says, aimed to save the Western Bees from ruin.
Peking reports the ancient absolute regime in China will persist only historically after the Chinese New Year in January 1911. The throne plans to accede to a resolution by the imperial state praying for the immediate creation of a constitutional cabinet.
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