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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
4
A port ofice notice from Alliance Nebraska notes public mail transmission and Box Butte county publicity. Local items mention a Fourth of July celebration plan, a Colorado bear hunt, and city improvements urged for a sewerage system. Global intrigue references a looming naval clash between Japan and Russia with odds on the Japs. City council delays sidewalk ordinances and ponders permanent sidewalks and crossings.
Ten Elks set a good example for home patronage with all furniture fixtures supplied by local dealers. Darling and Lockwood receive about half the furniture, Norton and McClive get the carpets, Bogue the curtains and draperies, Fred Brennan handles plumbing, Judge Ridgell the painting and decorating, all from home merchants.
Io Alliance outlines celebrations to welcome 16000 guests for the Fourth. The plan emphasizes organizing a strong locally hosted event, aiming to showcase the town as a thriving audience destination and to entertain attendees in a timely and well prepared manner.
Denver Chamber of Commerce seeks details from Tue Heraro about any commercial organization in Alliance. It asks for the name and secretary of the group and questions whether further argument is needed to reorganize Alliance’s Commercial Club.
With Senator Burkett vacant in the first district a special election is likely before Congress reconvenes. Lincoln hopefuls include state chairman H C M Burgess Judge Holmes Paul Clark and Judge Frost who argues direct primaries should designate the winner. Burkett remains overseeing district affairs.
The author warns against buying goods from distant sources arguing it kills local jobs and commerce. Loss of employment for workers and merchants harms the town’s vitality, schools, and surrounding farm values, ultimately costing the community as people move elsewhere.
A Lincoln civil engineer proposes seven and one quarter miles of sewer pipes to cover the city at about five thousand dollars per mile. The plan would run an east west main on Cheyenne avenue with north south mains in alleys to connect. A second plan would need more pipe with no better results. Funds and methods await the new city council's action.
The Sheridan Post comments on the wool trade as an ongoing object lesson in economic challenges and resilience. It highlights market pressures, farm costs, and potential policy or industry responses shaping the sector.
City of Alliance presents its population over five thousand, with water works electric lights a three story city hall and fire department. It boasts rail access on the Burlington main line division headquarters and shops employing many railroad workers. Letters of inquiry invite copies of a twenty four page illustrated Industrial edition.
The narrative traces Wyoming wool prices from 20 cents a pound in 1892 under the McKinley tariff to 7 and a half cents during the Wilson era, then rising after the Dingley tariff. Tim Kinney of Sweetwater county reports selling several hundred thousand pounds at 204 cents per pound, the highest Wyoming wool price on record, signaling strong year value for range sheep.
Citizens complain of a brazen night scene in lower Box Butte avenue with a drunken gang and prostitutes creating a carnival of vice. A brutal assault near Rod gers corner left a defenseless woman beaten and begging for mercy, prompting fears the debauchery may continue in the city’s prominent area.
Mr J KR Phelan proposed selling City Hall to the hospital association to fund sewer construction. HeraLo rejects the idea arguing city needs City Hall jail fire department and space, plus a hospital would harm town life. Senator F J Neidling of Missouri narrowly missed a U S Senate seat and traveled to Butte on No 41.
A compact notice highlights availability of reliable fire insurance and surety bonds across all kinds, offering policy options and coverage details for businesses seeking risk protection and financial guarantees.
A reflective piece argues against broad women's rights claiming it harms children and home. It insists women belong at home unless they join men in harsh tasks, and it critiques beauty industry trends as distractions. The author laments lack of room for mothers and warns of political cost when women are undervalued.
The law excerpt explains that homesteaders who have proven up and claimed adjoining lands may remain on their original homestead rather than moving to the new land. The privilege to enter additional land under section 2 applies to both those with perfected proof and those without, under the Kinkaid act as forwarded to Judge Kinkaid.
The text explains that if an entryman still owns and occupies land from a prior entry, after final proof the person need not move to the new area. Continuous residence on the original entry for five years after the new entry and permanent improvements valued at at least $1.25 per acre for each included acre, proved within the entry’s life, would suffice.
Partial timetable details describe west and northbound routes, numbered trains to Denver Chicago and Pacific points, varying daily schedules, sleeping dining cars, and through tickets to the United States and Canada. Agent contacts in Omaha Nebraska provided for information and reservations.
Land Office at Alliance Nebraska gives notices of final proof for Cyrus C Joy and Hemingford resident Allie Mabin with witnesses listed. It also records liquor license applications by William King Ed J Barry Simon Spry F J Betzold and W N Corneal for premises on Box Butte Avenue in Alliance Nebraska with meetings set in May 1905.
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