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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
5
The notice explains want ad rates with one cent per word per insertion and a minimum ten cents, credit rates at one cent per word per insertion with a twenty five cent minimum and fifteen cents per week, and mentions black face double rate. Readers are urged to reference Herald when replying.
A local abstract office announces ownership of the only set of abstract books in Box Butte county. The office operates from the McCorkle Building, with contact listed at 10 to 670.
Classified notice listing a five room house for rent at 317 West Fourth St with option to rent three rooms. Contact E F Shields via phone 674, previously noting additional rental listings in the same segment. Includes multiple rooms for light housekeeping or furnished options and various locations.
Money to loan on real estate. F E Reddish. off Rowan and Wright coal wood and posts. Phone 71. Found bunch of keys call Herald office 20 4 1222 Lost bunch of keys fine or please leave at Thiele's drug store 20 11 1227 For sale miscellaneous for sale or rent modern house Co C Barker 2otf1220 For sale Barley also set of harness A R Wilson Son phone 548 1 mile west of Alliance w1Stf1202 Singer Sewing Machines for sale or rent phone 521 New York Hat Shop Paine Fishburn Granite Company Grand Island Neb make the best monuments and will save you money Call on Al WIKPR local salesman of Alliance or send to Grand Island for price list
Advertisement from Bee Hive Store offering a nearly new soda fountain with fittings and a Lincoln Rug Factory service turning worn carpets into rugs. Includes offer to ship freight both ways and request for pricelist and shipping tags. Address Lincoln Nebraska.
Private sale of household items including rugs a brass bedstead mattress springs dining chairs rockers dresser roll top desk Kurigman piano bookcase at Snyder's drag office 210 Box Butte Ave B H Perry Guros4.
Rhode Island Reds are good layers. Hens available at 1.00 each and hatching eggs at .75 for 15. For inquiries write or call Mrs E J Owen Hewett Nebr. 14tri145.
Be L Gregg and Son advertise a large stock of first class alfalfa and wild hay at a reasonable price. The notice highlights abundant supplies and affordable rates for buyers seeking quality forage.
Auction announced for Saturday May 4 at 1 o clock at the house on corner of 4th street and Niobrara avenue. Item list includes one buggy and harness with sale terms cash under 5 dollars or bankable paper over 6 dollars. Various names and announcements follow about local services and coal orders.
In the United States District Court for Nebraska Chadron division Joseph P Colburn of Alliance Box Butte County Nebraska is adjudicated bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors is set for May 10 1912 at 3 oclock in the afternoon at the offices of Burton and Westover Alliance Nebraska. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. Frederick A Crites referee in bankruptcy attests the filing dated April 24 1912.
Omaha reports Professor C W Pugsley of the Nebraska experiment station urges farmers who planted winter wheat not to hurry to plow under cracked ground. He has authorized the Commercial club publicity bureau to spread that the ground condition is not as critical as some fear and recommends rolling with a corrugated roller if feasible.
Mrs. H. B. Shurtleff, eighty, pioneer resident, was killed by a fire in her Vermilion home on April 24.
Bank statement lists resources liabilities and capital as of a date in 19th or early 20th century. It details loans deposits due from other banks and cash items with a sworn certification by cashier S. K. Warrick and directors.
Hemingford residents and visitors are listed with arrivals and departures to Alliance Sioux County Crawford and Lincoln. Notable items include Dr Boland’s trips, Miss Estella Hucke’s visit, the Sprowles from Pennsylvania, and a Sunday school organized at the Malinda schoolhouse with Mrs Bert Miller superintendent.
Real estate transfers listed from United States and private parties across Nebraska and Wyoming. Transactions include undivided interests in Hemingford lots, patent land in multiple townships, and various lot trades with prices such as 1 and 350 dollars. Notable names include George Snedeker Thomas Haverka Charles A. Barney and Flora Godfrey.
