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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
4
A Chicago divine claims wicked souls rest before judgment. An Omaha minister seeks 2000 marriages by advertising, paying for publicity. The dispatches discuss tariff reform, political maneuvering, and banks reorganizing under state law to safeguard deposits, noting opposition to the Aldrich bill and party tensions.
The piece laments high bread costs affecting thousands in large cities. It condemns wheat price manipulation by trusted interests, contrasts government action on oil with inaction on wheat profiteering, and argues tariffs and price controls are needed to aid the poor against profiteers.
The duty paid to refiners for granulated sugar is 4 cents a pound while New York market prices range from 5 to 6 cents. Adding carriage makes the consumer price, and a congressman who cannot see the sugar duty is described as blind, whether accidentally or on purpose.
A chosen view from Aurora Sun praises the recently adjourned legislative session as strong and wise with many laws recorded, while lamenting the defeat of Evans referendum bill and noting several other debated measures. Separate Nehawka Register note warns Plattsmouth’s open town image, urging guards or a new administration for country lads seeking spring attire.
The paper notes will shift from nineteen designs to nine, with new portraits. Washington and Jefferson remain on the one and two dollar silver certificates while Lincoln replaces Jackson on the five dollar notes. Ten, twenty, fifty, hundred, five hundred and one thousand dollar notes gain updated portraits.
The News-Herald columnist replies to Thomas Jefferson O Day of the Nehawka Register criticizing Plattsmouth as a hamlet. He cites jokes, discusses woman suffrage history, figures, and the burden on wives and mothers while urging thoughtful civic debate rather than mockery.
Democratic candidate Bob Malone loses to Republican Love by a 65 vote majority. Malone praises his effort while critics warn Lincoln may endure a difficult two years if Love is as lazy as opponents claim.
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