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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
2
The piece notes hog prices at $8.00 per 100 when corn hits 60 to 70 cents a bushel, urging a hold when others sell. It also mocks woman suffrage as distant, citing Mrs. Belmont’s pledge not to marry until suffrage is granted and predicting male emancipation from marriage as a rallying point against the movement.
The column notes a quiet Cass county campaign with some insiders and outs, hints at who may be sacrificed for political advantage, and attacks hypocrisy around prohibition in Lincoln. It mentions a warden’s attempt to enforce the squirrel law against Mayor McCarty and forecasts a Democratic paper by Henry Richmond. It also discusses D. I. Killen’s governor bid in 1910, his GOP stance, and daylight saloon law votes.
The Nebraska State Journal notes criticism of party platforms and quotes a New York AP dispatch. It reports Carnegie foundation scrutiny of Harvard Columbia and New York universities for lax standards and eligibility to benefit from teaching advancement funds. Illinois and North Carolina requests are denied, Wisconsin cited as a model institution.
The New York Tribune urges Republicans to honor the 1908 platform by a genuine tariff revision. It argues the Dingley law’s twelve year term is long enough and calls for meaningful rate reductions. The paper insists public opinion demands intelligible, nationally focused protection rather than local interests.
Notice urges attendance at Murray on Saturday July 3 for a festive celebration. Alfalfa is praised as a valuable, rapidly rising food product with strong production prospects in Nebraska. Voters hear potential for Judge B F Good of Wahoo as supreme judge, and social commentary idly weighs wealth against mortality.
For ten years the women teachers of Nebraska pressed for equal pay with male teachers. They argued that women are best suited for child training and can bring order to rough classes, proving they deserve men’s wages.
Already is stated that dealers in cigarette makins are devising means to defeat the law. The chief means to be employed is to keep a stock of the paper where customers can help themselves, putting the cost of it in the tobacco sold. Such a subterfuge ought to be easily discovered and the perpetra tors of it made to pay the penalty. Good citizens always obey the spirit of the law and the man who willfully evades this righteous law ought to be treated as he deserves to be, as a law prone and a criminal unworthy the respect of decent people.
A few Democrats may withhold support for Governor Shallenberger over the eight o clock closing law yet retain the right to oppose him for other reasons. The piece likens him to Bryan in preferring principle over political gain while praising his overall leadership.
Scientists once pinned yellow fever on a mosquito but now accuse the common housefly of spreading typhoid fever cholera tuberculosis and other illnesses. The article urges war on flies as a feasible goal requiring extra effort and cost.
The Journal explains the new primary law with changes from the old system. It covers election timing, candidate filing, presidential electors, cross party voting, ballot rotation, voting by cross marks, and non partisan positions. It also notes non primary placement for regents and judges by petition.
The Fremont Herald lauds Frank Brown of Lincoln as a conservative yet aggressive figure in Nebraska politics. It highlights his measured stance on liquor regulation, his favorable reception among parties, and his potential for shaping the 1910 gubernatorial race.
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