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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
4
A. Robertson announces candidacy for State Representative in the 58th district Nebraska subject to Democratic and People’s Independent primaries on June 16, 1910. He enters the race for the legislature.
Grandstand boxes for the upcoming race meet are now for sale at Darlings Store. Purchase offers access to preferred seating and closer views, with limited quantities available and ahead of the event date.
The newspaper presents another illustrated Arizona letter by Lloyd Thomas this week, offering his commentary and visual notes for readers.
The Grand Island Free Press notes that agitation to move the state capital to Grand Island or nearby cities has abated somewhat in recent times. The quote emphasizes cautious sentiment shaping the ongoing case discussed by Siok.
Judge Berry visited Lakeside last Saturday returning Monday to meet his granddaughter born May 25. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Berry.
Georgia politician Thomas E Watson once a Democratic congressman and later a populist candidate for vice president and president announces his return to the Democratic Party. He is described as one of the progressive wing.
A landmark Denver vote on May 17 embraced direct legislation by approving the initiative and referendum including recall. The defeat of the dry policy by several thousand voices marks a rebuke to politicians who claim the referendum is a prohibition scheme.
Omaha failed to acquire the water works as the court system upheld the $6 268 205 valuation. The city fought to own and operate the plant but was defeated when the Circuit Court of Appeals decision favoring the Water Works Company was confirmed by the U S Supreme Court.
Frank G. Carpenter reports from India on a government owned railway network with a two cent per mile rate here. Passengers travel at a half cent per mile and service is reasonably good. The article includes half tone photos, including views of a grand terminal station at Bombay, among the finest in the world.
The paper shifts to Thursday morning presses to meet noon train deadlines for Hem ingford Canton Marsland lists. Advertisers are urged to submit notices by Wednesday. display ads must reach by Wednesday afternoon, with a few short items accepted Thursday morning.
Local items report Charley Huss as Mounts & Vincel barber shop attache and J B Wade subscribing to The Herald. Alliance gains a new Steam Laundry wagon. many residents travel for visits, business, and commencements. Widened business ties, property updates, and community plans fill the week.
The Journal of Commerce highlights a typographical tariff juggle in a Senate bill. Edits in conference moved goods from two to eight ounces per square yard to two and one half to eight ounces, boosting duties and raising costs up to 40 percent, restricting imports on lower grades.
Fragmentary 19th or early 20th century critique argues against free trade and foreign cheap goods. It labels protection as a path to national prosperity, condemns subsidies, and warns against foreign paupers and inflated prices. The author cites Dick, Tom, and Watry as figures in the debate.
The text discusses a claim about enjoying more comforts than any other country and notes a debate over whether we are charged more for these comforts than others. It includes misspellings and unclear phrasing, focusing on the idea of cost versus abundance of comforts.
Eugene N. Foss, the Democratic nominee, wins the Fourteenth Massachusetts district seat to succeed the late Republican Lovering, in the second district election since the Payne Aldrich tariff act. Foss blasts high living costs and tariff war fears while Burhanan concedes defeat for lower prices and GOP reforms. Senator Lodge backed Burhanan, arguing price rises tied to duties lowered elsewhere.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss forming trusts and duties in congress, mentioning figures such as Miles, Chairman of a Cari Committee and Nathan Asemhatien of Mattia. The text contains garbled phrases about taxes or percentages and potential legal or civic references.
Omaha reports grain men across the state estimate 1910 wheat yields will total under 60 percent of last year due to insufficient rain and winter kill. Missing stool and light straw from March warmth are blamed. industry sources peg total production near several hundred million bushels.
The funeral for John H. Mickey former Nebraska governor was conducted at the Methodist Episcopal church in Osceola Nebraska with Rev A L Randall delivering a strong sermon. The casket lay in state from 1 to 3 pm for public viewing as numerous friends paid their last respects. Pallbearers included five sons and a son in law Edward Evan Benjamin James Harlan Mickey and O H Smith of Denver. The Grand Army of the Republic oversaw the funeral in which Mickey held membership.
The Colorado express collided head on with a Union Pacific worktrain near Brady's Island in Gothenburg Nebraska on June 7. Fireman Buick of the express and three Greek laborers were killed. Both engines and multiple cars were demolished, but no passengers were injured.
The Democratic state central committee chose Grand Island as the July 20 convention location and adopted the Oregon plan. It pledged active candidates to vote for the top vote getter and named a committee to organize coverage of all counties with a delegate basis of one per 16 votes for Bryan in 1908.
Chairman William Hayward of the Republican state committee issued a call for a meeting in Lincoln at the Lincoln hotel on Thursday night June 16 at 7 30. He also invited Republican editors to attend to decide the convention location and the basis of representation for selecting delegates.
Clarence E. Harmon of Holdrege entered as a Democratic candidate for congress in the Fifth district. Thomas W. Blackburn arrived in Lincoln and filed as a Republican candidate for congress in the Second district.
G H Stanley an alleged grifter was injured by falling from a train near Seward and taken to Omaha by Dr Ragan. He suffered two broken legs and other serious injuries but was not able to leave Seward at once.
Ansley Nebraska on June 1 reports twelve thousand and dollar bonds carried for the extension of the water works and the section of an electric light plant.
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