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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
8
A Garnett Boosters group highlights a successful annual trip for the Chautauqua festival.165 active members,105 riders on a 112 mile starting early at 7 am, with two motorcycles leading and updates shared by phone. A band concert welcomed them home as towns praised Garnett and its Chautauqua spirit with similar trips across nearly 200 towns.
Nels Darling spoke at the Chautauqua in Longmont Colorado last summer presenting his Community of Interest lecture. The talk drew a statewide audience and impressed the Colorado State Lumbermen's Association member who invited him back to address the state convention in Denver. His lecture aimed at merchants and business leaders drew strong interest beyond women, with two years of engagements expected as demand grows among merchants and lenders.
Ethel Garten contralto and Edith Hockerson violinist are part of the Chautauqua Entertainers Company. Garten studied under Clemens Moviusa and has a noted contralto voice. Hockerson trained with August Molzer and shows promise. Kubelik and Kocian praised Garten, who at fourteen gave violin recitals featuring difficult works by Vieuxtemps Ernst and Wieniwski. Other members include Leslie McDonald reader and James A. Kutin bird invtator.
A satirical verse by Walt Mason denounces fast driving that endangers travelers and animals. The speaker notes dust, damaged property, and harm to pedestrians as cars roar along, urging reform and labeling the practice a crime in time. The poem ends with Mason signature lines.
This playful note urges all townspeople to buy a fly swatter to combat rising flies in hot weather. It mocks doctors competing on remedies while endorsing swift action by families to rid homes of pests, promising a cleaner, more pleasant future.
The piece notes that some defeated candidates return to ordinary jobs while others declare the struggle just beginning as the political scene shifts after the election. It reflects mixed reactions among candidates and lingering tensions in a charged period.
A memoir style verse traces a life once loud and combative. The speaker recalls facing crowds with scorn and blows, fighting nerves with brash talk, a bloody head, and a battered hat, then choosing a peaceful path by masking sharp thoughts with a wide smile.
A verse by Walt Mason contrasts urban pampered living with the freedom of nature. It encourages leaving foggy streets to feel the breeze and shed grief, urging brightness and gaiety through exposure to open air.
A satirical poem criticizes self appointed moral guardians who regulate neighbors with strict rules and punishments. It contrasts ancient quiet piety with modern noisy crusades to impose chains and collars on others, ending with a self aware note about misread meanings.
A couple paints house and fence with vigor and linseed oil scent. They joke that paint improves the town and even claims putty in ears and varnish in eyes signal effort. The verse extols colors from lilac to green as proof of improvement.
The speaker, Walt Mason, urges readers to spread paint and varnish to brighten homes and sheds. He laments no income from dealers in red lead after promoting the cause, shouting for linseed oil lead and zinc and warning that neglect will leave residences painted in blue with pink stripes.
A light verse extols the mule for cheerful disposition and tireless work. It notes his stubborn humor and practical role, praising his patient plowing, faithful service, and endurance, while joking about his ears and inability to sing like Ellen Yaw.
The Herald notes its sixteen page weekly edition with live news and ads for a circulation of 2500 copies. It explains the daily paper's closure and the staff’s shift to producing the weekly issue despite constant deadlines.
Chief Chas. Jeffers, age 46, and the Bridgeport burglary detail, capture two burglars in railroad yards last Friday. They are held by Jeffers until Sheriff Dyson of Merrill County transports them back to Bridgeport.
Delegates from the Christian church and Presbyterian church left midday Wednesday to attend the district convention in Chadron on Thursday and Friday. Delegates named A Lamon Time Woods Mrs H C Redenbaugh and Mise Spencer will represent their societies at the event.
Monday evening entertainment for Mildred and Dorothy Whitehead of Mitchell Nebraska hosted by Miss Margaret Harris. The event featured guessing games, a elicion luncheon, and first prize won by Helen Rice among attendees Matilda Frankle Hannah Cotant Della Holaten Regina Kreamer Dorothy Bicknell Thelma Fitzpatrick.
F M Broome of Alliance files for the Democratic nomination for state representative in the district covering Box Butte and Sheridan counties. He is described as one of the best known men in the region.
Eugene Burton county attorney for Box Butte county today sought nomination for re election on the Democratic ticket. He carried the office with integrity and faithfulness and has many friends backing his campaign.
L A Berry county judge led the nomination drive on the Democratic ticket. Berry has strong support and, so far, no other candidates are challenging for the office.
A poem urges stepping from gloom into joy and sunshine. It proclaims troubles are timid and invites embracing mirth across the world from Boston to Bobcaygeon. The speaker urges shedding blame and cultivating happiness as woes would flee.
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