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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
5
Classified buyers and sellers are directed to use one cent per word per insertion with a ten cent minimum. Credit rates apply with a twenty five cent minimum for accounts and a fifteen cent weekly minimum. Readers are urged to mention Herald when replying and ads link buyers and sellers in this town.
Bonded abstracter E Reddish advertises the only abstract books in Box Butte county with an office in McCorkle Building. Lillie D White lists furnished rooms for rent at 908 Box Butte Ave and 314 Sweetwater Ave with phone numbers 292 and 387. Additional rental space offered in the First National Bank Building.
Row an & Wright offer coal wood and posts with a coal office at the feed store and a phone number 71. E I Gregg & Son advertise feed money to loan on real estate and flour with a guaranteed sack at phone 155.
Local salesman from Alliance, referenced as WIK ER, urges Grand Island customers to call or write for price lists as a way to save money on monuments. The ad emphasizes best monuments and seeking inquiries.
GROCERY STORE FOR SALE Good location good trade Reason for selling falling health of proprietor Building to rent Inquire at Herald office 27 41-1317 Old papers at The Herald office at 6 cents per bunch Free trial package of Coakley's Lice Powder and big 80 page Poultry book free from J H Vaughan and Son 23-4pd-1373 Dairy proposition 40 acres improved land one mile from Alliance 6 head cows 1 bull 1 cream separator Also good residence property in eastern part of state to trade for stock Inquire at Herald office 1388-4 -35
For sale a new saddle and a set of single harness offered cheaply if bought soon. Inquire at Herald Office or call telephone number 175.
Simon and Andrew Iverson visit from Denver with their mother and sister. Mrs. Potmesil returns to Alliance after a short stay with her mother. J. W. Spencer visits with his sons William and Ernest. Mrs. Kubler and children depart to Gordon after weeks with Dr. and Mrs. McEuen. T. Ylass and Philp Michaels visit Alliance between trains. J. J. Smith visits on business then returns home. Miss Ethel Glaze of Crawford spends days with friends. Mrs. Lotspeich visits Alliance and Marsland, returning home. Mrs. Armstrong and son Teddy return from South Dakota. Dr. J. Wildy and family travel to Alliance for Chautauqua. S. A. Clatterbuck arrives Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. House and party return to Missouri after weeks here. Ben Johnson and Fred Melick buy cattle in Sioux county.
Miss Grace Hansen returns from Blair Nebraska while Nora and Marie Hansen plan visits to Silverton Oregon. Locals note arrivals and departures including Ed Wildy, C A Ruby, and Frank Cahn. The piece also recalls July 1912 picnics at Strasburger and Spade with speeches, baseball games, and balloon lanterns.
A brief item notes attendees will travel by ante to the Frontier Days celebration. The fragment references a trip location and the event but provides limited details on participants or dates.
The Mt. Pleasant column notes rain all week and a lively Sunday school turnout. Local growers G G Clark, Cal Underwood, and G H Lagaman cut grains. J C Wright traveled to Alliance with his son John Nie. Mrs J C Hawkins bought a phonograph and plans to hear music.
A notice describes a Ladies Aid meeting at Strashburger school house on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Jack Lloyd as secretary and Miss Lucy Pinkham as president. The piece includes varied local commentary on corn, reputation, homestead offers, and quotes from Mark Twain and an editor's aside.
Large run of sheep and lambs with lambs 10 15 cents lower and sheep steady to 10 cents lower. Cattle strong for prime beeves with top prices to $10.00 per cwt. western range cattle steady to 10 cents lower. About 4,900 hogs arrived. hog market 5 to 10 cents higher. 14,250 sheep and lambs received with lambs 10 15 cents lower. feeding stock prices mixed and wethers and ewes softly bid.
Private detectives are examining a two month old bank heist in midtown Manhattan. Thieves entered via a coal hole and bored into a steel vault taking $72,000 in bills, while a corner safe held over $3,000 in bills and coins.
