Alliance Herald circulates strong in 1916 amid Nebraska debate
The affidavit by Lloyd C. Thomas, president of The Herald Publishing Company, asserts 159 400 copies of The Alliance Herald were circulated in 1916 with an average issue print run. It notes distribution to fire departments, livestock firms, and widening Box Butte county readership after a 1915 subscription shift and political campaigns shaping subscriber loyalty.
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Alliac Lloyd
Thomas Axorar
Oty
the Herald Publishing "Company Incorporated
Goya
Thomas
Ae J. Cari
John W. Thomas
Alliance
Nebraska
The
Herald
B. 8. Sallows
Box Butte County
Buncombe
Times
P. T. Barnum
the Times
South Omaha
Kansas City
Denver
Sioux City
St. Joe
Uncle Sam
Lloyd
Herald Publishing Company
Alliance Herald
State Association
Crawford
Livestock Commission
St. Joseph
Lions City
Journal
Hemingford
Potatoes Boost Nebraska Land Values and Prospects 1916
Nebraska's 1916 potato crop reached 7,665,000 bushels from 105,000 planted acres worth about 11.5 million dollars at 1.50 per bushel. Box Butte county led production around 800,000 bushels valued near 1.2 million dollars, highlighting high returns and strong land value comparisons in western Nebraska.
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Nebraska
United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Box Butte
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Box Butte County
Ox Butte
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
Box Bulle
The
Herald
Great Panhandle
Vader
Desolate English Land Lighthouses and Their Surviving Beacons
A historic survey of land based lighthouses and beacons across England explores Dunston Pillar II the sole land lighthouse at Lincoln Heath Monken Hadley Chapel Gillingham church Great Welldon Northamptonshire and Dungeness on the Kent coast. It notes their purpose to guide travelers through forests and wastelands and recalls their 18th and 19th century origins and later replacements.
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Lincoln Heath
Lincoln
Dunston
Dunston Millar
London
England
Lensingham
Potter Lanworth
St Mankhey
Francia Poshwood
Ir Treepenser
Trunston Pillar
Cleth
George TL
Lanian
Monken Hadley Church
Barnet
Enfield Chase
Gillingham Church
Chetham
Medway
Dunston Pillar
Great Weldon Church
Beckincham Pores
Northamptonshire
North Foreland
Dungeness
Kentish
William Lamplough
Chicago Public Library offers five books on card borrowing plan
Five books may be drawn by adults for seven days nonrenewable under a new privilege at the Chicago Public Library. Fiction remains limited to the usual issue. Assistant librarian Carl Tol en says the move aims to boost reading, noting the influence of public suggestion on demand.
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Chicago
Chicago News
Phrenology's origin by Gall in Vienna
The first announcement of phrenology by Franz Joseph Gall was in Vienna about a century ago. Gall, a Baden native who settled in Vienna in 1781, studied skull features from boyhood and argued that talents and dispositions can be inferred from external skull appearance. He developed the theory through many lectures to medical colleagues.
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Vranzg
Joseph Gall
Vienna
Gall
Baden
Constructive legislation urged by Nebraska commercial clubs
The Nebraska State Association of Commercial Clubs advocates broad policies to advance highway and irrigation control, funding, and state resources. It seeks a $50,000 boost to the Conservation Commission, water rights defense funds, a forestry law, repeal of the occupation tax on manufacturers, and faster development of water power. John W. Guthrie of Alliance represents the Sixth district on the association’s board.
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Nebraska State Association of Commercial Clubs
Alliance Commercial Club
John W. Guthrie
Alliance
Nebraska
Nebraska Senate
House of Representatives
Omaha
Board of Irrigation, Highways and Drainage
United States
Nebraska Conservation and Public Welfare Commission
Alliance Gun Club to Hold Registered Meet June 10
The Alliance Gun Club affiliated with the A T A plans a world open registered meet on June 10 after filing with the Interstate association for permission. An independent rifle and revolver club, affiliated with the United States Revolver Club, was formed Sunday with D E W Jones as president and D R Stansbury as secretary treasurer and governor of matches. Sunday scores at the club grounds include Jones 89 Stansbury 89 Mendenhall 89 Capt Hardy 98 Reddish 850 targets Shane 48 Laing 46 Wendelboe 44 B Foss 41
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Alliance Gun Club
United States Revolver Club
D. E. W. Jones
D. R. Stansbury
Otargetse
Jones
Stansbury
Mendenhall
Capt. Hardy
Reddish
Shane
Laing
Wendelboe
B. Foss
Two Citizens Argue Over Finances and Bank Interest
Two African American men discuss money with pride and humor. One boasts about nearly forty dollars in border money while the other recalls almost two hundred dollars in bank funds, noting how interest eroded it. The Lab.
Galileo’s Pendulum Aids Early Clock Regulation
The article credits Galileo with pioneering the use of the pendulum to regulate clocks, noting he used it to create a doctor’s counting device for patient care. It mentions the pulse beat as a precursor to the stethoscope and that his son continued applying the pendulum to timekeeping.
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Galileo
Boy Craves Two Pieces Sand wich Dinner Request
Four year old George cannot say foot and asks for two pieces for his Sunday evening meal in a brief family moment.
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George
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Job Printing Department
Land
State Ass'n of Commercial Clubs
Guthrie
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