Lloyds Column Some Job from the Force
The Herald force presents editor Lloyd with a fountain pen as a gift for the upcoming state legislature session. A nostalgic poem of a village memory follows, ending with the signature Joseph Carr Thomas.
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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
11
The Herald force presents editor Lloyd with a fountain pen as a gift for the upcoming state legislature session. A nostalgic poem of a village memory follows, ending with the signature Joseph Carr Thomas.
Bank Stewart of Deadwood South Dakota writes from Rochester Minnesota to Dr Barr listing imagined car troubles in humorous terms. The letter cites exhaust intake valve stem piston rings manifold soot radiator and grinding valves with a joke about Ray Sigafoos who drives a Ford. The Hyannis Tribune provides the quotation.
A farmer asked a country editor for advice on his inconsistent lame horse. The editor’s terse reply: wait for the horse to look normal again, then sell it.
A clipped quarrel raying at an unnamed woman nicknamed Poor June. The exchange mocks her for physical incapacity and failing to balance family, work, and independence, blaming moral and economic pressures without clear context.
A physician with a speech impediment misreads a husband’s question about twins and then mishears quadri plets, sparking a humorous exchange in a suburban setting. The piece contrasts this with a hopeful, self made couple planning a modest home, whose patient toil echoes a broader blissful dream.
The passage contends true Joviness in a girl rests not on dress or beauty alone but on deportment, chaste conversation, kindness to others, sympathy, and genuine companionship, enriching life beyond appearance.
Advertises a health remedy urging daily use of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Claims benefits include relief from constipation bilious spells stomach trouble and improved complexion. Promotes purchasing a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store.
Preparations in Lincoln Nebraska for a reception of legislative members reveal a hall with an improvised tunnel like beam network. State accounts show bonded indebtedness of 42 million with Douglas County holding over half. interest costs exceed two thirds of state tax revenue.
An old advertisement extols Dr King's New Discovery as a pleasant syrup for coughs and colds. It guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer and urges keeping a bottle for cold relief.
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