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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
6
After a brief delay, arrangements are completed for the weekly letters to begin next week. They will be written in an exceptionally interesting style and provide much useful information that will be reliably Torely reliable. The format will differ from the ordinary market letter to add variety and interest.
Heavy cattle receipts and lively trade at Union Stock Yards South Omaha with top cattle at 18.25 and prime yearlings at 17.00. Lambs reached 18.50 on good weight shipping lambs while sheep and ewes moved between 11.00 and 12.75 with general prices easing from prior week. Market opened slow for sheep with a moderate run of hogs around 7,300 head and mixed demand throughout.
The hog exhibit at Lincoln will be housed in a new 100000 dollar swine barn under construction on the fairgrounds. The mammoth 250 by 240 foot structure will accommodate up to 1900 hogs, with pen reservations running heavily as hog breeders applaud the fair’s efforts.
A home remedy claims wrapping ivy leaf soaked in vinegar will stop a shooting corn from troubling. The old method suggests immersion of the corn in the vinegar infusion for relief.
The Capital Issues Committee in Washington approved the North American Hotel Company to issue additional securities and to complete hotels in Hampton Iowa Grand Island Nebraska Kearney Scottsbluff Ogalalla Nebraska and Ottawa Kansas. The move aims to finish six hotels soon with some delays possible from labor and material shortages.
Chicago reports the U S Army overseas has placed the largest single order for bacon and canned meat in history totaling 99,560,000 pounds of bacon and 134,000,000 pounds of canned meat. Louis F Swift notes the order will require about 1,900,000 hogs and 900,000 cattle, with delivery over six months. The packers expect higher costs and intensified production, with no complaints to date from the troops.
German U boat attacked the Gloucester fishing schooner Robert and Richard sixty five miles east by southeast of Cape Porpoise Maine at 10:30 Monday morning. The crew of 22 escaped in dories and motor boats were sent to search for the others. A warning shot was fired and the ship’s papers were taken before a bomb sent the schooner to the bottom.
Charles Lamb argues that harsh judgments of neighbors may miss their redeeming qualities. He suggests avoiding quick condemnation to avoid missing the chance to discover good traits by taking time to know people.
The passage contrasts material wealth with spiritual wealth, noting that love has its own millionaires. It asserts that the true heart millionaire is defined by how much love one gives rather than how much one receives, and that spiritual wealth comes through giving.
Indianopolis News notes that a petty loss brings little consolation, as stolen money and valuables hold less value over time. The column reflects on common theft pains and fading impact of small robberies.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes that bringin g in copy and ads ahead prevents rushing to print on time. The piece jokes about inoculating the milkman with a new anesthetic, nostalgia, so sleep might not disrupt knitting the sleeve of care.
A Vargo Courier-News note mocks a butcher discharged for light fingered theft. The line jokes that the hand did not weigh enough to profit a retail trade while urging readers to buy War Saving Stamps.
Testimony at the alien property custodian inquiry shows two German established chemical companies in the United States earned large profits. They built two $600,000 plants in New Jersey and West Virginia, paid dividends up to 1000 percent, and faced details of a stock transfer involving Scheide Anstadt interests and Frankfort agents. Witness Franz Roessler tied the plans to future control as tensions rose during Germany U S relations.
Quotations from George Eliot on nature's love and spring arising beyond human planting.
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