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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1903
Page
7
A fragment depicts a Tudor era dialogue with Cromwell, Elizabeth, and a Miltonic book request. A daughter sings to her father after a heated exchange about purchases, pay, and affection as the scene ends with a tender lyrical echo. The mood blends historical figures with domestic longing.
Doctor Verity arrives with news of Israel Swaffham and Cromwell's army after a hard campaign near Edinburgh. Jane and Mrs Swaffham share relief and hope as Israel prepares to travel home, while Cromwell’s public leadership and the young Lord Cluny Neville draw attention and speculation.
Fragmentary OCR touches on English royalty and a speaker praising a kingmaker role. The text depicts a confident claim about England producing kings and a person dismissing others as a lion's whelp. No verifiable event or persons beyond generic references.
At Swaffham a crowded gathering heard Dr. Verity exhort wealthy young men to abandon shop and farm for duty. He enrolled sixty men and planned to ride to York, while Neville's fate remained uncertain and Matilda’s visit carried troubling news to Jane and Mrs. Swaffham.
An Academy of Natural Sciences ornithologist jokes that a blue jay swears when breaking hickory nuts. He describes the bird perched on a fence rail hammering the shell, misses its strike, and hops on one foot amid a torrent of screeching oaths heard far across the fields.
A quiet guest at a New York smoker, invited by a familiar host, sits apart and endures college yells for Princeton Pennsylvanian Yale. Frustrated, he stands, salutes, and proclaims a shout for Elmira Reformatory.
A 1900s style pitch offers thirteen world needs that promise fortunes to inventors. Items include a wall-papering machine, quick-acting monkey wrench, boltless rail joint, scrubbing machine, reliable cuspidor, trolley with no wire faults, nonexplosive oil can, screw-free fire-hose coupling, combined tram and ladder board, a music read turner, a window lock burglar alarm, an unopenable envelope, and a simple nut lock.
A speaker recalls a tormenting Thought that haunted him from dawn to night. The Thought stalks the narrator even in prayer and sleep until a final struggle ends with the narrator accepting fate and claiming peace within a solitary, gray cell.
A man shares a new anecdote with his wife who notes it is not new and has been told before. He insists it has never been printed and plans to send it out. She concedes but admits repetition hurts its value. He ends up subsisting on cold victuals for a week due to the dispute.
In Tennessee, Congressman Moon courtside remarks clash with an exhausted attorney general during a criminal trial. The judge warns that she will enforce strict order as the attorney general prepares to address a collateral issue. The exchange underscores tension over practical courtroom decorum and calls for disciplined speech.
A 12 hour citywide fire in Cincinnati destroyed half a square in the central business district causing over 2 million dollars in damage. The Pike Theater and numerous offices were burned including the United States Express and Adams Express companies. Firemen from Covington and Newport aided as walls collapsed and several injuries occurred but no lives were lost.
United States Consul General Sawter and Mrs. Sawter, who reached Guayaquil February 25, plan to sail back to the United States on the same steamer. The decision followed fear of yellow fever after viewing the consulate where Thomas Nast died from the fever on December 7. Strong winds caused an overflow of the Allausi river and damaged the railway to Quito, with traffic set to resume soon.
After twenty rounds of the fastest fight seen in San Francisco Referee Graney ruled the bout a draw between Young Corbett of Denver and Eddie Hanlon of San Francisco. Corbett showed he has not declined in form despite speculation.
Pedro Alvarado, a multimillionaire mining man of Parral, Mexico, has offered to contribute 50 million dollars to pay Mexico's foreign debt. The offer was previously made to the finance minister and declined, and has now been renewed directly to President Diaz.
The president sent nominations to the senate for postmasters in Nebraska and South Dakota and an assistant attorney general in Ohio. Nominees include Dennis I. Cronin in O Neill, Evan J. Edwards, Howdle, Vrank L. Campbell, plus a candidate for Ohio assistant attorney general.
Berlin reports Herr Ortel of Deutsche Tages Zeitung urging strict enforcement of meat treated with borax amid debate over imports. Home Secretary Wehner notes U S House action banning adulterated foods with borax exceptions rejected. Germany pledges rigorous control until borax proven injurious by science.
The cornerstone of the sea wall project worth 125000 was laid amid ceremonies and a citizen and marines parade. The three mile wall will protect the city from tides as large as the 1900 storm and funding comes from local bond subscriptions with eighteen years tax exemption.
Senator Hale reports naval appropriations with a plan to build four first class battleships similar to the Oregon and two first class armored cruisers like the Brooklyn. Each battleship capped at 4,200,000 and each cruiser at 2,750,000. Ships sized for 12,000 ton battleships and 8,500 ton cruisers with limits on single-yard construction to preserve fair competition.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved increases to the dry civil appropriation bill raising total to 83,279,050. Key boosts include 65,000 for quarantine stations 1,175,100 for light hoses beacons and fog signals 360,000 for the revenue cutter service 200,000 for Queen Liliuokalani 284,000 for armories 740,000 for military posts 126,000 for soldiers homes and 250,000 for agricultural department buildings.
President Patton of the Theological Seminary preached to theology students on The Person of Christ. He linked the talk to Prof. Delitzsch of Berlin, arguing evolution does not prove incarnation but that revelation points to Jesus Christ as the revealed God of love.
Philadelphia obituary notes General William Farrar Smith known as Baldy Smith dies at home. A West Point graduate who joined the Civil War as commander of the 7th Vermont Regiment, he rose to prominence as a key Union figure.
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