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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
6
The telegram items report on Juliet’s Verona house sale, Rockefeller’s educational gifts totaling 29 million, births of government officials, mine rescue failures in Prussia, thefts in Newport, and interior department appointments. Additional notes cover international mediation, immigration to Honolulu, Boise mayoral results, Topeka banker estate, and other varied political and social events.
Miss Margaret M. James recounts six years in city schools with overcrowded primary classes and nerve strain leading to collapse. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring blood, sleep, appetite, and strength, enabling her return to teaching at Dayton Ohio residence 128 Clay Street. Fellow teachers report improvements and endorsement of the medicine.
Ink spots on mahogany may be removed by touching with a feather dipped in oil and vitriol diluted with twice its quantity of water. The spot should be rubbed well and quickly for best results.
The San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake Railroad known as the Salt Lake Route operates a palatial vestibuled Pullman train from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles each evening at 8:90. Ticket agents carry coupons and urge buyers to request the Salt Lake Route or San Pedro Line for the Pacific Coast. Write J L Moore for illustrated booklet in Salt Lake City.
On a New York quay last Saturday Campania passengers bade farewell to John O Reilly aged ninety five and his wife Mary seventy as they ashore. O Reilly wore a tall beaver hat bought fifty years ago and said he returned to pass his century in America. He plans to head to Dunkirk New York with his wife after a long Irish life and a brief stay back in the United States. The report also notes a Irish gardener warned for theft with a stout rebuke about an empty sack of straw.
Mrs Benj Wilson of Moravia New York weighed 200 pounds at onset and dropped to 130 with sugar diabetes. After two doctors failed Dodd's Kidney Pills restored her health and she reports relief from pain and kidney disease. Her husband credits the pills with curing her.
A 200 year old English doll mailed by Letitia Penn to a girl named Miss Rankin in Pennsylvania now rests in Montgomery County Maryland. The 20 inch court costume figure with hoops, velvet, and striped brocade preserves a tale of colonial travel and cross Atlantic friendship.
A Rome New York woman describes coffee intolerance including dizziness stomach upset and nervous irritability. She credits Postum Food Coffee with restoring appetite improving health and stomach function after quitting coffee. She promotes the product from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville booklet.
Nebraska State Board of Public Lands and Buildings debates shuttering part of the Milford Industrial Home if consolidation with the Home for the Friendless fails. The current inmate count is 35 plus staff, with six months per capita cost at 162.20 for 182 days. Officials argue $10,000 in repairs is unwarranted and cost comparisons to Omaha facilities and the Friendless Home favor closure. The 21,200 appropriation for two years will largely be spent.
Adams to host a two day street fair on July 28 and 29 with a prepared program. The First National Bank of West Point receives a twenty year extension from the treasury department. A Beatrice judge, A H Babcock, is ill at home. Osceola reports a drop of 26 in school age children. Hall county assesses real and personal property with Wood River up 25124 and Grand Island up 43529. York opera house gains manager W D Fisher and remodel plans. Five miles northwest of Table Rock a child bitten by a dog. Silas Bowen killed by lightning leaving a widow and three children. G H Brewer appointed secretary of embalming board. Dental board appointees listed with terms. Jefferson county mortgage summary for June shows farm, city, and chattel activity. Judge Paul Jessen grants new trial for embezzlement case Chamberlain. bond reduced. York chautauqua July 21–30 with Governor Folk speaking July 27. Big Four Log Rolling group sets August 23–24 picnic. Tecumseh library receives 7500 from Andrew Carnegie for a library, with annual maintenance of 600. West Point notes crop prospects with better upland than bottomland. Dungan funeral set for Lincoln traveler killed near Norfolk. his wedding is upcoming. Dr Juan Carlos Tornquiat arrives in Norfolk for cattle disease studies. Albion meeting forms anti horse theft group. county clerk Babbitt loses a mare. 150 patients to be moved to Norfolk Insane Asylum. new building awaiting furniture.
Lincoln director fee of the University buildings and grounds and Prof Chowins outline plans for several structures to rise this summer. A $50,000 museum building near the gymnasium, a women’s building at the state farm, two barns for hay and swine, and residences for staff and substation instructors are in the works.
Deputy Game Warden Carter in Lincoln received two mounted English black cocks. The accompanying history says wealthy sportsmen kept many birds years ago, and after neglect they became wild fowls, like the two birds sent to the warden. The birds were dispatched by Chicago parties.
Lincoln reports the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings reduced payment by 12 percent per yard after discovering rubber carpeting ordered for the Grand Island Soldiers' Home was lighter than the sample. Land Commissioner Eaton flagged the discrepancy and the board acted promptly.
State Board of Equalization requires Lincoln County assessors to return last year’s real estate figures and apply this year’s board valuation increase. Some counties have yet to adjust, but the secretary will perform the corrections. Johnson and Nemaha counties show substantial differences in totals, affecting overall valuations.
New wheat entering market with quality testing 62 pounds to the bush. Expect yields of 15 to 20 bushels per acre. In Broken Bow, Pat Jordan of Mason was brought in by Sheriff Richardson on a complaint of insanity filed by his wife.
The state rifle competition will be held in Kearney beginning July 21 and ending August 3 with National Guard members competing for a chance to advance to the national shoot in New Jersey.
The passage contrasts Calumet Baking Powder’s reputation with a social critique of wasted potential. It questions people who see grand plans elsewhere, urging them to realize impact where they are and fulfill the work God designed for them in their own generation.
Mrs. P. Hackett of 400 Van Buren Street Brooklyn says Cuticura cured her mother’s severe ulcer once deemed incurable. She describes a terrible disfigurement and public astonishment, then notes complete recovery and a smooth, clear face.
Advice on shoe maintenance advises washing off surface darkening then applying gasoline or neat foot oil to soften leather. After treatment, insert shoe trees or stuff toes with paper, wrap each shoe in tissue, and store separately for seasonal packing.
Housekeepers are told Defiance Cold Water Starch provides a full pound per package at 10 cents, unlike 1/2 or 3/4 pound competitors. It is advertised as chemical free and never sticks to irons, with large 16 ozs printed on every package to prove size. Grocers pushing 12 02 packages are urged to stock Defiance instead.
The tower of St Catherine’s Church in Dantzie Germany, completed in 1330, was struck by lightning on Monday and completely destroyed. Thirty five bells forming the chimes, cast in 1634, were melted in the blaze.
By ministerial order all articles sent to Paris public laundries must be disinfected before sorting. The directive applies to future transfers to laundries across the city.
An old saying notes a man who aims to kill two birds with one stone may be fortunate to keep the stone if unsuccessful. The quip underscores the hazards of overambitious schemes and the luck involved in partial success.
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