Football season closes after Thanksgiving Day
The football season ends after Thanksgiving Day, marking the close of the current inci dent and the conclusion of the year’s gridiron action.
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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
4
The football season ends after Thanksgiving Day, marking the close of the current inci dent and the conclusion of the year’s gridiron action.
A historical remark notes Mr. Rockefeller giving thanks that the road to the supreme court is long, implying patience or relief at legal process duration. The quotation reflects a cautious stance toward final judicial outcomes and public expectations.
A witty note on Uncle Sam potentially envying the sugar trust's revenue cutters, reflecting tensions between federal oversight and powerful industry interests during the period.
The assertion that an undertakers' trust headed the movement to abolish football is probably a canard and unsubstantiated by reliable evidence.
Readers are urged to keep a grateful outlook daily as the Thanksgiving spirit lingers beyond the feast honoring abundance and fellowship. The message champions appreciation for family friends and community blessings.
Press dispatches say Standard Oil lawyers are not disturbed by the St Louis decision. They welcome the outcome as it likely ensures a continued flow of work for their firm for some time.
Citizens are urged to buy locally as merchants offer large stocks and competitive prices. Supporting home businesses strengthens Alliance’s growth and prosperity and keeps money circulating within the town.
The subsidized press and allied newspapers push for repeal of the Sherman anti trust act. Predatory trusts plan a strong bid to modify the law, hoping the Supreme Court upholds a circuit decision dissolving Standard Oil. Feelers warn that St Louis rulings could trigger business disaster and panic if not left unchallenged.
A traveling man promoting Nebraska trade territory reports no public division over Cannon and Cannonism. He finds no supporter for Cannon and notes universal belief that Congress must end Cannon dictation and boss rule. He predicts any congressman tied to Cannon and Aldrich Payne tariff will struggle to regain election.
A two week string of heartrending scenes from Cherry in Hi follows a mine disaster at St. Paula. The accounts detail fear and tragedy as evidence sheds light on causes and casualties amid the mining town’s grief.
A Chicago editorial criticizes St Paul mine owners for preventable loss of hundreds of lives. It cites torches replacing electric lights, timber structures, unsafe escape and entry routes, lack of water pressure, and delayed miner evacuation as alleged causes. It calls for a rigid investigation and punishment of the guilty.
A federal court in St Louis ruled that Standard Oil of New Jersey formed a combination in restraint of trade and ordered its dissolution. The decision is not final as it may go to the Supreme Court, but it supports the government’s Sherman anti trust case against the trust and its throttling of competition.
A catalog of behavior for girls urges sewing cooking temperance and self reliance along with caring for family and home. The narrative then shifts to an American friend showing Chicago’s steel structure and a Hibernian comparing progress with Dublin. The writer notes lava rock houses on a ranch trip, lists several local Box Butte county residents, and mentions Thanksgiving travel through Ogden Salt Lake City and Alliance. Philip Nobe Sr sails Colorado Springs, planning to bring his daughter Lucile home.
The writer describes a journey from Alliance with H E Jones to Denver then to Blackfoot Idaho visiting farms and the Powell tract. They tour irrigation developments, a sugar factory, a beet plant, orchards and a new townsite likely to be named Alliance. Prices yields include potatoes oats apples and rentals. The trip highlights expansion, land purchases, and optimistic prospects in southern Idaho.
A historical reflection on the Plymouth first Thanksgiving noting Governor Bradford inviting the colonists to harvest festivities. It recalls the scarce pantry, the feast of wild turkeys, clams, oysters, and puddings, and Massasoit’s fifty guests swelling to nearly three times as many with three days of celebration.
Rev. D. B. K. McLaughlin returned Thanksgiving day from Harrison and Cottonwood in Sioux county and informs The Herald that the dedication of the new Presbyterian church at Lis co in Dever county in the newly formed Garden county was postponed from November 38 to a later date likely the last of next month. Miss Irene Roupe a Wesleyan Lincoln student spent Thanksgiving with home folks in Alliance.
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