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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1922
Page
1
N A Kemmish issues a statement correcting rumors about the Norfolk bound Alliance firemen delegates. Officers inspected baggage for two gallons of liquor. no alcohol found. delegates praised for conduct and city credit affirmed.
W R Harper of the Harper department store will depart Saturday night for a buying trip to New York and Chicago with possible stops at other eastern markets. His cash buying system aims at discounts and he plans substantial purchases to offer bargains at the Alliance store. The trip will last about two weeks.
H. E. Marvin, a train dispatcher, is laid off this week due to illness. The notice indicates sick leave or temporary absence affecting operations.
Forecast calls for increasing clouds across Nebraska with rising temperatures in western and central areas. Saturday looks unsettled with a probable snow event in the western portion.
Former Alliance editor Ernest Smith, previously with the News-Blade at Bridgeport, is set to launch a new publication in Bridgeport called the Morrill County Democrat with Smith serving as editor and proprietor, signaling a fresh newspaper in Morrill County.
Tim McDonald of Berea announces a closing-out public auction at his farm two miles west of Berea on Tuesday January 31. Sale starts after a noon lunch and features seven horses, twelve cattle, five hogs, farm machinery and miscellaneous items.
The Scottsbluff Star Herald attacks Alliance High as it reports a confession by five athletes, four from basketball, of an attempted theft of examination questions. Officials say punishments were given and the rules do not cover the offense, intensifying regional rhetoric against Alliance.
Ten boys aged eight to fifteen appeared before Judge Tash in juvenile court after an investigation by County Attorney Basye. They admitted taking stock from Morgan Grocery, including cookies gum and salt, with loot shared among the group. The judge lectured them on moral progress as the case was explained.
Rotarian R. M. Hampton told Alliance Rotary Club members about current financial conditions and predicted a recovery by year end 1922. He traced cycles from easy money in the late 1920s to stringency, praised bank restraint in 1907, and foresaw improving conditions by early 1923.
Alliance chamber traffic committee cites higher Burlington cattle rates than Union Pacific and Northwestern, prompting shipper shifts to overland routes. Lunn notes $85–$100 savings driving cattle to Broadwater or UP points, a discrimination against Alliance. Reduction previously made offers little aid.
Dr. Minor Morris spoke at the Alliance Lions Club dinner urging unity in thought religion and philosophy as the basis for universal peace. He discussed wireless technology人口 growth conducting schools concerts and the global race with yellow races and white dominance and warned of labor problems if unity of knowledge is not achieved. L. Q. Wilsick missed work due to illness in the family.
Alliance high school defeated Bayard 92 to 14 on Tuesday. Cross and Dailey led with 14 points each, Brown added two baskets, Hartman contributed four baskets and two free throws for Bayard. Alliance improves to an undefeated Western Nebraska run. next faces Scottsbluff at Scottsbluff tonight.
Central Charity Committee and Alliance volunteer fire department sponsor a charity ball at the city armory on February 4. Roy Strong leads planning to set attendance records and raise funds for the city’s poor with donated hall and music.
The Epworth Leaguers take charge of Sunday night services at the Methodist Church starting 7:00 p.m. A tableaux Let the Lower Lights Be Burning features many girls. A comedy titled A Major Operation on Mr Epworth League shows a hospital scene with surgeons and nurses. Short talks by league members follow.
The Alliance Red Cross seeks the present location of Irvin Tharp ex soldier who left a Denver hospital after the war and may have returned to Alliance or be in Ortonville Minnesota Any information should be sent to the local Red Cross office in Alliance.
W A Dunlap at the county poor farm seeks relief from roommate Tom Langford, whose tobacco habits and quarrels sparked complaints. Commissioners Cal Hashman and George Carrell hear of the dispute as Langford and Dunlap clash over a corncob pipe in a single ground-floor room.
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