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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1920
Page
5
The Alliance Herald presents a brief city newspaper notice listing Burr Printing Co owners and staff, with postal marks and publication notes. Names mentioned include Burr and M. Burr, Jr along with Meltor Win M Burr, noting official roles.
The Herald weighs the city manager proposal for Alliance, urging careful consideration. It cites mixed results in other towns and warns against rushing to a system that might not improve efficiency without higher costs. The editorial stresses informing voters and securing a capable manager who truly fits Alliance.
The text argues against a large city manager filling every role, noting the Alliance inspector and surveyor handled bricks, concrete, and survey work for a full year. It claims one inspector suffices during laying, two during actual paving, and warns a manager would require diverse engineering, financial, and supervisory skills plus a high salary.
An old lady questions wartime duties at the Atlantic fleet while a veteran jokes about tipping a submarine. Mrs. Ray Magnuson of Missouri Ave. died at St. Joseph hospital December 10 from general peritonitis, burial planned in Merna, Nebraska, husband Ray Magnuson survives. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Roberts plan to spend winter in Denver.
The mess sergeant recalls a halted cargo of walnuts due to risk of shell explosions. A soldier questions the decision as the chain of command quotes safety concerns. The exchange hints at wartime supply curbs and rationing impacts on troops. The piece rounds on a quip about perceived dangers and bureaucratic caution.
Cimarron Kansas paper notes Allie Hewes appeared with a broken knuckle after claiming a cow kicked him. Hewes’s father says Allie does not milk and that the cow was sold. he adds the cow never kicked.
Frank B. Ackerman of the Casnovia Herald complains a thief took his axe and a bushel of potatoes on Hallowe en. He laments the loss of the axe for his wife who uses it for exercise in Sparta Michigan.
Howard County slayer Alson B Cole faces execution for the murder of Mrs Anna Vogt in 1917. Judge Paine ruled the death sentence stands and Cole is to be executed by electric chair on December 17. Sheriff Atwood is ordered to return Cole to the penitentiary as the state arguments over the ruling proceed.
A short local remark from the Elmore Minnesota newspaper comments on how some women in Elmore do not value good husbands while others prefer husbands who are not as good. The item reflects the paper's light community tone.
A column of brief satirical quips from various U.S. papers. Entries include a call to ship out certain people, a playful take on a marriage race and a note that flirts are not as bad as they seem.
Navy used obsolete vessels as targets to study gunfire effects on heavy armor. The Texas renamed San Marcos rests in Tangier Sound while the Indiana was towed nearby in Chesapeake Bay. Explosive charges were placed aboard to observe intrusion through tangled steel and age-strewn wreckage.
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