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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
7
Senator Lafollete will speak in Omaha Saturday evening. The note mentions other local items including election results from David City and Beatrice, weather, Easter, and local visits plus a quoted social commentary on labor and parenting.
The candidate, a former Cherry County district attorney and Valentine resident, moved to Lincoln in 1911 to practice law. He built a strong trial record facing top state lawyers and is viewed by friends as strengthening the western end of the state ticket for the fall election. He is a New York native who has spent twenty years in western Nebraska.
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