The U P Church announces Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. with graded lessons and preaching at 11:00 a.m. on the topic A Missionary Vision. An 8:00 p.m. preaching and prayer meeting follows, with midweek prayer on Wednesday at 8:00 led by Pastor A. L. Godfrey.
Episcopal Church schedules parish services on the 2nd 3rd and 4th Sundays at 11:00 a m and 7 30 p m First Sunday at 11 00 a m Sunday School every Sunday at 10 00 a m Junior Auxiliary Chapter A meets Tuesdays at 7 30 p m Junior Auxiliary Chapter B meets Sundays at 2 30 p m GEO G WARE Missionary.
Immanuel German Evangelical Lutheran Church announces weekly German services at 10 am with alternating German and English Sunday evenings. A German-English parochial school runs September through June five days weekly. Special services listed for August 18 at 10 am and 7:30 pm with O L Lang. School reopens Sept 2 under Pastor Titus Lang.
A church sets 10:00 a.m. Sabbath School 3:00 p.m. Junior C E and 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor with 7:30 p.m. Thursday Bible classes and 8:00 p.m. Midweek prayer. Regular services next Sabbath with Rev. D W Montgomery preaching both morning and evening. All are invited.
Public worship at 11 a m and 8 p m with a 7 p m Young People's Epworth League meeting. The entry also notes an 8 00 p m service time.
Sabbath school sessions held each Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Pilkington with Mrs. John Pilkington serving as superintendent.
The excerpt lists a Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Public worship at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Evening worship follows 7:00 p.m. A Ladies Bible class meets Tuesday at 8, a Men’s Bible class Wednesday at 8, and a Mid-week Prayer Meeting Thursday at 8. Pastor GEO. A. WITTE leads.
The A M E church hosts Sunday school at 10 30 a m and preaching at 8 p m in Marks hall at the northeast corner of Laramie avenue and Third street. AWM are welcome.
Afternoon prayer meetings are listed for Tuesday August 20 at 3 00 p.m. Attendees L H Mosher 605 Cheyenne Ave C A Simmons 131 Sweetwater Ave A F Bundy 612 Emerson Ave T S Brown 421 Yellowstone Ave.
At First Presbyterian church a women's union prayer meeting will be led by Mrs. Sneed at 2:00 p.m. A union prayer gathering follows at 4:00 p.m. at Central school building hosted by Mr. Corp.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid society will be entertained next Wednesday afternoon by Mrs Rubendall at her home in Hotel Alliance.
Lutheran church announces German services at Inmanuel Lutheran on August 18 at 10 am and English services at 7 30 pm led by Co L Lang theology student and brother of the pastor. All are invited.
A brief rental notice offers upstairs rooms for lighthouse keeping opposite Darling's store. Contact 1996-3508 for details.
Scattered community items from Alliance and nearby towns include upcoming sermon by Rev. James B. Brown at the Presbyterian church on Aug. 18, a picnic party visiting Edgemont, and various visits by local residents. Marital and legal notices are referenced with local judges, plus several short society notes from Gering, Marsland, Rushville, Hyannis, and Rushville Standard listings.
Keith L. Pierce, cashier of First State bank of Hemingford, bought and sold Ford touring cars from the Nebraska Land and Auto Company yesterday and Tuesday. W. J. Lorance, a Box Butte farmer, bought a new Ford touring car last Saturday and, pleased, visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crawford with his wife the next day, a 72 mile trip to see a granddaughter.
A vintage classified style note promotes a catarrh cure claiming constitutional action and blood and mucous surface impact. It promises a money back guarantee and urges readers to send for testimonials, listing FJ Cheney & Co of Toledo as the address.
E. C. Whisman offers low prices on painting, paper hanging and kalfomining services. Advertisements note discount rates and prompt work. Local contractors compare rates and emphasize quality service for home projects.
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