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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
4
The Democratic electors of Box Butte County are urged to attend a mass convention at the county courthouse in Alhance on Saturday July 27 1912 at 2 p m to elect seven delegates to the Democratic State Convention and choose the county central committee. W S Ridgell chairman Joe L Westover secretary.
The piece discusses Nebraska geography and state location questions. It notes Grand Island is in the southeastern part of the state, contradicting a claim that it lies in the northwest. A dispatch from Ansley reports rain, while the West Central region is described as getting soaking showers.
The Herald congratulates Superintendent W R Pate and his corps of elite assistants as well as the students on the success of the 1912 session.
Several readers share upcoming travel and business notes. Mrs W R Harper will return on 41 in the morning after shopping in Chicago for Harper's Toggery fall millinery. Tom Spencer bought a new car to replace one lost recently. Season tickets for the Alliance Chautauqua are on sale at Holsten's drug store. The Lareen family plans a long Oregon Montana Minnesota tour, with Mr Larsen selling a Texas ranch to relocate. F A Brown returns from Hot Springs after rheumatism treatment at the Crystal Theater. A Gregory leaves for Monta Gorda Florida for about three weeks, with Mrs Gregory and children visiting Iowa in his absence. Jas Keeler goes to Denver to retrieve another Overland car. Mrs Cal Simpson travels to Omaha for eye surgery, and Roy Bowen of Angora visits Auburn for a few months with relatives.
The chapel notes recount a dramatic innkeeper soliloquy on the anniversary of a murder for money, contrasting guilt with worldly success and impending mental torment. It covers visits by Rev. Jas Brown, Miss Jean Sullivan on English teaching, and Superintendent Delzell praising kindness and duty in teachers, plus farewell reflections.
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