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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1921
Page
4
The Alliance Herald comments on federal salaries for agents to curb bootlegging, predicts higher taxes from new duties, and notes upcoming fights over welfare and public morals ordinances. It laments the difficulty of selecting city leadership amid moral governance debates.
A Chicago newspaper adopts a year long slogan urging workers and business folk to fight for success in 1921. It emphasizes self effort, warns of war time price adjustments, and says those who don’t strive will lose shares to proactive rivals.
The article explains Alliance residents choose a city manager form by majority vote and expect to start a new era of administration. It stresses selecting an outside capable manager, avoiding favoritism, and the council’s role in salary and governance.
Thieves forced entry by tearing a window screen at the Palace meat market and stole about $9. They left after consuming a spastic lunch before escaping, with another deficit area later reported missing.
A promotional piece argues that newspaper publicity drives sales, noting large stores spend 4 to 6 percent of gross sales on ads and mail order firms earned 228 million dollars in seven months. It urges local merchants to invite the trade to their doors through print advertising.
Walter Harris, living about forty five miles from Alliance, lit a gasoline lamp in a summer kitchen as dusk fell. He went to the barn for more harness and returned to find the house ablaze. The family saved some furnishings and clothing. Insurance covered about 800 dollars.
Miss Sarah O Keefe travels back to Denver to attend Loretta Heights after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs John O Keefe in this city during the holidays.
A column of short quips and anecdotes notes a Chicago man leaving his barber $1000, critiques law enforcement as applied to others, and dismisses a New Year party as grippe tag-end. The piece wryly observes human foibles and social mores.
A fragment discusses a survey asking if adults should be prohibited from personal tobacco use and whether tobacco is objectionable. It notes skepticism about impersonally used tobacco and references New York's booze prohibition fallout.
In a small town Hans laments high cabbage costs and the burden of making seven to nine barrels of sauerkraut yearly. A friend recalls Hans keeping two or three barrels at home for illness. The piece notes Hamilton county limits on home brew and a farmer fined $61 per glass for sharing drinks.
A lieutenant confronts a dusky private digging for his buddy whose hand was blown off. The officer laments the loss but the private says the missing hand would have ruined his best pair of dice. Also noted are light town humor and boy scout printers gaining experience in The Herald’s basement.
A string of small town anecdotes recaps how residents reacted to a dull program at the Imperial with few attendees, notes odd incidents from visitors and a printer's devil, and jokes about entertainment options and a cheese sandwich intoxication excuse.
A speeding up to a room led to theft of all the speaker's liquor. A traveling salesman invited to the room watched the opportunity and brought friends to help, leaving no one challenging him. The incident centers on the conductor and the salesman.
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