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Newspaper
Preston Booster
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1912
Page
3
The Preston booster from Preston Idaho lists annual and six month subscription prices and publication details. It notes printing and mailing arrangements with Oneida County identifiers and class matter status for postal service.
A critique contrasting Progressivism with the Bull Moose movement. It argues the former is a broad national reform effort while the latter serves personal power, citing Chicago convention maneuvering and leaders like La Follette and Beveridge. The piece questions party control and flags distrust of trust influence.
The Central School opened on Monday September 16 with 711 pupils in the first week. Beginners numbered 102 and officials expect 800 soon as growth strains the single building. The board failed to pass a new bond and seeks extra rooms, considering the Presbyterian church for space.
The item lists land prospects in the Oneida Irrigation District with or without water and invites interested parties to contact Geo. Hy. Carver at Luthys Bigall Variety. It also notes a help-wanted for alterations and clerking at the Eagle store and mentions Cham Cham Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a top seller.
The piece argues for a complete party reorganization yielding two balanced parties. It portrays the old machines as fading memories and calls for a direct democracy free from plutocratic oligarchy. It notes intra party reform to avoid disintegration and mentions La Follette and Roosevelt dynamics shaping future politics.
A Democratic platform pledge states the party will work for the creation of Fower County, with divisionists on the opposite side urged to take notice.
A partisan broadside attacks Roosevelt for engineering fake contests to undermine Taft and finance a plan to steal the nomination for Roosevelt. The piece asserts Roosevelt knew of the fraud, cites a Chicago dispatch, and cites Roosevelt camp tactics while defending Taft from alleged delegate theft. The piece argues the Roosevelt camp fabricated contests to influence opinion and claims Taft’s delegates were legally seated.
The Republican line asserts no crime against Taft’s nomination and claims Roosevelt led a failed bid to steal the nomination. It argues California and other district votes should stand by state rules and urges readers to request official documents from the Republican National Committee for full facts.
A critical note disputes Col Roosevelt’s claim that he secured the Pure Food and Drug Act. It argues Congress nearly passed the bill without his active involvement and notes Garfield became interior secretary six months after passage.
A fragmented reading blends Uncle Remus dialect with stray political commentary from Carrollton. The text shifts from rural donkey fantasies to references to Roosevelt Taft and La Follette, with vague claims of mistreatment and political opinion, ending abruptly on an election page.
United States Land Office Black foot Idaho issues notice to Robert M Hull of Whitney Oneida County Idaho assignee of B A Mason assignee to enter under Section 2306 Revised Statutes of the United States for the SW1 4 of Sec14 Tp15 S R40E containing 40 acres. Any adverse claimant or objector to the mineral character or other reasons must file affidavits of protest in the office before August 31 1912.
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