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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
9
The speaker argues that public and private sectors must remove obstacles and that state governments should lubricate industrial and commercial machinery. It calls for sanity and fairness, and warns against merciless public gauging by dealers, stressing courage and good sense over spectacle.
An English naturalist claims an oyster is a largely senseless creature with minimal nervous system and no conscious feeding ability, describing it as mainly a body mask and stomach. The remark triggers playful reactions as the speaker questions the idea.
A provocative early 20th century Thinkograph piece condemns greed and monopolies amid war, urging severe legal action against financiers and profiteers. It contrasts royal wealth with the suffering of the poor, calling for reform and accountability.
The passage argues that any institution that constrains supply or unjustly taxes the public should be taxed to death or confiscated for the common good. It suggests the people may resort to force to dismantle such power, warning against magnates of trusts corporations and pools amassing vast fortunes by dishonest means.
Governor McKelvie vows to diligently search for profiteering in Nebraska and to use government powers only as needed to avoid disrupting business. He urges a spirit of opening industry and commerce and says the state must remove unreasonable rules that hinder legitimate business and public welfare.
The report notes union shopmen on the Northern Pacific in Rapid City Pierre and Redfield walked out. In Livingston Montana about 750 shop employees went on strike at 11 o clock. In Butte the metal trades unions called a strike affecting electricians blacksmiths boiler makers machinists sheet metal workers plumbers and pipe fitters in the mines and smelters of Butte Abaconda and Great Falls. The move follows copper companies refusal to grant eight dollar daily wages.
The Gran Chaco in northwestern Paraguay beckons with vast grazing lands and immense forests. The region is home to nomadic tribes, and Paraguay’s population is estimated around 1.0 million.
A terse courtroom quip notes a union between two prominent lines of ancestry as a judge remarks on a marriage between a Son of the Revolution and a daughter of the resolution, hinting at the political and familial significance behind the match.
A brief editorial noting rural life rewards large stature and contrasts with limited space for smaller individuals, arguing bigger presence is valued in the countryside.
A Boston Transcript snippet recalls a mother asking which boy caused the trouble and a child replying about the one with the black eye. The exchange captures a playful wartime era exchange and urban humor.
Box Butte county unanimously selects a candidate to serve as delegate to the constitutional convention set for December. The choice names a single local figure expected to carry county concerns to the broader assembly.
Historical notes from the era of Alexander the Great describe a reed in India that yields honey without being cultivated. The text suggests sugar cane was known in that region around 30 BCE, indicating early familiarity with the plant and its honey-like secretions.
The article contrasts Chinese beckoning with Western style, noting the palm direction and finger curl differ. It explains that Chinese beckoning uses curled fingers moved downward and the hand swept back and forth to beckon.
Stock Yards Station Omaha notes cattle market holding well amid eastern labor troubles. Best corn fed steers up slightly, western steer demand steady or lower by week end. Hogs seen lower. sheep and lambs stronger with top lambs around 16.25. Reports of visitors from Gentile Valley Idaho and Lingle Wyoming accompany market tone.
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