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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
11
Made in Endicot Nebraska items listed include Krispy Crackers Soda Crackers boxs weighing about 20 lbs. Macaroni products Elbow Spaghetti Vermicelli Mezzani. Pure peach and grape jams in Mason jars. Diamond C and Pearl White soaps in boxes. Blueing and ammonia produced in Alliance. Fancy goods priced per pound and bead.
D Clan Deaver, an immigration agent with the CC, B and Q railroads, selected George E. Douglas of Box Butte county to represent western Nebraska’s agricultural development in the east. Douglas will travel from Omaha to Chicago via a Burlington exhibition tour, sharing his extensive grain and grass trial results and promoting regional agricultural potential.
Alliance Fruit Company begins business in August 1911 as an incorporated wholesale business for fruit tobacco and stoneware. Officers include A. D. Rodgers president D. W. Hughes vice president L. H. Highland secretary treasurer and E. D. Mallory business manager. R. B. Lester handles daily affairs under officer supervision.
S K Warrick cashier of the First National Bank of Alliance is in the city for a few days on business after moving from Alliance to Scottsbluff a few months ago.
Local declamatory contest scheduled for Tuesday March 11 at 8 30 p m at the Opera House promises strong competition as all entrants are well trained with excellent selections The winners advance to the Scottsbluff district contest on March 21 The program features Mozart Quartette The Battle of Monmouth Dramatic titles The Chariot Race The Blue Flower and other items with judges finalizing decisions including Bess Reid and Pauline Montgomery
W R Harper, a young entrepreneur, opened a Ladies Toggery in Alliance in 1911 and quickly moved to a larger site on Hox Butte Avenue. His millinery and ladies’ furnishings business grows, with a spring opening this Saturday featuring new hats suits and an evening orchestra.
A pleasant recital Wednesday March 5th at 404 Big Horn Avenue featured Miss Ruth Taylor presenting pianist Miss Inez Brant with trombonist Mr Day Cunningham. Program included Beethoven Adagio from Sonata op 27 No 1 Wagner The Evening Star Mendelssohn Spring Song Chopin Valse Brillante Schubert Serenade Schumann Slumber Song Henselt Love Song Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodie No 2 with strong performances and audience enjoyment.
Fr W Hargarten longtime manager at Alliance unit receives tribute for twenty years of steady service. The firm operates a large Alma stock yard with building materials for a big trade and plans a quarter page ad in The Herald special issue alongside its regular advertising.
Postcard from A. J. Lunn in Baltimore reports Sunday arrival, Washington crowd, plans to attend inauguration, pleasant stops in Omaha and Chicago, no snow since Pittsburgh, mild weather, all well. Also notes Harper’s opening in Harper’s Ferry and W. T. Schlupp returning from Angor after dealing with I. L. Stoner’s bankrupt stock.
Alliance High School and Rushville High School meet in a Saturday evening debate at the Alliance auditorium starting at eight. The question: should American cities adopt a commission form of government. Alliance supports the affirmative. Rushville argues for the mayor and council system. Admission 25 cents.
Advertisement notes Harber opens Saturday under Mrs Zehring at the Victor Tailor Shop serving Indies and gentlemen. J McCorkle returns from Omaha with Box Butte settlers seeking large emigration this year to Box Butte and western Nebraska. Mrs J H Carroll returns from Montana trip, in improving health and able to be about.
Classified fragment shows an offer to sell coal to Rowan and Wright with a phone contact partially readable. The text lacks full details but indicates a local sales notice.
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