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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
2
Alliance Woman's Club plans a brass tablet for the public library to mark founder status and Carnegie funding. The dedication, originally set for the library’s 1909 1911 milestones, is postponed to next month with details to follow in The Herald.
Mr and Mrs T J O Keefe plan to reside in Mission Texas after Mr O Keefe bought suburban property They will be missed in Alliance and Box Butte County where he was a long time resident and a prominent business man Mrs O Keefe held a leading position in Alliance schools and made many friends Residents note the warmer southland climate may lure them away temporarily but express best wishes for their stay and hoped return to Hox Butte County
A sample copy from December 21 1911 in San Jose California measures 92 pages and 644 columns. The editor notes the issue is exceptionally large for its time and compares its size to a quarter mile of print and a barn.
Alliance Woman's Club recently closed a contract for an annual chautauqua to be held at Alliagee next summer. An article intended for December 21 was not printed due to a misprint and later discovery.
Prof A H Mueller former Hemingford principal now leads Brush Union High School. Enrollment rose from 57 to 77 last year and to 108 this year. Dr Wilson called Brush the most progressive country community in the United States.
The Department of Commerce and Labor bulletin summarizes 1909 Nebraska manufacturing via the 1916 census, listing 2,500 establishments 31,966 workers 99,901,000 invested 18,23,587,000 expenses including 19,439,000 wages 161,081,000 materials and 15,067,000 miscellaneous. Manufactured products valued at 199,019,000.
Breeders gathered for the Organized Agriculture meeting at the State Farm in Lincoln on January 16 1912 to discuss feeding for market stallion registration breeding problems artificial impregnation horse judging and related topics Specialists will outline procedures and breeders are urged to join the forthcoming organization stallion owners lacking inspections to contact the Stallion Registration Board in Lincoln before breeding season opens.
Farmers urged to test seed corn due to November freeze impairing germination. Contact W. R. Mellor, Secretary of Agriculture, Lincoln, for instructions on testing and testing timing.
The Alliance lodge B. of I. F. & E. No. 623 issues annual ball tickets for its February event. The printed tickets serve as keepsakes and souvenirs for attendees and collectors alike.
The Sixteenth Judicial district of Nebraska under Judge W. H. West will hold two regular district court terms in 1912 at six counties. Cherry February 26 and March 9 docket. Sheridan March 18 and March 10. Hox Butte April 1 and October 7. Brown April 15 and October 21. Sioux April 29 and November 11. Janes May 18 and December 2.
The General Land Office reverses its stance on required residence for homesteaders, allowing a married man’s family to establish residence on the claim while he works elsewhere. Aiming to cut final proof from five to three years, western senators push liberalized residence rules with Secretary Fisher considering practical legislation.
Woman's Club members thank business men and the public for buying Red Cross seals. About 44 dollars were raised, half to fund a sanitary drinking fountain to be placed publicly once sufficient funds are accumulated.
A reflective verse recalls school days when geography and rhetoric topped the speaker's favorites. It contrasts geography as revealing the progress and layout of the land with rhetoric learned through prose and poetry, noting the joys and challenges of study.
The adjourned November term of district court for Box Butte county resumes Monday January 15 with a grand jury expected to file reports of unusual interest. Names of grand and petit jurors and bar dockets include H P Coursey P B Mailey E G Boyer Roy Beckwith and others. Attorneys William Mitchell C C Barker Eugene Burton T H H McCandless Baith P Tuttle W M Idolene B F Gilman H M Bullock L A Berry E H Boyd D W Butler Robert O Reddish Bruce Wilcox.
The Holt County Independent praises Judge J. J. Harrington of O Neill for twelve years on the bench in the fifteenth judicial district. He retires rather than seek re election, leaving a record of fairness and service and plans to return to practicing law. The piece notes he was once the district's youngest judge and later regarded as one of the state’s able jurists.
The Midwest Cement Dealers Association of Iowa and Nebraska will hold its annual convention in Omaha from February 26 to 11. The event features its prominent exposition. H. C. McCord of Columbus, Nebr., serves as president with Peter Palmer of Oakland as secretary, and both are optimistic about the show.
The Alliance post office directs mail deadlines for trains: Mountain time eastbound 11:20 pm for No 44 and 14 40 pm for No 42. westbound 12:30 pm for No 45 and 11:00 pm for No 41. southbound 12:50 pm for No 303 and 11:00 pm for No 301. Sunday and holiday night mails close at 6:00 pm. In AE Tash P. M.
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