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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
4
An editor notes rising interest in weather and reports crops have been performing well but stress the need for rain. Indications suggest rain may come soon, reflecting ongoing agricultural concerns across the country.
Dave Lee struggles to establish a drink emporium in McGrew Scotts Bluff County as Judge Hobart sustains remonstrances against the village board action granting a license on first application and Lee now advertises to file another application.
Scottsbluff Herald reports local David City merchants have joined to offer customers a wide range of goods at the same prices as Sears Roebuck and Gimbel’s. They also coordinated advertising for the event, giving the stunt a coordinated, professional look.
The Crawford Courier reports a double column note on a swat the fly campaign. The Herald notes Alliance man invention that surpasses swatter poison and gun, calling it Hamilton's Triplicate Fly Trap as an effective device against disease spreading flies.
The Herald notes strong interest in Boxbiase county real estate as speculators hold vacant lands and city lots without paying fair taxes. It supports higher assessments on improved property to correct the inequity and reports the county commission’s final session of the board of equalization.
A feature praising Mayor William J. Gaynor of New York for reducing graft and reforming city government. It credits him with curbing police corruption, ending “protection” payments by saloonkeepers, reining in dockside profiteering, and cleaning up municipal departments. The piece lauds his quiet, decentered leadership and focus on citizens’ interests over politics.
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