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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
3
A garbled 19th century notice claims instructors promote a dance for toddlers by a circular praising it as the path to success. The fragment mentions learning to dance the toddle and a bizarre reference to Napoleon, all in a chaotic Atlanta Constitution style line.
Reprinted in the New York Evening Post, a full page sable ruled ad notes a founder’s death and a firm’s continuation under his name. It promises a week of business stoppage, a huge stock of suits and coats, and unusually low prices as a rare opportunity. A separate notice touts job placement help and free catalog from a Grand Island Nebraska business college. Public chatter includes domestic cooking and a biting quip about college men and their professors. The piece hints at Uncle Sam financing for citizens in the near term.
Stephen S Nice of Alliance Nebraska filed notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish claim to lands described in Homestead Entry 018419 in sections 21 and 22, township 47, west of the sixth principal meridian. The proof is to be made May 6 1921 before the U S Land Office Register and Receiver in Alliance Nebraska. Witnesses named: Joe Bills Will Campbell James Blagraves Cora Pealer all of Alliance.
Jennie M. Niquist sues Gust Niquist in Box Butte Nebraska District Court for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty and non support for more than two years. Respond by May 30 1921 per notice issued by attorney Mitchell and Gantz with case dated April 2 to May 14.
Floyd S. Trine files suit in Box Butte County Nebraska on March 31 1921 seeking cancellation of a mortgage lien recorded by Charles S Alling and assigned to Hester A Hunt later to Sarah Ann Small deceased and others The action aims to clear title to the Southwest Quarter of Section 32 Township 26 Range 49 Box Butte County and to establish that all defendant claims are subordinate to the plaintiffs title and possession.
Court orders all defendants and their heirs agents and assigns to refrain from asserting any right title or ownership in the land and to not disturb the plaintiff in use and possession. The plaintiff seeks relief and costs in the case dated May 1921 with Floyd S. Trin as plaintiff and Apro Mayt as signatory.
Box Butte Nebraska county court hears final account and distribution petition in the estate of John J. Keenen. Grant H. Keenen as administrator to present final settlement on May 21 at 9 am in Alliance. Notices run for three weeks in Alliance Herald. Dated April 20, 1921. Judge Ira E. Tash and attorney Lee Basye.
A. H. Jones Company will sell by public action a 35 horsepower Reo Speed Wagon Automobile Truck bearing serial number F-14694 for 419.08 dollars due on a 398.55 dollar lien with 7 percent interest. The sale takes place at the northwest corner of Third Street and Cheyenne Avenue in Alliance Box Butte County on May 21, 1921 at 2 p.m. The lien owner states default and no legal action started.
A Washington Indiana theater audience was saved as a fire broke out during a Jevz musical performance. Reportedly some people feared suffocation while others escaped as staff and performers guided patrons to exits. The incident drew attention away from sensational titles and toward quick action and calm leadership.
Roy Chapman Andrews collected Chinese proverbs discussed at a New York City meeting of the Dutch Treat Club. Sayings cover wealth, virtue, judgment, and character with aphorisms about women, work, and trust. The item includes an ad line for hog buyers and local Want Ads with contact details.
A New York debutante orders four aisle seats. Her party discovers elves seated in a column. She asks a stranger to swap, but he writes that his wife sits nearby. The piece ends with a quip about the yellow peril and 500,000 Chinese eggs arriving.
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