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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
5
Land offered for sale with a low price and easy terms. Owner will show the land. Inquiries to Alliance Herald Box 8467 or call the Herald office. Rate: six words per line, five cents per line. No ad under 15 cents.
Found rim holder not from a Stanweld demountable rim and owner asked to claim at Herald office. Also found a switch key bundle and other keys to identify at The Herald office and pay for the ad. Lost Crow-Elkhart crank on Alliance street with reward for return to The Herald office. Lost auto casing inner tube and rim size 392x3% inches between Alliance and Hay Springs with reward to return to Rumer Motor Company Alliance or W H Bell Gordon Nebraska.
For sale or trade farm gear includes a Hart-Park oil tractor 40 belt 27 draw bar Money Maker Thresher 29 Special 48 Oliver No 6 6-bottom 14-inch engine gang plow. Also a good section of land ten miles southeast of Birmingham Nebraska priced at 4500 dollars. Contact G W Little Council Bluffs Iowa or Louise Harp Birmingham Nebraska 38-11-9515.
A brief job or personal ad notes no name or address is needed in the response. It states that the office will receive and hold replies for the advertiser, offering a convenient reply service.
Lost, stray, or stolen three cows branded O over S on left hip and one red cow branded M on hip plus three calves without brands. A reward is paid for information leading to recovery. Address information to O R Rob erts Lewellen Nebraska. Found a casting from farm machinery on road to Alliance. The Herald office holds the casting. contact to claim with insertion costs.
Miscellaneous calling cards for ladies printed promptly and neatly at The Herald office. Prices are reasonable with samples and prices available by phone 340 or by visiting the office.
An ad announces moving services using drag wagons and auto trucks with padded protection to prevent marring or damage. John R. Snyder advertises contact details. Also a Government land notice promotes homesteads on Oregon California Grant Lands with a map and soil data, locating box in Portland.
A compact regional note declares the adage If the shoe fits you then wear it, urging readers to act on a simple personal judgment. The line recalls classic expressions used in advice columns and social commentary.
A city column conveys a collage of humor and social snippets. It notes a brand-new ballad debut with patriotic overtones, jokes about advertising, sun smart eye wear, then playful sketches of summer life, neighbors with cars, and light verses from local writers.
In a small scene on an unpaved street corner at Box Butte and East Third three onlookers describe a passing woman who is said to be an artist and who can draw more fire though the remark hints at danger and memory of a wreck involving a copper dummy.
She tells her husband she will give him one beefless day a week due to the war. He doubts it, noting she has been beefing about something every day since they were married and wonders if she can keep the vow.
A blurred exchange at a newsstand prompts chatter as Adam Liar reportedly hones his provocative column. Patrons compliment his sharp sighted writing while hints emerge about bold, controversial material gaining attention.
In the draft examination a young man responds to a physical fitness question with I am all right only cold feet. The remark captures a moment of hesitation during the screening.
A humorous tale features Miss Helen Damnation not a permanent Alliance resident smoking publicly on Box Butte Avenue. She is escorted by Chief of Police George Snyder and later to the woman’s ward. At court she impulsively calls the judge honey bunny before leaving town on the first train as the judge dismisses the complaint.
Lloyds Column describes Kerensky amid Slav turmoil meeting Krakoff and clashing with rebels. The piece portrays rapid shifts as crowds rally to causes, with names rendered in a stylized, period voice. The curtain closes on a chaotic tableau with patchwork loyalties.
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