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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
4
A call issued by Chicago delegates to a National Progressive convention in Chicago on Aug. 5 is signed by Roosevelt supporters from forty states and distributed by Senator Dixon, Roosevelt's campaign manager. The item criticizes the convention system as a joke and notes a permissive rate for printed insertions.
Senator Cummins offered a resolution at the Iowa state Republican convention requesting a commission to investigate Taft's renomination in Chicago and report within thirty days. If fraud is found the Republicans may bolt. if not, they must support the regular ticket.
The Pender Republic argues that voters will break party regularity and a square-toed fight will emerge between special interests and the common interests. It questions if the third party movement signals a broader realignment and predicts it is coming as surely as the sun.
The Alliance argues most voters cannot name a real difference between the Republican and Democratic parties. They claim the major split is conservative or reactionary versus radical or progressive, with tariff debates showing no clear party divide.
Governor Aldrich joins Norris and Clark in pledging support for Colonel Roosevelt over President Taft. The trio aligns with Roosevelt as they state their positions and endorse the Roosevelt faction in the Nebraska GOP split.
Sugar substitute saccharine remains banned in food items but is permitted for use in certain restricted confections called kKigses under regulatory guidelines. Authorities warn manufacturers to comply with labeling and safety standards.
A columnist notes an eastern woman proposes a statute requiring married men to wear labels. The piece questions practicality and public reception, suggesting the idea is more a social provocation than enforceable policy.
A Chicago postal clerk resigns at age eighty four, ending a 62 year career in the service. The veteran employee cited long tenure and dedication as the reason for stepping down from duties at the city post office.
A tabloid style comment references a duchess eloping with a masseur and notes on social mores. The article juggles humorous if dated observations about fashion, Chinese customs, baseball schedules, microbes in blackbirds, and urban culture. The tone is satirical and fragmentary.
A whimsical 1912 era column jests about future poverty, Missouri courts ruling on barber artistry, New York horse demand, motor tech bravado, counterfeit money myths, fashion models for 1912, living costs, a Boston prophet foreseeing hot summer, and a Massachusetts June man marrying a June bride.
Ambitious faculty critics argue abolishing the college may be warranted while noting how the typical student wardrobe makes noise and distraction. The remark frames tension between reform advocates and campus culture during campus debates.
A noted medical figure asserts women do not know how to cook arguing it explains why many do not try. The remark targets women as a group and frames cooking ability as a gendered concern.
A suffragette umpired a recent California baseball game, signaling a bold challenge to traditional gender roles and stirring discussion about women’s participation in public sports.
The new republic faces a key test as it weighs hosting a safe and sane Fourth of July versus permitting risky, celebratory firecrackers that could threaten public safety and order.
A fragmentary column uses dialect to reflect on work and fate within the profession. It contrasts jokes about death with the grind of duty, suggesting endurance despite hardship and fatigue. The piece evokes local speech and the toll of labor on workers.
A humorous exchange notes both sides in a case urging the judge to take the same action. The prosecutor seeks the death penalty while the defense attorney calls for a suspended sentence.
Report describes deep sea life with large eyes or none, adapted to faint light. A polyps cluster was recovered from 2175 fathoms between Madeira and the Spanish coast, emitting brilliant phosphorescence along with other deep water specimens.
The piece traces rising costs for large passenger steamers from 1874 to the early 1900s, noting prices for 15, 20, 22, and 23 knot ships, with Oceanic at 20.76 knots costing 3.5 million and the Lusitania and Mauretania supported by a 13 million pound government loan. It mentions uncertain totals for Olympic.
The speaker rejects a limited gratitude for personal mercies and instead seeks a universal thanksgiving for every aspect of existence. He emphasizes gratitude for joy and sorrow health and illness success and disappointment virtue and temptation life and death, viewing all as destined for good.
A doctor warns a patient against exciting reading while a companion suggests a book titled How to Know the Wild Flowers. The exchange hints at concerns over health and morale during a hospital stay and the light protest of diversions.
A historical note describes ducking stools used in Europe to discipline "scolding" women. A chair attached to a well sweep was lowered into water to soak the offender multiple times, with engravings showing devils on the chair and later replacements of the device.
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