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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
2
A collection of satirical vignettes cites royal princesses as human, notes a street car ride of King Edward, and reports on shop girls in New York and Milwaukee. It contrasts domestic women with happiness and records pay scales for male and female teachers in Strassburg. Lahore authorities sent 25 constables to a small lecture.
Police chiefs at the convention appeal to end lampooning officers of the law. Olga Nethersole says she would choose wife and mother over acting again, arguing the world needs wives and mothers more than actresses.
New Zealand lawmakers will adjourn for the visiting American fleet and allocate 40000 dollars to cover entertaining costs, a gesture described as a genuine display of friendship.
The paragraph describes a 4m incandescent lamp with a green shade. When oriented upward toward the ceiling it provides soft diffused light, bright enough for a room without reading. It notes that no shadows are cast when used in this uplight position.
The article notes that penny postage between Great Britain and this country implies two penny postage in the reverse direction. It argues the so called Americanized penny is a misnomer reflecting reciprocal rate differences.
After October 1 the price falls to two cents for an American to write to England and for English to reach America. Yet many on both sides lack correspondents and will regard the reduction with indifference.
A Boston medical scientist offers in Boston a girl with six distinct personalities. The Baltimore American notes this rare phenomenon for Boston, though other places are familiar with women who are never the same thing twice. Continual changes are seen as a long conceded privilege of the sex.
A professor cites drinking water as a cause of intoxication in a talk, a claim likely to astonish the public and challenge current prohibition logic. The remark underscores the quirky discussions surrounding temperance policy and public behavior.
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska is nominated for president by the Democratic party at the Denver convention with 892% of votes on the first ballot, Johnson and Gray named as alternative candidates, and a unanimous nomination. The lengthy session features speeches by Gearin, Glenn, and Swanson as crowd enthusiasm soars amid a crowded auditorium.
The convention roared as the Nebraska choice William Jennings Bryan rose amid banners and oil portrait display. Delegates hailed Dunn’s pro Bryan speech and aacclaimed Kern for vice president after a party-wide roll call, with Kern winning by acclamation amid electric cheers.
Convention names Indiana man as running mate for Bryan in Denver. One o'clock session opens with only a fraction of delegates present as heat intensifies in the hall.
William Jennings Bryan stated after his Democratic nomination acceptance that he will not be a candidate for re election if elected president. He said the honor requires singleness of purpose and responsibility to God and the American people.
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