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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1920
Page
8
Random shots describe persistent mud at crossings and streets while a youthful burglar at Joliet prison boasts prison life as a cure for trouble. Authorities add guards and public talk worries about a jail building boom amid navy nostalgia and new naval reservist privileges.
Local column riffs on Alliance streets and horse ranch dreams while recalling a railroad wreck tale. A narrator jokes about escaping Europe to see ruins and notes a comic line about feigning injury after a wreck.
A note expresses gratitude to friends who assisted in the effort to win The Herald automobile prize. The writer says their help was sincerely appreciated and acknowledges assistance received during the campaign.
A city paving official marked his birthday Thursday while rain stopped and wind dried mud at crossings. Within hours, a few crossings sprouted light cinders but the first car squashed them, letting water in again. The Herald praises the modest start and hints Mayor Rodgers may be behind the effort.
The American Legion designates May as membership month with a week May 17 22 for nationwide push. Alliance post and others will urge all non affiliated veterans to join. Nebraska plans a full month of activities to enroll about thirty thousand non members. Local post plans are forthcoming with meetings smokers and entertainments in prospect.
Allance Elka will not reserve rooms in homes for delegates and visitors to the state convention on June 23 and 24. They will canvass non Elks in the neighborhood to secure suitable quarters and expect to have a large list of available quarters when the convention calls to order, led by Secretary P. Cagewell and H. O. Condit, committee chair.
Dr G J Hand and Ray Trabert are named to lead the Elks lodge gymnasium committee as regular classes and teams are planned. T J O Keefe buys a Sixth Street residence from Mrs Frank Fleming who moves to California. County Judge Tash enjoys a rest after weeks of docket postponements and several cases are settled out of court. Lara mie avenue paving petition, led by W K Harper, gains support though residents warn against wholesale crossing removals. Antioch road work resumes as Contractor Roberts plans to be on site soon. Janitor Corp at the courthouse installs summer irrigation piping for the lawn. rainfall may affect the project.
I express gratitude to all friends for their support and aid in the Herald Campaign. Those who were promised a ride are asked to take their place in line.
Mrs. Hannah Blair returned to Alliance this week with her granddaughter Miss Schill who attended school in Peru and recovered from influenza. Far Mallory is in Omaha on business. Mrs. Frank Johnson visited Wednesday and then traveled to Gordon to visit her parents for a few days. Leonard Armstrong returned from ...
Local items report Juce Mallory and wife visiting relatives near Long Lake while transacting business in Rushville and Hay Springs. Melick & Stephenson advertise seed wheat and a special early spring hat sale at the Alliance hotel annex with reduced prices. Various residents including A Gregory from Scottsbluff and Mildred Pate plan visits, hospital patients receive attention, and personnel changes occur at the city fire department.
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