Burr Printing Co. official newspaper for St Neb box county
The Burr Printing Company owned by George L Burr Jr and Edwin M Burr publishes the Alliance Herald. It is entered at the post office at St Neb as second class matter and serves as the official newspaper for the City of gees and Box County. Gerald Burr is listed as publisher with M Burr as vice president.
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St Neb
Gees
Box County
The
Burr Printing Company
George L. Burr
M. Burr
Alliance faces rate hike clash after franchise vote
The editorial argues against dragging the franchise history into the current rate dispute with Northwestern Bell. It credits the council for a city manager plan and a franchise victory, urging voters to unite to resist rate increases while focusing on the railway commission and the company, not the council.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Alliance
State Railway Commission
Herald
Mike
Railway Commission
Hemingford land sale dispute stirs regional business firms
A Hemingford businessman allegedly discouraged eastern buyers from land near the city, prompting attention from an Alliance real estate firm and a Lincoln firm with local ties. The brokers were negotiating a trade for a Box Butte county farm seven to eight miles north of Hemingford, priced at 35 dollars per acre as part of the barter deal.
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Hemingford
Alliance
Lincoln
Nebraska
Box Butte
Rock Bottom
Box Butte County
Box Butte County Boosters Question Local Naysayers
A Hemingford land deal exposes mischief in real estate pricing and dodgy information. The author argues outsiders sow doubt to thwart growth while locals profit from promoting the county and building roads. Spurred by a wartime price drop, residents debate how to turn skeptics into boosters and advance Box Butte county interests.
Northwestern Bell faces cash pressure and calls for a firm course
An editorials criticizes Northwestern Bell Telephone for seeking higher rates likening it to a spoiled child. The piece argues the railways commission may curb its fortunes, noting the company’s privileged origins and inflated living, and suggests a firmer policy may rein it in.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Railway Commission
Telephone Monopoly Tempers in Alliance Hearing
A speaker lambasts Northwestern Bell at a railway commission hearing, denouncing inflated capital returns and threatening higher rates if denied a 10 percent surcharge. The piece argues for curbing the company and protecting patrons, urging firm action to restrain telecommunication power.
Parson's With a Punch
A ready-made editorial voice muses on war as a lens for unusual events, suggesting many effects tied to the conflict are overextended. The piece reflects on attempts to attribute odd happenings to the great struggle and explores alternative explanations.
Preachers adopt punchier approach to church outreach
The essay notes a shift in clergy tactics toward public persuasion beyond church walls. It cites Rev. Earl Blackman of Chanute Kansas as a model, returning from World War I with bold methods, resigning then returning as his congregation backed his push to "put religion over."
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American Legion
Earl Blackman
Chanute
Kas
Blackman
Blue laws face strong critique from preacher on Sunday observance
A preacher argues against compulsory Sunday restrictions and blue laws, saying they cheapen religion and ignore individual recreation needs. He defends dancing as a social good when properly directed, warning against overregulation and praising community conscience.
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Alliance Herald
Burr Printing CO
George L. Burr, Jr
Pilitor
Edwin M. Burr
Mgr
Northwestern Bell
E. M. Morsman
Commission
Morsman
Fie
Papa
Darling
George D. Darling
Otto Foersteman
Percy J. Jaqua
Henry Bockelmann
Brennan
F. J. Brennan
Western
Nebra Alliance
Southwest Corner
Third & Box Butte
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