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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1920
Page
3
The American Legion department executive committee held a dinner in Fremont Nebraska on March 22. Commercial club members offered a key to the city after hearing about the Legion backed compensation program which the business men unanimously endorsed.
The national headquarters urges every post and department to always use the full name The American Legion. The article emphasizes that the word the is an integral part of the term and must be included.
A satirical remark claims soldiers are trying to run the country while noting such criticisms were absent during the war. The comment contrasts wartime perception with peacetime politics, highlighting public mood and frustration.
Joseph E. Palmer and the Broken Bow group staged a local play that raised 400 for their organization. Costs exceeded 500, leading to a deficit but the event was presented as a success in boosting community efforts.
American Legion posts can obtain cast bronze grave markers from the emblem division at national headquarters. The markers feature an enlarged legion emblem on the front and a plain back to accept engraving.
The Nebraska Woman's auxiliary of The American Legion is expanding rapidly and may exceed 60 000 members by year’s end. Over twenty Nebraska posts already organize auxiliaries, with many more forming. Dues total 75 cents annually plus local assessments, while national rules are being finalized. Nebraska headquarters prepares forms to register members and collect dues shortly.
The War Department reports total service by branch: Army 3,992,681, Navy 551,736, Marine Corps 57, and overall grand total 4,601,461.
A bill approved by Congress authorizes a $2,000,000 loan of obsolete or condemned army rifles to American Legion posts nationwide. The distribution covers about 100,000 guns for ceremonial use in funeral rites for veterans, with a limit of ten rifles per post.
Nebraska American Legion posts report fast expansion with Douglas County Omaha leading at 1,948 paid members and Lincoln second at 1,250. Close third place is contested among Kearney 279, Scottsbluff 237, Beatrice 232, and York 200, followed by Grand Island 181 and Nebraska City 178 with others listed below.
The fragment shows a three act comedy note with unclear context. Key terms include safety and possibly a preview or outline. No distinct individuals or organizations are readable. The readable bits suggest planning or drafting in a stage or script setting.
Residents on Box Butte avenue snapped snowbank pics as a polite burglar leaves a receipt. Dave Bowden earned a prize photo of “the gang” by clever subterfuge. A young woman loaned pumps, waded through water, and found one shoe brown and the other gray near the post office corner.
It describes a patron reversing the tables in a barbershop. The scene centers on a self praised man who boasts of being self made and a barber who can only listen as the exchange reveals ego and humor. The two pair of shoes and mud meet in a quirky domestic dispute-like moment.
A young woman in civilian clothes accuses a fellow passenger in a streetcar of dodging service. He retorts that his reason mirrors hers, noting a shared physical disability as a defense against enlistment.
A young Alliance lady admits she wore puffs over her ears in youth and fears stopping now would bring a cold. She recalls starting the habit, saying it has become habitual and she cannot quit easily.
A speaker warns young ladies to beware of earrings. The writer notes three mornings this week the same post office door was open. today the other door was locked. The question is raised whether the hinges are being worn to force equal failure.
An authoritatively framed view links spring to optimism. A Lincoln jury awarded a would be bride 22000 in a breach of promise suit, 1000 for each year she waited. A Cleveland woman lost a 50000 necklace on a train, raising questions about wealth in transit.
A Sunday school joke has Mary Jane answer there are ten commandments and nine left when one is broken. Yale students begin a campaign to wear old clothes to cut living costs, hoping the issue fades with spring as courting standards demand sartorial care.
The piece mocks Denver for using an ordinance to push daylight saving forward claiming people cannot wake earlier without clocks being advanced. It laments the end of debates about Gods time and Wilsons time.
The piece notes politicians stir this week with ongoing talk of a dark horse candidate after the twentieth. A brother claims LaFollette could be the next president, reflecting sharp party speculation and bold predictions.
The senior class presents a three act comedy by local home talent on Friday April 23. The show titled Safety First promises light humor and community entertainment for all.
Farmers and residents are urged to invest at home in Alliance Packing and Alliance Home Builder, praised as beneficial to Cox Butte County and livestock shippers. The piece stresses supporting local enterprises, avoiding long hauls, and cites state securities commission endorsement as evidence of reliability. Loyalty to local business is framed as wise, profitable, and in the community’s interest.
Safety First notes from April 20 report aviation officers urge states to defer airplane traffic law issues to the federal government. They predict Congress may one day dismantle the anti aircraft battery in response to national aviation policy.
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