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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1903
Page
2
A roundup of scattered items mentions global rulers and customers. Notes on governance, finance, and crime include King Edward, Campai re of Venice, and various U S and European affairs. Reports cover fires, duels, arrests, and naval movements with multiple named places and people.
A moving frontier scene unfolds as Buford, his wife Lizzie, and their niece join Sam Poston in choosing a new life near Plum Centre. The group meets local characters who advise settling at White Woman Creek and starting with a dugout, while Sam jokes about a depot girl and offers practical land guidance amid transition.
Franklin Battersleigh Curly and companions ride out to stockpile meat for winter on the plains. A second wagon with Sam the Liveryman and the giant Juan accompanies them as they push through rough, waterless sand hills toward a rising prairie landscape. The journey presses on with thirst and cattle signs as the Mexican wires a warning.
A fragment presents a regional proverb likening persuasion of a stubborn man to feeding a wind mill with corn. The text highlights stubbornness and futility in efforts to change fixed opinions.
Lincoln court declares the late legislature's revenue law constitutional in a unanimous ruling written by Chief Justice Sullivan. A second concurrent, courtesy opinion by Duffle and Letton upholds the law after shifting stance on insurance sections. Palmer and Breckinridge lose writ to force Omaha tax enforcement. court avoids ruling on unused sections without a concrete case.
Senator Charles H. Dietrich of Hastings and General John C. Cowin pressed for an early trial date in the Hastings post office indictments. The conference, with Assistant District Attorney Bush present, deferred the date until District Attorney Summers returns, aiming for December 28 at the United States district court.
Senator Heyburn of Idaho introduces a joint resolution asking the president to annex the San Domingo dependencies of San Domingo and Hayti. U S consul at Puerto Plata reports a Santiago revolution is widespread and serious amid efforts to gain recognition and foreign loan funding. Navy safeguards the American legation as plots against Minister Powell are not officially confirmed.
Secretary Moody Rear Admiral Taylor and Brigadier General George Elliott met to decide that if conditions on the Isthmus of Panama persist Elliott will sail to Colon on the Dixie from Philadelphia with a new battalion of marines. The Dixie heads north to assemble the force for dispatch. Elliott seeks a field command and officials intend to grant it.
In Washington a Friday session saw bills introduced by Mr. Vreeland to allot lands in severalty to New York Indians and extend U S protection over them. Mr. Hearst proposed a parcels post classification for mail matter. Mr. Gardner urged a committee to recommend merchant marine development legislation.
The Roosevelt appointed public lands commission held its first meeting in Washington on Thursday. Members include Commissioner W A Richards of the General Land Office Gifford Pinchot forestry chief and F H Newell hydrographer of the Geological Survey to study land laws and land use.
Mrs Edna Bellew of Atlanta Ga told a court she feigned insanity to test her people and obtain money left for her 10 year old daughter. A jury found her insane and Judge Wilkingon ordered her sent to the state asylum at Milledgeville for confinement.
A garbled array of medical advert lines and social quips touts cures for deafness using constitutional remedies and toning, alongside testimonials, ads for Defiance Starch, and assorted moral quips. It weaves disorderly claims about catarrh, cures, prices, and stray phrases without coherent narrative.
An old advertisement touts Defiance Starch for whitening clothes from Wee Red Cross, offering a large 2 oz package at 6 cents. It promises better ironing, non sticking to iron, and a one third extra value if satisfied, with playful quips about cobblers, doctors, and honesty.
Police and coroner records for October list twelve deaths and 155 injuries from cable trains or trolley cars. Many minor injuries go unreported. Faulty equipment and careless motormen contribute to the high toll as deadly incidents occur roughly every other day while injuries exceed five daily.
A dinner tale from Bishop Potter centers on an Irish cook who insultingly calls an Italian gardener a dago. The cook notes the pope as a dago and infallible, but quips that an Irish pope would be twice as infallible. The narrator hints at attitudes of luck.
S C Holst of Newcastle Wyoming, a sheep and woolgrower, says two years of back pain ended after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He reports renewed strength, no pain, and a belief he is now healthier than others in Wyoming. He credits the medicine with restoring vitality and ability to work freely.
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