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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1912)
$. R. McKelvie For Lieutenatl Governor This year brings u> the voters ol Nebraska their first opportunity to vote for a native Nebraskan foi the iniport ant office of liteutenantgov. ernor. S If. McKelvie was born on a farm in Clay couuty and lived there upon the farm until of age. His father. Sam McKelvie, is a Nebraska pioneer and the oldest breeder of Po land China hogs in this state. Cpon leaving the farm S. If. McKelvie took up work in the field of farm paper journalism. His rise to success was rapid, and he is today publisher of The Nebraska Farmer, the oldest farm paper in the west, established in lsai* by Robert W. Furnas. That publication is regarded throughout the state as extremely fearless and efficient in its championing of the farming interests in Nebraska. In public life Mr. McKelvie is the kind and character of voung man who is rapidly forging to the fore. He served one term in the city council of Lin coln and is now a member of the state legislature from Lancaster county. 1 n the last session of that body he worked earnestly and zealously in the inteiests of the initiative and refer endum, the stock yards bill and other measures which gave him the stamp of a thorough progressive The only measures which he introduced were of a non partisan character and re lated to agriculture. Baptist church—Sunday school will meet at 10 a. in. and morning preach ing at 11. Evening sermon 7:30, Oct. JO. The Kearnev and Loup City pastors have effected an exchange of pulpits for next Sunday, and Rev. Edwin McMinn D. D. will occupy the Loup City pulpit. The old sign board of the North western office, 18 inches in width by 10 feet in length, can be purchased cheap by anyone wishing same for sign work. The populists have pulled off their electors in this state and have, as usual, been swallowed by the demo crats. County Treasurer F. M. Henry went to Omaha this morning on a short business trip. C. A. Clark was looking after his cieamery business here this week. Archie Zimmerman and John Min shull left this morning on a business trip to Richmond and Norfolk, Ya. Mrs. E. Holcomb went to Elm Creek last week Tuesday, where she was joined by her daughter, Mrs. Henry French, and the ladies proceded to Ohio, where they will make an ex tended visit. Art Reed yesterday moved to Gree ley Center, where he will clerk in a Hardware store. H. W. Shipley made a trip down to Marquette yesterday. C. G. Irwinof llubbeli is the new helper for Agent Hauielson. Mrs. J. A. Hanielson left today; for an extended visit in Omaha and at Carson. Elliott and other Iowa points. Severe Accident Yesterday afternoon, when Mrs. R. ! I>. Sutton of Ord had reached this city on a visit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. I>. Wilson, and just in front of Conductor Amick's residence, she ; accidentally dropped one of the lines. Reaching forward after it. and the team suddenly swerving, she lost her I balance, falling between the wheel and body of the vehicle, pinning her ; so tightly she was helpless. Fortu I nately one of the Misses Amick saw the accident, ran out and stopped the team befori serious results must have : f Jllowed. Mrs. Sutton was. however, | more or less injured, but no serious consequences will follow. Additional R. R. No. 2 Notes There will be a basket social at the ! school house in Hist. 37, Oct. 25, 11*12.! i A short program will be given. Every | one is invited. Maggie McFadden. teacher. J. A. I’eugh and family visited at j Russell Curry's Sunday. Loren May is staying at the N. T. Daddow home. Claud Burt, visited Saturday even ing with Oliver Brodoek. Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Bell and Mrs. Ernie Bell attended the Ladies' Aid at Mrs. Peugh's last Thursday. Mrs. Gladys Curry recently returned from a visit in Holt and Boone counties. Supt. Currier visited the Hazard schools last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Daddow and little daughter visited II. W. Bro dock's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holmes were at Grandpa Goodwin's Sunday. The republican caucus was held at Wiggle Creek school house last Fri day evening. The following report is given from Dist. ;W: There are 20 pupils enrolled and those receiving perfect attend ance certificates for September were Ethel Daddow and Laurice Peugh. Those receiving • “Certificates of Award” were Lulu Brodoek, Herman Stark, Ethel Daddow and Laurice Peugh. Those receiving the large “Honor Certificates” were Lulu Bro dock and Laurice Peugh. Every pupil should work for these certifi cates. Lettie Peugh, teacher. Policemen Dog’s Only Enemies. With unconscious humor, a woman summoned at Brentford, Middlesex, England, recently, on a charge of al lowing a ferocious dog to be at large, pleaded that it was friendly with ev eryone Dut policemen, and it had nev er bitten anyone eUe. LnaOEMil kS PEOPLE SEE REAL QUALITIES OF PRESIDENT HIS CAUSE GAINS. Afilson Now Less Popular—Trips of New Jersey Governor and Colonel Roosevelt Through Nebraska Show Real Unworthy Side of These As pirants. Omaha. Neb., Oct 10.—Close ob server* of the political situation in v'ebraska are deeply Interested and (ratified by the trend that the presl lential race has taken In this stata. Since the visits of Colonel Roosevelt ind Governor Wilson to Nebraska, tTesident Taft has gained many votes. Tolonel Roosevelt was a great disap pointment when he made bis last trip cere. Voters who heard him beforo 'he primaries in the spring de clared that though he might have be come opposed to the man whom he ince declared to be the best qualified man to head this government, there was absolutely no reason for his string of vituperative epi.hets. He showed, so they agreed, that he is a •nan who cannot stand defeat, and who is willing to ao anything in order to win his tight. •The impression that Gov. Wilson is merely a typical schoolmaster, highly educated perhaps, but unable to meet .the man oi ordinary intel.igence upon common ground—was verified. He is neither broad-gauged nor definite enough to pilot this great government. "We have had too much Roose velt." said many who observed both the former president and the New tersey g_.