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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1903
Page
3
A colonial correspondent describes the Baby Tower and bambooing in Shanghai and Foochow, noting widespread inhuman punishments, forced labor, child graves, and savage treatment of women. He praises missionary work and questions Western indifference while urging fair inquiry into China’s social practice.
County court in Hox Berre County schedules hearing for Isaac Hockey on final settlement and account in the Craig Gookin estate. Notice to all interested parties via Alliance Herald newspaper prior to the January hearing date, with publication for successive weeks as required. Judge J. K. Spacht presides.
Sealed bids for the erection of a jail in Box Hutte County will be received by the county clerk until January 17 at o clock p m. Plans and specifications may be inspected at the county clerk’s office. Bids must be accompanied by a bond of 1500 conditioned for faithful performance. The county commissioner reserves the right to reject any or all bids. SMYSER, County Clerk.
The undersigned in Nonparell precinct offers two old tires for settlement. One tire is red with a worn brand mark on the right hip resembling the letter K and a small white spot on the side. Owner may reclaim by proving ownership and paying charges. Theodore Colvin.
Notice of an order for hearing on the petition for settlement of account in the estate of Joel T Ka, filed December, requesting final settlement and allowance. January 24, is set for hearing. notice to interested parties will be published in Alliance Keald for two weeks. The hearing will take place in Hox Butte County at the county courthouse.
A county legal notice details a pending case before Judge Nelson Pheteher with property in defendant’s hands under order, listing sale actions and the creedal herd on premises. Separately an inventory of five head of steers with distinct ear marks and brands is described, along with an unrelated hardware advertisement for Hill's automatic door strip at Newberry's Hardware and contact for County agent W. E. Gillett.
A rugged fishing scene recounts a near shore catch described as a beauty weighing about six pounds. The narrator details a tense fight, a long reel, and the final secured fish tugging the boat as onlookers debate the exact weight and timing of the catch.
J. T. Trowbridge recounts a home scene from Atlantic describing a father building and tending a winter fire. He moves a heavy backlog upright, lays the fire with andirons and sticks, and rakes live coals into the chimney bed. The ritual continues through cold nights and even lingering coals in summer.
On May 1 1637 Oliver Cromwell and John Hampden were set to depart with a Mayflower style immigrant group to leave England for the Thames embankment but a royal guard halted them. The king forbade emigration and Cromwell stayed shaping later English history according to Macanully.
A religious bookseller witty reply to an insinuation about a rose on his coat quotes him saying he gathered that rose from his own vine and fig tree. The remark paralyzed the accuser as he defends personal integrity amid gossip.
The Bachelor questions why tints are not supplied with wart water pipes like others. The Benedict responds they are intended for married men. The Bachelor asks if that makes a difference. The Benedict says yes, a married man’s wife generally keeps thin in hot water.
A brief exchange quoted from the Atlanta Constitution noting a reader’s reaction to a new novel. The remark emphasizes the book’s impact and suggests it covers relevant ground, leaving readers curious about its themes.
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