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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
3
Alliance herald printed at the Burr Company plant with notices to owners at the post office for transmission through the ap second close matter. Published Friday. News of the City of Alliance, official newspaper of Holt County, edited by George Burr Jr and Edwin M. Burr, business manager.
Officials from the new veterans bureau will visit Alliance September 5 to 7 to settle claims of disabled soldiers. The drive, backed by Red Cross and American Legion, aims to end confusion from prior agencies and ensure hearings reach eligible veterans. local route talks on highways and future connections to Grand Island are noted alongside ongoing road planning.
The Alliance chamber of commerce has advocated a road to connect Alliance with the Lincoln Highway to attract tourist traffic and boost the local economy. Critics note many cities seek the route, risking delays in construction of the Chadron road and related tourist access to Hot Springs the Black Hills and Yellowstone.
The Edison questionnaire for college graduates spurred widespread public debate and burlesque satires across newspapers. Edison warned he would copyright and sue over the published questions while others commercialized the format for contests and games. The trend threatens to overshadow phonograph fame and drives readers toward encyclopedias and almanacs.
The article notes growing fatigue with the Maxim Edison questionnaire fad. It recalls Maxim answering most questions despite illiteracy, cites puzzles like a deer hunter facing north, and discusses arithmetic and fence-building riddles. It laments the overlong quiz trend while inviting readers to browse with permission to swear if needed.
A Nebraska public notice argues that tax funds are wasted on unnecessary state printing. It cites five thousand dollars in pamphlets ordered and not used, hauled away from the building, with no single person to blame. It urges taxpayers to consider what portion of earnings funds such waste.
A speaker argues that 50 percent tax cuts are possible if taxing and spending were controlled. He says lower taxes would reduce prices by 15 to 20 percent and that ending wars and arms spending would erase the need for heavy public burdens. He urges taxpayers to accept responsibility to enable cheaper living and national prosperity.
The Box Butte County Commissioners announce a meeting of the Equalization Board scheduled for August. The notice states the official action and timing for property assessment review in the county.
Fragmentary OCR shows a 1921 Board of Equalization item with references to AVIS M and JODER in County records. Details unclear as text is garbled and incomplete.
Herald Want Ads results note a remark about a man discovering cotton in his suit only after a month, while a woman can tell immediately upon sight.
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