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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
7
The Alliance Herald is the official newspaper of Alliance Nebraska city and Box Butte County. It is published by The Burr Printing Company with George L Burr Jr as president and Edwin M Burr as vice president and editor and business manager.
This piece critiques campaign tactics in Alliance urging nonpartisan reforms while highlighting attacks on ex soldiers and the city manager plan. It defends incumbents and promotes evaluating candidates by public service, not money, stressing the voter faces a tough choice among many qualified men.
An Alliance Lions Club speaker recounted a nightmare in which a lion walked beside him. He tested eye contact to ward off the beast, but the lion grew stronger, then vanished with moonlight on his bed. He wonders why he woke late as businessmen fret over recent conditions.
A collection of quips and satirical lines on postwar conditions. The pieces reference relief at the factory floor, revived buying, and prices stabilizing, with a nod to past war abnormality and a cautious return to normalcy. The note includes remarks about public figures and a jab at cultural commentary.
An article urges Illinois farmers and others to verify securities offers with local farm bureaus and honest bankers. It notes swindlers use perfect credentials and ploys similar to wartime spies, and stresses consulting trusted lenders before investing any money.
Nebraska editors funded their system privately, paying about 3500 dollars for a field secretary while others benefit without contributing. Critics question the county tax burden for a county farm bureau and pest district, noting 12 to 35 percent of the general fund goes to these programs. The piece argues to stop complaining if taxes remain.
A Sioux City man, claiming to be secretary of the Good Fellows of America, urges a vote to bring back light wines and beer. The piece argues prohibition was a people’s choice not a knee jerk, and attacks the Good Fellows for aiding brewers and distillers. It warns the movement endangers families and national welfare.
The Federal Reserve Bank at Kansas City reports improving wholesale trade in the Tenth district including Omaha. February dry goods sales compared with 1917 1918 and 1919. millinery sales exceed last year due to local buying and lower transport costs. Retail expansion is gradual and spotty with department stores showing better February sales than January. Prices remain lower than a year ago and barometers hint at fair weather for commerce.
A crowded western office building elevator suddenly dropped a few feet then stopped and continued normally. The elevator boy reassured passengers while a portly gentleman remarked it would have been just a couple of stories if it had fallen, a somber note in the Star and Time.
Notice from Miss Nettie Harricon of Penva City Utah seeks Miss Gallacher or any relatives after sending her photo to Salt Lake City. Merure photographed by W C Passmore Alliance Nebraska. Plus a commentary on legislative petitions and a choir rehearsal notice at the Methodist church with hostesses and special music for Bishop Stunta. Also a remark about an automobile owner with a 1920 license being caught.
Announcement from the Nebraska Land Company seeking stock hogs. No further details provided in the fragment.
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