Political Announcements for State Senator Nomination
A 1912 notice from Fairbury Nebraska announces a candidate for State Senator nomination. The document notes it is subject to the Healty primary process and references the February 9 date.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1912
Page
4
A 1912 notice from Fairbury Nebraska announces a candidate for State Senator nomination. The document notes it is subject to the Healty primary process and references the February 9 date.
County attorney F. L. Rain announces candidacy for election in Jeffers County Nebraska scheduled for April 19, 1912.
The passage argues that private indiscretions matter less than helping the less fortunate. It urges neighbors to refrain from exposing others faults and to act as brothers keepers. It emphasizes that national prosperity depends on reducing mass poverty and improving living conditions for all citizens.
A reflective piece urges accepting one’s true self over envy or flashy ambitions. It compares restless self- improvement to vulgarity and longs for simple, grounded living. The narrator jokes about fishing fantasies ending with muddy boots and a single catch.
Wichita telegram reports Kansas Modern Woodmen of America members forming a separate Kansas lodge using Woodmen in the title. About fifteen executives voted to withdraw from the national body to serve sixty thousand of Kansas's eighty thousand members while keeping to the old rate structure. The group will operate within the state and not conduct outside business.
Lieutenant Governor Moorhead urged using short term convicts for road work and long term and life convicts for farming to avoid competing with free labor. He argued prison products would not harm agriculture due to demand beyond supply. Vice President Sanborn supported roads and crop production for institutions as a solution, reported by State Journal.
An old fashioned domestic woman guides a young housekeeper through biscuit making with improvisational measurements. She advises adding milk or sour cream, sifting flour with rum baking contibanent, and warming butter before mixing. The dialogue emphasizes experience and not scrimping on butter.
The text outlines lamb nursing, soil amendments, hoof care, and horse handling. It emphasizes early colostrum for lambs, lime soil correction, daily hoof wetting, simultaneous feeding for two cow types, proper horse collar fit, and choosing sturdy necks and shoulders in horses. It also notes winter as a planning season for dairy farm improvements and keeping good stock to attract reliable workers.
Fragmentary political satire urges mockery of self styled reformers who scorn farmers and taxes. It contrasts idle town talk with active farming, warning against loud rhetoric while praising practical work and restraint. The piece mocks public fuss over taxation and government critics.
The piece explains Andrew Jackson used a private circle called his Kitchen Cabinet. It notes they met at the White House through a rear door to keep their influence discreet. Members listed include William B. Lewis Jeane Hill Amos Kendall and Duff Green among treasury and press figures.
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