Alliance notes and visits fill local pages
The column chronicles numerous Alliance residents and guests: Ed O'Donald buys the Lockwood residence. Dr. Bellwood visits Hyannis. L. W. Kingsbey and wife from Minatare. Mrs. Morricon visits Wyoming. and many others from Bayard, Marsland, Hemingford, Chadron, and Minatare stop by or travel through Alliance. It notes sickness, entertainments, church programs, and social events, plus local business visits and remarks on upcoming events and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockwood
Ed. O'Donald
Dr. Bellwood
Hyannis
Obeying Orders in War Time Bushwhacking Field Scene
A first person account describes a Civil War era patrol pursuing a bushwhacker from a cornfield to a rickety cabin. A young man is hanged. his wife, seated with a pipe, allows the ritual without visible emotion while the narrator notes the era’s grim violence. A single five dollar bill passes as aid to the grieving woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed
Expert Bill Collector Ad Promotes Service Availability
An old-style classified note offers a bill collection service with the slogan No bill so large, no bill so small. It lists a phone number 677 and notes the Commercial Club Office as a contact location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Averted Duel Involving Marigny and Humble Ends
A dramatic avoidance of a duel in Louisiana is recounted with details of M. Marigny and Mr. Humble. Marigny offered sledge hammer combat in six feet of water at Lake Pontchartrain but the quip and humor of both sides led to no fight. The item also mentions Hugo Parton’s note on Moorea and Polynesian life with vivid travel observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Griffith
the Jollo
Griffith
Old Town
Harrison Sun
Joe Konrath
Montrose
George Thurman
Minnie Walter Myers
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
M. Marigny
Humble
Georgia
Morigny
Frigu
Lake Pontchartrain
Bhimele
Hugo Parton
Oating Magezine
Moorea
Street Lights Through the Centuries and London’s Glow
The article traces street lighting from 1601 London candles to 1780 globular glass lamps and a later 18th century act requiring houses to light streets from sunset. It notes a company formed to light streets at 6 pm and a tax on households for lighting.
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London
Charles II
Edward Hening
Anne Jo Uly
Michael Coke
Harper's
Light and Pain in Nighttime Ailments
A physician notes light benefits some pains while darkness worsens toothache and other ailments. The doctor compares light and darkness to quinine, saying illumination helps toothache and certain headaches and neuralgia, while darkness worsens symptoms.
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New York
Various Classified Notices From Alliance Herald
Mixed ads include for sale two well bred colts and milk cows, furnished rooms for rent, nursing wanted, sales staff for tea and coffee, and hunting for a small house. Public notices list Christian Science services, harness bargains, and a basements inquiry at Yonkin's restaurant. Also items on renting rooms at 404 Wyoming avenue and a muff found at Brenan's drug store.
For Sale Items and Poultry at Benedict's and Hemingford
For sale full blood Brahmas and S C W Leghorn roosters. Prices range from 1.00 to 2.00, with phone contact Herald Olds Hemingford Nebraska. Also ads for tuning repairs and various small goods including laundry soap, prunes, raisins, and tin pens. Local odd jobs service offered by S Glidden with telephone number 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict's
S. C. W. Leg
Hemingford
Nebr
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. E. Morricon
Wyoming
M. J. Colby
Bayard
Alliance
C. C. Smith
M. E. Choir
S. J. Holdrege
R. H. McMullen
H. C. Read
Deadwood
S. Dak
Chas. K. Bassett
The
Hyannis Tribune
A. H. Turney
Merona
Ed. Mathews
Lead, S. D
M. T. Kean
James Hickey
Vail
Iowa
John W. Guthrie
C. Richie
Marsland
W. A. Bennett
Burlington
Edgemont
A. N. Hoskins
Long Pine
W. J. Hamilton
Chadron
Father McNamara
Jas. Dopson
John Ryan
Guernsey
Herald
Jamison
Ellsworth
Nebraska Land Feeding Co
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. H. Krause
Drake
Chevalier Crispini
J. T. Carey
A. M. Miller
D. E. Lynch
Burlington West
H. G. Ganson
Frank Caha
Mr. Caha
Norris
Nebraska
Stubb" Griffith
Jollo
Geo. M. Adams
Crawford
Sam Albro
Woodward Candy Co
Corneil Bluffs
Alliance Monday
C. T. Murphy
Omaha
Mr. Murphy
Ray S. Canberry
Mitchell
Drake Hotel
J. H. Shilds
M. E
David
H. G. Furman
Burt Furman
Spokane
Butte
Boise
Blanche McDonald
McDonald
Lincoln
Omaha Bee
Box Butte County
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus
R. J. Harshman
Minatare
Harshman
International Harvester Company
Shallenberger
Robert Graham
Cheyenne
Wyo
G. L. Shumway
Scottsbluff
A. M. Morrissey
Valentine
C. D. Reed
B. of R. T
Naomi Swengle
Mrs. Repswold
Virginia Warrick
Mabel and
Jannette Grassmoan
Izetta Renewold
Dorothy Hampton
Corynne Mollring
Wilmina Brinkman
H. A. Copsey
K. C. Hall
Nebraska State Journal
Daily Drift Department
Colorado
Oregon
Chamberlain
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
New York City
John Worth Kern
B.C. Parvetia
Erie
M. Quad
Yonkin’s
S. W. Holt
Yonkin's
Dr. Allen
Atist
Opera
Ira Reed
Opera House
Herald Office
Christian Science
Odd Fellows
McKeen’s
Call
Acc
Geo. A. Hills
Wyoming Avenue
C. E. Rosenberger
Grand Union Tea Co
Brennan's Drug Store
B. H. Perry
Box Butte Ave
Choice
Christian Matz
Fiano
Phone
Glidden
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