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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1921
Page
2
A Christ mass eve scene shows a plump Mexican mother seeking coral beads for her daughter. The merchant, famed for free aid in the community, helps her and hears a tale of a young wife torn between love and another man while her husband works on a railroad.
A daughter loves a man and seeks marriage despite her mother’s objections. The mother explains concerns about American law to an American friend, while a merchant sketches a scene of the daughter jailed. The mother remains unconcerned, citing beads as a motive.
A Mexican mother proposes to grind coral beads to powder and mix them into her daughter’s coffee to break an unwanted romance. The merchant doubts the method, but she insists by three days the daughter will grieve for an absent husband and lose interest in the rival. Coral beads are inexpensive and may work as well as other measures.
Two football fans debate the origin of the drop kick. One asks who invented it while the other, under the influence of a home brew, identifies John Barleycorn as the creator.
The Minatare Free Press notes astonishment at large female attendance at the Alliance murder trial, remarking that spectators found the testimony obscene yet women crowded daily to witness the proceedings. The editors question this paradox while praising readers’ curiosity.
The American Legion Weekly recounts Abraham Lincoln's youthful struggles in Illinois politics. He faced defeat in the legislature, business failures, debts, a broken engagement, failed congressional runs, and losses seeking a land office post, a Senate bid, and the vice presidency.
Oregon American Legion officials approved pushing a bill offering veterans a $2000 farm or home loan or cash compensation with a $15 monthly service rate if World War I service is involved. A separate measure to bar Oriental land ownership, modeled after California’s law, was discussed after noting the California act drew Japanese migration into Oregon.
National headquarters may order a nationwide poll of American Legion members to determine preferred bonus plan if the four fold bonus bill clears the Senate. Senate Finance Committee told the national legislative committee in Washington the move could gauge the immediate cost of enactment.
Miles D. King of the West End post New York protests to Secretary of War Baker that surplus army clothing is being sold at sacrifice prices to former service men and that con valescent soldiers are inadequately clothed. The appeal to veterans to donate overcoats is claimed to come from the American Red Cross through a legion member at a New York post meeting. American Legion posts nationwide have set up employment bureaus to counter national unemployment among former service men.
Local business houses post free help wanted notices as veteran employment opportunities. These job boards operate at no charge and welcome any veteran applicant regardless of legion membership.
A report says the International Molders Union advised members that affiliate membership with the American Legion would forfeit their union cards. An officer wrote to Samuel Gompers stating the union does not wish to mar the wartime record by prohibiting patriotic Legion membership.
Massachusetts investigators probe widespread veteran swindling by lawyers who charge high fees for injury or death compensation. A widow allegedly paid 10 percent of a $10,000 award in a foreign death case. The War Risk Act caps legal fees at pounds 3 for such claims.
Patrolman Joe Treglia, an American Legion member from Omaha, will receive a medal and cash prize for risking his life to extinguish a burning fuse that could have caused a large explosion in a restaurant. He investigated an unlocked door and found the blazing fuse near tins of gasoline and kerosene.
Stop rubbing. Demonstration of the Ideal Vacuum Washer in your city. Sells for five dollars. County and state distributors wanted. Also highest cash prices paid for furniture guns watches musical instruments catching Workman & Me. Laughlin corner 2nd and xets.
A string of short travel and visit items from Alliance Nebraska and nearby towns. Residents including C L Reynolds, Lawrence Rodgers, J D Baum, W L Guy, Sheriff Bruce, George Ormsby, John Ellis and family, Miss Marie Kibble, Mrs McClusky, A H McLaughlin, R L Johnstone, Mrs Katherine Remington, Lewis Wilcox, Nellie Wilson, Mamie Hagerty, Mrs C E Ratton, J H Mann, Eliza beth Wilson, Art Reynolds, Ben Swanson, H H Forney and A G Eastburn are noted visiting relatives, attending events, or traveling for holidays and business.
A Bayard Exchange editorial likens current business conditions to a fever convalescence urging patient, steady recovery. It argues for moderation, cost cuts, and cautious optimism, warning against reckless acts while noting reduced prices profits and salaries as signs of healing.
Two Highland Scots visit the Granite City for a week and witness a water cart spraying crowds. Jock shouts at the driver claiming the water is being wasted while Sandy explains it keeps the lads from hanging on the back.
A veteran recounts his prior military experience to an examiner in a humorous moment. He claims to have been "shot at three times" before any war, illustrating enduring draft era stories referenced by the American Legion Weekly.
A fragmentary reminiscence notes a lively exchange about rhythm and feeling as a fox trotter asks if the music is heavenly while another voice questions the heavenly lift. The brief reads like a diary style aside from a lively street scene.
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