Alliance and Box Butte county property owners are notified that assessment values are fixed. Objections must be filed with the county clerk for Board of Equalization, starting June 11 1912, first Tuesday after the second Monday in June, and continuing 3 to 20 days. Values stand for four years and will not be changed after the June meeting.
Mrs. William Kelley of near Otsegoen shot and killed a large bear that was chasing her children from the doorway and around a brush pile, after discovering the animal from the home door in Duluth.
USPIT PICS USPIT PICS UP church announces Sunday School at 10:00 a m and preaching at 11:00 a m with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as the topic A 6:30 p m youth meeting 7:00 p m sermon The Reality of a Personal Devil Morning meeting offers baptism for new converts Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m Pastor A L Godfrey leads the services
The notice details Episcopal Church services with no Sunday evening worship while tabernacle meetings occur. Regular services run on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. First Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Junior Auxiliary Chapter A meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Chapter B meets Sundays at 2:30 p.m. GEO G WARE, Missionary.
Announcement for the German Evangelical Lutheran Church with services each Sunday at 10 30 am and Sunday School at 9 50 am. Parochial German English Lutheran School operates daily except weekends from 9 am to 4 pm. Pastor Titus Lang contact 623 Cheyenne Ave phone 269.
Sunday School at 10 a m with Public Worship at 11 a m on "Tithing or the Lord's Part." Evening service at 7 30 p m on "The Friendship of Jesus." Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m and a Thursday prayer meeting at 7 35 p m.
The schedule lists at 10:00 a m Sunday School with graded Bible classes 11:00 a m sacramental service 6:30 p m Young People’s Epworth League meeting and 7:30 p m Public Worship led by Pastor Olin Baker The entry ends with the note ing at 7:30 confirming service timing
Sabbath school meets Saturdays at 2 PM at the residence of Professor G. M. Burns. The next lesson title is The Sabbath: Its Change and Restoration. Mrs. John Pilkington serves as Superintendent.
Sunday school starts at 10 20 a m with preaching at 7 30 p m in Marks hall at northeast corner Laramie avenue and Third street. All are welcome.
Sunday school at 10 a m morning service at 11 with theme Baptism Evening service at 7 30 with theme The Baptism of Jesus Mid week service Wednesday 7 30 The ordinance of baptism will be administered Sunday night to a number of candidates Pastor GEO A Witte
Rev J A Leavitt of Omaha will speak at the Baptist church on Sunday with morning afternoon and evening addresses. The afternoon session at 4 o clock will cover the society’s purpose in detail as they discuss care of the friendless. All are welcome.
Fred Molliring former county treasurer now handles various insurance matters from an office with Nelson Fletcher Insurance Company located at 19 1 1214.
Claude Corey long time night yard master departed Alliance on Tuesday to take the same post at the Burlington yards in Denver. He regrets leaving Alliance but explains his family and son are now settled in Denver.
Hemingford Nebraska April 19 a Box Butte county resident narrowly escaped disaster after his daughter Mrs Shepherd warned her father John Sampy not to sail on the Titanic He ignored the warning bought a ticket and only misfortune was avoided when the voyage was delayed and he changed plans The tale links the shipwreck to local interest from Hemingford to Omaha Bee.
Louis Hoffman a young man who came to Alliance last July died last Friday at 4 pm in the cottage on North Cheyenne venue. His father from Dedham Iowa arrived just in time to be with him. He was 27 and died resigned to his fate and was aided by Catholic rites. The remains were taken back to Dedham Iowa with his father and sister Mary.
The verse celebrates thawing weather, greening fields, and springtime chores. It riffs on farmers, housewives, and poets as seasonal signs shift from snow to warmth, noting politicians and vendors trying to profit from pastoral renewal. The poem blends humor with hopeful images of spring.
Mr and Mrs Chaney Hancock were in Alliance this week arranging a move to their Kip Kard homestead near Seneca. Mr Hancock and the boys will guard the claim while he maintains a Deadwood run for a year or two until the ranch yields income.
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