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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
8
The notice touts IE AND RUBBER CO stock amid Nebrask a names and cites Douglas county road bond approval to imply a rising rubber industry. It frames future road paving and larger, faster cars and trucks as a driver for tire demand, urging investment with equal treatment and full earning power on each dollar.
The Kenyon Anderson bill, aimed at curbing the power of the big meat packers, faces strong debate in Congress. Proponents cite public protection while packers demand full, nonpartisan inquiry and adequate opportunity to respond to charges and seek alternatives before action.
A man confined in an asylum repeatedly tried to throw himself from a window. After being moved to a new apartment he leapt out, fell on the lawn, and was seriously injured, yet the shock allegedly cured his mental disorder. He sued the asylum officers for negligence but was not seated.
The text advises vigilance over drinking water purity and notes typhoid germs may lurk in standing water or drains. Boiling kills germs, and the flat taste after boiling can be fixed by shaking and adding a dash of carbonated water.
A long illness leaves a convalescent too weak for a downtown trip so a maid visits to provide a shampoo at home. During drying the first gray hairs are discovered and the maid’s quip about wearing transmissions on the head adds a grim note to the moment.
Molybdenite, found mainly in Tasmania, strengthens steel for propeller shafts guns and boilers by adding hardness and toughness. Separately a geological survey estimates ninety five tons of soil and loose rock wash into the ocean yearly per square mile of the United States, not counting the Great Basin.
An analysis explains varied wheat production across Nebraska counties with Cheyenne showing strong totals but average yields lower than Banner Morrill Scotts Bluff Sheridan Rex Butte Dawes Garden and Kimball. The piece notes panhandle counties generally outpace state averages though Cheyenne ranks mid among them.
The article reports that French children still suffer after war with a birth rate of 8 per 1000 and about 700 child deaths monthly. The Fatherless Children of France, led by Mrs. Walter S. Brewster, seeks American godmothers for 60 000 war orphans and outlines donation options from 10 cents a day to 236 60 yearly.
Fragmentary notes describe early silk creation around 2600 B C by a Chinese empress wife of an emperor, Greek references in 850 B C, and later silk manufacture spreading from Sicily in the twelfth century to other regions including Spain and southern Holland.
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