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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
5
An opinion piece argues mail order houses hurt small towns by offering inferior quality at higher effective prices. It urges local merchants to advertise and highlight home goods to keep money locally, citing Lincoln Evening News facts on catalogue buying costs and advertising.
J P Barger, a Chariton Iowa nurseryman who bought part of the Reed place east of town, has moved to Alliance to start a nursery venture. He arrived with his car and brought his wife and three sons, taking winter residence at 210 Toluca Avenue. He plans building a home on his nursery farm or living in Alliance if not.
The Herald notes the arrival of Mr and Mrs Barger and their family to Alliance expressing warm welcomes from the community.
In Broken Bow, Adair, a migratory worker, was jailed for meanness last summer but bailed and employed by J O A Thomas, laundry proprietor. After Adair’s charges were dismissed, he assaulted Thomas breaking his nose and left him badly injured. Adair now faces assault with intent to commit bodily injury and possible penitentiary time.
The Woman's Club gathers Thursday afternoon at Mrs L H Highland's home. The program includes Roll Call New Year's resolutions vocal solo by Mrs Phillips book review Maurine by Mrs Highland review of December magazines table talk and Santa Claus Myth with instrumental duet by Mrs Aon and Mrs Bennett noting the date change.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports 14.5 million dollars spent in 1911 on anti tuberculosis work. About 11.8 million funded patient care in sanatoria and hospitals with public money rising to 66.2 percent of total expenditures. New York leads in appropriations with over 10 million for 1912.
State and local spending totals are given with about 4.7 million from state funds and 5.7 million for county and municipal uses. The federal government allocates around 1 million annually for New Yorks tuberculosis sanatoriums, bringing national expenditure to 3.55 million. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts follow in 1911.
A Christmas Eve entertainment at a Council Bluffs church stalled when a practical joke overshadowed the program. Plans had included songs recitations and a film show courtesy of the YMCA and another source. The crowd applauded early acts while the star film drew the main attention.
Iny Miller announced on A Falry Story that someone altered fines to allow a risqué Sunday entertainment at Methodist church. A screen showing the serpentine dance and other racy scenes angered the audience until Rev Whitman ordered the exhibi tion stopped for being unfit for a church service on Sunday.
A western Nebraska socialist invites a pro and anti socialist exchange in The Herald. The paper seeks a respondent to take the anti socialist side and promises concise, civil discussions in forthcoming columns. The goal is clear positions on socialist ideas with no personal disputes.
The Sure-Go Gasoline Starter invention gains interest among automobile owners. It lets drivers start engines without cranking, using a hand pump and button instead. Inventor Mr. Davis leads North Platte Canal & Colonization Co and owns the Davieta ranch.
W A Eversull received a telegram Thursday morning announcing the death of his uncle Charles Eversull. He left for Stuart that evening.
Three Nebraska farming bodies prepare a joint convention in Omaha with talks on the Aldrich currency plan and substitutes for the personal tax. Henry W. Yates and Dr. George Virtue headline sessions while about 1,000 farmers are expected to attend and vote on questions raised during the three day event.
Mr and Mrs Phillip Nohe Sr report letters from friends in Alliance. Camille Nohe, at Michigan State University law college in Ann Arbor, scored 98 on a rhetoric graduation test and enjoys good health. Freddie Funk, nephew in Colorado Springs, joined the musicians union and plays several evenings weekly while attending high school.
A highlight quote from Bishop John H. Vincent urging daily effort for a simple sincere serene life. The message emphasizes repelling distress and self seeking, cultivating cheerfulness magnanimity charity and holy silence. It calls for economy in spending, careful speech, diligence in service and fidelity to every trust with child like faith in God.
Clarence Miller and L A Basch of Alliance have been assigned to the hill run and will relocate their families to Crawford around the first of the year. Crawford Courier reports the plan dated December 20.
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