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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
6
A new soldier on his first day in the trenches challenges danger shouting at shells. A shell explodes, knocking him back and covering him in dirt. He recovers and concedes that Germans give correct responses when provoked.
With ten days since the campaign to cut hotel rates began the Lincoln hotel announces a one dollar per day rate linked to netah, affecting Lincoln Nore telry and the company’s Os a Linux Falls, Scottebtuff hotels. The Rome hotel of Onula follows within twenty four hours signaling a broad roll back to lower rates across the state.
Wholesale houses sent letters to hotel keepers warning that fines were rising and business was slow. Passenger rates were high and expense accounts growing, pressuring profits. If prices did not drop, some traveling men faced dismissal from the road.
A Lincoln hotel manager argues tourists camping along roadsides do not hurt hotel income, claiming only cheap diners object to higher rates. The article notes many campers once stayed in hotels and suggests displaced travelers now roam in Packards, Pierce-Arrows, and Ford sedans.
The Lincoln hotel manager expresses doubt that rate cuts are justified noting their effect on business. The new police captain rejects rate reductions while hinting at hotel ties to the police station. local residents face outages and social notices amid town events and upcoming gatherings.
A promotional piece extols Lincoln lodging at the Hotel de Jail offering pre war rate meals with room, taxi service, real rooms on the shady side, private baths and modern conveniences. It highlights speedless service with a bellhop and optional room sharing and claims it is the cheapest stop for travelers, despite likely limited service.
Honorable R. M. Hampton, mayor of Alliance, accepts honorary chairmanship of a local committee under the national Budget Guard alliance led by Gen. Charles G. Dawes. The move aligns Alliance with a nationwide request to reduce federal taxation and promote government efficiency. Public figures in many cities are urged to join and pledge support for restrained, responsible appropriations.
A brief remark notes that Ben Franklin’s autograph brings two hundred times as much as signatures of European monarchs, suggesting the priced value mirrors the men who owned them and their era.
From The New Reader clipping the scene shows a wife told her husband is intoxicated at the back door. James is asked to bring him to the front so neighbors can see him, reflecting a public shaming moment in the era.
Maxeys Georgia A J Gillen owner of a large depart ment store recalls a patient bedridden three years who could not eat. After one Tanlac bottle she rose from bed the second bottle she began keeping house and on the third cooked for a family of eight. The report comes unsolicited from a credible source. Tanlac sold in Alliance by FLTE Holoten and all leading druggists.
A verse meditation on money and moral cost contrasts different ways people acquire wealth. The poem questions the ethics of exchange and warns against those who sell gold at a shameful price while urging reflection on how purchases reflect character and responsibility.
F C Comstock, noted tensorial artist and baseball magnate, reports washing the shop ceiling and discovering the original color was white. The Meshuppen Enterprise notes that older residents recall this color. Eminent officials urge restraint on red tape, once fashionable but now discouraged.
Mrs. Smith mentions violet colors seen in a milliner's window and compares them to those in her garden. Mary notes watering them that morning and marvels at how naturally the Lord makes them. Doctor Einstein remarks a sun clock and an earth clock run at different rates.
The comment notes that true pride is reserved for those who are decorated for bravery and for individuals recognized by the head waiter. It frames recognition as a marker of valor and social acknowledgment.
In a courtroom exchange the judge sternly calls for order while the defendant responds with a breezy line about the back room. The reference to Volstead hints at Prohibition era legal satire and a lighthearted moment amid proceedings.
A quirky item notes Orange Nip drink at Smiths Sed Fountain and jokes that the only place a man can keep his distilled corn whisky is on the cob as the scene turns to casual bar banter.
Notice of no trespassing on the south half of section 44 township 21 north range 45 west of the sixth P M in Box Butte County Nebraska. Air trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Reedes.
The quote contrasts college enrollment with genuine education, noting that many students obtain degrees without achieving meaningful learning. It critiques superficial schooling and emphasizes the need for deeper intellectual cultivation.
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