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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1905
Page
6
Hemingford residents and visitors mingle in a bustling update. Ed Wildy and J J Smith are seen in town while A D Millett plants trees. Local business, farming gains, and church events fill the week with auctions, sales, and insurance offers.
Public sale to the highest bidder set for Thursday May 11 seven miles east of Hemingford one half north. Items include thirty cattle eight horses mowing machine cultivator barrow six dozen Plymouth Rock hens plus household furniture. Terms include time on bankable paper and interest notes with no cash discount. weather delay if under $15. Clerk and auctioneer listed.
John Adams returned from Iowa Monday while K A Cook visited Alliance last week. Barney Reed rode to Alliance yesterday and returns tonight. Elder Clark was rained in on a return trip from Luella. J D Pattison bought the Whit Green cattle herd and moves them to his Lakeside ranch this week. Kev Lyons and family prep for an upcoming move. The assessor urges residents to report current property values. No Lakeside services were held Sunday evening.
A long list of Martland and Alliance residents and visitors is noted with travels to Alliance, illnesses, new purchases, and social calls. Mentions include Mrs. Hughes, C. A. McGogg, Mrs. Crigler and Ja, Leo Brandle, Mrs. Kikner, the Walbridges and Mrs. Moore, L. Snow, True Miller’s cousin, Mrs. Hadley’s baby, Dr. Bikner, a Missouri stock company, Miss Jacobson, Rev. Shriner, Luther Clark, Misses Josie and Marcia Kendric, A. E. Byers buying a farm near Lexington, Mrs. Richey, Dr. Eikner, Arvill Wilson, Roy Richey, the Hickey ranch, Miss Lillie Bocle, and Mr. Bagley’s transfer to Terry. An anecdote about Smithers and a Nashua lookalike is included.
An American bets a five dollar bill on a disputed word during a card game on a Mississippi side wheeler. He proves the word nictate exists in a dictionary and claims the seventh $5 bill as winnings after the English passenger denies the term.
Cross cuporatorical declares a home yellow puppy far surpasses human wit after it foils a bottle cork trick. The anecdote shows the dog under wash tubs as cork sinks and then returns with the cork on a rusty hook, prompting laughter and a quip about superior intelligence.
An American on Florida's west coast devised a simple drainage method by sinking a four inch well into a bog. Water rose to near the surface, then drained the bog as the pond emptied through subterranean channels. The land became a productive truck farm. Scientists say wetlands in many areas could be drained similarly.
Grandpa Dutton tells how, forty or fifty years ago with Nixon and Kemp's circus, he used to shoot a rifle ball through an apple on a boy's head from ten paces. He notes occasional misses happened, and he would wait minutes to find another volunteer as there were always plenty of boys.
An English visitor spoke with Rev. Charlie H Parkhurst about Tammany’s New York city victory and the immigrant vote. The doctor replied that Adam and Eve would have kept the immigrant out if they had been decent people.
The Christmas box refers to alms boxes placed in churches on Christmas morning for donations to the poor. The alms were not distributed until December 26, leading to the term Boxing Day for the following day.
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