\e:nor as they went through the state. "We fear Wilson because he is specially and exclusively a pro fessor—good enough for a class room, but will fail in the broader Seles of the world's thought. We know that President Taft has made a good executive officer; he has done well; his record shows more actually accomplished in four years than was done by ex-Prerident Roosevelt iu seven and a half years. The country is prosperous today—better oJf than ever—and there is no need of a change. \\ ith such sentiments as these form- , ing in all parts of the state, the ranks [ of the Taft voters are growing every hour. The desertions from the forces of Roosevelt and Wilson are large and cumulative. The trip of Roosevelt through Ne braska increased the Taft forces, be. cause the Bull Moose rs themselves are disappointed in the man. The auditorium in Omaha, where he spoke, was only partly tilled, and many of the audience left early, because they became disgusted with his ravings about President Taft and his renomi nation. Working for Own Ends. The Nebraska Roosevelt leaders have shown that they are for the for uier president, simply for their own good, by the manner in which they have acted in the presidential elec toral case. In Missouri the Roose velt electors have agreed to vote for President Taft in case the eighteen votes of Missouri will elect him. The Nebraska electors, the six Bull Moos ers—for only two of the eight are Taft men—have not shown, up to the present moment, that they are wi ling to get off the republican ticket, and permit the Taft men to run their own campaign. They have not agreed, up to date, to do as the Missouri men have already agreed. In Missouri— where lives Governor Herbert S. Had ley, who was one of Roosevelt s strongest lieutenants at the Chicago convention—the Bull Moosers have shown that they are working for the beat Interests of the nation. Governor Hadley. _ realizing . the .cense of Roosevelt is not worthy, and that Wil liam Howard Taft is the man who should be elected, has gone over to the president's side and is suppporting him in the campaign—and all thia after Governor Hadley had been the floor leader for Roosevelt in the Chicago national republican conven tion. Desertions From Roosevelt. Reports from every part of Ne braska during the last few days show desertions from the Roosevelt ranks. Among the men who are quitting the former president are several of the most prominent citizens in various cities and towns of the state. The far mer never was in such prosperous con ditions as he is today. He is gett.ne big prices for all his products, and he is living as he never lived before, with less debt, with more conven iences and luxuries, including good bank accounts in his favor. I'nder such conditions the farmer believes that he would be very unwise if 'e voted for either Roosevelt or for Wil son. Roosevelt. with his v* ry questionable policies, would prove to be a real adventurer. Wilson, with his pecu'iar id-as of imitr gration. and his tendency to keep in the beaten path of a pedagogue, is certain also to be an adventurer. The farmer believes that he can rely on Mr. Taft, and that the present good days should be continued for four years. The farmers, gener ally, therefore, do net favor a change. Neither does any other man who today is living well, who has a home, or who is prospering, and this classification includes a vast major ity of the working men. Practica'lv. it includes the en'ire population cf Ne braska. There is no wonder then that the political sentiment in this state is most favorable to President Taft. Ev ery hou- multiplies the evidence that the peo,i*e of Nebraska and of other "tites want him to win. ROUSSEAU'S VIEWS ON LOVE Newly Discovered Letter Written to a Friend of the Philosopher Has Been Found. A remarkable autograph letter of Jean Jacques Rousseau, showing in a vivid light his views on the subject of love, has just been made public In connection with the Rousseau centen ary. and is considered by the critics to be an Important addition to our knowledge of the great philosopher. The letter was written in 1759. the year in which "Xouvelle Heloise” wt.s published, and is addressed to Deleyre. Comte de Croiseul’s secretary, who had Just become engaged to be mar ried- It runs as follows: “Dear Deleyre: You have made an idiotic mistake, for if you continue to love a promise is superfluous, while if you cease loving it is useless, and you may cause yourself the greatest embarrassment. But perhaps your promise has been paid for in spot cash. If so, I have nothing more to say. You have signed it with yout blood. That is almost tragic How ever, I do not know that the ink wherewith one writes makes any dif ference in the faith of the person who signs. I quite see that love makes children of philosophers, just as it does of the rest of us. “Without being your friend, my dear Deleyre, I have a friendly feeling for you, and I am alarmed at your ^resent condition. For heaven’s sake, consider that love is only an illusion, and that one sees nothing as it really is when one loves.” It is pointed out as showing a curi ous trait in Rousseau’s character that the le*ter was written at Montmo rency, in the bouse in which Madame DeHney. one of his admirers, had Just built for him.